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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 66.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Microsoft |
| Android 4.4.2 | Windows 10 |
| 2014-06-12 | 2018-08-02 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 9.65 x 6.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 18.41 ounces |
| Black and White | 16 777 216 |
| -- | Metal |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 166.00 | $ 367.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 10 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1200 x 1800 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | -- |
| 359 pixels per inch | 216 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 6.7 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | Intel Pentium 4415Y chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | 64-bit, 14 nm (Dual-Core 1600 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Intel HD Graphics 615 GPU |
| 8.82 | 8.46 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | No SD card slot |
| 8.12 | 10.1 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 8.00 MP + 5.00 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 | Non-Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.1 |
| GPS | -- |
| 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 better than Microsoft Surface Go, having a general score of 74.5 against 66.5. Even though Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is noticeably older than Microsoft Surface Go, it's construction is much thinner and extremely lighter. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 works with Android 4.4.2 OS, while Microsoft Surface Go comes with Windows 10 OS.
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features a little faster CPU than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has less RAM memory, it also counts with a higher number of cores. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a much sharper screen than Microsoft Surface Go, because although it has a quite smaller display, it also counts with way more pixels per inch of display and a higher 2560 x 1600 resolution.
Microsoft Surface Go features a lot bigger storage capacity to store more games and applications than Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because although it has no external memory slot, it also counts with more internal storage capacity. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with a really longer battery life than Microsoft Surface Go.
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a better camera than Microsoft Surface Go. Both have the same video quality, a 8 mega pixels back-facing camera and the same video frame rates.
Despite of being the best tablet in our comparison, Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is also by far the cheapest one, which makes buying this tablet an easy decision.
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