Compare tablets
| Global Score | |
| 61.1 | 75.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 14 | Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat |
| 2024-09-16 | 2017-03-24 |
| 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches | 9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches |
| 19.58 ounces | 15.13 ounces |
| Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black | Black and Silver |
| -- | Glass |
| $ 600.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 12.3 inches | 9.7 inches |
| 3000 x 1920 pixels | 2048 x 1536 pixels |
| OLED | Super AMOLED |
| 290 pixels per inch | 264 pixels per inch |
| 1600 cd/m2 brightness | -- |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.6 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset |
| processor | Kryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor |
| 12 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| Adreno 735 GPU | Adreno 530 GPU |
| 6.21 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 256 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 13.3 | 8.88 |
| Camera | |
| 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| f/2.00 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| -- | 27.00mm focal length |
| -- | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.92 | 9.35 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| -- | LTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G) |
| 2.4 | 5.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 10050mAh Battery | 6000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 10.32 | 7.52 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.1 | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| -- | GPS |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S3 is a lot better than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, with a general score of 75.2 against 61.1. Both tablets in this review work with Android operating system, but Galaxy Tab S3 has a more recent 9.0 Pie version and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has Android 14 version, so it offers a lot of extra features and enhanced performance. Although the Galaxy Tab S3 is noticeably older and just a little thicker than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, it's design is still noticeably lighter.
The Galaxy Tab S3 features a much more powerful CPU than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with more cores. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a much better looking display than Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, because it has a quite better pixel count in each inch in the screen, a better resolution of 1920 x 3000 and a bigger screen.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 has a superior camera than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, and although they both have a back-facing camera with a 13 megapixels, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 also has a larger diafragm aperture to capture better low-light photos and video. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 counts with a very superior memory capacity for applications and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a much longer battery lifetime than Galaxy Tab S3, because it has a 10050mAh battery size against 6000mAh.
Galaxy Tab S3 is not only the best tablets between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also a bargain compared to others, making this tablet an obvious call.
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