Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen vs Samsung Galaxy Note8

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2015 July 2015 August 2017
Status Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - July 2015 Coming Soon - September 2017
Price Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black, White Black, Blue Coral, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
Weight 151 g (5.33 oz) 487 g (17.18 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type - - Single/Dual SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA
4G Network LTE - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - S Pen Stylus - IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) / Octa-core (4x2.3 GHz & 4x1.7 GHz), Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835/ Exynos 8895 Octa
GPU Adreno 405 - Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 64/128/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 9.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.99% 71.99% 83.03%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS; recording - No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels Dual 12 MP
Flash LED flash No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 and f/2.4, 2X Optical Zoom, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama
Video 1080p@30fps 720p 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps No HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Barometer Sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor barometer sensor present
Heart-rate Sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor heart rate sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3050 mAh 6000 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)
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