Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) vs Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 10, 2017	Dec 19, 2017

Design

Dimensions
8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches 212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm	5.87 x 2.78 x 0.33 inches 149.2 x 70.6 x 8.4 mm
Weight
12.84 oz / 364.0 g	6.07 oz / 172.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 5) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys	Notification light
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Left: Volume control; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold	Black, Gold, Orchid grey, Blue
Phone functionality
Yes

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 70.45% screen-to-body	5.6-inch, 75.60% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED
Resolution
1280x800px, 189 PPI	2220x1080px, 18.5:9 ratio, 441 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 4

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	1 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 8917 (28 nm)	Samsung Exynos 5 Octa 7885 (14 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2200 MHz ARM Cortex-A73 and ARM Cortex-A53
GPU
Adreno 308	Mali-G71
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	4GB (LPDDR4)/64GB 4GB/32GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 256 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.1 Nougat)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	3000 mAh, Li - Polymer
Charging
	Fast charging

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9	16 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)	1080p (30 fps) Hyperlapse, EIS, Video calling, Video sharing
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	16 MP (Dual-Camera) 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,dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 2.0
Sensors
Accelerometer, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou
Other
ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC, ANT+, VoIP, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	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	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40	38, 40, 41
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
	LTE-A Cat 11 (600/75 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Phone Features

Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval
	Date approved: Nov 14, 2017 FCC ID value: A3LSMA530F
Measured SAR
	Head: 0.26 W/kg Body: 0.76 W/kg Simultaneous Transmission: 1.54 W/kg Wireless Router: 0.98 W/kg

Alternative variants

with 32 GB storage

Memory	32GB
Prices (MSRP)	€500

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