Samsung has announced two premium Galaxy Tab S2 tablets following the flagship previous Tab S tablet released last year. The Galaxy Tab S2 will come in two 8 inch and 9.7 inch size variants. These new tablets are incredibly thin at 5.6mm which is thinner than the iPad and try to adopt a close to the S6 design in a attempt to give them a premium look.
The Galaxy Tab S have a screen resolution of 2048×1536 on a 4.3 screen ratio QXGA Super AMOLED display on both the 8.0 inch and 9.7 inch variant which is the same resolution you will get on the Google Nexus 9 and iPad.
There is a fingerprint scanner, an 8MP AF rear camera accompained by a 2.1 MP selfie camera, 3G RAM, Quad 1.9GHz + Quad 1.3GHz, Octacore application processor running 5.0 Lollipop with physical navigation buttons (bloody Samsung).
The Tab S2 8.0 inch will weigh 265g for the Wifi-Only Model and 272g for the LTE+Wifi model with a 4000mAh battery and the slightly heavier Tab S2 9.7 inch will weigh 389g and 392g for the Wifi-Only and LTE-Wifi models respectively with a 5,870mAh battery.
These tablets will go on sale in August however Samsung has not unveiled the price yet but I expect them to be quite high considering its Samsung’s “premium” lineup.
Here are the full specifications
Galaxy Tab S2 8.0
- Processor: Quad 1.9GHz + Quad 1.3GHz, Octacore application processor
- Display: 8.0” 2048×1536(QXGA) Super AMOLED
- OS: Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
- Camera: 8MP AF(rear), 2.1MP(front)
- Memory” 3GB(RAM) + 32/64GB internal memorymicroSD up to 128GB
- Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO (2.4GHz/5GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth®4.1 BLE
GPS GPS, GLONASS - Sensor: Accelerometer, Finger Scanner, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall Sensor, RGB Sensor
- Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC
- Video: H.263, H.264(AVC), MPEG4, VC-1, WMV7, WMV8, VP8Recording: QHD(2560×1440)@30fpsPlayback: UHD(3840×2160)@30fps
- Network LTE : 700/ 800/ 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900/ 2100/ 26003G : 850/ 900/ 1900/ 21002G : 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
- Dimension / Weight 34.8 x 198.6 x 5.6mm, 265g(Wifi)/ 272g(LTE)
- Battery 4,000mAh
Galaxy Tab S2 9.7
- SoC: Quad 1.9GHz + Quad 1.3GHz, Octacore application processor
- Display: 9.7” 2048×1536(QXGA) Super AMOLED
- OS: Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
- Camera: 8MP AF(rear), 2.1MP(front)
- Memory” 3GB(RAM) + 32/64GB internal memorymicroSD up to 128GB
- Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO (2.4GHz/5GHz), Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth®4.1 BLE
GPS GPS, GLONASS - Sensor: Accelerometer, Finger Scanner, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall Sensor, RGB Sensor
- Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, Vorbis, FLAC
- Video: H.263, H.264(AVC), MPEG4, VC-1, WMV7, WMV8, VP8Recording: QHD(2560×1440)@30fpsPlayback: UHD(3840×2160)@30fps
- Network LTE : 700/ 800/ 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900/ 2100/ 26003G : 850/ 900/ 1900/ 21002G : 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
- Dimension / Weight 169 x 237.3 x 5.6mm, 389g(Wifi)/392g(LTE)
- Battery 5,870mAh
