Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Specs Comparison

Design

Dimensions
10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 inches 254.2 x 155.3 x 8.2 mm	9.63 x 6.28 x 0.22 inches 244.5 x 159.5 x 5.7 mm
Weight
18.52 oz (525.0 g)	14.82 oz (420.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Aluminum
Biometrics
	2D Face unlock, Optical in-screen fingerprint
Features
Touch sensitive control keys	Stylus
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White	Mountain gray, Cloud blue, Rose blush

Display

Size
10.1-inch	10.5-inch
Resolution
1920x1200px, 224 PPI	2560x1600px, 16:10 ratio, 288 PPI
Technology
Super PLS LCD	Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body
74.96 %	81.93 %
Colors
16 777 216
Features
Ambient light sensor	HDR support, Ambient light sensor

Hardware

System chip
Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 (14 nm)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SM8150 (7 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 1600 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2840 MHz Kryo 485
GPU
Mali-T830 MP2	Adreno 640
RAM
2GB (LPDDR3)	8GB (LPDDR4)
Internal storage
16GB, available to use: 10.5 GB	256GB, available to use: 224.3 GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 200 GB	microSDXC up to 1000 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (12, 11, 10, 9.0 Pie)

Battery

Capacity
7300 mAh	7040 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Dual camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus, CMOS image sensor) Aperture size: F1.9	13 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3.4" Pixel size: 1 μm
Second camera
	5 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Flash
LED
Video recording
1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)	3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps)
Front
2 MP, Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)	8 MP (Dual-Camera)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct	802.11 a,b,g,n,ac,dual-band MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Wi-Fi positioning
Sensors
Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers)	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers)
Other
ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Loudspeaker	Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share	Wireless screen share
Additional microphone(s)
	Yes

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
	$ 730

Availability

Officially announced
	Jul 31, 2019

Alternative variants

with 128 GB storage

RAM	6GB
Internal storage	128GB, available to use: 106.2 GB
MSRP	$ 650

with LTE support

4G (FDD)	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700 a), 13(700 c), 17(700 b), 20(800 DD), 25(1900+), 26(850+), 28(700 APT), 32(1500 L-band), 66(AWS-3)
4G (TDD)	Bands 38(2600), 40(2300), 41(2600+)
3G	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s)
SIM type	Nano SIM

Links

Full specifications
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) Specs	Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Specs
PhoneArena Review
	Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Review