Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy A8

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7
samsung galaxy tab a 9.7
Samsung Galaxy A8
samsung galaxy a8
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2015 July 2015
Status Available - May 2015 Available - August 2015
Price Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black/Silver Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
Weight 450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE)) 151 g (5.33 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.2 GHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 [Similar]
GPU - Adreno 405 [Similar]
RAM 2 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE) 16/32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

display Display

Type TFT capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches [Similar] 5.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 71.99% 73.99%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio - FM radio with RDS; recording
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2 MP [Similar] 5 MP, 1080p [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Bluetooth v4.0 v4.1, 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, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant)
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 3050 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -