Samsung has lifted the cover from a giant tablet that is fittingly called the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, and it just might be the best (read: powerful and pricey) Android tablet that hits store shelves this year. Of course, the Android tablet market is not really competitive, and Samsung has been the sole brand that has been regularly serving flagship-tier tablets to offer a decent iPad alternative.
The freshly unveiled Galaxy Tab S8 and Tab S8 Plus both bundle top-tier specs in a sleek chassis outfitted with a ton of bells and whistles. Outside of Android, Apple’s ‘Pro’ iPads have been upping the ante with each generation. For example, the latest iPad Pro offers a number of great features including a desktop-grade M1 processor, a mini-LED display with 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, the trusty Face ID biometric system, and a LiDAR scanner for AR applications.
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In 2022, Samsung wants to take the lead, and that means going big in all departments. The result of this endeavor is the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. This thin slab of glass and metal offers a 14.6-inch screen, which is bigger than Apple’s pricey 14-inch MacBook Pro and a vast number of thin-and-light Windows laptops. The screen is a 2960 x 1848 display that translates to a pixel density of 240 PPI, which is just shy of the 264 PPI figure achieved by the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. The Super AMOLED screen supports a 120Hz refresh rate and also has a notch at the top housing dual front-facing cameras. It can play 8K videos at up to 60fps and hides a fingerprint scanner underneath for authentication. The tablet’s chassis is made out of Armor Aluminum which is said to be 30 percent more scratch-resistant and 40
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