The phrase "a similar capability for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when comparing abilities or functions of different subjects or entities.
Example: "The new software offers a similar capability for data analysis as the previous version."
Alternatives: "an equivalent ability to" or "a comparable function for".
So why not a similar capability for the device that wields more processing power than either of those?
Apple may even include a similar capability for iOS apps to stay competitive with Android.
Google Voice has offered a similar capability for years, while a handful of existing mobile apps, like Burner, also let you create disposable phone numbers or secondary lines you can maintain as long as you're a paying customer.
The results indicate that the newly developed Hi3-1 Multiplex kit, which is based on a sol-gel protein microarray, achieves a similar capability of detection for viral Ab when compared to the commercial Architect assays.
It's good marketing, but at least as the technological capability you could argue that Microsoft has had a similar capability in Windows Phones for more than a year, since Windows Phone 7 was introduced.
We decided to test MTX for a similar capability.
Mobile data compression is not a new idea, of course – for instance, Opera's Turbo mode for its mobile browser offers a similar capability, as does Amazon Silk.
A similar capability to bind HIV-1 and effect trans infection has been described for other proteins including syndecan and DC-SIGN.
And so we have sought to develop a similar capability in China.
Perhaps RIP-Tag tumor endothelium develops a similar capability to induce tolerance to extravasating CD4+ T cells, a capability disrupted by radiation.
They know that their employees -- many of whom in their personal lives have become accustomed to booking air travel online, getting news on demand and even paying their bills over the Web -- have come to expect similar capabilities for simplifying their work lives.
