Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Note5 vs Samsung Galaxy Note8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab Active3

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced August 2015 August 2017 September 2020
Status Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - September 2017 Available - September 2020
Price Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced] - -
Colors Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum Black, Blue Coral, Gold Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
127.8 x 213.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.03 x 8.42 x 0.39 in)
Weight 171 g (6.03 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz) 426 g / 429 g (15.03 oz / 15.13 oz)
SIM Type - Single/Dual SIM Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus
- IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
- Fingerprint Sensor (front-mounted)
Stylus
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
MIL-STD-810H compliant
Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android 10
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420 Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) / Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835/ Exynos 8895 Octa Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 9810 (10 nm)
GPU Mali-T760MP8 Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 Mali-G72 MP18
RAM 4 GB 6 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 64/128/256 GB 128 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4 Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 5.7 inches 6.3 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.92% 83.03% 67.93%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No No No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels Dual 12 MP 13 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash LED Flash
Features Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 and f/2.4, 2X Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 13 MP, AF
HDR, Panorama
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec. 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, 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, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; magnetic connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present barometer sensor not present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present heart rate sensor not present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Battery Charging 10W
Capacity 3000 mAh 3300 mAh 5050 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -