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| Global Score | |
| 54.8 | 62.8 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 4.4 | Android 7.1 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow, 5.0 Lollipop |
| 2014-10-02 | 2015-05-02 |
| 7.50 x 5.00 x 0.42 inches | 8.20 x 5.43 x 0.29 inches |
| 11.89 ounces | 11.04 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Pink, White and Yellow | 16 777 216 |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 195.00 | $ 159.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 8 inches |
| 800 x 1280 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 216 pixels per inch | 160 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.7 | 6.2 |
| Performance | |
| -- | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset |
| Quad-Core 1500 MHz processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Adreno 306 GPU |
| 8.37 | 8.1 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 5.17 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G) and HSPA |
| 3 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| -- | GPS |
| Accelerometer and Gyroscope | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 has a general score of 62.8, which is better than the Amazon Fire HD 7's 54.8 overall score. Both tablets in our current comparison use Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Tab A 8.0 has newer 7.1 Nougat version and Amazon Fire HD 7 has Android 4.4, providing the user a couple nice extra features. Galaxy Tab A 8.0's design is incredibly thinner and just a bit lighter than the Amazon Fire HD 7, even though both of them were released with only a couple of months difference.
The Amazon Fire HD 7 counts with a much sharper display than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a higher pixels amount in each inch of display and a slightly higher 1280 x 800 resolution. The Amazon Fire HD 7 features a bit faster CPU than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0, although it has a smaller amount of RAM memory, they both have 4 processing cores.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 takes much clearer pictures and videos than Amazon Fire HD 7, and although they both have the same video resolution and the same video frame rates, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 also has a much more mega pixels camera. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 counts with a much greater storage to install applications and games than Amazon Fire HD 7, and although they both have the same 16 GB internal storage, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 also has a slot for SD memory cards that allows a maximum of 128 GB.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 features a superior battery performance than Amazon Fire HD 7.
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 is not only the best tablets in our comparison, but it's also by far the cheapest, which makes it very easy to pick between these tablets.
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