Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7 0 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8 0 2019

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General

Also Known As

- Samsung Galaxy Tab A with S Pen 8.0

Brand

Samsung Samsung

Fingerprint Sensor

No No

Launch Date

January 5, 2018 August 13, 2019

Model

Galaxy Tab A 7.0 Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2019

Network

5G: Not Supported in India, 4G: Available Supported in India, 3G: Available, 2G: Available 5G: Not Supported in India, 4G: Not Available, 3G: Not Available

Operating System

Android v5.1 (Lollipop) Android v9.0 (Pie)

Quick Charging

No -

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM, GSM -

Battery

Capacity

4000 mAh 5100 mAh

TalkTime

Up to 21 Hours(3G) -

Type

Li-ion Li-ion

USB Type-C

No No

User Replaceable

No No

Camera

Autofocus

No Yes

Camera Features

Digital Zoom Digital Zoom

Flash

No No

Image Resolution

2592 x 1944 Pixels 3264 x 2448 Pixels

Optical Image Stabilisation

No -

Resolution

2 MP f/2.2, Primary Camera 2 MP, Primary Camera

Sensor

CMOS image sensor CMOS image sensor

Video Recording

1280x720 @ 30 fps 1920x1080 @ 30 fps

Design

Build Material

- Back: Aluminium

Colours

Black, White Black, Silver

Height

186.9 mm 210 mm

Thickness

8.7 mm 8 mm

Weight

289 grams 345 grams

Width

108.8 mm 124.4 mm

Display

Display Type

TFT TFT

Pixel Density

216 ppi 189 ppi

Screen Resolution

800 x 1280 pixels 800 x 1280 pixels

Screen Size

7.0 inches (17.78 cm) 8.0 inches (20.32 cm)

Screen to Body Ratio

70.11 % 71.28 %

Touch Screen

Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch Yes, Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch
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Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm 3.5 mm

FM Radio

Yes -

Fm Radio

Yes -

Loudspeaker

Yes -

Network & Connectivity

Bluetooth

Yes, v4.0 Yes, v4.2

GPS

Yes with A-GPS, Glonass -

NFC

No No

Network Support

5G Not Supported in India, 4G Supported in India, 3G, 2G 5G Not Supported in India

SAR Value

Head: 1.07 W/kg -

SIM 1

4G Bands: TD-LTE 2300(band 40) FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20) 3G Bands: UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz 2G Bands: GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz GPRS: Available EDGE: Available -

SIM Size

SIM1: Micro -

USB Connectivity

Mass storage device, USB charging, microUSB 2.0 Mass storage device, USB charging, microUSB

Usb Connectivity

Mass storage device, USB charging, microUSB 2.0 Mass storage device, USB charging, microUSB

VoLTE

Yes -

Voice Calling

Yes No

Volte

Yes -

Wi-Fi

Yes, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n) Yes, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) 5GHz

Wi-Fi Features

Wi-Fi Direct, Mobile Hotspot Wi-Fi Direct

Performance

Architecture

- 64 bit

Chipset

Spreadtrum Qualcomm Snapdragon 429

Processor

Quad core, 1.5 GHz Quad core, 2 GHz, Cortex A53

RAM

1.5 GB 2 GB

Ram

1.5 GB 2 GB

Special Features

Other Sensors

Accelerometer Light sensor, Accelerometer

Storage

Expandable Memory

Yes, Up to 200 GB Yes, Up to 512 GB

Internal Memory

8 GB 32 GB

User Available Storage

Up to 4.2 GB Up to 21.3 GB
Scoring parameters
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