Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE vs Google Nexus 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 2015

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung HTC Samsung
Announced June 2014 October 2014 Expected Announcement - January 2015
Status Available - July 2014 Available - October 2014 Rumored - February 2015
Price - - Rs. 15,600 ($229.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand White, Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm
(9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
210 x 124 x 8 mm
(8.27 x 4.88 x 0.31 in)
Weight 467 g (16.47 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 320 g (11.29 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU Adreno 330 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) Adreno 306
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.5 inches 8.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.66% 69.76% 71.02%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No 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, 3264 x 2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048 x 1536 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes N/A
Edge Yes Yes N/A
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB No microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 7900 mAh 6700 mAh 4450 mAh
Stand by - Up to 720 h -
Talk Time - Up to 9 h 30 min -