Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021)

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2015 March 2017 December 2021
Status Coming Soon - August 2015 Available - April 2017 Coming Soon - December 2021
Price Rs. 18,060 ($264.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced] -
Colors White, black Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Gray, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 198.6 x 134.8 x 5.6 mm
(7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 in)
148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
246.8 x 161.9 x 6.9 mm
(9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 in)
Weight 265 g (Wi-Fi) / 272 g (LTE) (9.35 oz (Wi-Fi) / 9.59 oz (LTE)) 155 g (5.47 oz) 508 g (17.92 oz)
SIM Type - Dual-SIM Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - - Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
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Notification LED - Yes -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 11
Processor Quad-core 1.9GHz & quad-core 1.3 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
Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm)
GPU - Adreno 540 Mali G52 MP2
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 64 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 FHD+ WUXGA TFT Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 8.0 inches 5.8 inches 10.5 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (320 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 74.03% 84.06% 79.74%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 12 MP 8 MP
Flash No Dual-LED (Dual Tone) No
Features Auto focus, Yes Phase Detection Autofocus, OIS, f/1.7 aperture, Geo-tagging, Simultaneous 4K Video And 9MP Image Recording, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, Auto HDR, Panorama 8 MP, AF
Video 1440p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 8 MP, AF [Similar] 5 MP
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth v4.1, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi 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 Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 128 GB, 4 GB RAM Or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM Or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 15W
Capacity 4000 mAh 3000 mAh 7040 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -