Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy Note5

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2015 July 2015 August 2015
Status Available - May 2015 Coming Soon - August 2015 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 13,630 ($199.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 40,800 ($600.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black/Silver White, black Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 208.3 x 137.9 x 7.4 mm
(8.2 x 5.43 x 0.29 in)
198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
153.2 x 76.1 x 7.6 mm
(6.03 x 3 x 0.3 in)
Weight 313 g (11.04 oz) 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE)) 171 g (6.03 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network LTE LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint sensor (PayPal certified)
- S Pen stylus

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 GHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 2.1 GHz Cortex-A57, Exynos 7420
GPU - - Mali-T760MP8
RAM 2 GB 3 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE) 32/64 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.0 inches 8.0 inches 5.7 inches
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (160 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi) 1440 x 2560 pixels (515 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 69.00% 74.03% 76.92%
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 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels
Flash No No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Yes Autofocus, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes 1440p@30fps 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, Optical Stabilization, Dual-video Rec.
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE Cat9 450/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.1, LE v4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB No
USB OTG - - Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint 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
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-Po Battery
Capacity 4200 mAh 4000 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -