Samsung Galaxy Tab S: 2 new high-end tablets … – The Digital

After an unsuccessful attempt in 2012 with the Galaxy Tab 7.7, Samsung returned to the charge with shelves Amoled screen. Galaxy Tab S freshly formalized which, as their name suggests, will try to reproduce in greater Galaxy S5 while improving screen resolution.

Slates S Galaxy Tab 8.4 and Galaxy Tab 10.5 S, each proposing rather high-end features, and each have identical screens slab Amoled 8.4 and 10.5 inches (21.3 to 26.7 cm) for a monster definition of 2560 x 1600 pixels.

Samsung puts thus to believe in the advent of AMOLED screens on tablets. You can be the first slate of the brand with such a screen remember, the Galaxy Tab 7.7 launched in early 2012. Rather successful but really expensive for the time (over € 600), it was a flash in the pan . More than two years have passed and the AMOLED has become a standard weight in the catalog of Samsung mobile. So after phablettes Galaxy Note and Galaxy S smartphones, here comes this technology in the Korean shelves.

On the screen of the Galaxy Tab S, so there is a mobile chip Samsung octo-heart Exynos 5 Octa accompanied by a 3 GB RAM and a storage capacity of at least 16 GB, expandable via a microSD card. All

technical data is not yet revealed, but we guess the presence of Wi-Fi ac / a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and two photo-video sensors ( front / rear). This is Android 4.4 KitKat that animates all but Samsung forces, the tablet will display the home interface TouchWiz.

On the high definition screen, note that Samsung wins out 4G models June 1 ^th July 1 ^th Reference 2650 x 1600 pixels. Indeed, the S Galaxy Tab 8.4 and Galaxy Tab 10.5 S complement a nice collection already includes 2014 tablets Galaxy Note 10.1, Galaxy Note 12.2 Pro, and Pro 3 Galaxy Tab 8.4, 10.1 and 12.2. Another interesting point of this new series: the small thickness of 6.6 mm for the two models of Galaxy Tab S.

Samsung clearly seems to make this series of slates XL members of the Galaxy family S5. Indeed, apart from the name, these tablets also borrow integrated in the central button of the smartphone flagship brand of fingerprint reader. Moreover, a particular software relationship will be established between the GS5 and S. Galaxy Tab will be possible for example to instantly share web pages, documents and content of these products. A possibility that we had cross fire on the HP Pre 3 and TouchPad webOS and we soon find, iOS 8 for iPhone and iPad (Handoff, an option Continuity).

The first advertised prices in dollars is $ 399 for the Galaxy Tab 8.4 and S $ 499 for the Galaxy S Tab 10.5. We should certainly end up with prices in Euros € 399 to 499 or a little less. The release date of these new tablets Samsung has not yet been disclosed.