Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung	Samsung
Announced
January 2014	March 2015
Status
Available - July 2014	Available - May 2015
Price
-	Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Dazzling White, Titanium Bronze	Black/Silver
Form Factor
Candybar	Candybar
Dimension
247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6 mm (9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 in)	242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm (9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
Weight
465 g (16.4 oz)	450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE))
2G Network
No	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
No	HSDPA
4G Network
-	LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM	SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features
Fingerprint Sensor	-

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen	TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors	16M colors
Size
10.5 inches [Similar]	9.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution
1600 x 2560 pixels (288 ppi)	768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
72.66%	71.99%
Multi-Touch

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

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