Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Xiaomi
Announced March 2015 July 2015 November 2015
Status Available - May 2015 Coming Soon - August 2015 Available - November 2015
Price Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 9,999 ($147.04) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black/Silver White, black Dark grey, Champagne gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
200.4 x 132.6 x 7 mm
(7.89 x 5.22 x 0.28 in)
Weight 450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE)) 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE)) 322 g (11.36 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS/ Optional Windows 10 (64 GB model)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz , Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 2.24 GHz, Intel Atom X5-Z8500
GPU - - Intel HD Graphics
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE) 32/64 GB 16/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 9.7 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.99% 72.61% 72.75%
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 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes -
Video Yes 1440p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE N/A
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.1, LE v4.1
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS No
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB 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-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 5870 mAh 6190 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 649 h
Talk Time - - Up to 12 h 30 min (multimedia)