Phone Comparison - Acer Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Note8

general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Samsung Samsung
Announced April 2015 July 2015 August 2017
Status Coming Soon - May 2015 Coming Soon - August 2015 Coming Soon - September 2017
Price Rs. 14,590 ($214.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Various White, black Black, Blue Coral, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 260 x 176 x 9.7 mm
(10.24 x 6.93 x 0.38 in)
237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
Weight 540 g (19.05 oz) 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE)) 195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type - - Single/Dual SIM
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor - IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.83, Intel Atom Z3735F , Qualcomm Snapdragon Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) / Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835/ Exynos 8895 Octa
GPU - - Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB 32/64 GB 64/128/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 9.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (224 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.74% 72.61% 83.03%
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 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels Dual 12 MP
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 and f/2.4, 2X Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p 1440p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.1, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS - Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type - Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 5910 mAh 5870 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min (multimedia) - -