Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 gets Snapdragon 855-soc and costs 699 euros
Samsung introduces a new Android tablet in its Galaxy Tab series. The Tab S6 has a 10.5 “amoled screen with a resolution of 2560×1600 pixels. The tablet has a Snapdragon 855-soc and comes with an S Pen.
Just like in the Galaxy S10 devices, the Galaxy Tab S6 has a fingerprint scanner behind the screen. Four speakers have been incorporated into the tablet. Samsung does not mention the Snapdragon 855 soc by name in the specification sheet of the Galaxy Tab S6, but according to the manufacturer it is a 7nm soc with one core at 2.8GHz, three cores at 2.4GHz and four cores at 1. 7GHz. That corresponds to the specifications of the Snapdagon 855.
The tablet gets two cameras on the back, one of which has an ultra-wide-angle lens with a viewing angle of 123 degrees. The cameras have resolutions of thirteen and five megapixels and on the front is an eight-megapixel camera. The Galaxy Tab S6 is 5.7mm thick, weighs 420 grams and has a battery with a capacity of 7040mAh.
Samsung supplies the tablet with an S Pen that supports so-called Air actions. This allows users to control functions of the tablet remotely by making movements with the stylus. This works, for example, for taking selfies or managing multimedia. According to Samsung, this works in an open space up to a distance of about ten meters. The S Pen can be charged wirelessly.
Furthermore, the Galaxy Tab S6 is equipped with software to convert handwritten notes into text and export them to, for example, a Word document. The Samsung Notes app can be displayed transparently over, for example, a video being played. The Tab S6 also has an improved version of Samsung DeX, with which the tablet can be used as a PC. The optional Book Cover keyboard has a DeX function key to recall the PC-like environment. The keyboard cover also has a holder for the stylus and a touchpad.
Samsung will release the Galaxy Tab S6 on August 23 in gray and blue. The version with 128GB flash storage and 6GB ram costs 699 euros. There will also be a variant with 256GB and 8GB of ram for 779 euros and there is an LTE variant with 128GB that also costs 779 euros.