Phone Comparison - Apple iPad Mini 4 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple Samsung Xiaomi
Announced September 2015 February 2017 April 2017
Status Available - September 2015 Available - March 2017 Available - April 2017
Price Rs. 28,799 ($423.51) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 14,200 ($217.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold Various Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1 mm
(8 x 5.31 x 0.24 in)
237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
200.4 x 132.6 x 7 mm
(7.89 x 5.22 x 0.28 in)
Weight 299 g (Wi-Fi) / 304 (10.55 oz (Wi-Fi) / 10.72 ) 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE)) 328 g (11.57 oz)
SIM Type - Nano-SIM No
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - Cellular version only LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300) N/A
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (TouchID v2) - Fingerprint Sensor
-
Notification LED - No Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 9 Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz, Apple A8 Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Hexa-core (3x2.1 GHz Cortex-A72 & 3x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), Mediatek MT8176
GPU - Adreno 530 PowerVR GX6250
RAM 1 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/64/128 GB 32/64 GB 64 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.9 inches 9.7 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.58% 72.61% 72.75%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No To be confirmed
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP 13 MP
Flash No LED Flash No
Features Auto focus, 1.12μm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (Photo/Panorama) Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama AutoFocus, f/2.2 aperture, Location Tagging
Video 1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec. 1080p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, Face Detection, HDR [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.0 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps N/A
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.1, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, 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 v2.0, reversible connector Yes Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (3G/LTE model only) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes
Browser HTML5 (Safari) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 5124 mAh 6000 mAh 6600 mAh
Stand by - - Up to 867 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h (multimedia) - Up to 12 h (multimedia)