Hands On : Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and 8.4
Samsung is ready to take on the iPad, yet again, with its new slew of tablets. The Galaxy Tab S is a reboot of what Samsung has been doing in terms of the overall feel of the tablets.
The new tablets are aimed at the Rs. 35-40 thousand price bracket, with pre orders already open on Samsung’s E Store.
The Tab S 10.5 and Tabs 8.4 both run on the Exynos 5 Octa chipset, have 3 GB of RAM and 16/32 GB storage capacities, infact both have almost the exact same specs except for the size of the screen. See the full details below.
Specifications |
Galaxy Tab S 10.5-inch |
Galaxy Tab S 8.4-inch |
Battery capacity: |
7,900(mAh) | 4900(mAh) |
DISPLAY |
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CAMERA |
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RAM |
3GB | 3GB |
Processor |
Octa-Core Exynos 5 (A15 1.9 GHz & A7 1.3 GHz) | Octa-Core Exynos 5 (A15 1.9 GHz & A7 1.3 GHz) |
Internal Storage |
16GB/32GB expanded up to 128GB | 16GB/32GB expanded up to 128GB |
Software |
Android 4.4 Kitkat | Android 4.4 Kitkat |
In terms of look and feel these tablets are much nicer looking than expected, they feel premium and look the part. The Tab S is extremely slim at 6.6 mm and extremely lightweight at just 467 gms for the LTE variant 10.5 inch Galaxy Tab S.
Samsung has also cut down on the bloatware and offers some interesting productivity apps and services to the user out of the box – free of cost. The Tab S devices run Android KitKat 4.4.2 out of the box with a proposed Android L update shortly after the final release.
Initial impression of the screen will simply blow you away, the screen is very sharp and thanks to it being a Super AMOLED the colours look very alive and vivid.
Stay tuned for our full round up.
