Phone Comparison - Dell Venue 8 7000 vs Apple iPad Air 2 vs Lenovo Phab Plus

general General Info

Manufacturer Dell Apple Lenovo
Announced October 2014 October 2014 August 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Available - October 2014 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 17,500 ($242.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 30,150 ($443.38) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 14,490 ($213.09) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Space Gray, Silver, Gold Grey, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 6 mm thick
(0.24 in thick)
240 x 169.5 x 6.1 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.24 in)
186.6 x 96.6 x 7.6 mm
(7.35 x 3.8 x 0.3 in)
Weight 310 g (10.93 oz) 437 g / 444 g (15.41 oz / 15.66 oz) 220 g (7.76 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE LTE Band 3(1800), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core, Intel Atom Z3500 series Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A8X Quad-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939, Snapdragon 615
GPU PowerVR G6430 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 405
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/64/128 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD No microSD, up to 64 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type OLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.4 inches 9.7 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio - 71.58% 70.70%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels
Flash No No Yes, Dual-tone
Features Auto focus, Intel RealSense 3D Technology (2 X 720p Cameras) Auto focus, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA+ DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 150 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD No microSD, up to 64 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor 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 (32.4 Wh) Li-Po Battery
Capacity 5900 mAh 8600 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h (multimedia) -