Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Apple iPad 9.7

Price Comparison (India)

-	Rs. 28,900

Manufacturer
Samsung	Apple
Announced
February 2017	March 2017
Status
Available - March 2017	Available - March 2017
Price
-	Rs. 28,900 ($399.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Various	Silver, Gold, Space Gray
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
237.3 x 169 x 6 mm (9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)	240 x 169.5 x 7.5 mm (9.45 x 6.67 x 0.3 in)
Weight
429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE))	469 g / 478 g (16.54 oz / 16.86 oz)
SIM Type
Nano-SIM	Nano-SIM/ Electronic SIM card (e-SIM)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300)	LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features
- Fingerprint Sensor	- Fingerprint Sensor
Notification LED
No	-

OS
Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)	iOS 10.3
Processor
Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 [Similar]	Dual-core 1.84 GHz (Twister), Apple A9 [Similar]
GPU
Adreno 530 [Similar]	PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics) [Similar]
RAM
4 GB [Browse Similar]	2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
32/64 GB	32/128 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	No

Type
Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen	LED-backlit IPS LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass, Oleophobic Coating
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar]	9.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)	1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
72.61%	71.58%
Multi-Touch

Rear Camera
13 MP [Similar]	8 MP [Similar]
Flash
LED Flash	No
Features
Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama	Autofocus, f/2.4, 31mm, 1.12µm Pixel Size, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video
1080p@30fps	1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec.
Front Camera
5 MP [Similar]	1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular [Similar]

GPRS
Yes	Yes
Edge
Yes	Yes
3G
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.2, A2DP, LE	v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
USB
Yes	v2.0, reversible connector
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)
Browser
HTML5	HTML5 (Safari)

Internal
32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM	32/128 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)	No
USB OTG
Not Supported	Not Supported

Fingerprint

Proximity Sensor

Accelerometer Sensor

Light Sensor

Magnetic-field Sensor (Compass)

Gyroscope Sensor

Barometer Sensor

NFC

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion battery	Non-removable Li-Ion Battery (32.4 Wh)
Capacity
6000 mAh	8610 mAh
Stand by
-	-
Talk Time
-	Up to 10 h (multimedia)