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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 65.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Huawei |
| Android 4.4.2 | Android 5.1 Lollipop |
| 2014-06-12 | 2015-07-16 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 8.46 x 4.88 x 0.31 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 11.64 ounces |
| Black and White | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 8 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 283 pixels per inch |
| -- | 400 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7.7 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 930 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53e, 64-bit (Octa-Core 2000 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 3 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Mali-T628 MP4 GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.09 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 8.12 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 6.38 |
| 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 | 4800mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 6.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is better than the Huawei MediaPad M2, getting a score of 74.5 against 65.5. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is an older tablet device than Huawei MediaPad M2, but Samsung managed to build it thinner and a little lighter anyway. Both of these tablets have Android operating system, but the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has an older 4.4.2 version and Huawei MediaPad M2 has Android 5.1 Lollipop version.
Huawei MediaPad M2 has just a bit better processing power than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4. Both have the same number of cores and the same RAM amount. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with a better screen than Huawei MediaPad M2, because it has a quite bigger screen, a higher 2560 x 1600 resolution and a higher pixels amount per display inch.
Huawei MediaPad M2's storage capacity for applications, games, photos and videos is very similar to Galaxy Tab S 8.4's one, both have equal internal storage and an external SD slot that holds a maximum of 128 GB. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with a much better camera than Huawei MediaPad M2. Both of them have the same video frame rates, the same resolution camera and the same (Full HD) video definition.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with just a little better battery life than Huawei MediaPad M2, because it has 4900mAh of battery capacity.
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