Samsung Galaxy Tab S
Samsung has been pouring a lot of effort into making a really
decent iPad rival, and that strategy has seen some hare-brained decisions (such
as launching the Tab Pro in January 2014, and then replacing it a few months
later with the Galaxy Tab S).
But, apart from annoying anyone that's already bought into the Tab
Pro range, this strategy has finally yielded a brilliant tablet in the shape of
this Super AMOLED-shod Tab S duo. Available in both 8.4- and 10.5-inch screen
sizes, Samsung has taken the best of its OS and technology ability, fused them
with the best display on a tablet and created something pretty special. Performance
The Galaxy Tab S
8.4 is, generally speaking, very smooth and slick. The kinks and jerkiness we
detected in the Tab Pro 8.4 are mostly absent, though the Tab S 8.4 doesn’t zip
along quite as smoothly as the Snapdragon powered Galaxy S5.
The processor
behind this is Samsung’s Exynos 5 Octa (5420), which is in eight core chip with
four ARM Cortex A15 CPUs clocked at 1.9GHz, and four lower-power ARM A7 cores
at 1.3GHz. It’s right up there with the most powerful processors on any Android
phone or tablet, scoring 904 in Geekbench’s single-core test, and 2,669 in the
multi-core. Even accounting for Samsung’s reputation to boosting benchmarks
with high performance modes, it’s clear this is a very powerful device — it’s
only slightly slower than Galaxy S5, HTC One M8 and OnePlus One.
It’s a slightly
less impressive performer in the graphics department, though it’s still more
than powerful enough to run even demanding games smoothly. It scored 13,518 in
the 3D Mark Ice Storm Unlimited test, whereas the latest phones are getting
close to 20,000 these days. It’s only a few thousand points less than the iPad
mini 2, though, and you’re unlikely to find any games that won’t work on it. As
with most phones and tablets at present, the Tab S has more processing power
than it really needs.
The battery life is great, the screen has to be seen to be
believed (and is excellent for media and internet viewing, which is really the
point of a tablet) and the price is on a par with the rest of the industry.
Well done, Samsung.
Well, that's what happened last year - this year Apple has
basically rebooted the Mini 2, put TouchID on the front, made it gold and
called it a new tablet. Performance
The iPad mini 3
has exactly the same processor as the iPad mini 2 and iPhone
5S – a 64-bit A7
dual-core processor with 1GB of RAM. The cores run at 1.3GHz, as opposed to the
iPad Air 2’s tri-core 1.5GHz, and a quad-core GPU provides plenty of grunt for
3D gaming.
Even though it’s
a year old, it’s still a very competent processor. The iPad mini 3 zips through
menus on iOS 8 and apps open with speed. Games look fantastic, particularly
those made with the 64-bit architecture in mind, such as Infinity Blade 3.
As expected, in
our benchmark tests the iPad mini 2 scores almost exactly the same as its
predecessor. It scored 2550 on Geekbench 3 and 14,009 on 3D Mark Ice Storm
Unlimited – both decent scores, but less than the Snapdragon 801 or 805 that
most top Android tablets have. It’s also a lot less than the Nvidia Shield Tabletcan muster. That scores 3209
on Geekbench 3 and a whopping 29,206 on Ice Storm Unlimited. That’s more than
double the gaming performance for a lot less cash.
However, the iPad
mini 3, like the mini 2 before it, performs well and should still do so for a
few years to come.
It's only ahead of the older version (a cheaper option while
offering the same specs minus the biometrics) due to this being a list of the
best tablets, and this is the best mini tablet from Apple, but it's not
offering a lot more than last year's model.
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro
8.4 The
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 packs a sharp pixel-dense screen, zippy performance,
and oodles of software features inside a comfortable and lightweight slate.The
8.4 has a gorgeous 2560x1600 359 PPI screen that eclipses the iPad Mini
Retina's 326 PPI. Its Adreno 330 GPU is able to run any Android game you throw
at it super-smoothly, even on such a high-resolution screen, making the TabPro
8.4 a killer Android gaming device.Also, since the TabPro 8.4 shares the same
SoC as the Galaxy Note 3, it inherits that phablet’s stellar battery life, and
with its bigger 4800 mAh battery, one can expect even longer run times from the
TabPro 8.4 than the already unreal battery life of the Note 3.The tab pro is
much better than the g pad 8.3 in almost every aspect, Especially when it comes
to the screen as well as the processor.The 8.4-inch body measures in at just
7.2mm thick and 21.9cm wide, meaning it is slim enough to be held, comfortably,
in a single hand. What’s more, the streamlined 336g weight is evenly
distributed across the tablet’s full form, giving it a comfortably balance when
held single-handed.
But, The $399.99
starting price is expensive. It's too easy to block the speakers and trigger
the capacitive buttons unintentionally when holding the tablet in landscape
orientation. Performance lags when using the multiwindow function.
The bottom line: The
premium specs and high-end feel of the Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 make it well
worth the high price. Specifications
Display type8.4 in
OSAndroid 4.4 (KitKat)
RAM2 GB
ProcessorSamsung 2.3 GHz
Wireless
connectivityWi-Fi
Dimensions (WxDxH)8.6 in
x 0.3 in x 6.1 in
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