Disponibile a few months on the market, Galaxy Tab S is undoubtedly one of the Most Popular Christmas gifts , and this because it combines power, functionality by first class and a look that looks good with that of his arch enemy, Apple’s iPad.
In this case, testing the Galaxy Tab S 8.4-inch diagonal (it is also available “standard” 10-inch), in version Wi-Fi + LTE, the equivalent in Apple’s iPad Mini 3 , recently announced and already available in our country.
Since the Christmas season we decided to try the hearing despite being out for a bit ‘, but also to dedicate a short confrontation with his enemy Cupertino , in the knowledge that a final decision should take into account not only the aesthetic, functional and technical appliances, but also – and especially – the quality and extent of the ecosystem.
S Galaxy Tab 8.4 in the daily routine
There is no doubt that this tablet will come up really well: after several generations more or less similar in aesthetic terms, with Tab S Samsung unveiled a design and fittings with metal frame and subtlety of primacy, just 6.6 mm thick for 298 grams of weight, all with a display AMOLED 8.4 ” and WQXGA resolution to 2560 x 1600 pixels.
Difficult to imagine a well-defined target for this product: certainly not those who want to buy their first tablet and spend little, maybe settling for a good quality / price ratio, and it is difficult to achieve even those who are more attentive to multimedia applications such as games and video, since usually prefer a larger tablet, one with screen 10 ”. We see it very well in the hands of a businessman / woman, however, a strong look that looks good, with a display at the top of the category and technical specifications of the first floor, including a processor Octa Core Exynos 5420 with 4 Cortex A15 from 1.9GHz to 1.9GHz and the same Cortex A7 and 3 GB of RAM ; moreover, Galaxy Tab S makes use interface UX Magazine Samsung, designed precisely to provide a professional production.
The tablet is defended well from the aesthetic: it is compact, has a very thin rim and a metal frame t hat gives it a premium look really. Less noble the rear panel of plastic material with perforated leather-look effects: unlike phones like Galaxy S5, here the cover is not removable, and for the insertion of the SIM and SD cards we make use of the sliding side. It therefore remains the same lightness, but unlike the phones can not replace the battery.
Lavorare with the tablet is undoubtedly pleasant : on the one hand the light weight makes it easily portable wherever you want, on the other hand Samsung has decided to equip its Galaxy Tab S Magazine UX which, as is known, has the advantage of rationalize the allocation of space offering a display of advanced multitasking: in this way you can at the same time keep an eye on email, calendar, documents, and so on. The only limitation in this regard, is related to display size: with 8.4 ” you can not think of dividing the screen into 6 without straining your eyes (everything remains readable considering the mega-display resolution), but if the problem is to just buy the 10-inch version .
Finalmente a little ‘relaxation, between film and games
One of the highlights of Tab S is its display, a Super AMOLED 2560 x 1600 pixels that “hits” the user with extremely vivid and bright colors, very intense impact which aims to capture the attention. As on other devices of the same manufacturer, there is the possibility to intervene on the parameters of image using three preset profiles: Cinema AMOLED, AMOLED photos and “basic” , with the latter strongly recommended to purposes of naturalezzae others turned to the maximum impact (especially the first).
The fact remains that, regardless of any instrumental measurements, display of the Galaxy Tab S undoubtedly gives the impression of being a cut above the average , although it carries the “typical” limit these screens (already seen several times) of ‘ outcrop of different color casts As you move from the point of view of optimal : in practice, the display (if the observed intense white) tends to’ blue / light green, what precisely fairly typical.
That said, the level of definition is quite remarkable, especially when evaluated with materials that can fully exploit the possibilities: we immediately played the video test offered by Samsung in native resolution entitled Wonder of Nature , previously setting the Cinema mode AMOLED. The result is of great impact, with a amazing vividness and contrasts pushed to the maximum : a great way to impress friends and family, and if that is the goal, the result is guaranteed.
If you point to a natural image, the question changes and, as anticipated, at least you have to switch to “basic”, certainly less impact but more credible. We then played several trailer Full HD via the built-in player and VLC, and we had considerable difficulties with 4K, which in our tests was subject jerky and slow.
Overall performance is in line with a high-end tablet, so regardless by the use (unless it is 4K video, but we do not see the utility), Galaxy Tab S is all ‘height of the situation. We did a bit’ of everything: from the use of common productivity tools Google ( Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations ), also in multiwindow with email, to Asphalt Airborne 8 for sessions of relaxation, during which we have achieved more than 30 fps constant; among other things, this version of Galaxy Tab S, the Wi-Fi + LTE, is equipped with GPS, which is very quick fix.
In order to test the conditions of advanced multitasking, but at the same time trying to recreate a situation “credible” in the use of a tablet, we used the multiwindow with the upper portion in GPS navigation (Google Maps) and the lower with a video playback from YouTube . The outcome was appreciable, with only some slowdown manually navigating within the map of Google, but otherwise all very fluid and satisfying, without shots or similar.
Let’s put on the side: S and Galaxy Tab iPad Mini 3
During the test of the Galaxy S Tab 8.4 we could not resist the temptation to put it next to its # 1 competitor, the Mini iPad 3 Apple. do not derive a real challenge , which would require an intensive use “compared” the two devices in various areas of use, but a comparison designed for those who want to buy a tablet for Christmas Mini and does not know how to navigate.
Partiamo assume that the two tablets in question are brothers “almost twins”, both high-end products , updated with the latest technologies and addressed to the same group of users, with a focus on the business segment. When we speak of tablet Mini, with display sizes from 7.9 ” (iPad Mini 3) and 8.4 ” (Galaxy Tab S), the portability factor assumes central importance. Just take a look at the two models by putting them side by side to realize right away that it’s different products, but very attentive to the aesthetic factor: one hand we find the perfect design of the iPad and its shell aluminum unibody, the other a more rigid but extremely thin and aluminum frame that is highly reminiscent of the Galaxy Note 4 or Galaxy Alpha. Remains the back polycarbonate with micro-holes, also typical of the Korean giant, a cover much less “noble” than that of the iPad Mini 3 but still of good quality.
What changes so much between the two models is not so much the thickness or weight when the aspect ratio of the display , which obviously affects aesthetic impact: iPad Mini 3 is true to his philosophy and proposes a 4: 3 display, while the Galaxy Tab S is 16:10. Hard to say, of course, which is preferable in terms of portability, as prolonged use will face express a slight preference for the model Samsung : Its size makes it so “high and tight”, but 6.6 mm thick and 298 grams in weight are slightly better than 7.5mm and 341 grams (version wi-fi + cellular network) model of Cupertino. Not that 43 grams make the iPad Mini difficult to carry around, but about 300 grams total product, is a significant difference in proportion. In practice, iPad Mini 3 is more beautiful, thanks to the housing in aluminum unibody, Galaxy Tab S is “ portable ” thanks to a thickness incredibly reduced, a feat herweight and edges cut to the bone, which has 3 iPad Mini.
Grosse differences in terms of display, yes. But do not talk about resolution, but its impact image: if the “pixel count” the 2560×1600 of Tab S (359ppi) beat the 2048×1536 (326ppi) iPad Mini 3, in practice the differences are almost nil or not perceptible. But the picture is very different: much more soft and calibrated for the Apple device, much more vivid and contrasted in Table S. The result is an image with the greatest impact for the Samsung tablet : playing a movie on both devices, l ‘”WOW” is definitely for the Tab S, also because of the proportions of the screen which favor multimedia use, but then when it comes to having a natural image, iPad definitely raises his head . In addition, the Apple tablet, although obviously in the queue in terms of contrast, does not emerge any dominant whatsoever If you look deviates from the optimum b rightness and offers a very marked.
The surveys of Geekbench 3 of iPad Mini 3. Galaxy Tab S is below the detection Single Core (892) and higher on multicore (2655)
On the performance, however, the two products are difficult to compare and maintain an objective assessment here is an enormous task: Geekbench 3 , which is available on both platforms, decreed a important superiority of iPad Mini 3 within single core (1377 points against 892 of Table S 8.4) and on the contrary a slight superiority of Tab S in multicore operations (2655 points against 2478 iPad Mini 3), but in the daily routine both tablets work very well and the app that we played absolutely parallel showed similar behavior.
Two identical machines, then? Certainly not, but the idea that we would like to get across is that the undeniable differences hardware (aspect ratio, display, resolution, processor, expansion slots present in one and not the other, aesthetic differences etc.) are nothing compared to Unlike ecosystem, which in this case represents the first fundamental criterion of choice . To put it another way, the preference for one or the other depends much more on the quality of the app, the operating system and the ecosystem that the power of the hardware or the versatility of the product. We leave to a depth ad hoc comparison of the two devices in the main areas of use, but as an example we used them in parallel as productivity tools, as we stand in front of two distant worlds. D on the one hand there is the convenience of UX Magazine and complete suite of Google, which in this case includes Documents, Spreadshe ets and Presentations , the other Apple responds with Pages, Numbers Keynote and with the availability of the entire suite of Microsoft Office not yet present within Android. To be sure we admit (in this area) a preference for instruments of the world iOS in terms of functionality and quality of the software, but the basic concept is that two similar products become extremely different when dropped in their own world.
A camera without infamy and without praise
A tablet, you know, is not meant to make the photos, at least not as a smartphone. Nevertheless, Samsung wanted to maintain an average profile / high from this point of view and has equipped Tab S of a module photo backlit 8-megapixel (front 2.1 megapixel) , with features that reflect in largely those of the phones from the same manufacturer. We find, therefore, the fully automatic mode, the HDR, the view and the ability to manage individual shooting parameters including resolution, ISO, and exposure compensation.
Presente also a front camera of 2.1 megapixels. Here are a few shots taken with the tablet, divided into sequences in external day and indoors. The deterioration in quality of the latter, it is normal under these devices, it is not even marked (unless you really shooting in the dark), although it has a little ‘extra compression than the norm in practice is a nice device for some photo sporadic, not yet at the level of the best smartphones in circulation but certainly acceptable.
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