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| Global Score | |
| 68.7 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 4.2.2 | Android 14 |
| 2013-06-03 | 2024-09-16 |
| 8.26 x 4.87 x 0.29 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 11.25 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| -- | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 229.00 | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| Super Clear LCD | OLED |
| 189 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 6.9 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 4 Dual chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | processor |
| 1,5 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-400 MP4 (Quad-Core 266 MHz) GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.56 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 1.30 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution | -- |
| 6.82 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| SIM | -- |
| 6.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4450mAh Battery | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 42 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.32 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch is better than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, getting a global score of 68.7 against 61.1. Despite of the fact the Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch is extremely older and noticeably thicker than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, it's design is still a lot lighter. Both tablets in this comparison come with Android OS (operating system), but the Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch has the newer 4.2.2 version while Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has Android 14, so it counts with some nice extra features and better performance.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a lot better display than Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch, because it has a really bigger screen, a much higher resolution of 1920 x 3000 and a much better pixels quantity per inch of screen. Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch counts with a much better performing CPU than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has lesser RAM memory, it also counts with a greater number of faster cores and an additional graphics processor.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 captures better photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch, because it has a camera with way more mega-pixels. Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a lot bigger memory to install games and applications than Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with more internal memory capacity.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a superior battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch, because it has a 126% bigger battery size.
Even being the best tablet in this comparison, Galaxy Tab 3 8-inch is also a lot cheaper.
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