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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE vs Microsoft Surface 2

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Microsoft
Announced
June 2014 September 2013
Status
Available - July 2014 Available - October 2013
Colors
Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Dark Titanium
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm
(9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
274.6 x 172.5 x 8.9 mm
(10.81 x 6.79 x 0.35 in)
Weight
467 g (16.47 oz) 675.9 g (23.81.0.32 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 No
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 No
4G Network
LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
10.5 inches [Similar] 10.6 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi) 1920 x 1080 pixels (208 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
72.66% 65.28%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Microsoft Windows 8.1 RT
Processor
Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar] Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra 4 T40 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 330 [Similar] ULP GeForce (72 cores) [Similar]
RAM
3 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16/32 GB 32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video
Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] Yes, 3.5 MP, 1080p@30fps videos [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes No
Edge
Yes No
3G
HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE No
Bluetooth
Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v4.0 with 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, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, USB v3.0, USB Host support
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB storage, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity
7900 mAh -
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- -
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