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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
32 GBSM-T705
| Global Score | |
| 74.5 | 60.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| Android 4.4.2 | Android 4.4 |
| 2014-06-12 | 2015-06-30 |
| 8.38 x 4.94 x 0.26 inches | 9.52 x 5.89 x 0.33 inches |
| 10.51 ounces | 17.46 ounces |
| Black and White | 16 777 216 |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| $ 166.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8.4 inches | 9.6 inches |
| 1600 x 2560 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | TFT |
| 359 pixels per inch | 157 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | No touch screen |
| 8.7 | 6.2 |
| Performance | |
| Exynos 5 Octa 5420 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 8916 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A15 (Quad-Core 1900 MHz + Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor |
| 3 GB (933 MHz) RAM | 1,5 GB RAM |
| ARM Mali-T628 MP6 GPU | Adreno 306 GPU |
| 8.82 | 8.19 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 8 GB internal memory |
| microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot |
| 8.12 | 5.62 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 5.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| 1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution |
| 7.48 | 6.71 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | -- |
| LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | HSPA and HSUPA |
| Micro SIM | Micro SIM |
| 6.4 | 3.1 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4900mAh Battery | 5000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 29 hours talk time | -- |
| 6.72 | 6.8 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is much better than Samsung Galaxy Tab E, with a general score of 74.5 against 60.7. These tablets use Android OS, but Galaxy Tab S 8.4 has a newer 4.4.2 version and Samsung Galaxy Tab E has Android 4.4, so it provides the user some additional features and a performance increase. The Galaxy Tab S 8.4 construction is notably thinner and extremely lighter than Samsung Galaxy Tab E, although it was released a little bit further than a year before.
Galaxy Tab S 8.4 counts with a way better display than Samsung Galaxy Tab E, because although it has a quite smaller screen, it also counts with a lot higher count of pixels per display inch and a lot higher resolution of 2560 x 1600px. Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features a much greater memory for applications, games, photos and videos than Samsung Galaxy Tab E, and although they both have a SD memory card expansion slot that admits a maximum of 128 GB, the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 also has 32 GB internal storage.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 features a little faster CPU than Galaxy Tab E, because it has a larger amount of RAM memory and a larger number of cores (and faster). Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 captures much clearer photographs and videos than Galaxy Tab E, because it has a much more megapixels camera in the back and a way higher 1920x1080 video definition.
Galaxy Tab E features just a bit better battery life than Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, because it has a 2 percent greater battery size.
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