Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 vs Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact vs Xiaomi Mi Pad 2

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Sony Xiaomi
Announced June 2014 September 2014 November 2015
Status Available - July 2014 Available - November 2014 Available - November 2015
Price - - Rs. 9,999 ($147.04) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black Black, White Dark grey, Champagne gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
213.4 x 123.6 x 6.4 mm
(8.4 x 4.87 x 0.25 in)
200.4 x 132.6 x 7 mm
(7.89 x 5.22 x 0.28 in)
Weight 294 g (10.37 oz) 270 g (9.52 oz) 322 g (11.36 oz)
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6502, D6503, D6543 N/A
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6502, D6503, D6543 N/A
4G Network - LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 - D6503 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint sensor IP68 Certified - Dust Tight and Water Resistant over 1 Meter and 30 Minutes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS/ Optional Windows 10 (64 GB model)
Processor Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5420 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 2.24 GHz, Intel Atom X5-Z8500
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 Adreno 330 Intel HD Graphics
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16 GB 16/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.4 inches 8.0 inches 7.9 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.71% 70.37% 72.75%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No FM radio with RDS No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Up to 107 kbps No
Edge No Up to 296 kbps No
3G No HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.1
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, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS No
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not 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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4900 mAh 4500 mAh 6190 mAh
Stand by - Up to 1100 h (2G)
Up to 1300 h (3G)
Up to 649 h
Talk Time - Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
Up to 12 h 30 min (multimedia)