Phone Comparison - Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9 vs Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)

Xiaomi Mi Pad 7.9
xiaomi mi pad 7.9
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2016)
samsung galaxy a7 (2016)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Xiaomi Samsung
Announced March 2014 December 2015
Status Available - June 2014 Available - February 2016
Price - Rs. 25,900 ($380.88) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, White, Gray Black, White, Gold, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 202 x 135.4 x 8.5 mm
(7.95 x 5.33 x 0.33 in)
151.5 x 74.1 x 7.3 mm
(5.96 x 2.92 x 0.29 in)
Weight 360 g (12.7 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
Messaging , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Corning Gorilla Glass 4

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 [Similar] Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53)
Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
Exynos 7580 Octa [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) [Similar] Adreno 405
Mali-T720MP2 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches [Similar] 5.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.69% 74.11%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, f/1.9 aperture, Optical Image Stabilization, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video 1080p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/1.9, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi 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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0, USB OTG
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Po Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - Up to 78 h
Talk Time Up to 11 h (multimedia) Up to 17 h (3G)