Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) Specs Comparison

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Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016)
Released · Jun 03, 2020
Released · Jun 01, 2016
8.0-inch · 1280x800px
10.1-inch · 1920x1200px
Single camera
Single camera
3GB · 32GB
2GB · 16GB
7300 mAh

Design

Dimensions
7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches
202 x 137 x 9.7 mm
10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 inches
254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm
Weight
12.52 oz (355.0 g) 18.52 oz (525.0 g)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
White, Black, Twilight blue, Plum, Slate Black, White

Display

Size
8.0-inch 10.1-inch
Resolution
1280x800px, 16:10 ratio, 189 PPI 1920x1200px, 224 PPI
Technology
IPS LCD Super PLS LCD
Screen-to-body
67.13 % 74.96 %
Colors
16 777 216
Features
Ambient light sensor Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT8168 (12 nm) Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core
2000 MHz
Arm Cortex-A53
Octa-core
1600 MHz
ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali G52 MC1 Mali-T830 MP2
RAM
3GB 2GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage
32GB 16GB, available to use: 10.5 GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1000 GB microSDXC up to 200 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie), FireOS UI Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Capacity
7300 mAh

Camera

Rear
Single camera Single camera
Main camera
2 MP 8 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor)
Aperture size: F1.9
Flash
LED
Video recording
1280x720 (HD) 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Front
2 MP 2 MP, Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0 4.2
WLAN
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band
Wi-Fi Direct
USB
Type-C microUSB, USB 2.0
Location
GPS, A-GPS GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Sensors
Accelerometer Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers)
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Multiple speakers Loudspeaker
Features
Dolby Atmos Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

4G (FDD)
Bands 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 9(1800), 20(800 DD)
4G (TDD)
Bands 40(2300)
3G
Bands 5(850), 8(900), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s
SIM type
Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Flight mode, Silent mode
Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Buyers information

MSRP
$ 110

Availability

Officially announced
May 13, 2020

Alternative variants

with 64GB storage
Internal storage 64GB
MSRP $ 140
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