Phone Comparison - Sony Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 vs Huawei MediaPad M2

general General Info

Manufacturer Sony Samsung Huawei
Announced September 2014 March 2015 May 2015
Status Available - November 2014 Available - May 2015 Available - May 2015
Price - Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 27,058 ($396.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White Black/Silver Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 213.4 x 123.6 x 6.4 mm
(8.4 x 4.87 x 0.25 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
214.8 x 124 x 7.8 mm
(8.46 x 4.88 x 0.31 in)
Weight 270 g (9.52 oz) 450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE)) 330 g (11.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - D6502, D6503, D6543 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 - M2-803L
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - D6502, D6503, D6543 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - M2-801L, M2-803L
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - M2-802L
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - M2-802L
TD-SCDMA 1900 / 2000 - M2-803L
4G Network LTE 700/800/850/900/1700/1800/1900/2100/2600 - D6503 LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) - M2-801L
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 19(800), 26(850), 28(700), 40(2300), 41(2500) - M2-802L
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 7(26
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features 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, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm MSM8974AB Snapdragon 801 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Octa-core 2.0 GHz, Hisilicon Kirin 930
GPU Adreno 330 - Mali-T628 MP4
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE) 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type TFT LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches 9.7 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 70.37% 71.99% 69.68%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS - -
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8.1 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash No No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR, Panorama Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video 1080p@30fps Yes Yes
Front Camera 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Up to 107 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Up to 296 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE, apt-X v4.0 v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
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, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB On-the-go, USB Host microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM - Standard edition
32 GB, 3 GB RAM - Premium
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB 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 not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4500 mAh 6000 mAh 4800 mAh
Stand by Up to 1100 h (2G)
Up to 1300 h (3G)
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Talk Time Up to 19 h (2G)
Up to 23 h (3G)
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