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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 73.3 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.2 | HarmonyOS |
| 2014-06-12 | 2024-09-13 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 10.68 x 7.19 x 0.22 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 17.92 ounces |
| Black and White | Black, Gold and White |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 12.2 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 2800 x 1840 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | OLED |
| 359 pixels per inch | 275 pixels per inch |
| -- | 2000 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | Kirin 9000S (7 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 | Maleoon 910 MP4 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 + 16.00 MP |
| -- | f/1.80 aperture |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 9.57 |
| 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 | 10100mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 10.32 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is slightly better than the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024), with a 74.5 score against 73.3. Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is a older and somewhat thicker tablet than the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024), but Samsung was able to make it noticeably lighter anyway. Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with Android 4.4.2 OS, and Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024) comes with HarmonyOS OS.
Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024) counts with a display that's just as good as Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4's screen, because although the Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024) has a little lower display density, it also counts with a bit higher resolution of 1840 x 2800 and a much larger screen. The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024) features a much better storage capacity to store more apps and games than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has no SD memory slot, it also counts with 256 GB internal memory.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features a much powerful processing unit than Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024), although it has 9 GB less RAM memory, they both have 8 processing cores. The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024) has a way better camera than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has a lot higher (4K) video resolution and a back facing camera with lot more MP.
The Huawei MatePad Pro 12.2 (2024) has a very superior battery lifetime than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has 10100mAh of battery capacity against 4900mAh.
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