Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 10.5 (2021)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2015 February 2017 December 2021
Status Coming Soon - August 2015 Available - March 2017 Coming Soon - December 2021
Price Rs. 23,855 ($349.99) [Similarly Priced] - -
Colors White, black Various Gray, Silver, Pink Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 237.3 x 169 x 5.6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.22 in)
237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
246.8 x 161.9 x 6.9 mm
(9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 in)
Weight 389 g (Wi-Fi) / 392 g (LTE) (13.72 oz (Wi-Fi) / 13.83 oz (LTE)) 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE)) 508 g (17.92 oz)
SIM Type - Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 40(2300) LTE (unspecified)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - Fingerprint Sensor
- Fingerprint Sensor (side-mounted)
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Notification LED - No -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.0.2 (Lollipop) Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 11
Processor , Qualcomm Snapdragon Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 Octa-core (2x2.0 GHz Cortex-A75 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm)
GPU - Adreno 530 Mali G52 MP2
RAM 3 GB 4 GB 4 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32/64 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 FHD+ WUXGA TFT Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M Colors
Size 9.7 inches 9.7 inches 10.5 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.61% 72.61% 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 13 MP 8 MP
Flash No LED Flash No
Features Auto focus, Yes Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, Panorama 8 MP, AF
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP [Similar] 5 MP
1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE
Bluetooth v4.1, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE 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 Yes USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
Browser HTML5 HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32/64 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 - Not 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
NFC NFC not supported NFC not 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 5870 mAh 6000 mAh 7040 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -