Phone Comparison - Asus Padfone vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7

general General Info

Manufacturer Asus Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2012 June 2014 March 2015
Status Available - July 2012 Available - July 2014 Available - May 2015
Price - - Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black White, Black Black/Silver
Form Factor Candybar Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Candybar
Dimension 128 x 65.4 x 9.2 mm
(5.04 x 2.57 x 0.36 in)
212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight 129 g (4.55 oz) 298 g (10.51 oz) 450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE))
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
LTE 850 / 2100
LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8260A Snapdragon Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Adreno 225 Adreno 330 -
RAM 1 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32 GB 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE)
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches 8.4 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.96% 76.71% 71.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 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 Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1520 mAh 4900 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by Up to 360 h (2G)
Up to 370 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 15 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
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