Samsung Galaxy S8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5

Network
2G network

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900

GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network

HSDPA 850, 900, 1700(AWS), 1900, 2100

HSDPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100
4G network

LTE frequency band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 17(700), 20(800), 28(700)

LTE
HSDPA speed

42.2 Mbps

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HSUPA speed

5.76 Mbps

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LTE speed

-

LTE-A (2CA), Cat6, 300 Mbps download, 50 Mbps upload
LTE-A speed

LTE-A, (4CA) Cat16, 1024 Mbps download, 150 Mbps upload

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GPRS

Yes

Yes
EDGE

Yes

Yes

Design
Build

Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel

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SIM

Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Nano-SIM
Height

148.9 mm

161.1 mm
Width

68.1 mm

260 mm
Thickness

8 mm

8 mm
Weight

155 g

529 g
Payment

Samsung Pay(Visa, Mastercard)

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Waterproof

IP68 - 1.5 m and 30 minutes

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Dust proof

IP68

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Colors

Arctic Silver, Coral Blue, Maple Gold, Midnight Black, Orchid Gray

Black, Blue, White

Display
Display type

Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen

IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Physical size

5.8 inches

10.5 inches
Resolution

1440 x 2960 pixels

1920 x 1200 pixels
Pixel density

570 ppi

216 ppi
Display colors

16777216

16777216
Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 5

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Multitouch

Yes

Yes

Hardware
CPU

Octa-core

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CPU

Quad-core 2.3 GHz

Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
CPU(second)

quad-core 1.7 GHz
Chipset

Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 - US / Exynos 8895 Octa - EMEA

Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450
GPU

Adreno 540 - US

Qualcomm Adreno 506
Memory RAM

4 GB

3 GB
Internal storage

64 GB

32 GB
Memory card

microSD

microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC
Memory card max

256 GB

512 GB

Main camera
Main camera

12 MP, f/1.7 , 26 mm

8 MP, f/1.9
Primary camera resolution

-

3264 x 2448 pixels
Primary camera video

2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps

1080p@30fps
Primary camera flash

LED flash

LED flash
Primary camera optical image stabilization

optical image stabilization

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Primary camera phase detection autofocus

phase detection autofocus

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Primary camera video dual video

dual-video record

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Primary camera video hdr

HDR

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Camera features

1.4 µm pixel size, 1/2.5" sensor size, Auto HDR, face/smile detection, geo-tagging, panorama, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus

Continuous shooting, digital zoom, geotagging, panorama, HDR, touch focus, face detection, white balance settings, ISO settings, exposure compensation, self-timer, scene-mode

Connectivity
WLAN

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11ac

Wi-Fi 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, 802.11n 5Ghz, 802.11ac
WLAN WiFi Hotspot

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Direct

Yes

Yes
WLAN WiFi Dual Band

Yes

Yes
USB

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
USB On-The-Go

-

Yes
Bluetooth

v5.0

v4.2
Bluetooth A2DP

Yes

Yes
bluetooth AVRCP

-

Yes
bluetooth HFP

-

Yes
bluetooth HID

-

Yes
bluetooth OPP

-

Yes
bluetooth PAN

-

Yes
bluetooth LE

Yes

Yes
bluetooth DIP

-

Yes
bluetooth MAP

-

Yes
bluetooth PBAP

-

PBAP/PAB
bluetooth HOGP

-

Yes
Bluetooth AptX

Yes

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NFC

Yes

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GPS

Yes, with A-GPS

Yes, with A-GPS
GLONASS

Yes

Yes
GALILEO

Yes

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Beidou

-

Yes
BDS

Yes

-

Features
Messaging SMS

SMS(threaded view)

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Messaging MMS

MMS

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Messaging Email

Email

-
Messaging IM

IM

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Messaging Push Mail

Push Mail

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Java

No

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Sensors

Iris scanner, SpO2, accelerometer, barometer, compass, fingerprint (rear-mounted), gyro, heart rate, proximity

Accelerometer, compass, gyro, hall