Phone Comparison - Huawei MediaPad T2 7.0 Pro vs Huawei MediaPad T2 7.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017)

general General Info

Manufacturer Huawei Huawei Samsung
Announced August 2016 August 2016 September 2017
Status Coming Soon - September 2016 Coming Soon - September 2016 Available - September 2017
Price Rs. 6,999 ($155.00) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 17,999 ($275.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors White, Gold, Blue, Pink Black/Silver Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 187.4 x 105.8 x 8.2 mm
(7.38 x 4.17 x 0.32 in)
191.8 x 107 x 8.5 mm
(7.55 x 4.21 x 0.33 in)
212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm
(8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 in)
Weight 250 g (8.82 oz) 278 (9.81) 364 g (12.84 oz)
SIM Type - - Dual-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - BGO-DL09
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - BGO-L03
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 19(800), 20(800), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - BGO-DL09 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- -
Notification LED - - No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Octa-core (4x1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A7, Spreadtrum SC9830l 1.4 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
GPU Adreno 405 - Adreno 308
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB 8/16 GB 16 GB
External Memory To be confirmed To be confirmed microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type LTPS IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.0 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (315 ppi) 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 68.00% 66.83% 70.26%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio To be confirmed To be confirmed FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP 2 MP 8 MP
Flash LED Flash No Yes
Features Autofocus, f/2.0, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama Yes Autofocus, f/1.9 aperture, geo-tagging, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, LE v4.0, LE v4.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (region dependent) Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 2 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM - PLE-701L
16/32 GB, 3 GB
8/16 GB, 1 GB RAM or 16 GB, 2 GB RAM (BGO-DL09 only) 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage To be confirmed To be confirmed microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor 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-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 4360 mAh 4100 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 455 h -
Talk Time - Up to 12 h (multimedia) -