On Thursday, Samsung unveiled its new flagship tablet Galaxy Tab S at an event in New York City. Galaxy Tab S comes in two sizes: 8.4 and 10.5 inches.
Samsung claims that the new tablet series comes with high resolution Super AMOLED display with 2,560 x 1,600 pixels resolution. Samsung also claims that screen technology gives better color and deeper contrasts while consuming less power than LCD display. Adaptive display of the tablet will change the white balance of tablet based on the ambient light. Display of the tablets offers 90% of Adobe RGB color coverage for accurate color output.
These tablets are powered by Exynos 5 Octa or Snapdragon 800 Processors and run on Android 4.4 Kitkat. Galaxy Tab S tablets have 3 GB RAM, 8 megapixel rear camera, 2.1 megapixel front camera, 4G, 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wi-FI Direct, GPS, GLONASS and Beidou.
Other cool features are Fingerprint Scanner, Ultra-Power Saving Mode, Group Play, S-Note, S Translator, Samsung Link, Call Forwarding feature via SideSync 3.0, Call Forwarding feature via SideSync 3.0, Quick Connect to connect to nearby devices for content sharing and more.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 specifications
- 8.4-inch (2560×1600 pixel) WQXGA 16:10 Super AMOLED display
- Octa-Core Exynos (A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor / 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor
- Android 4.4 (KitKat)
- 3GB RAM
- 16GB / 32GB internal memory, microSD (up to 128 GB)
- 8MP rear camera with LED flash
- 2.1MP front-facing camera
- 4G LTE/3G HSPA+, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, IrLED, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
- 4900mAh battery
- Dimensions 125.6 x 212.8 x 6.6mm, and weighs 294g(Wifi) /298g(LTE) grams
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 specifications
- 10.5-inch (2560×1600 pixel) 16:10 Super AMOLED display
- Octa-Core Exynos (A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor / 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor
- Android 4.4 (KitKat)
- 8MP rear camera with LED flash
- 2.1MP front-facing camera
- 3GB RAM
- 16GB / 32GB internal memory, microSD (up to 128 GB)
- 4G LTE/3G HSPA+, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, IrLED, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
- 7900mAh battery
- Dimensions: 125.6 x 212.8 x 6.6mm; weighs 294g (Wifi) /298g(LTE)
The WiFi variants of the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and 10.5 would start at US$399 and US$499 respectively.
Galaxy Tab S tablets will come in Titanium Bronze or Dazzling White colors. These tablets will be available from the end of June, 2014.
