Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019)

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
samsung galaxy tab s 8.4
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019)
samsung galaxy tab a 10.1 (2019)
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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung
Announced June 2014 Febrary 2019
Status Available - July 2014 Coming Soon - April 2019
Colors White, Black Black, Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 212.8 x 125.6 x 6.6 mm
(8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 in)
245 x 149 x 7.5 mm
(9.65 x 5.87 x 0.3 in)
Weight 294 g (10.37 oz) 460 g (16.23 oz)
SIM Type - Nano-SIM
2G Network No GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network No 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), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
SAR EU - W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
1.36 W/kg (head)
- W/kg (body)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features Fingerprint sensor - Front glass, aluminum body

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Android 9.0 (Pie)
User Interface - One UI
Processor Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5420 [Similar] Octa-core (2x1.8 GHz Cortex-A73 & 6x1.6 GHz Cortex-A53), Exynos 7904 Octa (14 nm) [Similar]
GPU Mali-T628 MP6 [Similar] Mali-G71 MP2 [Similar]
RAM 3 GB [Browse Similar] 3 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32/64 GB 32 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.4 inches [Similar] 10.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels (359 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 76.71% 81.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels [Similar] 8 MP [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging 8 MP, AF, f/2.0
Panorama
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 2.1 MP [Similar] 5 MP, f/2.2, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSPA, LTE-A
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE 5.0, A2DP, LE
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
Browser HTML5 Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 GB, 3 GB RAM 32 GB, 3 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
USB OTG - Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4900 mAh 6150 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - -