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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 | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| 2014-06-12 | 2018-09-28 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 9.58 x 6.39 x 0.30 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 16.76 ounces |
| Black and White | Gold and Gray |
| -- | Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | $ 310.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1200 x 1920 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | IPS LCD |
| 359 pixels per inch | 224 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | HiSilicon Kirin 659 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit, 16 nm (Octa-Core 2400 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Mali T830 MP2 GPU |
| 8.82 | 9.36 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 256 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 10.78 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP + 8.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 7.48 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.4 | 6.7 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4900mAh Battery | 7500mAh Li - Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 8.64 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.2, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a global score of 74.5, which is a little bit better than the Huawei MediaPad M5 lite's 73.3 overall score. These devices work with Android OS, but Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has 4.4.2 version while Huawei MediaPad M5 lite has Android 8.0 Oreo. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4's design is notably lighter and thinner than the Huawei MediaPad M5 lite, despite of the fact that it was released many years before.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite features a bit better CPU than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, and although they both have a Octa-Core CPU, the Huawei MediaPad M5 lite also has 1 GB more RAM. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a much sharper display than Huawei MediaPad M5 lite, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with a better resolution of 2560 x 1600px and a much higher pixels density.
The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite counts with a superior memory capacity for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has a slot for an external memory card that supports up to 256 GB and 64 GB internal memory. The Huawei MediaPad M5 lite counts with a really longer battery lifetime than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has 7500mAh of battery capacity against 4900mAh.
Huawei MediaPad M5 lite's camera is just as good as the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 one, both of them have a 8 mega-pixels camera, the same 30 frames per second video frame rates and the same 1920x1080 video quality.
Even being the best tablet of the ones we compare here, the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is also by far the cheapest one.
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