Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2014 July 2015 July 2015
Status Available - July 2014 Coming Soon - August 2015 Coming Soon - July 2015
Price - Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Black White, black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
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)
Weight 294 g (10.37 oz) 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE)) 487 g (17.18 oz)
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network No HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint sensor - S Pen Stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5420 Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.2 GHz
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 - -
RAM 3 GB 3 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32/64 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.4 inches 8.0 inches 9.7 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.71% 74.03% 71.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1440p@30fps 720p
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G No HSPA, LTE No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE v4.1, LE v4.1, A2DP
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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint 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 Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4900 mAh 4000 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)