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| Global Score | |
| 64.2 | 70.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Lenovo | Samsung |
| Windows 8.1 | Android 8.1 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat, 6.0 Marshmallow |
| 0000-00-00 | 2016-06-01 |
| 8.83 x 5.20 x 0.35 inches | 10.01 x 6.11 x 0.32 inches |
| 15.49 ounces | 18.52 ounces |
| -- | 16 777 216 |
| $ 449.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.3 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 1200 x 1920 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| IPS LCD | Super PLS LCD |
| 273 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 7.8 | 6.9 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom Z3770 chipset | Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 7870 chipset |
| Bay Trail (Quad-Core 2400 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 2 GB (1067 MHz) RAM | 2 GB RAM |
| Intel HD Graphics GPU | Mali-T830 MP2 GPU |
| 9 | 8.73 |
| Storage | |
| 128 GB internal memory | 16 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 200 GB) external memory slot |
| 10.1 | 7.16 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.20 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.49 | 8.36 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| -- | Nano SIM |
| 5.8 | 6 |
| Battery Life | |
| -- | 7300mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 1.36 | 8.48 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 4.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) is a little bit better than the Lenovo ThinkPad 8, having a 70.2 score against 64.2. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) has Android 8.1 Oreo operating system, and Lenovo ThinkPad 8 counts with Windows 8.1 operating system. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) is a somewhat heavier but just a bit thinner tablet than Lenovo ThinkPad 8.
The Lenovo ThinkPad 8 features a more vivid screen than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), because although it has a quite smaller screen, and they both have the same exact resolution of 1920 x 1200, the Lenovo ThinkPad 8 also counts with a little bit higher pixels count in each inch of display. The Lenovo ThinkPad 8 counts with a bit more powerful CPU than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), although it has a lower number of cores , they both have a 2 GB RAM.
The Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) takes greater photographs and videos than Lenovo ThinkPad 8. Both of them have the same video frame rates, the same video quality and a same resolution camera. Lenovo ThinkPad 8 counts with much more memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with 112 GB more internal memory.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) counts with a much longer battery lifetime than Lenovo ThinkPad 8.
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