Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 5G vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2017 2020, August 05 September 2020
Status Available - March 2017 Coming soon. Exp. release 2020, August 21 Coming Soon - September 2020
Colors Various Mystic Black, Mystic Bronze, Mystic Silver Dark Gray, Silver, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
253.8 x 165.4 x 6.3 mm
(9.99 x 6.51 x 0.25 in)
247.6 x 157.4 x 7 mm
(9.75 x 6.2 x 0.28 in)
Weight 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE)) 495 g (17.46 oz) 476 g, 477 g (16.79 oz, 16.83 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300) LTE LTE
5G Network - 5G SA/NSA -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
Stylus support, 9ms latency (Bluetooth integration, accelerometer, gyro)
Samsung DeX
-
Notification LED No - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 10 Android 10
User Interface - One UI 2.0 One UI 2.1
Processor Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Octa-core (1x3.09 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 585, Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865+ (7 nm+) Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver), Qualcomm SM6115 Snapdragon 662 (11 nm)
GPU Adreno 530 Adreno 650 Adreno 610
RAM 4 GB 8 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 256 GB 64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen LTPS IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
HDR10+
120Hz refresh rate
IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colour
Size 9.7 inches 11.0 inches 10.4 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1600 x 2560 pixels (274 ppi) 1200 x 2000 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.61% 83.85% 79.18%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP 13 MP + 5 MP 8 MP
Flash LED Flash LED flash No
Features Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 13 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/3.4", 1.0µm, AF
5 MP, f/2.2, 12mm (ultrawide), 1.12µm
HDR, Panorama
8 MP, AF
Video 1080p@30fps 4K@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/2.0, (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm
HDR
1080p@30fps [Similar]
5 MP
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat20 2000/150 Mbps, 5G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat13 400/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE 5.1, A2DP, LE 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/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; magnetic connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.0 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot) microSDXC
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor 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 present magnetic field sensor present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 45W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Capacity 6000 mAh 8000 mAh 7040 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -