Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.0 (2017) will now be called Galaxy Tab A2 S: Confirms Source

Samsung, on Wednesday, took the wraps off the most-anticipated phone of the year, the Galaxy Note 8. Now the South Korean giant is working on introducing another budget friendly tablet to its portfolio. There were few rumours flying around that the upcoming tablet from Samsung would be dubbed as Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017). But now, we have a new report which claims the Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2017) could now be called as Galaxy Tab A2 S.

Changing the name, Samsung decided to go on with the same model number as rumoured before. The model number which we came across was (SM-T380 / SM-T385). The leak on the change of name is coming from the tipster Roland Quandt.

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As far as the specifications are concerned, the upcoming Galaxy Tab A2 S will feature an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1200x800 pixels. Being a budget tablet, it is said to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 427 clocked at 1.4GHz. The device also packs in 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage. The tablet will be running on Android 7.1.1 Nougat out of the box. However, there is no word on the battery yet.

On the optics front, the Tab A2 S will sport an 8-megapixel camera at the back, while the selfie and video calling needs will be fulfilled by a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.