Are there new large samsung tablets?

Hi,

When I search I am getting samsung tab s 10.5, or tab pro 12.2 or note pro 12.2 only which are all seem to be discontinued. Are there any new successors to those? For me 10+" is good.

Also I think samsung does a really bad job with naming these products. I heard tab s is better than tab pro unless you want bigger display, and there is note pro and tab pro which seem identical, so which one is better?


I just wanna see if a bigger tablet would be better to use for me. Right now I only have samsung tab s 10.5.


Thanks.

lachdanan said:

Hi,

When I search I am getting samsung tab s 10.5, or tab pro 12.2 or note pro 12.2 only which are all seem to be discontinued. Are there any new successors to those? For me 10+" is good.

Also I think samsung does a really bad job with naming these products. I heard tab s is better than tab pro unless you want bigger display, and there is note pro and tab pro which seem identical, so which one is better?

I just wanna see if a bigger tablet would be better to use for me. Right now I only have samsung tab s 10.5.

Thanks.

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If you're just interested in a large Samsung tablet regardless of platform, the Galaxy TabPro S gives you Windows 10 on a 12-inch screen (and a keyboard).

If it has to be Android, that's tougher. The Galaxy Tab S2 is the closest you get right now, and that's a 9.7-inch model.

lachdanan said:

Also I think samsung does a really bad job with naming these products. I heard tab s is better than tab pro unless you want bigger display, and there is note pro and tab pro which seem identical, so which one is better?

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The difference between the Tab Pro and Note Pro is only the S-Pen (stylus) that comes with the Note Pro and some extra software features to take advantage of said S-Pen.

T4rd said:

The difference between the Tab Pro and Note Pro is only the S-Pen (stylus) that comes with the Note Pro and some extra software features to take advantage of said S-Pen.

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I'm pretty sure the Note line of tablets have active digitizers, which are a significant hardware difference and a major selling point of the Note line. You wouldn't get the same results using an S-pen on a tablet from the Tab line.

Rylan said:

I'm pretty sure the Note line of tablets have active digitizers, which are a significant hardware difference and a major selling point of the Note line. You wouldn't get the same results using an S-pen on a tablet from the Tab line.

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Well yeah.. thought that went without saying, given that it has an S-Pen, it would have to have the hardware necessary to make use of it, hah. Did I somehow infer that you could use the S-Pen on a Tab Pro..?

Thanks guys I found also samsung tabpro S which is another tablet but that's using windows which I only prefer on the desktop and not only that the resolution is lower than samsung tab s, and tab pro, and note pro also.

It has sAMOLED like tab s, which tab pro and note pro doesn't.

Basically I only use the tablet for watching videos/tutorials, ebooks (sometimes).

And when you get into 12" range it seems like you have ipad pro and surface pro. I don't like ios and windows doesn't appeal on a tablet either.

So I guess my choice is limited to note pro and tab pro.

Do you guys know if note pro is the same as tab pro except the pen? I mean I read on some websites that it's not as responsive for fingers.

I don't know if the pen is extra, but I will use fingers only and from ebay I don't see much price difference.



Also not sure if it's me but I have a 30" samsung lcd with the same resolution as my current tablet (tab s) but the tab as is not very sharp. I would have thought it would be a lot sharper as the same resolution is "resized". Is this normal?

For example I see some text in the videos look jittery, like it lost some pixels, and the image sometimes "moves/shifts".

This is why I haven't bothered upgrading from my Tab S.... It's got a great screen and it's 10.5". There has been a movement to 9.7" screens in the last generation of Samsung tablets, complete with lower resolution.

If you want a big screen with android, check out the Samsung Galaxy View... It's epically huge but the one I saw at the store was pretty cool.

Galaxy View - 18.4 Inch Android Tablet | Samsung US

Canon said:

This is why I haven't bothered upgrading from my Tab S.... It's got a great screen and it's 10.5". There has been a movement to 9.7" screens in the last generation of Samsung tablets, complete with lower resolution.

If you want a big screen with android, check out the Samsung Galaxy View... It's epically huge but the one I saw at the store was pretty cool.

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The Galaxy View has pretty lackluster specs, unfortunately -- you get screen size and lose just about everything else.

Hate to say it, but Samsung's moves seem to reflect a tacit admission that Apple owns the high-end mobile tablet space. It's trying to compete more on price (lower-cost Galaxy Tabs) or else raw productivity (the Windows-based Galaxy TabPro S).

Canon said:

This is why I haven't bothered upgrading from my Tab S.... It's got a great screen and it's 10.5". There has been a movement to 9.7" screens in the last generation of Samsung tablets, complete with lower resolution.

If you want a big screen with android, check out the Samsung Galaxy View... It's epically huge but the one I saw at the store was pretty cool.

Galaxy View - 18.4 Inch Android Tablet | Samsung US

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The "lower" resolution does not matter whatsoever. The move is due to them going from 16:9 to 4:3, which is supposed to be better for browsing and work. Personally I prefer 16:9 since I use my tablet for media consumption, but it seems everyone else wants 4:3.

I agree the Galaxy View specs are a bit sad.

I also agree, Samsung doesn't seem to want to compete with the iPad directly. Even with the Tab S which was regarded as a high end Android tablet, the processor didn't even match the power of a flagship smartphone from Samsung at the tine, uNike the iPad that generally cones wit a slightly uparaded processor.

The Tab S was plagued by lag, performance issues and crashing from day one (at least that was my experience). I actually almost returned mine but they have made significant improvements with software updates that makes me content to hold onto my Tab S for a while longer, since nothing in the android tablet world seems significantly better.

-Strelok- said:

The "lower" resolution does not matter whatsoever. The move is due to them going from 16:9 to 4:3, which is supposed to be better for browsing and work. Personally I prefer 16:9 since I use my tablet for media consumption, but it seems everyone else wants 4:3.

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Ugh, that 4:3. I am really not a fan. The lower resolution makes the icons bigger, which sort of make it look cheaper IMO. I have both the Tab Pro 10.1 and Tab S2 9.7 and I find myself going to my Tab Pro more than I do the S2 even though the S2 runs smoother. I guess if you don't plan on watching media on it the S2 is fine. If you do, then be prepared for giant black bars on the top and bottom of the screen unless you are watching older tv shows that are 4:3 because those fit perfectly. They should have just left it at a 16:10 ratio in my opinion. Good for productivity, good for watching media. 4:3 is too far to the productivity side and 16:9 is too far to the media side.

Gorilla said:

Ugh, that 4:3. I am really not a fan. The lower resolution makes the icons bigger, which sort of make it look cheaper IMO. I have both the Tab Pro 10.1 and Tab S2 9.7 and I find myself going to my Tab Pro more than I do the S2 even though the S2 runs smoother. I guess if you don't plan on watching media on it the S2 is fine. If you do, then be prepared for giant black bars on the top and bottom of the screen unless you are watching older tv shows that are 4:3 because those fit perfectly. They should have just left it at a 16:10 ratio in my opinion. Good for productivity, good for watching media. 4:3 is too far to the productivity side and 16:9 is too far to the media side.

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Agreed on the aspect ratio. I never liked the iPad's aspect ratio and was happy when Samsung stuck with 16:10 or 16:9, but meh, seems consumers wanted 4:3.

Thanks guys I got tab pro 12.2. samsung view is too big. I need this to use in the metro, etc.