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| Global Score | |
| 59.3 | 62.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 5.1, 5.0, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2, 4.2.1, 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.1 | Android 11 |
| 2012-06-27 | 2022-01-13 |
| 7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 inches | 9.72 x 6.37 x 0.27 inches |
| 11.99 ounces | 17.92 ounces |
| -- | Gray, Pink Gold and Silver |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 110.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 10.5 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels (Full HD) |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 216 pixels per inch | 210 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 6.3 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | Unisoc Tiger T618 (12 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Mali G52 MP2 GPU |
| 8.46 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 11.12 |
| Camera | |
| 1.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| 0.55 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| SIM | -- |
| 4 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4325mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 7040mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 300 hours standby time | -- |
| 6.24 | 8.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab A8 has a general score of 62.6, which is just a bit better than the Google Nexus 7's overall score of 59.3. Galaxy Tab A8 is a a lot newer and incredibly thinner tablet device than the Google Nexus 7, although it's also much heavier. Both of these tablets work with Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Tab A8 has a more recent 11 version and Google Nexus 7 has Android 5.1 version, providing you some nice extra features and better performance.
The Google Nexus 7 features a much sharper screen than Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has a way smaller display and a lot worse 800 x 1280 resolution, it also counts with a little bit greater pixels amount in each inch of display. The Google Nexus 7 counts with a very superior performance than Galaxy Tab A8, because although it has less processing cores and a smaller amount of RAM, it also counts with an additional graphics processing unit.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 has a way bigger memory capacity to store more apps and games than Google Nexus 7, and although they both have exactly the same internal storage capacity, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 also has a slot for an external memory card that allows a maximum of 1 TB. Galaxy Tab A8 features a very superior camera than Google Nexus 7.
The Galaxy Tab A8 features a much longer battery performance than Google Nexus 7, because it has a 63% greater battery capacity.
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