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Asus Transformer Prime
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| Global Score | |
| 54.8 | 60.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Asus | Samsung |
| Android 4.0.3, 4.0, 3.2 | Android 5.0 |
| 2011-11-09 | 2015-04-20 |
| 10.35 x 7.12 x 0.41 inches | 8.20 x 5.43 x 0.29 inches |
| 20.67 ounces | 11.04 ounces |
| -- | Blue, Gray and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 349.00 | $ 139.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 8 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 768 x 1024 pixels |
| Super IPS+ LCD | TFT |
| 149 pixels per inch | 160 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.6 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Single-Core 1200 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| 12-core GeForce GPU GPU | Adreno 306 GPU |
| 8.19 | 7.65 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.12 | 6.72 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 7.7 | 6.05 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| 2.4 | 3 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Polymer Battery | 4200mAh Li - Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 6.08 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 is just a bit better than the Asus Transformer Prime, with a 60.1 score against 54.8. These devices have Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Tab A 8.0 has a more recent 5.0 version while Asus Transformer Prime has Android 4.0.3 version, providing you a couple nice extra features and performance improvements. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 body is notably newer, a lot thinner and incredibly lighter than the Asus Transformer Prime.
The Asus Transformer Prime features a bit better processor than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0, because although it has lesser RAM memory, it also counts with more processing cores. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 has a bit better looking display than Asus Transformer Prime, because although it has a way smaller screen and a bit worse resolution of 1024 x 768, it also counts with a little bit more pixels per inch in the display.
Asus Transformer Prime takes much clearer photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab A 8.0, because it has a much higher (Full HD) video definition and a camera with way more mega pixels. Asus Transformer Prime features just a bit bigger memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0, because although it has an external memory slot that allows 96 GB smaller, it also counts with 32 GB internal storage capacity.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 counts with a much better battery duration than Asus Transformer Prime.
Even being the best tablet of the ones in this comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 is also by far the cheapest.
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