Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021) vs Xiaomi Pad 6

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Xiaomi
Announced June 2014 December 2021 April 2023
Status Available - July 2014 Coming Soon - December 2021 Available - April 2023
Colors Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze Gray, Silver, Pink Gold Black, Blue, 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)
246.8 x 161.9 x 6.9 mm
(9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 in)
254 x 165.2 x 6.5 mm
(10 x 6.5 x 0.26 in)
Weight 467 g (16.47 oz) 508 g (17.92 oz) 490 g (17.28 oz)
SIM Type - Nano-SIM No
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2600 LTE (unspecified) -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
)
Stylus support (magnetic)

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android 11 Android 13
User Interface - One UI 3.0 MIUI 14
Processor Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm) Octa-core (1x3.2 GHz Kryo 585 & 3x2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4x1.80 GHz Kryo 585), Qualcomm SM8250-AC Snapdragon 870 5G (7 nm)
GPU Adreno 330 Mali G52 MP2 Adreno 650
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 8 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 128 GB 256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSDXC (dedicated slot) No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen FHD+ WUXGA TFT Screen QHD+ IPS LCD Screen
144Hz Refresh Rate
HDR10, Dolby Vision
550 nits
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M Colors 1B Colors
Size 10.5 inches 10.5 inches 11.0 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (216 ppi) 1800 x 2880 pixels (309 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.66% 79.74% 83.48%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP 13 MP
Flash LED flash No Dual-LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging 8 MP, AF
13 MP, f/2.2, PDAF
HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP
1080p@30fps [Similar]
8 MP, f/2.2, 1/4", 1.12µm
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes N/A
Edge Yes Yes N/A
3G HSDPA, HSUPA; LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE N/A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE 5.2, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 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/a/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 USB Type-C 2.0 USB Type-C 3.2, accessory connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO GPS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 3 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM Or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM Or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 256 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 8 GB RAM or 128 GB, 6 GB RAM UFS 3.1
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSDXC (dedicated slot) No
USB OTG - Not Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor 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
Fast battery Charging 15W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 33W, PD3.0, QC4
Capacity 7900 mAh 7040 mAh 8840 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -