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Apple iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4

General Info

Manufacturer
Apple Samsung
Announced
March 2011 June 2014
Status
Available - March 2011 Available - July 2014
Colors
Black, White White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
241.2 x 185.7 x 8.8 mm
(9.5 x 7.31 x 0.35 in)
212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
Weight
607 g (21.41 oz) 294 g (10.37 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No
Messaging
, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint sensor

Display

Type
LED-backlit IPS TFT, capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar] 8.4 inches [Similar]
Resolution
768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
65.01% 76.71%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Apple A5 [Similar] Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5420 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar] Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32/64 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
0.7 MP, 960 x 720 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
No LED flash
Features
No Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
No No
Games
Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes No
Edge
Yes No
3G
HSDPA; HSUPA No
Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
HTML (Safari) HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
No microSD, up to 128 GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
6930 mAh (25 Wh) 4900 mAh
Stand by
Up to 720 h -
Talk Time
Up to 10 h -
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