Phone Comparison - Toshiba Excite Write vs Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) vs Microsoft Surface 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Toshiba Samsung Microsoft
Announced June 2013 September 2013 September 2013
Status Coming Soon - Q3 2013 Available - October 2013 Available - October 2013
Colors Black/Silver Black, White Dark Titanium
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension - 243.1 x 171.4 x 7.9 mm
(9.57 x 6.75 x 0.31 in)
274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm
(10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 in)
Weight - 540 g (WiFi)/ 535 g (3G)/ 547 g (LTE) (19.05 oz (WiFi)/ 18.87 oz (0.11G)/ 19.29 oz (LTE)) 675.9 g (23.81.0.32 oz)
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE version -
Messaging , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows 8.1 RT
Processor - Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40
GPU - Adreno 330 (LTE model) ULP GeForce (72 cores)
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super clear LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 10.1 inches 10.6 inches
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi) 1920 x 1080 pixels (208 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 70.94% 65.28%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio with RDS 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, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels
Flash No LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 3.5 MP, 1080p@30fps videos [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G No HSDPA, 42 Mbps (LTE model), 21 Mbps (3G model); HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; No
Bluetooth Yes Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band
USB Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support
GPS - Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - Supported Supported

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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable battery Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity - 8220 mAh -
Stand by - Up to 2230 h -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h (Multimedia & 2G)
Up to 49 h (3G)
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