Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A9

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced March 2017 September 2020 October 2023
Status Available - April 2017 Coming Soon - September 2020 Available - October 2023
Price Rs. 57,900 ($720.00) [Similarly Priced] - Rs. 12,999 ($0.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black, White, Gold, Silver, Pink Gold Dark Gray, Silver, Gold Graphite, Silver, Navy
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 148.9 x 68.1 x 8 mm
(5.86 x 2.68 x 0.31 in)
247.6 x 157.4 x 7 mm
(9.75 x 6.2 x 0.28 in)
211 x 124.7 x 8 mm
(8.31 x 4.91 x 0.31 in)
Weight 155 g (5.47 oz) 476 g, 477 g (16.79 oz, 16.83 oz) -
SIM Type Dual-SIM Nano-SIM Nano-SIM, eSIM
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only) GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE LTE LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Notification LED Yes - -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat) Android 10 Android 13
User Interface - One UI 2.1 One UI 5.1
Processor 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 (4x2.0 GHz Kryo 260 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260 Silver), Qualcomm SM6115 Snapdragon 662 (11 nm) Octa-core (2x2.2 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55), Mediatek MT8781V/CA Helio G99 (6nm)
GPU Adreno 540 Adreno 610 Mali-G57 MC2
RAM 4 GB 4 GB 6 GB
Internal Memory 64 GB 64 GB 128 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC microSDXC (dedicated slot)

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5 IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen HD+ TFT LCD Screen
Colors 16M colors 16M Colour 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches 10.4 inches 8.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels (568 ppi) 1200 x 2000 pixels (224 ppi) 800 x 1340 pixels (179 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 84.06% 79.18% 82.04%
Multi-Touch yes no yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 12 MP 8 MP 8 MP
Flash Dual-LED (Dual Tone) No No
Features 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
8 MP, AF
Video 2160p@60fps, 1080p@120fps, HDR, dual-video rec. 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 8 MP, AF [Similar] 5 MP
1080p@30fps [Similar]
2 MP
Yes [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA, LTE, VoLTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat13 400/50 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX 5.0, A2DP, LE Yes
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
USB v3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector USB Type-C 2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS GPS
Browser HTML5 Yes Yes

memory User Memory

Internal 64 GB, 4 GB RAM 64 GB, 4 GB RAM or 32 GB, 3 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM Or 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSDXC microSDXC (dedicated slot)
USB OTG Supported Supported Not Supported

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery charging 15W
Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Fast battery Charging 15W
Capacity 3000 mAh 7040 mAh 5100 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - - -