Tuga A8 vs Tuga A10
For sole traders and small firms choosing between the two Android tablets in the range. The short answer: the A8 at £379 for outdoor and one-handed work, the A10 at £449 for drawings, plans and spreadsheets.
The two devices
The short answer
Buy the Tuga A10 at £449 if you read drawings and plans on it; buy the Tuga A8 at £379 if it works outdoors or in one hand. The gap is £70. Both run Android 14 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage, are sealed to IP68, tested to MIL-STD-810H, and weigh 680g. The £70 buys a bigger, sharper screen: 10.1 inches at 1920 x 1200 against 8 inches at 1280 x 800. The trade-off is brightness and battery: 350 nits against 800 on the A8, and 8000mAh against 10000mAh.
Pay the £70 if you read drawings, plans or spreadsheets on the tablet. On an 8 inch screen a large drawing needs more panning and zooming than on 10.1 inches. The A10 also has dual SIM 4G for sites where one network is patchy. Both can take the paid 3-Year Warranty at £65. It is the tablet for a site cabin or a desk dock. Brightness matters less there. In direct sun on an open site, a roof or a dashboard mount, the A10 is harder to read than the A8. The construction page goes through where it earns its place for drawings.
Keep the £70 if the tablet lives outdoors or in one hand. The A8 has glove mode, which the A10 does not list, and a 10000mAh battery a quarter larger than the A10's 8000mAh. Both weigh 680g, so the difference in the hand is size: the A10 measures 250 x 167mm, and only the A8 is listed as fitting a van door pocket and one hand up a ladder. For forms, photos, route maps and quotes, the A8 is the cheaper choice, and the field service page covers where the A8 fits against the A6 and W8. If one job decides it, tell us what you do and we will say which we would buy.
Choose the Tuga A8 if
- You read the screen in direct sun on roofs, open sites or a van dashboard: 800 nits against the A10's 350.
- You hold it in one hand up a ladder or drop it in a van door pocket: the A8 is listed as fitting both, at the same 680g as the A10.
- You want the larger battery: 10000mAh against the A10's 8000mAh, with 18W fast charging listed.
- You work in gloves through winter: the A8 lists glove mode and the A10 does not.
- You want a USB-A port as well as USB-C: the A8 lists both, the A10 lists USB-C.
Choose the Tuga A10 if
- You read drawings, PDF plans or full spreadsheets on the tablet, and check your own viewer apps run: 10.1 inches at 1920 x 1200 against 8 inches at 1280 x 800.
- The tablet lives in a site cabin or on a desk dock, out of direct sun, where brightness matters less.
- You work where one network is patchy: the A10 has dual SIM 4G, the A8 lists 4G LTE.
- You store a lot of photos, plans or offline maps on the device: microSD up to 2TB against 512GB on the A8.
What is different
Every line comes from the two specification sheets, the same figures as the product pages. Rows where the A8 and A10 differ are tinted.
- The A10 costs £70 more: £449 against £379 for the A8.
- Both weigh 680g.
- The A10 has the bigger screen: 10.1 inch against 8 inch on the A8.
- The A10 has the higher resolution: 1920 x 1200 against 1280 x 800 on the A8.
- The A8 is brighter: 800 nits against 350 nits on the A10.
- The A8 has the bigger battery: 10000mAh against 8000mAh on the A10.
- Both are sealed to IP68.
- Both are drop tested to MIL-STD-810H.
- Both run Android 14.
- Connectivity: 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC on the A8 vs 4G Dual SIM, dual-band Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC on the A10.
Identical on both: memory (8GB), storage (128GB), IP rating (IP68), drop standard (MIL-STD-810H), operating system (Android 14), weight (680g), operating temperature (-20°C to 60°C).
| Specification | Tuga A8 | Tuga A10 |
|---|---|---|
| Screen | 8" sunlight readable | 10.1" FHD IPS, tempered glass |
| Resolution | 1280 x 800 | 1920 x 1200 |
| Brightness | 800 nits | 350 nits |
| Memory | 8GB | 8GB |
| Storage | 128GB | 128GB |
| Expandable storage | microSD up to 512GB | microSD up to 2TB |
| IP rating | IP68 | IP68 |
| Drop standard | MIL-STD-810H | MIL-STD-810H |
| Battery | 10000mAh | 8000mAh |
| Charging | 18W fast charge | Quick charge |
| Operating system | Android 14 | Android 14 |
| Processor | Octa-core 2.0GHz | MediaTek MT8781 octa-core, 2.2GHz |
| Connectivity | 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, NFC | 4G Dual SIM, dual-band Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC |
| Camera | 13MP rear + 5MP front | 13MP rear with flash + 5MP front |
| Weight | 680g | 680g |
| Operating temperature | -20°C to 60°C | -20°C to 60°C |
| Dimensions | Not listed | 250 x 167 x 14.5mm |
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What fits which
Every accessory is matched to specific models. These are the ones that fit each of the two.
Questions about the A8 and A10
For drawings and plans, yes; for forms, photos and route maps, the A8 does the job for £70 less. The A10 costs £449 and the A8 £379. The £70 buys a 10.1 inch 1920 x 1200 screen in place of 8 inches at 1280 x 800, dual SIM 4G and a microSD slot rated to 2TB. It gives up brightness (350 nits against 800), battery (8000mAh against 10000mAh), glove mode and the USB-A port, neither of which the A10 lists. If you spend the day in PDF plans, BIM viewers or spreadsheets, pay it and buy the Tuga A10. If you fill in forms, take photos and follow routes, buy the Tuga A8 and keep the £70. Buying several? Device discounts run from 3 percent at two to 10 percent at ten or more, see bulk orders.
It is 350 nits and not listed as sunlight readable, so direct sun is harder work than on the A8, which is 800 nits and listed as sunlight readable. Indoors or in a site cabin it is the better screen for plans: sharper at 1920 x 1200 against the A8's 1280 x 800, and bigger at 10.1 inches against 8. If most of your day is on open sites or roofs, choose the A8, or keep the A10 for the cabin and the desk dock. The construction page says the same thing with the trades spelled out.
We cannot say. The A8 has the larger battery, 10000mAh against the A10's 8000mAh, but neither lists a run time in hours and the two have different screens and processors, so we will not guess. The A8 lists 18W fast charging; the A10 lists quick charge without a figure. Both take the 12V DC Car Charger (£26), the Vehicle Mounting Dock (£109) has a DC power input, and the Charging Dock (£49.99) is listed for the A10 only, all on the accessories page. Both are rated to work from -20°C to 60°C. Our guide to rugged tablets in winter covers what the cold does to either battery and why the A8's glove mode matters in January.
Same weight, different size. Both weigh 680g, so the A10 is not the heavier tablet, it is the bigger one: 250 x 167mm and 14.5mm thick. The A8 does not list dimensions, but with an 8 inch screen against 10.1, only the A8 is listed as fitting a van door pocket and one hand; if you need a figure for a case or a mount, ask us. The same Vehicle Mounting Dock and Rugged Carry Case (fits tablets up to 10.1 inches) are listed for both; the Charging Dock is listed for the A10 only.
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