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| Global Score | |
| 73.6 | 76.7 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | Samsung |
| -- | Android 13, 12 |
| 2015-09-03 | 2022-02-25 |
| 7.82 x 5.31 x 0.22 inches | 6.51 x 9.99 x 0.25 inches |
| 9.59 ounces | 17.74 ounces |
| -- | Graphite, Pink Gold and Silver |
| Metal | Aluminum and Aluminum |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | -- |
| -- | $ 699.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 8 inches | 11 inches |
| 2048 x 1536 pixels | 2560 x 1600 pixels |
| Super AMOLED | LTPS |
| 320 pixels per inch | 274 pixels per inch |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 7.6 | 6.8 |
| Performance | |
| Samsung Exynos 7 Octa 5433 chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SM8450 (4 nm) chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A57 and ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit (Octa-Core 1900 MHz) processor | processor |
| 3 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Mali-T760 MP6 GPU | Adreno 730 GPU |
| 9 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 128 GB internal memory |
| microSDXC (up to 128 GB) external memory slot | microSDXC (up to 1 TB) external memory slot |
| 10.02 | 15.42 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 2.10 MP | 13.00 MP + 12.00 MP |
| 2560 x 1440 (Quad HD / 2K) video resolution | 3840 x 2160 (30 fps) (4K) video resolution |
| 6.38 | 8.47 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| 5.7 | 10 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4000mAh Battery | 8000mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 5.92 | 8.96 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 4.1 | Bluetooth 5.2 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Fingerprint ID Scanner | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 has an overall score of 76.7, which is a little bit better than the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch's 73.6 global score. Even though the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is newer than the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, it's somewhat thicker and notably heavier. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch features a really superior hardware performance than Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, although it has less RAM, they both have the same number of cores.
Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch features a brighter display than Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, because although it has a really smaller screen and a little bit lower resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels, it also counts with a just a bit more pixels per inch in the screen. Galaxy Tab S8 counts with a way bigger memory to install games and applications than Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has more internal memory capacity and a SD memory card expansion slot that allows up to 1 TB.
Galaxy Tab S8 has a very superior battery duration than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has an 8000mAh battery capacity. The Galaxy Tab S8 captures way better pictures and videos than Galaxy Tab S2 8.0-inch, because it has a lot higher (4K) video quality and a lot better 13 mega pixels resolution back camera.
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