Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) vs Apple iPad mini (6th Gen) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 10, 2017	Sep 14, 2021

Design

Dimensions
8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches 212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm	7.69 x 5.31 x 0.25 inches 195.4 x 134.8 x 6.3 mm
Weight
12.84 oz / 364.0 g	10.34 oz / 297.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Aluminum Frame: Aluminum
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control
Colors
Black, Gold	Space Gray, Pink, Purple, Starlight
Phone functionality
Yes

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 70.45% screen-to-body	8.3-inch, 77.41% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	IPS LCD, 60Hz, HDR, 500 nits
Resolution
1280x800px, 189 PPI	2266x1488px, 327 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Features
	HDR support, Oleophobic coating, Ambient light sensor

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	2.1 (Average)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 8917 (28 nm)	Apple A15 Bionic (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Hexa-core
GPU
Adreno 308	Yes
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB/64GB 4GB/256GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat)	iPadOS (15.x)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	5078 mAh, Li - Polymer

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

8h 1min

Gaming

6h 59min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9	12 MP Aperture size: F1.8
Flash
LED	Quad LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)	4K UHD (60 fps), 1080p (240 fps)
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	12 MP Video capture: 1080p

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.2	5.0
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	a,b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS
Other
ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n2, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n20, n25, n28, n38, n40, n41, n48, n66, n71, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	34, 38, 40, 41, 42, 46, 48
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Data Speed
	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Phone Features

Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

With 256GB internal storage

Memory	256GB

Wi-Fi Only

Weight	10.34 oz / 293.0 g

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