Phone Comparison - Samsung Galaxy A8 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab A & S Pen vs Samsung Galaxy J Max

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general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced July 2015 July 2015 July 2016
Status Available - August 2015 Coming Soon - July 2015 Available - July 2016
Price Rs. 26,990 ($396.91) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 20,100 ($299.00) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 13,400 ($197.06) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Pearl White, Midnight Black, Champagne Gold Black, White Black, Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 158 x 76.8 x 5.9 mm
(6.22 x 3.02 x 0.23 in)
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 151 g (5.33 oz) 487 g (17.18 oz) 289 g (10.19 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional) N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A HSDPA
4G Network LTE - LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, EMail, IM , EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - Fingerprint sensor - S Pen Stylus -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615 Quad-core 1.2 GHz Quad-core 1.5 GHz, Spreadtrum SC9830A
GPU Adreno 405 - Mali-400 MP2
RAM 2 GB 2 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB 16 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen PLS Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 5.7 inches 9.7 inches 7.0 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (386 ppi) 768 x 1024 pixels (132 ppi) 1280 x 800 pixels (216 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 73.99% 71.99% 69.63%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio FM radio with RDS; recording - FM Radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 16 MP, 5312 x 2988 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels 8 MP
Flash LED flash No LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR Auto focus, Geo-tagging Autofocus, f/1.9, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video 1080p@30fps 720p 1080p@30fps
Front Camera 5 MP, 1080p [Similar] 2 MP [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No Yes
Edge Yes No Yes
3G HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps No HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE v4.1, A2DP v4.0, A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
USB microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ Beidou (market dependant) Yes, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser HTML5 HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) microSD, up to 128 GB microSD, up to 200 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 3050 mAh 6000 mAh 4000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time - Up to 15 h (Wi-Fi)
Up to 14 h (Video Playback
Up to 178 h (Audio Playback)
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