Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) with S-Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2015 July 2015 September 2016
Status Coming Soon - August 2015 Coming Soon - July 2015 Available - September 2016
Price Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,000 ($390.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, black Black, White Pearl White, Metallic Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm
(10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 in)
Weight 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE)) 487 g (17.18 oz) 525 g (18.52 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - S Pen Stylus -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
Processor Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz Octa-core (4x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.0 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7870
GPU - - Mali-T830 MP2
RAM 3 GB 2 GB 2/3 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 16 GB 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen PLS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches 9.7 inches 10.1 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.03% 71.99% 75.04%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama
Video 1440p@30fps 720p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2, 1080p video [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSPA, LTE No HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.1, LE v4.1, A2DP v4.2, 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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2/3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4000 mAh 6000 mAh 7300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)
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