What's better Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 or Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) ? To answer this question SpecsPRO has compared Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) : screen resolution, camera, battery and other important specifications.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017)

  • Main

  • Model

  • Price

  • launch

  • Announced

  • Status

  • platform

  • OS

  • Chipset

  • CPU

  • GPU

  • camera

  • Rear

  • Front

  • Video

  • Features

  • display

  • Size

  • Resolution

  • Technology

  • Multitouch

  • battery

  • General

  • Talk time

  • Playing Music

  • body

  • Dimensions

  • Weight

  • SIM card

  • Build

  • Miscellaneous

  • Colors

  • memory

  • Internal Storage & RAM

  • Card slot

  • comms

  • WLAN

  • Bluetooth

  • GPS

  • Radio

  • USB

  • features

  • Sensors

  • Messaging

  • Browser

  • Java

  • sound

  • 3.5mm jack

  • network

  • Technology

  • 2G bands

  • 3G bands

  • 4G bands

  • Speed

  • GPRS

  • EDGE

  • Videos

  • launch

  • Announced

    2017, February

  • Status

    Coming soon. Exp. release 2017, April

  • platform

  • OS

    Android OS, v7.0 (Nougat)

  • Chipset

    Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820

  • CPU

    Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo)

  • GPU

    Adreno 530

  • camera

  • Rear

    13 MP, f/1.9, 27mm, autofocus, LED flash

  • Front

    5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm, 1080p

  • Video

    2160p@30fps

  • Features

    Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama

  • display

  • Size

    9.7 inches

  • Resolution

    1536 x 2048 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)

  • Technology

    Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

  • Multitouch

    Yes, up to 5 fingers

  • battery

  • General

    Non-removable 6000 mAh battery

  • Talk time

  • Playing Music

  • body

  • Dimensions

    237.3 x 169 x 6 mm (9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 in)

  • Weight

    429 g (Wi-Fi)/ 434 g (LTE) (15.13 oz, 0.95 lb)

  • SIM card

    Nano-SIM

  • Build

  • Miscellaneous

  • Colors

    White, black

  • memory

  • Internal Storage & RAM

    32 GB, 4 GB RAM

  • Card slot

    microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

  • comms

  • WLAN

    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

  • Bluetooth

    v4.2, A2DP, LE

  • GPS

    Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO

  • Radio

    No

  • USB

    v3.1, Type-C reversible connector; magnetic connector

  • features

  • Sensors

    Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, compass

  • Messaging

    SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

  • Browser

    HTML5

  • Java

    No

  • sound

  • 3.5mm jack

    Yes

  • network

  • Technology

    GSM / HSPA / LTE

  • 2G bands

    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

  • 3G bands

    HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

  • 4G bands

    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)

  • Speed

    HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps

  • GPRS

    Yes

  • EDGE

    Yes

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  • launch

  • Announced

    2017, September

  • Status

    Available. Released 2017, September

  • platform

  • OS

    Android 7.1 (Nougat)

  • Chipset

    Qualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425

  • CPU

    Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53

  • GPU

    Adreno 308

  • camera

  • Rear

    8 MP, f/1.9, autofocus, LED flash

  • Front

    5 MP

  • Video

    1080p@30fps

  • Features

    Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR

  • display

  • Size

    8.0 inches, 185.6 cm2

  • Resolution

    800 x 1280 pixels, 16:10 ratio (~189 ppi density)

  • Technology

    IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

  • Multitouch

    Yes

  • battery

  • General

    Non-removable Li-Ion 5000 mAh battery

  • Talk time

    About 14 h / About 36 h

  • Playing Music

    About 153 h

  • body

  • Dimensions

    212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm (8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 in)

  • Weight

    364 g (12.84 oz, 0.8 lb)

  • SIM card

    Nano-SIM

  • Build

    Aluminum body

  • Miscellaneous

  • Colors

    Black, Gold

  • memory

  • Internal Storage & RAM

    16 GB, 2 GB RAM

  • Card slot

    microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)

  • comms

  • WLAN

    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot

  • Bluetooth

    4.2, A2DP

  • GPS

    Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

  • Radio

    No

  • USB

    microUSB 2.0

  • features

  • Sensors

    Accelerometer

  • Messaging

    SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM

  • Browser

    HTML5 - ANT+ - MP4/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player - Photo/video editor - Document viewer

  • Java

  • sound

  • 3.5mm jack

    Yes

  • network

  • Technology

    GSM / HSPA / LTE

  • 2G bands

    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

  • 3G bands

    HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

  • 4G bands

    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)

  • Speed

    HSPA, LTE

  • GPRS

    Yes

  • EDGE

    Yes

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