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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5
32 GBSM-T805
| Global Score | |
| 74.3 | 61.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 4.4.2 | Android 14 |
| 2014-06-12 | 2024-09-16 |
| 9.74 x 6.98 x 0.26 inches | 10.81 x 7.11 x 0.23 inches |
| 16.47 ounces | 19.58 ounces |
| Black and White | Moonlight White, Sky Blue and Starry Black |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 189.00 | $ 600.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 10.5 inches | 12.3 inches |
| 2560 x 1600 pixels | 3000 x 1920 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 288 pixels per inch | 290 pixels per inch |
| -- | 1600 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.3 | 8.6 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SM8635 (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Adreno 735 GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 13.00 MP + 9.00 MP |
| -- | f/2.00 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | -- |
| 7.48 | 7.92 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G) and GSM | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 5.5 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 7900mAh Battery | 10050mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 8.88 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is much better than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, with a 74.3 score against 61.1. Even though Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is a lot older and somewhat thicker than the Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, it's construction is still somewhat lighter. Both tablets in this review come with Android OS (Operating System), but Galaxy Tab S 10.5 has a newer 4.4.2 version and Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has Android 14, giving some nice extra features and performance tweaks.
The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 has a much better performing processor than Honor MagicPad 2 12.3, because although it has less RAM memory, it also counts with a higher number of cores. The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a bit sharper display than Galaxy Tab S 10.5, because it has a larger display, a higher resolution of 1920 x 3000 pixels and a quite greater amount of pixels per inch in the screen.
Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a little bit better camera than Galaxy Tab S 10.5, because it has a much higher 13 mega pixels resolution back camera. Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 has a much bigger storage to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Galaxy Tab S 10.5, because although it has no slot for an external memory card, it also counts with more internal storage capacity.
The Honor MagicPad 2 12.3 features better battery performance than Galaxy Tab S 10.5, because it has a 27% bigger battery capacity.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 not only is the best devices between the ones we are comparing here, but it's also a lot cheaper.
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