Lenovo Tab 7 Essential vs Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Nov 19, 2017	Jan 02, 2017
Prices (MSRP)
$80

Design

Dimensions
7.67 x 4.02 x 0.35 inches 194.8 x 102 x 8.8 mm	5.75 x 2.81 x 0.31 inches 146.1 x 71.4 x 7.9 mm
Weight
8.96 oz / 254.0 g	5.61 oz / 159.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Glass Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
	Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black	Black sky, Gold sand, Blue mist, Peach cloud

Display

Size
7.0-inch, 72.29% screen-to-body	5.2-inch, 71.51% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1024x600px, 170 PPI	1920x1080px, 424 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1.8 (Good)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT8167D	Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7880 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz	Octa-core 1900 MHz ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Mali-T760 MP2	Mali-T830 MP3
Memory
1GB/16GB	3GB (LPDDR3)/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 128 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (7.0 Nougat)	Android (8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)

Battery

Type
3450 mAh, Li - Polymer	3000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
2 MP	16 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 27 mm
Flash
	LED
Video recording
Yes	1080p (30 fps) Video calling, Video sharing
Front
2 MP	16 MP

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.0	4.2
WLAN
b,g,n Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, UMA (Wi-Fi Calling), Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback, Dolby Atmos	Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Radio
	FM
Additional microphone(s)
	Noise cancellation

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
	5, 8, 4, 2, 1
Data Speed
	LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSPA
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
	Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Vibration
Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Dec 06, 2016 FCC ID value: A3LSMA520F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.30 W/kg Body: 0.55 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.59 W/kg Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg

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