Advertised yesterday we had the chance to take over the S2 Galaxy Tab 9.7-inch and 8 , last tablet from Samsung and presented as the high end. The firm does not really hide his ambition to compete iPad Air 2 with these models succeed the Tab S, outputs last year. They will also only on segment since there is no question of re series Note for tablets. “ Not profitable enough ” but said Samsung during the presentation of its latest small.
It is therefore the Tab S2 which held up the basket and like all upper range of products at Samsung, now they are biased to the metal. Unlike the slate of Apple, it is not used for all of the shell, but only on the armature. A design choice that can be found particularly in the Galaxy Alpha , or more recently on smartphones Series A .
A Galaxy A, in large
Simply put, the Tab Galaxy S2 is an A5 8 or 9.7 inches. This is particularly striking because of this little shiny metal edging providing the junction between the screen and the chassis on the white model. In short, as we said in our Test Galaxy A5 , the overall design of the machine is considerable, despite this rear face in a half way between the plastic material and metal.
This alloy which is not really a, friendly to the touch, allows besides winning a few grams. Thus, version 9.7 inch weighs only 389 grams against 437 for the iPad, comparable format. It is thanks to their finesse that slates are spared the game. With 5.6 mm, it is “more refined in its class” says Samsung. True, but strangely once in hand, the feeling of smoothness is less striking than the iPad Air 2 in its time.
We do not really know why, perhaps because of this bevel size in the central part of the slices, which paradoxically gives the feeling that the tablet is more intrinsically refined by artifice.
4: 3
Format change also for this generation of tablet Samsung. The Korean has – finally – decided to move to 4: 3, “ more in line with the purpose “, especially for reading. Something Apple has understood for a long time. The contrast ratio may in displease those who watch a lot of movies on their slate.
Tab S2 obviously benefit slabs Super AMOLED with all that this implies in terms of contrast and color rendering. It’s all good at first glance, the slab should roughly climb level to that of the Galaxy S6 . No trouble to do at the resolution either.
It should be noted, however, that switching to 4: 3, Samsung has slightly reduced the definition of its slab from 2560 x 1600 to 2048 x 1536 and which is mathematically lower the resolution since it remains on the 9.7-inch. It therefore becomes exactly the same as the iPad Air 2 (264 ppi) and the change is imperceptible to the eye.
Exynos Inside
If at the time the announcement, Samsung does not specifically give the reference of the processor, our grip confirmed that it was indeed of a Exynos 5433, a 64-bit chip with four to eight cores are clocked at 1.9 GHz and four 1.3 GHz. The graphic calculations are provided by a Mail-T760.
The first benchs made on slate, in a non-final version are encouraging turning around 53 000 points in AnTuTu, it should not be too much trouble to do in performance. Multitasking – still well managed by the overlay – also work without much trouble thanks to 3 GB of RAM.
There are two options for storage: 32 or 64 GB, it will be possible to expand with a MicroSD card (128GB max). Samsung also offers 100GB of onedrive, Microsoft’s cloud service. The applications of the Office suite is also integrated by default. The Korean also offers 2 months free trial to read Le Monde and L’Equipe on its tablet, 3 months for a Kiosk service offering various press titles.
Finally, note for the technical part presence photo sensors 8 and 2.1 megapixels. Note that they are still prominent (especially on the model 8 inches), which is not necessarily aesthetic, but that is how Samsung. The batteries are of a capacity of 5870 mAh and 4000 mAh on models 9.7 and 8 inches, respectively. The Home button integrates a fingerprint sensor operating like the GS6: just place your finger. It notes, but difficult to judge these issues on a simple grip.
From 399 euros
Samsung tablets will offer with its diverse covers that will be attached to the back with a magnetic fastening system. One of them incorporate a keyboard and it will be sold 149 euros only for the 9.7-inch model.
The slates will arrive in France in September to 399 euros for the 32GB model 8 inches, and 499 euros for the 10-inch versions. Samsung has not been able to give us the price for other versions, whether storage or 4G models. See you in September for testing proper.
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