Phone Comparison - HP Slate 7 vs Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) vs Apple iPad Air

general General Info

Manufacturer HP Samsung Apple
Announced February 2013 September 2013 October 2013
Status Available - April 2013 Available - October 2013 Available - November 2013
Colors Black/Silver, Red Black, White Space Gray, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
243.1 x 171.4 x 7.9 mm
(9.57 x 6.75 x 0.31 in)
240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm
(9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
Weight 372 g (13.12 oz) 540 g (WiFi)/ 535 g (3G)/ 547 g (LTE) (19.05 oz (WiFi)/ 18.87 oz (0.11G)/ 19.29 oz (LTE)) 469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE version LTE- all models
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.3 (Jelly Bean) iOS 7.0.2
Processor Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9 Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (LTE model) / Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7
GPU - Adreno 330 (LTE model) PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics)
RAM 1 GB 3 GB N/A
Internal Memory 8 GB 16/32/64 GB storage 16/32/64/128 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No

display Display

Type FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen Super clear LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 10.1 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 2560 x 1600 pixels (299 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.94% 70.94% 71.58%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash No LED flash No
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 1080p@60fps (LTE model) Yes, 1080p@30fps, video stabilization
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G N/A HSDPA, 42 Mbps (LTE model), 21 Mbps (3G model); HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host Yes, v2.0
GPS - Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML HTML5 HTML (Safari)

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB storage, 3 GB RAM 16/32/64/128 GB storage
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 64 GB No
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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable battery Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po battery (32.4 Wh)
Capacity - 8220 mAh -
Stand by - Up to 2230 h -
Talk Time Up to 5 h (media) Up to 10 h (Multimedia & 2G)
Up to 49 h (3G)
Up to 10 h (multimedia)