Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE vs Huawei P8max vs Sony Xperia XA Ultra

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Huawei Sony
Announced June 2014 April 2015 May 2016
Status Available - July 2014 Available - July 2015 Available - July 2016
Price - Rs. 30,670 ($450.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,000 ($382.35) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black Titanium Grey, Mystic Champagne (16 GB model)
Carbon Black, P
White, Graphite Black, Lime Gold
Form Factor Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Candybar Candybar
Dimension 212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
187.2 x 93 x 6.8 mm
(7.37 x 3.66 x 0.27 in)
164.2 x 79.4 x 8.4 mm
(6.46 x 3.13 x 0.33 in)
Weight 298 g (10.51 oz) 228 g (8.04 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600
LTE 850 / 2100
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint Sensor - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53, HiSilicon Kirin 935 1.8GHz Octa-core, Mediatek MT6755 Helio P10
GPU Adreno 330 Mali-T628 Mali-T860
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 3 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 2 TB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Mobile BRAVIA engine 2, Curved Display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.4 inches 6.8 inches 6.0 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (324 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (367 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.71% 73.20% 76.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 13 MP, 4160 x 3120 pixels 21.5 MP, 5248 x 3936
Flash LED flash optical image stabil LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Hybrid Autofocus, 1/2.4'' Sensor Size, Exmor RS Sensor, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 16 MP, Autofocus, OIS, LED flash [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Yes Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP v4.0, A2DP, LE Yes
Wi-Fi 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, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 64 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 2 TB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported -

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4900 mAh 4360 mAh 2700 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -