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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 59.4 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 4.4.2 | Android 6.0 |
| 2014-06-12 | 2015-09-29 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 9.53 x 7.05 x 0.28 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 17.60 ounces |
| Black and White | -- |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | $ 645.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.2 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 2560 x 1800 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 307 pixels per inch |
| -- | 500 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 8.7 | 9 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | NVIDIA Tegra X1 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | NVIDIA Maxwell GPU |
| 8.82 | 6.03 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | -- |
| Micro SIM | -- |
| 6.4 | 2.4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4900mAh Battery | -- |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has an overall score of 74.5, which is much better than the Google Pixel C's global score of 59.4. These tablets include Android OS (Operating System), but the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has 4.4.2 version and Google Pixel C has Android 6.0 version. Galaxy Tab S 8.4's body is extremely lighter and a little bit thinner than Google Pixel C, despite of the fact that it was released about 16 months before.
The Google Pixel C has a little sharper display than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has a quite worse pixel density, it also counts with a quite better resolution of 1800 x 2560 and a bigger screen. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features an extremely better CPU than Google Pixel C, and although they both have a 3 GB RAM memory, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 also has a larger number of cores (and they are faster).
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a little bit more memory to store more games and applications than Google Pixel C, because although it has less internal memory, it also counts with a SD extension slot that admits up to 128 GB. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features a superior camera than Google Pixel C. Both have a 8 mega-pixels resolution camera, the same video quality and the same video frame rates.
The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a superior battery lifetime than Google Pixel C.
In addition to being the best tablet in our comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is also by far the cheapest one, making this tablet a great choice.
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