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

Availability

Officially announced
Oct 10, 2017	Dec 15, 2021

Design

Dimensions
8.35 x 4.89 x 0.35 inches 212.1 x 124.1 x 8.9 mm	9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches 246.8 x 161.9 x 6.9 mm
Weight
12.84 oz / 364.0 g	17.92 oz / 508.0 g
Materials
Back: Metal
Biometrics
	Fingerprint (touch)
Features
Touch sensitive control keys
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, Gold	Gray, Silver, Pink Gold
Phone functionality
Yes

Display

Size
8.0-inch, 70.45% screen-to-body	10.5-inch, 76.09% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	TFT, 60Hz
Resolution
1280x800px, 189 PPI	1920x1080px, 16:10 ratio, 210 PPI
Colors
16 777 216

Hardware

System chip
Snapdragon 425 8917 (28 nm)	Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1400 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2x2.0GHz Cortex-A75 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55
GPU
Adreno 308	Mali G52 MP2
Memory
2GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	3GB/32GB 4GB/64GB 4GB/128GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 256 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (9.0 Pie, 7.1 Nougat)	Android (11)

Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	7040 mAh
Charging
	Fast charging
Charge speed
	Wired: 15.0W

Camera

Rear
Single camera	Single camera
Main camera
8 MP (Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.9	8 MP (Autofocus)
Flash
LED
Video recording
1080p (30 fps)	Yes
Front
5 MP Video capture: 1080p	5 MP

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 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, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, BeiDou	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou
Other
ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Multimedia

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

Cellular

4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28
4G (TDD) Bands
38, 40
3G Bands
5, 8, 4, 2, 1
SIM type
Nano SIM

Phone Features

Other features
Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

With LTE

Data Speed	LTE-A, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s

With 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage

Memory	4GB/64GB

With 4GB RAM and 128GB internal storage

Memory	4GB/128GB

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