Samsung and Apple have always been the toughest competitors. Now, it's time for their flagships to compete with each other - Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 and Apple's 4th generation iPad Mini, both launched in September. Both these tablets are amazing and have their own exclusive features that we need to dig deeper.
Which one should you buy for this holiday season? The comparison between Galaxy Tab S2 and iPad Mini 4 will help you pick the best.
Design and Display: The 8-inch slim Galaxy Tab S2 measures 198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm that features polycarbonate back, with Super AMOLED display and offer 320ppi. The tab appears in two variations - 250 gms of Wi-Fi model, and 7 gms heavier LTE. Its square rear camera is at top center, and oval home button is located below along with a fingerprint scanner.
The 7.9-inch screen iPad Mini 4 is slimmer that features aluminum back, with 1536 x 2048 resolution and dimension of 203.2 x 134.8 x 6.1mm. Two variants of the device include Wi-Fi variant that weighs 299gms and 3G/LTE variant that weighs 294gms. Rear camera is at top left corner, and home button with fingerprint scanner is located below.
Cameras and Batteries: Both devices include 8MP rear camera with LED flash that offers lively images. Tab S2 provides 2.1MP secondary camera, and can shoot 4K videos on flip side. It has a battery capacity of 4000mAh with almost 24 hours talk time.
The iPad Mini 4 covers 1.2MP shooter for its front camera, along with face detection and Face-Time on LTE and Wi-Fi models. This device offers battery capacity of 5124mAh that provides 10 hours of multimedia use.
Hardware: Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 has 32GB and 64GB storage variants that can be extended up to 128GB. The tablet is supported by 5433 Octa-core processor 20 nm HKMG Exynos duo up with 3GB RAM.
The iPad Mini 4 presents 16, 64, and 128GB variants and features dual core Typhoon processor with speed of 1.5GHz, supported by 2GB RAM, and 20nm A8 chipset.