Phone Comparison - Lenovo IdeaTab S6000 vs Google Nexus 9 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Lenovo HTC Samsung
Announced January 2013 October 2014 July 2015
Status Available - June 2013 Available - October 2014 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - - Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Indigo Black, Lunar White, Sand Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 260 x 180 x 8.6 mm
(10.24 x 7.09 x 0.34 in)
228.25 x 153.68 x 7.95 mm
(8.99 x 6.05 x 0.31 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 560 g (19.75 oz) 425 g / 436 g (14.99 oz / 15.38 oz) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA (optional) HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE 800 / 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Dual front-facing speakers with HTC BoomSound - S Pen Stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, MTK 8389/8125 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A15, Nvidia Tegra K1 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX544MP2 ULP GeForce Kepler (192 cores) -
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/32 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches 8.9 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels (149 ppi) 2048 x 1536 pixels (288 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 63.58% 69.76% 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 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps 720p
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

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

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 64 GB No microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG Supported - -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery (23.5 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6350 mAh 6700 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 720 h -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 9 h 30 min Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)