Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Note8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017)

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2017 August 2017 September 2017
Status Available - March 2017 Coming Soon - September 2017 Available - September 2017
Price - - Rs. 17,999 ($275.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Various Black, Blue Coral, Gold Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 237.3 x 169 x 6 mm
(9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)
162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm
(6.4 x 2.94 x 0.34 in)
212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm
(8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 in)
Weight 429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz (Wi-Fi)/ 15.31 oz (LTE)) 195 g (6.88 oz) 364 g (12.84 oz)
SIM Type Nano-SIM Single/Dual SIM Dual-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 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network 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 LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint Sensor
- IP68 Certified Dust and Water Resistant
- Samsung Pay
-
Notification LED No Yes No

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat) Android OS, v7.1 (Nougat)
Processor Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 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 1.4 GHz Quad-core Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425
GPU Adreno 530 Adreno 540 / Mali-G71 MP20 Adreno 308
RAM 4 GB 6 GB 2 GB
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 64/128/256 GB 16 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED Capacitive Touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 9.7 inches 6.3 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1536 x 2048 pixels (264 ppi) 1440 x 2960 pixels (522 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 72.61% 83.03% 70.26%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 13 MP Dual 12 MP 8 MP
Flash LED Flash LED Flash Yes
Features Autofocus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, HDR, 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 Autofocus, f/1.9 aperture, geo-tagging, panorama, HDR
Video 1080p@30fps 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP [Similar] 8 MP, f/1.7, AF [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, VoLTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX v4.0, 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 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Not Supported Supported Supported

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
Light Sensor light sensor present light sensor present light sensor present
Magnetic-Field Sensor (Compass) magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor present magnetic field sensor not present
Gyroscope Sensor gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor present gyroscope sensor not 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-Ion battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 3300 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -