Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Lite vs Apple iPad mini 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Samsung
Announced January 2014 October 2014 July 2015
Status Available - January 2014 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 116.4 x 193.4 x 9.7 mm
(4.58 x 7.61 x 0.38 in)
200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 310 g (10.93 oz) 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
N/A
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - S Pen Stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Marvell PXA986 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Vivante GC1000 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) -
RAM 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB ROM 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.9 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.93% 71.76% 71.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes 1080p@30fps 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G No DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook N/A Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records N/A Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3600 mAh 6470 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)