Samsung Galaxy Tab A 7.0 LTE vs Microsoft Surface
| Type | Tablet Phone | A tablet |
| Dimensions | 186.90 x 108.80 x 8.70 mm | 172.00 x 274.60 x 9.40 mm |
| Weight | 283.00 g | 680.40 g |
| Display size | 7.00" | 10.60" |
| Display | Color / TFT 16M colors 800 x 1280 px (7.00") 216 ppi | Color / TFT 16M colors 1366 x 768 px (10.60") 148 ppi |
| Display protection |   | |
| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 3G: 1260 min. (21.0 h) |  |
| Playback time (max.) | Audio: 87 h (3.6 days) Video: 9 h (0.4 days) | nd |
| Internet browsing time (max.) | WiFi: 11 h (0.5 days) 3G: 8 h (0.3 days) 4G: 9 h (0.4 days) | nd |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 4000 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion Buy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 8 GB | 32 GB |
| End-user memory | 4.3 GB | |
| RAM memory | 1.5 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 200 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Android 5.1 Lollipop | MS Windows RT |
| Processor | Spreadtrum SC9830 | Nvidia Tegra 3 T30 |
| Processor clock | 1500 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-400 MP2 | ULP GeForce @520 MHz |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) | 0,850 W/kg | |
| DualSIM | | |
| SIM cards standard | SingleSIM(microSIM) | |
| Announced | 1Q 2016 | |
| Other names | SM-T285; Tab A 2016 7.0 LTE | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | |
| LTE standard | FDD LTE: 2600, 2100, 1800, 900, 850, 800 TDD LTE: 2300 | |
| CDMA | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 5 Mpx | 1.2 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2592x1944 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1280x720 px | |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | |
| Additional | AF | - |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 2 Mpx | 1.2 Mpx |
| Resolution | 1600x1200 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Additional | FF | - |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 42.20 Mbit/s | |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | - | |
| LTE UP | 51.00 Mbit/s | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | | |
| EDGE | | |
| Bluetooth | v4.0 | v4.0 |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 a/b/g/n |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | XT9 | |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | z RDS | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | 2 |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MXMF, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF | |
| Polyphony | 64 voices | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | ART | |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |