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| Global Score | |
| 68.3 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 8.1 Oreo | Android 14 |
| 2018-09-20 | 2024-09-16 |
| 8.13 x 4.99 x 0.35 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 12.64 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| Black | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| $ 250.00 | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| TFT | OLED |
| 189 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 6.5 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 MSM8917 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 28 nm (Quad-Core 1400 MHz) processor | processor |
| 2 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Adreno 308 GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 8.28 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 400 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 9.44 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 5.00 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| f/2.20 aperture | f/2.00 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 8.03 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | -- |
| Nano SIM | -- |
| 5.5 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 5000mAh Li - Ion Battery | 10050mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.8 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.2 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Accelerometer and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) has a global score of 68.3, which is much better than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3's 61.1 overall score. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) construction is a lot lighter than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, although it's notably thicker and was released many years before. Both of these tablets include Android OS (Operating System), but the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) has a more recent 8.1 Oreo version while Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has Android 14, so it gives you a lot of extra features and performance tweaks.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a much sharper screen than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), because it has a way bigger screen, a lot higher pixel quantity per display inch and a lot higher resolution of 1920 x 3000px. The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) counts with a much powerful CPU than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has less RAM memory, it also counts with a higher number of faster cores.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features a way bigger storage for games and applications than Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), because although it has no SD extension slot, it also counts with 224 GB more internal memory capacity. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) captures a little bit better photographs and videos than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, although it has a smaller camera aperture which is not so good for low light photography and video and a camera with lot less mega-pixels resolution.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a way better battery duration than Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018), because it has a 10050mAh battery size instead of 5000mAh.
Even being the best tablet in our current comparison, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2018) is also very cheap compared to the other tablets, making this tablet an obvious call.
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