Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab Active3

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced Febrary 2019 July 2019 September 2020
Status Coming Soon - April 2019 Coming Soon - July 2019 Available - September 2020
Colors Black, Gray Carbon Black, Silver Gray Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 245 x 149 x 7.5 mm
(9.65 x 5.87 x 0.3 in)
210 x 124.4 x 8 mm
(8.27 x 4.9 x 0.31 in)
127.8 x 213.8 x 9.9 mm
(5.03 x 8.42 x 0.39 in)
Weight 460 g (16.23 oz) 345g (12.17oz) 426 g / 429 g (15.03 oz / 15.13 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) LTE (unspecified) LTE (unspecified)
SAR EU 1.36 W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
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Messaging
Build Features - Front glass, aluminum body - - Fingerprint Sensor (front-mounted)
Stylus
IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)
MIL-STD-810H compliant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 9.0 (Pie) Android 10
User Interface One UI - -
Processor Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7904 Octa (14 nm) Quad-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm SDM429 Snapdragon 429 Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A55), Exynos 9810 (10 nm)
GPU Mali-G71 MP2 Adreno 504 Mali-G72 MP18
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32 GB 32 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 1 TB microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 10.1 inches 8.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (283 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 81.15% 70.80% 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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP 8 MP 13 MP
Flash LED Flash No LED Flash
Features 8 MP, AF, f/2.0
Panorama
8 MP, AF
13 MP, AF
HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE-A HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.2, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; magnetic connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser Yes Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 1 TB microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor not present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not present gyroscope sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Battery Charging 10W
Capacity 6150 mAh 5100 mAh 5050 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -