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(Pocket-lint) - Samsung's Galaxy Tab S Android tablets are immoderate of the champion successful their field. While Android tablets are fewer and acold betwixt these days, the Galaxy Tab S scope is 1 of the strongest competitors to Apple's iPad.
The latest Galaxy Tab S tablets to look were the Tab S7 and Tab S7+, but determination are present rumours surfacing astir their successors, with speech of a Samsung Galaxy Tab S8, S8+ and an S8 Ultra appearing successful leaks.
Here's everything we person heard truthful acold astir the Galaxy Tab S8 and its variants.
Release day and price
- Early 2022
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+ arrived successful August 2020, portion the Galaxy Tab S6 and S6+ arrived successful August 2019. It would truthful person been logical to suggest August 2021 for the Galaxy Tab S8 tablets, though of people that hasn't happened.
A mates of rumours person suggested the Galaxy Tab S8 tablets won't look until aboriginal 2022, with 1 specifically suggesting they volition get with the Galaxy S22 smartphones, which would beryllium a small aboriginal than expected. It's said accumulation volition commencement successful January, though thing is authoritative arsenic yet.
In presumption of price, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 starts astatine £619 successful the UK and $649.99 successful the US, portion the S7 Plus starts astatine £799 successful the UK and $849.99 successful the US. It wouldn't beryllium excessively astonishing to spot the Galaxy Tab S8 and S8 Plus astir the same, possibly with a flimsy increase, portion the S8 Ultra volition beryllium much expensive.
Design
- Premium
- Aluminium
There aren't immoderate leaks surrounding the plan of the Galaxy Tab S8, S8+ and the rumoured S8 Ultra arsenic yet, though we would expect an aluminium construction. It's apt the devices volition beryllium antithetic sizes, and it is besides apt they volition connection antithetic features too.
We'd expect the Tab S8+ and Tab S8 Ultra to person an under show fingerprint sensor for example, similar the Tab S7+ did. The modular Tab S8 exemplary meanwhile, could instrumentality to a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, similar the S7.
Slim bezels astir the displays, coagulated and premium designs and slim forms are expected connected each Tab S8 models.
Display
- S8: 11-inch, LCD
- S8+: 12.4-inch, AMOLED
- S8 Ultra: 14.6-inch, AMOLED
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 features an 11-inch IPS LCD show with a 2560 x 1600 resolution, portion the Tab S7+ features a 12.4-inch Super AMOLED sheet with a 2800 x 1752 pixel resolution. Both person a 120Hz refresh rate.
It's been suggested the Tab S8 devices volition beryllium disposable with show sizes betwixt 11-inches and 14.6-inches. The smallest is claimed to beryllium LCD, portion the 12.4-inch exemplary and the 14.6-inch exemplary are said to beryllium OLED panels.
Rumours person yet to suggest what the Galaxy Tab S8, S8+ and S8 Ultra mightiness connection successful presumption of resolution, though the Ultra exemplary is apt to connection the astir precocious specifications successful presumption of show technology.
We'd expect specifications for the S8 and S8+ to beryllium astatine slightest connected par with their predecessors, though it is apt determination volition beryllium improvements, specified arsenic an adaptive refresh complaint for example, similar the Galaxy S21 bid offers.
Hardware and specs
- S8: 8GB RAM, 128/256GB storage, 8000mAh
- S8+: 8GB RAM, 128/256GB storage, 10090mAh
- S8 Ultra: 8GB RAM/128GB storage, 12GB RAM/256GB storage, 12000mAh
According to rumours, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 and S8+ are tipped to beryllium coming with 8GB of RAM and retention options of 128GB and 256GB. The larger S8 Ultra exemplary meanwhile, is claimed to beryllium coming with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage, oregon 12GB of RAM and 512GB storage.
All 3 models are said to beryllium disposable successful Wi-Fi only, 4G and 5G variants. It's thought they volition travel with a flagship processor, apt to beryllium the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 oregon 888 Plus.
Leaks are presently a small contradictory erstwhile it comes to artillery capacities. A 12,000mAh artillery has been claimed for the Tab S8 Ultra, arsenic good arsenic 11,500mAh. The S8 Plus is said to travel with a 10,090mAh capacity, portion the modular S8 is said to travel with an 8000mAh capacity. Fast charging enactment is expected connected each models.
Camera
- S8/S8+: Dual rear (13MP+5MP), 8MP front
- S8 Ultra: Dual rear (13MP+5MP), dual beforehand (8MP+5MP)
In presumption of different specifications, it's said the 3 models volition each person dual rear cameras comprised of 13-megapixel and 5-megapixel snappers.
The beforehand camera is said to beryllium 8-megapixels connected the S8 and S8+, portion the S8 Ultra is reported to travel with dual beforehand camera with 8-megapixel and 5-megapixel sensors.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ and S8 Ultra rumours: What's happened truthful far?
Here is everything we person heard truthful acold astir the Galaxy Tab S8 tablets.
3 November 2021: Samsung Galaxy tablets going into accumulation soon
A leak from show manufacture veteran, Ross Young, claims that the caller Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 volition commencement accumulation successful mid-December. With the S8+and S8 Ultra models pursuing successful precocious January.
New Samsung Galaxy tablets getting person to production. New LCD Tab A8 to commencement accumulation successful mid-December with OLED S8+ and S8 Ultra successful precocious January.
— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) November 3, 202127 July 2021: Rumours of Samsung Galaxy S8 Ultra look again
Leaker Ice Universe tweeted immoderate artillery specifications for the Galaxy Tab S8+ and S8 Ultra, with details connected erstwhile they are expected to beryllium released.
Tab S8 + volition beryllium released with S22. SM8450, One UI 4.0，10090mAh battery. But this is not the best. There is “Ultra”. I won't accidental it first. Let's hold and see.
— Ice beingness (@UniverseIce) July 27, 20217 July 2021: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 won't get until aboriginal 2022
A leaker called lanzuk posted connected a Korean societal media tract that the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 won't get until aboriginal 2022. The leaker besides mentions an S8 Ultra tablet.
31 May 2021: Leak reveals a fig of Samsung Tab S8 specifications
Twitter idiosyncratic FronTron revealed a fig of specifications surrounding the Galaxy Tab S8 tablets spotted connected Naver - a Korean societal media site. It's not wide precisely wherever the specs came from though and the tweet has since been deleted, though TechRadar published the details before.
Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 28 July 2021.
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