Lenovo Tab S8 vs Micromax Canvas Tab P690

  • Lenovo Tab S8 was first released on 09/01/2014. It is available in Ebony, Blue, Canary Yellow, White. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 8 inches with a resolution of 1200x1920 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    This series of tablets from Lenovo is powered by a non-removable battery of 4290mAh. So, if you are too busy or often have to move outdoors but forget to charge the device, it's no longer a problem.

    Powering the Lenovo Tab S8 is the Intel Atom Z3745 chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 2GB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the Tab S8 on the rear packs a camera of 8-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 1.6-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 16GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD up to 64GB. This is a single SIM tablet, measuring 209.80 x 123.80 x 7.90 (height x width x thickness) and weighing 299.00g.

    Connectivity options on the Lenovo Tab S8 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
  • Micromax Canvas Tab P690 was first released on 06/01/2015. It is available in Metallic Grey. The tablet has a touchscreen display of 8 inches with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels, bringing the optimal experience for watching movies, reading newspapers, and playing games.

    This series of tablets from Micromax is powered by a non-removable battery of 4000mAh. So, if you are too busy or often have to move outdoors but forget to charge the device, it's no longer a problem.

    Powering the Micromax Canvas Tab P690 is the Intel Atom Z3735G chip. Along with the powerful CPU, the RAM capacity is 1GB. With the above parameters, you can quickly handle daily tasks, run heavy applications or play some popular games smoothly.

    In terms of cameras, the Canvas Tab P690 on the rear packs a camera of 5-megapixel. It also has a front camera of 2-megapixel setup for selfies.

    It has 8GB of inbuilt storage, non-expandable via microSD up to 32GB. This is a single SIM tablet.

    Connectivity options on the Micromax Canvas Tab P690 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, NFC. Sensors on the tablet include accelerometer, compass/magnetometer, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor.
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Ratings & Review

Design / Comfort

Camera

Battery Life

Value For Money

-

Affordable 3G tablet

Reasonable performance

Looks good

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Poor battery life

Weak cameras

Very limited storage space

Model
Tab S8
Canvas Tab P690
Price
$216
$120
Release date
September 2014
June 2015
Dimensions (mm)
209.80 x 123.80 x 7.90
-
Weight (g)
299.00
-
Battery capacity (mAh)
4290
4000
Colours
Ebony, Blue, Canary Yellow, White
Metallic Grey
Screen size (inches)
8
8
Touchscreen
No
No
Resolution
1200x1920 pixels
1280x800 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI)
-
160
Processor
1.86GHz quad-core
1.3GHz quad-core
RAM
Internal storage
Expandable storage
Expandable storage type
microSD
microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB)
64
32
Rear camera
8-megapixel
5-megapixel
Front camera
1.6-megapixel
2-megapixel
Operating system
Wi-Fi
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported
802.11 b/g/n
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth
Bluetooth version
4.00
4.00
USB OTG
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
Gyroscope
No
No