Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) with S-Pen vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2015 September 2016 February 2017
Status Coming Soon - August 2015 Available - September 2016 Available - March 2017
Price Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,000 ($390.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors White, black Pearl White, Metallic Black Various
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm
(10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 in)
237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
Weight 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE)) 525 g (18.52 oz) 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE))
SIM Type - - Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - - Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)
Processor , Qualcomm Snapdragon Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7870 Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
GPU - Mali-T830 MP2 Adreno 530
RAM 3 GB 2/3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16/32 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen PLS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 10.1 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.61% 75.04% 72.61%
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 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP 13 MP
Flash No LED Flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Yes Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2, 1080p video [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor 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 Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 5870 mAh 7300 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -