Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet LTE

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Sony
Announced June 2014 October 2014 March 2015
Status Available - July 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - June 2015
Price - Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 42,870 ($629.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Space Gray, Silver, Gold Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm
(9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
254 x 167 x 6.1 mm
(10 x 6.57 x 0.24 in)
Weight 467 g (16.47 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 392 g; 396 g (13.83 oz; 13.97 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
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 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 LTE -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57, Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 430
RAM 3 GB 1 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/64/128 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.5 inches 9.7 inches 10.1 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.66% 71.58% 69.68%
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 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5.1 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3.0 TV-out)
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 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 supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery (32.4 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 7900 mAh 8600 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h (multimedia) -