Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 to be priced at Rs 9,999 in India

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 specifications:

The Galaxy Tab A 8.0 sports an 8-inch TFT display that delivers a maximum resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:10. Like its recently launched siblings, the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 features dual speakers for stereophonic sound. It measures 8mm in thickness and weighs 345g. In comparison, its larger sibling, the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 weighs 469g and has the same thickness.

Samsung hasn’t specified the chipset that is powering the tablet but mentions that the tablet has a Quad-core processor clocking at 2.0GHz. It could be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 429 chipset with a Cortex-A53 CPU. The GPU on it should be the Adreno 504. Samsung is selling the Wi-Fi only variant and may launch an LTE variant later. The Galaxy A Tab 8.0 has 2GB RAM and 32GB internal storage with the option of expanding storage to 512GB using a microSD card. The rear camera is a single 8MP sensor and the front camera is a 2MP unit.

Samsung recently launched the Galaxy Tab S5e and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 tablets in India. The two new devices sport varying features and specifications, and target different market segments. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is the more powerful tablet of the two. It runs on the Snapdragon 670 SoC and comes equipped with a 10.5-inch sAMOLED display. On the other hand, the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 is running on the Exynos 7904 SoC, and as the name suggests, features a 10.1-inch Full HD display.