Phone Comparison - Google Nexus 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Samsung Samsung
Announced October 2014 July 2015 July 2015
Status Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - August 2015 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand White, black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE)) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - Fingerprint sensor - S Pen Stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 , Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) - -
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 9.7 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.76% 72.61% 71.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps 720p
Front Camera Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes No
Edge Yes Yes No
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.1, LE v4.1, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6700 mAh 5870 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 720 h - -
Talk Time Up to 9 h 30 min - Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)