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Global Score
6775.2
Basic Information
SamsungSamsung
Android 4.4Android 9.0 Pie, 8.0 Oreo, 7.0 Nougat
2014-09-042017-03-24
8.39 x 4.97 x 0.38 inches9.34 x 6.65 x 0.24 inches
13.86 ounces15.13 ounces
--Black and Silver
--Glass
Scratch-Resistant Glass--
$ 515.00$ 240.00
Display / Screen
8 inches9.7 inches
800 x 1280 pixels 2048 x 1536 pixels
TFTSuper AMOLED
189 pixels per inch264 pixels per inch
Capacitive, Multi-touchNo touch screen
7.47.2
Performance
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8026 chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 820 MSM8996 chipset
ARM Cortex-A7 (Quad-Core 1200 MHz) processorKryo, 64-bit, 14 nm (Quad-Core 2150 MHz) processor
1,5 GB RAM4 GB RAM
Adreno 305 (450 MHz) GPUAdreno 530 GPU
8.378.91
Storage
16 GB internal memory32 GB internal memory
microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB) external memory slotmicroSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot
6.168.88
Camera
3.10 MP + 1.20 MP13.00 MP + 5.00 MP
--f/1.90 aperture
--27.00mm focal length
1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution
6.389.35
Networks
Wi-FiWi-Fi
Mobile HotspotMobile Hotspot
LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSMLTE-A (4G) and LTE (4G)
Micro SIM--
75.6
Battery Life
4450mAh Li-Polymer Battery6000mAh Battery
Removable BatteryNon-Removable Battery
31 hours talk time--
6.327.52
Other Features
Bluetooth 4.0Bluetooth 4.2
GPSGPS
NFC--
--Fingerprint ID Scanner
Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light SensorAccelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor

Comparison review

The Galaxy Tab S3 is better than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active, with a 75.2 score against 67. Both tablets in this comparison use Android operating system, but the Galaxy Tab S3 has a newer 9.0 Pie version while Samsung Galaxy Tab Active has Android 4.4, providing you some extra features. The Galaxy Tab S3 body is way newer and noticeably thinner, but also just a bit heavier than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active.

The Galaxy Tab Active has a little more vivid display than Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, although it has a bit smaller screen, a much lower resolution of 1280 x 800px and a much lower pixel density. The Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a much bigger memory capacity to store more apps and games than Galaxy Tab Active, because it has 16 GB more internal storage capacity and an external memory slot that holds a maximum of 256 GB.

The Galaxy Tab S3 counts with a bit superior CPU than Galaxy Tab Active, because although it has doesn't have a graphics processing unit, and they both have the same number of cores, the Galaxy Tab S3 also counts with a greater amount of RAM. The Galaxy Tab S3 captures much better photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active, because it has a much higher video quality and a back camera with a lot higher resolution.

Galaxy Tab S3 features longer battery life than Samsung Galaxy Tab Active, because it has a 6000mAh battery capacity against 4450mAh.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 is not only the best tablets of the ones we compare here, but it's also a bargain compared to the other tablets.




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