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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch
3G OnlyGT-P5210
| Global Score | |
| 65.9 | 74.6 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.2 | Android 9.0 Pie |
| 2013-06-03 | 2020-04-27 |
| 9.57 x 6.93 x 0.31 inches | 7.95 x 4.93 x 0.28 inches |
| 18.06 ounces | 10.90 ounces |
| Brown and White | Mocha |
| -- | Aluminum |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 309.00 | $ 240.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.1 inches | 8.4 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| TFT | TFT |
| 149 pixels per inch | 270 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.6 | 7.2 |
| Performance | |
| Intel Atom chipset | Samsung Exynos 7904 chipset |
| Dual-Core 1600 MHz processor | Arm Cortex-A73 and Arm Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 14 nm (Octa-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| Yes GPU | Mali-G71 MP2 GPU |
| 8.19 | 8.91 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 512 GB) external memory slot |
| 7.56 | 9.84 |
| Camera | |
| 3.00 MP + 1.30 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.90 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.38 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.4 | 6.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 6800mAh Li-Ion Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 40 hours talk time | -- |
| 8.16 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Infra-red port | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) has a general score of 74.6, which is much better than Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch's global score of 65.9. These tablets have Android OS (operating system), but Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) has a newer 9.0 Pie version and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch has Android 4.2 version. Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020)'s design is newer, lighter and a little thinner than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) counts with a bit better looking display than Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, because although it has a little bit smaller display, it also counts with a much higher resolution of 1200 x 1920px and a much better number of pixels per inch of screen. Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) features a superior storage capacity for apps and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, and although they both have equal internal memory capacity, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) also has a slot for external memory cards that admits a maximum of 512 GB.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) has a bit more powerful processing unit than Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, because it has 2 GB more RAM and more CPU cores. Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch has a much longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020), because it has 6800mAh of battery capacity. The Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) takes way better photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, because it has a way higher 1920x1080 video resolution and a camera in the back with a way better 8 MP resolution.
The Galaxy Tab A 8.4 (2020) is not only the best tablets between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also very cheap compared to the other ones.
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