Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) vs Samsung Galaxy Note8

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2016 May 2016 August 2017
Status Coming Soon - March 2016 Available - May 2016 Coming Soon - September 2017
Price Rs. 11,250 ($165.44) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors Pearl White, Metallic Black Pearl White, Metallic Black Black, Blue Coral, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 186.9 x 108.8 x 8.7 mm
(7.36 x 4.28 x 0.34 in)
254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm
(10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
Weight 283 g (9.98 oz) 525 g (18.52 oz) 195 g (6.88 oz)
SIM Type - - Single/Dual SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800), 19(800), 38(2600), 40(2300) LTE
Messaging , EMail, IM , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
Notification LED - - Yes

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 Octa-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A53, Exynos 7870 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 306 Mali-T830 MP2 Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20
RAM 1.5 GB 2 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 8 GB 16 GB 64/128/256 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 10.1 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.63% 75.04% 83.03%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP 8 MP Dual 12 MP
Flash No LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama Auto focus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama 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 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
Front Camera 2 MP, f/2.2 [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2, 1080p video [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, 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 Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not 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 not 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 4000 mAh 7300 mAh 3300 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 11 h (multimedia) - -