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| Global Score | |
| 59.7 | 62.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Amazon | Samsung |
| Android 9.0 Pie | Android 11 |
| 2020-06-03 | 2022-01-13 |
| 7.95 x 5.39 x 0.38 inches | 9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches |
| 12.52 ounces | 17.92 ounces |
| Black, Plum, Slate, Twilight blue and White | Gray, Pink Gold and Silver |
| $ 110.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 189 pixels per inch | 210 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 6.3 |
| Performance | |
| MediaTek MT8168 chipset | Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm) chipset |
| Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 12 nm (Quad-Core 2000 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Mali G52 MC1 GPU | Mali G52 MP2 GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 1000 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 11.08 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 2.00 MP + 2.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution | -- |
| 5.28 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 2.4 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7040mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab A8 is a little bit better than the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), having a overall score of 62.6 against 59.7. Even though Galaxy Tab A8 is much heavier than the Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), it's incredibly thinner and also newer. Both of these devices include Android operating system, but the Galaxy Tab A8 has the older 11 version and Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) has Android 9.0 Pie version.
Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) features a little bit better looking screen than Galaxy Tab A8, although it has a much lower resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels, a lot smaller display and a little bit lower pixels quantity per screen inch. Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 features slightly more memory capacity to install applications and games than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), and although they both have exactly the same 32 GB internal storage capacity, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 also has an external SD slot that holds up to 1 TB.
The Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020) counts with a very superior hardware performance than Galaxy Tab A8, although it has 4 lesser cpu cores , they both have the same RAM amount. The Galaxy Tab A8 counts with a very superior battery performance than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020). Galaxy Tab A8 takes greater photographs and videos than Amazon Fire HD 8 Plus (2020), because it has a camera with a lot better resolution.
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