Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 vs Honor Pad X6 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Honor Samsung
Announced January 2014 September 2020 December 2021
Status Available - July 2014 Coming Soon - September 2020 Coming Soon - December 2021
Colors Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Neo Mint Gray, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm
(9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)
240.2 x 159 x 7.6 mm
(9.46 x 6.26 x 0.3 in)
246.8 x 161.9 x 6.9 mm
(9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 in)
Weight 465 g (16.4 oz) 460 g (16.23 oz) 508 g (17.92 oz)
SIM Type - No Nano-SIM
2G Network No N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network No N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - N/A LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint Sensor Stylus support - Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android 10 Android 11
User Interface - Magic UI 3.1, no Google Play Ser One UI 3.0
Processor Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5420 Octa-core (4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A73 & 4x1.7 GHz Cortex-A53), Kirin 710A (14 nm) Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm)
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 Mali-G51 MP4 Mali G52 MP2
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 32 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB Unspecified microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen FHD+ WUXGA TFT Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M Colour 16M Colors
Size 10.5 inches 9.7 inches 10.5 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (156 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.66% 71.08% 79.74%
Multi-Touch yes no 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, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP 8 MP
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging 5 MP, f/2.2
HDR, Panorama
8 MP, AF
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.4 [Similar] 5 MP
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No Yes
Edge No No Yes
3G No N/A HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 5.1, A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi 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, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM Or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM Or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB Unspecified microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor 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-Po Battery
Battery Charging 10W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 15W
Capacity 7900 mAh 5100 mAh 7040 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -