We have already faced the new Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 en comparative to his toughest rival, the iPad miniRetina, already one of the most interesting compact tablets that we can find once we enter territory Android, Z3 Xperia Tablet Compact, but there are still many other alternatives that are worth considering, and among them is, without a doubt, the new high-end tablet from Asus: the ZenPad S 8.0, the star of its new range and one of the highest level devices that we have known to date in the range of 8 inches. Which of the two would best suit what you are looking for? Which one offers us a better quality / price ratio?
Integrated
Although there is no denying the appeal of the Galaxy Tab S2, it must be recognized that the balance is likely to tilt to the side of the ZenPad S 8.0, if only for its metal casing and for the interchangeable casing options that allow us to add, for example, more battery or more speakers. Tablet SamsungIn any case, it also has some interesting extra, such as the fingerprint reader.
Dimensions
The tables change when we move on to the dimensions section, where the Galaxy Tab S2 manages to wrest victory from the ZenPad S 8.0 even though this is a tablet with fantastic proportions. The tablet of Samsung it is, however, somewhat more compact (19,86x13,48 inch against 20,32x13,45 inch) and much finer (5,6 mm against 6,6 mm) and light (265 grams against 298 grams).
Screen
The combat is much more balanced when we turn to dealing with the screen section, since there are few details in which they are distinguished: the two are the same size (8 inches), the same resolution (X), the same pixel density (PPI 320) and the same aspect ratio (4:3, optimized for reading). The only important difference is the use by Samsung of AMOLED panels in your Galaxy Tab S2, a distinguishing feature of the entire range.
Performance
The advantage in the performance section is again for the ZenPad S 8.0, although the difference is not too great and depends largely on the model, since there is one that mounts the processor Intel Z3580 and has 4 GB of RAM memory, while there is another that has the Intel Z3560 and offers us "only" 2 GB RAM memory. The Galaxy Tab S2For its part, it has a processor yet to be determined with eight cores and with a maximum frequency of 1,9 GHz y 3 GB of RAM.
Storage capacity
An important difference to take into account when choosing a model or comparing the storage capacity of these two tablets is that while the most affordable model of the ZenPad S 8.0 has the 16 GB usual, that of the Galaxy Tab S2 offers us double, 32 GB. The maximum, however, is the same in both cases (64 GB) and both give us the possibility of expanding the memory externally through a card micro-SD.
Cameras
Although we always recommend giving the right importance to the cameras on a tablet, we must recognize the superiority of the ZenPad S 8.0 in this section, at least with regard to the front camera (2,1 MP against 5 MP), since in relation to the main camera they are even (8 MP).
Autonomy
We cannot yet draw conclusions regarding which of the two tablets will offer us better autonomy, since we have not yet had the opportunity to see results in independent tests for neither of the two. We cannot even compare the battery capacity data, as we usually do in the absence of a better reference, because Asus He has not provided them to us, so we only have the ones from the Samsung (4000 mAh).
Price
Recientemente Asus made public the prices with which it will launch the tablets ZenPad in Europe, with the sole exception precisely of the model that concerns us here, which prevents us from directly comparing it with the Galaxy Tab S2, of which we do know since it will cost us, like its predecessor, $399. The logical thing would be, in any case, for the Taiwanese to put a similar price on their tablet, although their strategy with the lower version (which was put on sale for only $ 200 in the United States) invites us to be optimistic and think that it could come to sell even cheaper.