Is Galaxy Tab A 8.0 2022 4G?

New edition. Samsung updates one of its most popular tablets: The Galaxy Tab A8 follows the Galaxy Tab A7, officially starting from 229 Euros (~$259) and scores with an extensive equipment list as already the predecessor before. Our test shows whether a purchase of the 10.5-inch tablet is worthwhile.

Samsung injects new life into its affordable Galaxy Tab A series. This begins with the 10.5-inch Galaxy Tab A8, which is the successor to the 10.4-inch Galaxy Tab A7. The largest updates lie in the processor and storage. The Galaxy Tab A8 uses the Unisoc T618 quad-core SoC, which should make it about 10% faster than the predecessor, according to the manufacturer. Instead of a maximum of 32 GB of storage, there are now also options with 64 and 128 GB of storage.

Samsung hasn't changed much in the rest of the equipment of its tablet. In principle, this should be okay, since the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 already impressed us last year with its very good price-performance ratio.

The Galaxy Tab A8 now brings the same good premises, officially starting from 229 Euros (~$259) and also being available in an LTE version. The LCD TFT continues to offer a 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution, and as before, there are four speakers, a 5-MP selfie camera, and an 8-MP main camera. But are those rather careful updates sufficient to also remain competitive in the mid-range tablet segment in 2022? We find out in this test.

Display

10.50 inch 16:10, 1920 x 1200 pixel 216 PPI, capacitive, TFT-LCD, WUXGA, glossy: yes, 60 Hz

Storage

32 GB eMMC Flash, 32 GB

, 17.8 GB free

Connections

1 USB 2.0, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), Audio Connections: 3.5 mm audio port, Card Reader: microSD up to 1 TB (FAT, FAT32, exFAT), Brightness Sensor, Sensors: accelerometer, gyro sensor, geomagnetic sensor, hall sensor, Wi-Fi Direct

Networking

802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5), Bluetooth 5.0, 2G (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz), 3G (bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8), LTE (bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66), Body SAR 0.92 W/kg, single SIM, LTE, GPS

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 6.9 x 246.8 x 161.9 ( = 0.27 x 9.72 x 6.37 in)

Battery

7040 mAh Lithium-Polymer

Operating System

Android 11

Camera

Primary Camera: 8 MPix autofocus, videos up to [email protected]
Secondary Camera: 5 MPix

Additional features

Speakers: quad speakers with Dolby Atmos, Keyboard: virtual, 7.8 W charger, USB cable, SIM tool, quick start guide, warranty information, One UI, 24 Months Warranty, fanless

Weight

508 g ( = 17.92 oz / 1.12 pounds), Power Supply: 35 g ( = 1.23 oz / 0.08 pounds)

Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.

From online vendors, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 in the smallest equipment version already comes close to the 200-Euro (~$226) mark at the time of this test. However, when looking at the 10.5-inch mid-range tablet, you don't really notice this low price.

Like the Galaxy Tab A7, the Galaxy Tab A8 is housed in an elegant aluminum case that shows good workmanship and provides the tablet with a high stability. The metal surface on the back is only interrupted by a slim plastic band going across the whole width of the tablet above the 8-MP main camera. 

With a width of about 1 cm (~0.4 in), the bezels around the display are slim enough to create a good visual impression, resulting in a screen-to-body-ratio of 80% for the tablet (Galaxy Tab A7: 79%). At the same time, they also allow holding the Galaxy Tab A8 in the hands without accidentally creating inputs on the TFT display.

With a thickness of 6.9 mm (~0.27 in), the Galaxy Tab A8 is minimally slimmer than the Galaxy Tab A7. On the other hand, the size has slightly grown compared to the predecessor, increasing the image diagonal from 10.4 to 10.5 inches. In terms of the length, the Galaxy Tab A8 measures 0.8 mm (~0.03 in) more than the Galaxy Tab A7, and the width has increased by 4.5 mm (~0.18 in). The weight also has increased slightly from 460 grams (~16.2 oz) to 477 grams (~16.8 oz) in the WiFi version. The LTE version that we are testing brings 508 grams (~17.9 oz) to the scale.

Samsung offers the Galaxy Tab A8 in the colors dark gray, silver, and pink.

      Lenovo Yoga Tab 11       Teclast T40 Plus       Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020)       Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022       Blackview Tab 10 ❌

256.8 mm / 10.1 inch269 mm / 6.65 inch7.9 mm / 0.311 inch655 g1.444 lbs248 mm / 9.76 inch257 mm / 6.18 inch20 mm / 0.3937 inch455 g1.003 lbs247.6 mm / 9.75 inch257.4 mm / 6.2 inch7 mm / 0.2756 inch477 g1.052 lbs246.8 mm / 9.72 inch261.9 mm / 6.37 inch6.9 mm / 0.2717 inch 508 g1.12 lbs243 mm / 9.57 inch262 mm / 6.38 inch8.4 mm / 0.3307 inch523 g1.153 lbs

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 is available in a WiFi and an LTE version. In the smallest model with 32 GB of storage, the WiFi version of the 10.5-in tablet officially costs 229 Euros (~$259), and the LTE version, 279 Euros (~$316). Samsung only offers the tablet with 32 GB of storage on its web store, and those who want to purchase it with 64 or 128 GB of storage have to get it from other online vendors. While the two larger storage models are equipped with 4 GB of RAM, the 32-GB model only has 3 GB of RAM.

In our 32-GB test unit, the remaining available storage doesn't turn out very large with barely 18 GB. However, you can expand the storage by using a microSD card up to 1 TB. In addition to media data, you can also transfer app data to the card.

Fortunately, the Galaxy Tab 8 also offers the 3.5-mm audio port of the predecessor and its four speakers with Dolby Atmos support. As before, the USB-C port also operates at USB-2.0 speed and supports USB OTG.

The speed of the microSD card reader is fast and above average for this tablet price class, significantly surpassing the comparison devices in the copy test. Using our Angelbird AV Pro V60 reference storage card, the Galaxy Tab A8 also achieves good values in sequential reading and writing.

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The Galaxy Tab A8 uses Android 11 with version 3.1 of Samsung's One UI user interface. At the time of our test (mid-February 2022), the Android security patches are on the level of January 1st, so still quite current. 

Due to its DRM Widevine L1 certification, the Galaxy Tab A8 is also able to reproduce streams in HD quality. The Galaxy Tab A8 can also be used as a family tablet. One UI allows you to setup several users, and with Samsung Kids, you also get a child mode with correspondingly adjusted contents.

In addition to the Google and Samsung apps, Microsoft Office, OneDrive, and Outlook are also preinstalled on the tablet. They are accompanied by Netflix and Spotify as additional third-party apps. Except for OneDrive, all the software additions can be uninstalled. OneDrive can only be deactivated, so it will continue to take up around 170 MB of the spare internal storage. 

The Galaxy Tab A8 communicates wirelessly using Bluetooth 5.0 and WiFi 5. In the LTE version, there is an additional communication module that also supports 15 LTE bands in addition to 2G and 3G. At 0.92 W/kg, the SAR value is relatively low.

In the WiFi network, the Galaxy Tab A8 achieves solid transfer rates that are approximately at the level of those of the Blackview Tab 10 and the Teclast T40 Plus. However, the tablet is not faster than its Galaxy Tab A7 predecessor. Since we measured the WLAN speed of the Samsung tablets using our new Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 reference router (instead of the Netgear Nighthawk AX12 that we used before), the results are depicted in a separate bar chart.

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The Galaxy Tab A8 determines its current location using the GPS (L1), Glonass (L1), Galileo (E1), and Beidou (B1) satellite navigation systems. However, this worked rather poorly in our test. It took quite a long time indoors and outdoors, until the tablet showed a location, which was also not very accurate either. This means that the Galaxy Tab A8 is only suited for navigation to a very limited extent, which we had to find out on our mandatory bike tour. The tablet did not succeed in creating a satfix on the about 10-km (~6.2 miles) long bike ride – the predecessor was much more successful here.

The camera equipment of the Galaxy Tab A8 did not change compared to the Galaxy Tab A7. The selfie camera has a 5-MP resolution and strikes a good figure during video chats under good light conditions. The back houses an 8-MP camera with autofocus but without any additional photography aids such as an image stabilizer or flash.

Overall, we like the selfie camera much better than the 8-MP main camera, which also depends on good illumination in order to succeed in taking fairly acceptable recordings. The colors are slightly too saturated, even though this doesn't look too bad overall. With the aggressive sharpening, fine image details are simply smoothed out, making some pictures look as if you had used a blurry filter. The 8-MP camera is also completely overtaxed by weak light conditions. In contrast, the example of the Teclast T40 Plus shows that an affordable tablet and a good camera aren't mutually exclusive.

Image Comparison

Choose a scene and navigate within the first image. One click changes the position on touchscreens. One click on the zoomed-in image opens the original in a new window. The first image shows the scaled photograph of the test device.

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We also take a detailed look at the main camera of the Galaxy Tab A8 under controlled lab conditions. Under optimal light conditions (top color chart), the camera reproduces the colors relatively accurately, being particularly successful with light and dark gray tones. Under weak light conditions (bottom color chart at 1 Lux), accuracy is completely missing, and the test chart that was reproduced fairly detailed before is now not recognizable at all anymore.

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9.6 ∆E

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8.3 ∆E

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15.8 ∆E

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7.3 ∆E

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11.4 ∆E

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54.5 ∆E

38.8 ∆E

35.9 ∆E

44.7 ∆E

62.8 ∆E

53.8 ∆E

35.3 ∆E

43.4 ∆E

27.6 ∆E

65.3 ∆E

64.3 ∆E

30.7 ∆E

48.1 ∆E

37.2 ∆E

77.2 ∆E

43.5 ∆E

43.6 ∆E

92.9 ∆E

71 ∆E

52 ∆E

36.5 ∆E

23.3 ∆E

12.9 ∆E

Samsung includes a 7.8-Watt charger, a USB cable (Type A to C), a SIM tool, a quick-start manual, and a warranty leaflet with its tablet.

As an optional accessory, Samsung also offers 15-Watt charger, which costs around 25 Euros (~$28).

There is a 24-month warranty on the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8.

Even though the Unisoc T618 and 3 GB of RAM don't turn the Galaxy Tab A8 into a rocket, they make sure that operation runs to a large extent smoothly and that the tablet responds quickly to inputs. Things only turn a little sluggish right after starting the system, since not all the modules are loaded, but this is completed after about 15 seconds.

However, it is noticeable during operation that the tablet only contains eMMC flash storage and the amount of RAM is limited. Apps can take some time to load and switching between several open apps can be slightly delayed at times.

The tablet does not offer a fingerprint sensor. You can identify yourself biometrically using 2D face scanning. In sufficiently bright light conditions, face recognition succeeds quickly and without any problems.

In the minimally larger Galaxy Tab A8, Samsung uses a different display than in the Galaxy Tab A7. While this continues to be a TFT LCD, it now has a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels instead of 2000 x 1200 pixels before.

At an average of 345.6 cd/m², the TFT LCD is slightly brighter than that of the predecessor, which offered 337.1 cd/m² on average. In the APL50 measurement with evenly distributed bright and dark image areas, the Galaxy Tab A8 reaches a maximum of 368 cd/m², which increases up to 372 cd/m² when the brightness sensor is deactivated. We measure a high, above average value of 9.18 cd/m² at the lowest brightness level.

Since the display does not use pulse width modulation to control the brightness, it is also suited without any limitations for sensitive users. 

Distribution of brightness

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Maximum: 368 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 345.6 cd/m² Minimum: 9.18 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 91 %
Center on Battery: 368 cd/m²
Contrast: 603:1 (Black: 0.61 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 6.9 | 0.59-29.43 Ø5.2
ΔE Greyscale 7.7 | 0.57-98 Ø5.5
91.6% sRGB (Calman 2D)
Gamma: 2.16

* ... smaller is better

Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)

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To dim the screen, some notebooks will simply cycle the backlight on and off in rapid succession - a method called Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) . This cycling frequency should ideally be undetectable to the human eye. If said frequency is too low, users with sensitive eyes may experience strain or headaches or even notice the flickering altogether.

Screen flickering / PWM not detected
In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 19601 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured.

Aside from the minimally increased brightness, the change to a new display did not bring any advantages to the Samsung tablet. Due to the black value of 0.61 cd/m², which significantly too high, the Galaxy Tab A8 only reaches a mediocre contrast ratio of 608:1, causing colors to appear a bit pale. Other image parameters such as the color temperature and accuracy of the color and grayscale reproduction are also worse than those of the predecessor.

Display Response Times

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Display response times show how fast the screen is able to change from one color to the next. Slow response times can lead to afterimages and can cause moving objects to appear blurry (ghosting). Gamers of fast-paced 3D titles should pay special attention to fast response times.

↔    Response Time Black to White
35.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 17.2 ms rise
↘ 18.4 ms fall
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.4 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 92 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (22.7 ms).
↔    Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey
53.6 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined	↗ 24.4 ms rise
↘ 29.2 ms fall
The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.25 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 88 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (35.9 ms).

Due to its relatively low brightness reserves, the Galaxy Tab A8 is not very well-suited for outdoor usage. So if you have to use it outdoors, you should seek a place that is as shady as possible.

In terms of the viewing angle stability, the TFT LCD basically does well, allowing you to still recognize the image content without any trouble even from very steep viewing angles. However, in everyday operation you should always try to keep the tablet perpendicular to your viewing angle, since otherwise it quickly becomes darker.

The Unisoc T618 of the Galaxy Tab A8 is an older SoC from 2019 and is also used in the Teclast T40 Plus, for example. In combination with the 3 GB of RAM (4 GB starting with the 64 GB storage model), the Samsung tablet is able to display simple and everyday applications such as Chrome or YouTube smoothly. In the quad-core SoC, the ARM Mali G52 MP2 handles the graphics computations.

The test shows that the Galaxy Tab A8 runs about 10% faster than the Galaxy Tab A7 as promised by Samsung. However, the computing performance does not reach that of the Mediatek Helio G90T that runs in the Lenovo Yoga Tab 11. Interestingly, the Galaxy Tab A8 also loses in the SoC competition against the Teclast P40 Plus. Although both tablets use the same processor, it always runs at a slightly reduced speed in the Galaxy Tab A8. The Teclast P40 Plus always runs a tad faster in the synthetic benchmarks as well as the browser benchmarks.

* ... smaller is better

Samsung does not give any information on the storage type, but the data transfer rates lead us to think that it is eMMC flash storage. This does a decent job in the Galaxy Tab A8, and most other tablets of this price class don't run any faster either.

The slightly higher performance of the Galaxy Tab A8 compared to the Galaxy Tab A7 becomes particularly noticeable when playing games. Graphically demanding games usually only run smoothly in the predecessor if you lower the graphics details. In contrast, with the Galaxy Tab A8 you can also play PUBG Mobile in the HD preset, for example, which was not possible with the Galaxy Tab A7. The frame rates are also slightly higher. Aside from some small outliers in the test with PUBG Mobile and Armajet, our second game, the frame rates remain almost constant at 30 FPS.

We measure the frame rates using the Gamebench tool.

During operation, the Galaxy Tab A8 warms up to a maximum of 38.5 °C (101 °F), which is hardly any warmer than skin temperature. In addition, the temperature hot spot lies at the left top corner of the display, which is an area that you hardly ever touch when holding the tablet in the hands.

Internally, the Unisoc T618 keeps its temperatures well under control, since even under constant load, we were unable to get the Galaxy Tab A8 to start throttling. This means that the tablet is always able to use its full performance.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022 Mali-G52 MP2, T618, 32 GB eMMC Flash; Wild Life Stress Test Stability; 0.0.0.0: Ø4.26 (4.25-4.27)

Lenovo Yoga Tab 11 Mali-G76 MP4, Helio G90T, 256 GB UFS 2.1 Flash; Wild Life Stress Test Stability; 0.0.0.0: Ø8.09 (8.05-8.11)

Teclast T40 Plus Mali-G52 MP2, T618, 128 GB eMMC Flash; Wild Life Stress Test Stability; 0.0.0.0: Ø4.27 (4.26-4.28)

Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022 Mali-G52 MP2, T618, 32 GB eMMC Flash; Wild Life Extreme Stress Test; 1.0.7.2: Ø1.096 (1.091-1.101)

Lenovo Yoga Tab 11 Mali-G76 MP4, Helio G90T, 256 GB UFS 2.1 Flash; Wild Life Extreme Stress Test; 1.0.5.1: Ø2.31 (2.29-2.31)

Teclast T40 Plus Mali-G52 MP2, T618, 128 GB eMMC Flash; Wild Life Extreme Stress Test; 1.0.5.1: Ø1.105 (1.103-1.107)

Power Supply (max.)  36.4 °C = 98 F | Room Temperature 21.8 °C = 71 F | Fluke t3000FC (calibrated) & Voltcraft IR-260

(±) The average temperature for the upper side under maximal load is 32.9 °C / 91 F, compared to the average of 30.4 °C / 87 F for the devices in the class Tablet.
(+) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 38.5 °C / 101 F, compared to the average of 34.3 °C / 94 F, ranging from 22 to 53.2 °C for the class Tablet.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 35.1 °C / 95 F, compared to the average of 33.7 °C / 93 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 29.5 °C / 85 F, compared to the device average of 30.4 °C / 87 F.

The four speakers of the Galaxy Tab A8 are placed two each at the short sides. This means that the sound will always come from two sides, regardless of whether you hold the tablet in landscape or portrait format.

The speaker quartet produces a powerful sound that is distinguished by very balanced mids and highs. As expected, only the bass tones are rare. The sound quality is very good for this price class.

dB(A)0102030405060708090Deep BassMiddle BassHigh BassLower RangeMidsHigher MidsLower HighsMid HighsUpper HighsSuper Highs2035.228.92521.7203118.622.44021.720.4503233.66325.724.58027.419.610024.3 18.312516.326.516018.944.820017.547.825012.352.731515.758.940011.660.3500 11.869.763012.472.180011.671.4100012.577.2125013.176.7160012.576.2200013.172.2250012.870.3315012.868.5400012.976.3500013.379.4630013.480.3800013.774.61000013.768.81250014.463.61600013.751.7SPL25.287.4N0.7 71.6median 13.1median 69.7Delta 1.511.330.42923.332.12624.522.623.234.537.819.923.814.716.514.419.714.931.317.851.918.952.211.759.213.967.21370.510.373.610.4 74.412.474.911.177.511.277.112.775.412.373.6 12.673.312.769.512.775.612.773.313.572.41466.313.569.214.964.21655.824.8860.669.1median 12.7median 70.518.6hearing rangehide median Pink NoiseSamsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022 Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020)

Frequency diagram (checkboxes can be checked and unchecked to compare devices)

Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022 audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (87.4 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 28.2% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.7% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (5.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.9% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (20.4% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 62% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 36% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 19%, worst was 50%
Compared to all devices tested
» 53% of all tested devices were better, 9% similar, 38% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 20%, worst was 65%

Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 10.4 (2020) audio analysis

(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (86 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 23.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (14.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.1% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.7% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (16.1% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 37% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 58% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 19%, worst was 50%
Compared to all devices tested
» 25% of all tested devices were better, 5% similar, 69% worse
» The best had a delta of 3%, average was 20%, worst was 65%

Using the included 7.8-Watt charger, it takes about 4.5 hours to completely recharge the 7040-mAh battery of the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8. You can shorten the charging time significantly by using the optional 15-Watt charger.

The power consumption of the Galaxy Tab A8 is inconspicuous.

With about 11.5 hours while web surfing and almost 14 hours playing videos in the battery tests, the Galaxy Tab A8 achieves good values. However, the battery life of the competitors is just as good as that of the Samsung tablet.  

Battery Runtime

Pros

+ slim and robust metal case

+ 4 speakers with Dolby Atmos

+ solid performance

+ child mode and Android 11

+ DRM Widevine L1

+ LTE, fast WLAN, Bluetooth 5.0

+ mostly smooth operation

+ no PWM flickering

+ solid battery life

Cons

- not much available storage

- weak 8-MP camera

- display poor in contrast

- inaccurate and slow GPS

- no fingerprint sensor

- long charging time using the 7.8-Watt charger

As already the Galaxy Tab A7 predecessor before, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 distinguishes itself with a very good price-performance ratio. For much less than 300 Euros (~$340), you get an LTE tablet with a high-quality workmanship and sufficient performance for everyday operation and even many games. In addition, there are quad-speakers with Dolby Atmos, a solid battery life, and a Full-HD display in the practical 16:10 format. Those who can live without mobile communication can pick the WiFi version of the Galaxy Tab A8, which comes close to the 200-Euro mark (~$226) at this point.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 recommends itself as an affordable and well-equipped tablet for surfing and multimedia, but it hardly offers any new changes compared to the predecessor.

However, not everything has improved compared to the Galaxy Tab A7. While the gaming performance is definitely an improvement, since together with the Unisoc T618 a slightly more powerful GPU is included, the worse GPS and particularly the display represent a step back. Unfortunately, the Galaxy Tab A8 uses a display that offers less contrast than that of the predecessor. Since the rest of the equipment practically remained the same, the Galaxy Tab A8 is really only able to score with the more current Android system and the guaranty of longer updates that is connected with this.

Those looking for an affordable tablet for surfing are well-served overall with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8. As an alternative, the Galaxy Tab A7 of course offers itself, since there is practically nothing it does worse, and it is already available for less than 150 Euros (~$170). Those who are needing a better camera can take a look at the Teclast T40 Plus.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 in our tested LTE version with 32 GB of storage is available for $279 for example from Amazon.

Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022 - 02/16/2022 v7
Manuel Masiero

Connectivity

44 / 70 → 63%

Games Performance

16 / 78 → 21%

Application Performance

57 / 92 → 62%

Tablet - Weighted Average

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My fascination for computers started with the C64. Since then, I’ve put everything that comes my way in terms of hardware through its paces. From the C64 to the Amiga 500 and the first PC with an 8088 CPU, my list of projects has grown increasingly longer. For more than 20 years now I have also turned my hobby into my profession and have been active in the mobile section of Notebookcheck since 2021. Before that, I worked as a hardware editor for IDG Media (tecChannel.de) and VNU Business Publications (PC professional), among others.

Having worked as a programmer for 20 years (medical devices, AI, data management systems), I've been following the computer scene for many years and especially enjoy finding out about new technology advances. Originally from Germany but living in the US, I've been working as a translator more recently, with Notebookcheck allowing me to combine my interest in new devices and translation. Other interests include Buddhism, spending time in Tibetan monasteries, and translating ancient Tibetan texts.

Manuel Masiero, 2022-02-21 (Update: 2022-02-21)

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