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Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 (2016)

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
March 2015 March 2016
Status
Available - May 2015 Coming Soon - March 2016
Price
Rs. 12,270 ($179.99) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 11,250 ($165.44) [Similarly Priced]
Colors
Black/Silver Pearl White, Metallic Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
242.5 x 166.8 x 7.5 mm
(9.55 x 6.57 x 0.3 in)
186.9 x 108.8 x 8.7 mm
(7.36 x 4.28 x 0.34 in)
Weight
450 g (Wi-Fi) / 453 g (LTE) (15.87 oz (Wi-Fi) / 15.98 oz (LTE)) 283 g (9.98 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
LTE LTE
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM

Display

Type
TFT capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
9.7 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
71.99% 69.63%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor
Quad-core 1.2 GHz [Similar] Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 [Similar]
GPU
- Adreno 306 [Similar]
RAM
2 GB [Browse Similar] 1.5 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE) 8 GB
External Memory
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]
Flash
No No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging Auto focus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama
Video
Yes 720p@30fps
Front Camera
2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2 [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
- -
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSPA, LTE HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth
v4.0 v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB
microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser
HTML5 HTML5

User Memory

Internal
16 GB (Wi-Fi)/ 32 GB (LTE), 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB (dedicated slot)

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
6000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by
- -
Talk Time
- Up to 11 h (multimedia)
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