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Asus Transformer Prime
64 GBTF201
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 56.3 | 74.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Asus | Samsung |
| Android 4.0.3, 4.0, 3.2 | Android 4.4.2 |
| 2011-11-09 | 2014-06-12 |
| 10.35 x 7.12 x 0.41 inches | 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches |
| 20.67 ounces | 10.51 ounces |
| -- | Black and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 700.00 | $ 166.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1600 x 2560 pixels |
| Super IPS+ LCD | Super AMOLED |
| 149 pixels per inch | 359 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.6 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 chipset | Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM |
| 12-core GeForce GPU GPU | ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU |
| 8.19 | 8.82 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 9.02 | 8.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.7 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| -- | Micro SIM |
| 2.4 | 6.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| Li-Polymer Battery | 4900mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| -- | 29 hours talk time |
| 1.36 | 6.72 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is a lot better than Asus Transformer Prime, getting a 74.5 score against 56.3. Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is a much newer tablet device, and it is also notably thinner and much lighter than Asus Transformer Prime. Both of these tablets include Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has 4.4.2 version while Asus Transformer Prime has Android 4.0.3 version, providing you some additional features.
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features an incredibly better looking screen than Asus Transformer Prime, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a way higher resolution of 2560 x 1600 and much more pixels per display inch. Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with a little better processing power than Asus Transformer Prime, because it has a larger amount of RAM and a greater number of cores (and faster).
Asus Transformer Prime takes clearer photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab S 8.4. They have the same video definition, the same video frame rate and a same resolution camera. Asus Transformer Prime counts with a greater storage capacity for apps and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has a slot for external memory cards that supports 96 GB smaller, it also counts with 32 GB more internal storage capacity.
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a very superior battery lifetime than Asus Transformer Prime.
In addition to being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is also a bargain compared to the other ones.
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