Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 vs Samsung Galaxy A6
| Type | Tablet Phone | Touch |
| Dimensions | 208.30 x 137.90 x 7.40 mm | 149.90 x 70.80 x 7.70 mm |
| Weight | 320.00 g | 162.00 g |
| Display size | 8.00" | 5.60" |
| Display | Color / PLS TFT 16M colors 768 x 1024 px (8.00") 160 ppi | Color / Super AMOLED 16M colors 720 x 1480 px (5.60") 294 ppi |
| Display protection |   | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 4200 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 3000 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Internal memory | 16 GB | 32 GB, 64 GB |
| End-user memory |  | 22.1 GB |
| RAM memory | 1.5 GB | 3 GB, 4 GB |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 128 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 256 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Android 5.0 Lollipop | Android 8.0 Oreo |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 | Samsung Exynos 7870 |
| Processor clock | 1400 MHz | 1600 MHz |
| GPU | Adreno 306 | ARM Mali-T830 MP1 @700 MHz |
| Touchscreen | | |
| DualSIM | | |
| Announced | 2Q 2015 | 2Q 2018 |
| Other names | - | Galaxy A6 2018 |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 850 900 1900 2100 | 850 900 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | |
| CDMA | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 5 Mpx | 16 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2592x1944 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | AF | AF, f/1.7 |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 2 Mpx | 16 Mpx |
| Resolution | 1600x1200 px | |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Flash | | LED |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video formats | nd | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | - | FF, f/1.9 |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | |
| HSDPA | 42.00 Mbit/s | 42.00 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | 5.76 Mbit/s |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | - |
| LTE UP | | 51.00 Mbit/s |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | class 12 | |
| EDGE | class 12 | |
| Bluetooth | v4.0 | v4.2 LE |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | v802.11 a/b/g/n |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz | 2,4 GHz; 5 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| GLONASS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| Galileo | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | | |
| Dictionary | XT9 | T9 |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | | z RDS |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, FLAC, OGG, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MXMF, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF |
| Polyphony | 64 voices | |
| Video ringtone | | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | ART | 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 | | |