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Acer Iconia Tab A500

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Acer Iconia Tab A500

Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime

Network
Technology No cellular connectivity GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - G530F, G530FZ, G530Y
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 - G530H, G530FZ/DS
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - G530F, G530H, G530FZ, G530Y, G531F
  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 - G530T (T-Mobile)
4G Network 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 - G530F
  1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20 - G530FZ
  1, 3, 5, 8, 28 - G530Y
  1, 3, 5, 8, 20, 40 - G531F
LTE band 2, 4, 5, 12 - G530T (T-Mobile)
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2011, February. Released 2011, April 2014, September 30. Released 2014, October
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 260 x 177 x 13.3 mm (10.24 x 6.97 x 0.52 in) 144.8 x 72.1 x 8.6 mm (5.70 x 2.84 x 0.34 in)
Weight 730 g (1.61 lb) 156 g (5.50 oz)
Build Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM No Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
Type LCD, 256K colors TFT
Size 10.1 inches, 295.8 cm2 (~64.3% screen-to-body ratio) 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~66.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels, 16:10 ratio (~149 ppi density) 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~220 ppi density)
 Acer UI
Platform
OS Android 3.0, upgradable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2/5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) - G531F
Chipset Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm)
Spreadtrum SC7730 (Value Edition)
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A9 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 (Value Edition)
GPU ULP GeForce Adreno 306
Mali-400 (Value Edition)
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 16GB 1GB RAM, 32GB 1GB RAM 8GB 1GB RAM
  eMMC 4.5
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 8 MP, f/2.4, AF
Features LED flash LED flash, panorama
Video Yes 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules 2 MP 5 MP, f/2.2
Video 1080p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP, EDR 4.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes (G530F, G530FZ models)
Infrared port No No
Radio No FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0, USB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity Accelerometer, proximity, compass
 HDMI port
MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
XviD/MP4/H.264 player
Organizer
Document viewer
Predictive text input
Battery
Type Non-removable Li-Po 3260 mAh battery Li-Ion 2600 mAh, removable
Stand-by Up to 200 h
Talk time Up to 6 h Up to 17 h (3G)
Music play Up to 75 h
Misc
Colors Black White, Gray, Gold
SAR EU 0.28 W/kg (head)     0.33 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-G5306W, SM-G5308W, SM-G5309W, SM-G530BT, SM-G530F, SM-G530FQ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530FZ, SM-G530H, SM-G531F, SM-G531H, SM-G530T, SM-G530W, SM-G530Y, SM-G530AZ, SM-G531Y, SM-G530T1, SM-G531M, SM-G530A, SM-G530M, SM-G531BT, SM-G530MU, SM-G530P
Price About 200 EUR About 140 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 520
Basemark X: 1904
Display Contrast ratio: 756 (nominal), 1.935 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 63dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 68dB
Audio quality Noise -95.0dB / Crosstalk -93.9dB

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