Samsung Announces Galaxy Tab S7 & S7+: S865+ & 120Hz Tablets
by Andrei Frumusanu on August 5, 2020 2:00 PM EST- Posted in
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- Samsung
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- Galaxy Tab S7
- Galaxy Tab S7+
Today alongside the Note20 series smartphones, Samsung is also releasing a pair of new high-end tablets in the form of the new Tab S7 and Tab S7+. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen some good Android tablets as the market is seemingly small and struggling versus the more common-place Appls iPads – but today’s S7 series is really raising the bar in terms of hardware capabilities, bringing some significant updates to the table for what probably are the best Android tablets on the market right now.
What makes the new Galaxy Tab S7 tablets shine is their brand-new Snapdragon 865+ processors alongside high-resolution 120Hz screens, big batteries, quad-speaker setups and a new design that it’s incredibly thin.
| Samsung Tab S7 Series | |||
| Galaxy Tab S7 | Galaxy Tab S7+ | ||
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 1x Cortex-A77 @ 3.1GHz 3x Cortex-A77 @ 2.42GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1.80GHz Adreno 640 @ ?MHz |
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| Display | 11-inch LTPS LCD 2560 x 1600 (16:10) 120Hz |
12.4-inch OLED 2800 x 1752 (16:10) 120Hz |
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| Dimensions | 253.8 x 163.3 x 6.3mm 498-502g |
285.0 x 185.0 x 5.7mm 575g |
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| RAM | 6 / 8 GB LPDDR5 | ||
| NAND Storage |
128 / 256GB + microSD |
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| Battery | 8000mAh (30.96Wh) typ. | 10090mAh (39.04Wh) typ. | |
| 45 Super-fast Charging (18W included charger) |
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| Front Camera | 8MP | ||
| Primary Rear Camera | 13MP wide-angle | ||
| Secondary Rear Camera |
5MP ultra-wide-angle | ||
| 4G / 5G Modem |
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| Snapdragon 5G - Snapdragon Modem X55 (Discrete) (LTE Category 24/22) DL = 2500 Mbps - 7x20MHz CA, 1024-QAM UL = 316 Mbps 3x20MHz CA, 256-QAM (5G NR Sub-6 + mmWave*) DL = 7000 Mbps UL = 3000 Mbps *Depending on region and model |
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| SIM Size | NanoSIM + eSIM | ||
| Wireless | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2x2 MU-MIMO, BT 5.0 LE, NFC, GPS/Glonass/Galileo/BDS |
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| Connectivity | USB Type-C no 3.5mm headset |
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| Special Features | Side capacitive fingerprint sensor | Under-screen fingerprint sensor | |
| Quad-Speakers with Dolby Atmos | |||
| Launch OS | Android 10 with Samsung OneUI 2.0 | ||
| Launch Prices | 6+128GB (Wi-Fi): $ n/a / 699€ / £619 8+256GB: (Wi-Fi): $ n/a / 779€ / £ n/a 6+128GB (LTE): $ n/a / 799€ / £719 8+256GB: (LTE): $ n/a / 879€ / £ n/a |
6+128GB (Wi-Fi): $ n/a / 899€ / £799 8+256GB: (Wi-Fi): $ n/a / 979€ / £ n/a 6+128GB (5G): $ n/a / 1099€ / £999 8+256GB: (5G): $ n/a / 1179€ / £ n/a |
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Starting off with the SoC, it features the new high-performance binned Snapdragon 865+ SoC from Qualcomm, with Samsung here using the full 3.1GHz peak frequency on the prime CPU core. It’s a nice performance boost and should make the new Tab S7’s the fastest Android tablets on the market right now.
Samsung is configuring both the Tab S7 and Tab S7+ with either 6GB of LPDDR5 with 128GB of storage, or 8GB of RAM with 256GB. There is a microSD slot for expandable storage.
The star of the show today is the Tab S7+ which features a 12.4” OLED display with a 2800 x 1752 resolution as well as a 120Hz refresh rate that’s enables at the full native resolution of the panel. In essence this checkmarks all the possible features a display can have and should be by far the best tablet experience in the market in this regard.
The regular Tab S7 features a similar resolution screen at 2560 x 1600, but at a smaller 11” form-factor and this time around it’s an LCD display. It maintains a 120Hz refresh rate so that will still allow it an extremely smooth content experience.
The backs of the new tablets are relatively ordinary, except for a prolonged design element that extends from the cameras. This is the charging surface for the new S-Pen which can be held by the accessory Book Cover or Book Cover Keyboard in this position.
The cameras of the tablets are quite nondescript, with Samsung only revealing 8MP for the front camera, a 13MP main camera, and a 5MP ultra-wide angle. We’re not expecting any great quality out of either of these.
Size-wise, as the Tab S7+ is a bigger device, it also has a bigger footprint and weight, about 12% larger in each dimension and a little heavier at 575g. The S7+ features a 10090mAh battery while the S7 features a 8000mAh unit.
Besides the high-quality displays of the new tablets, the one other design element of the new devices is their thickness which comes in at only 6.3mm for the Tab S7 and a mere 5.7mm for the Tab S7+, making the latter the thinnest tablet of this class ever made.
Alongside the side frames we find four speaker grills which house the quad-speaker setup of the tablets, with audio being tuned by AKG and also supporting Dolby Atmos.
The Tab S7 and S7+ will come in either Wi-Fi, LTE (S7 only) and 5G variants (market dependent). Availability of the different models with different configurations as well as RAM and NAND capacity will be highly dependent on local region. In mainland Europe, the Tab S7 starts at 699€ for the Wi-Fi model, and 799€ for the LTE model. The Tab S7+ starts at 899€ for the Wi-Fi variant, and 1099€ for the 5G variant. An upgrade to the 8+256GB variants costs an extra 79€ on top of that.
Availability starts August 24th.
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Speedfriend - Saturday, August 8, 2020 - link
I now have bought three iPads in the past year. The smaller pro, the latest air and the basic iPad. I find the battery life terrible. My kids get about 5-6 hours of watching downloaded videos and on the Pro I get the same of working on mobile data. And playing Minecraft even on the Pro is certainly not fluid at all, chews through battery and makes it very hot.Spunjji - Thursday, August 6, 2020 - link
I don't really understand premium Android tablets either. Back in the early days there was an argument for it, but the Google Play store has been a dead-zone for tablet apps for the best part of ten years now.nico_mach - Saturday, August 8, 2020 - link
It's a lot more flexible in terms of touch-compatible software. Kindle, games, comic readers, pen-based software, AR, most of that stuff is on Android but not on Windows.And I can't imagine choosing a cheap Windows tablet. Going below a Surface Go specs-wise is just asking for trouble except for a niche use.
Quantumz0d - Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - link
Why is a tablet not having a 3.5mm jack ? And same design of iPad copy paste. Shame now how Android top OEM like Samsung is just copying Apple.trivik12 - Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - link
they had this kind of design since the 1st tab s. https://tinyurl.com/y5e6bnlwonly thing that has changed is bezels have gotten thinner and that is happening with every successive release. Definitely not from ipad.
plewis00 - Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - link
Absolutely crazy decision: on a phone *maybe* you can claim it's for space and waterproofing, on a tablet there is no excuse whatsoever, in fact it's used as a media consumption device a lot so even more reason. Also, with those flat sides it's obviously trying to ape the iPad Pro, all the previous ones have been mostly rounded edges with their own style (e.g. glass backs). I will give this a miss...Quantumz0d - Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - link
Yep that flat side design is what caught my attention on the design, why does every single fucking OEM copy the goddamn Apple. Chinese have an obsession that is case since the beginning. But Samsung is doing it shamelessly and people are fine like that stupid dead pixel zone in notch / hole etc bs. Remove the 3.5mm jack ugh.The worst which hit me hard was not these, I can live without a 3.5mm jack if possible for a BL unlocked phone but the worst issue is Scoped Storage, it's down right castration of Android's advantage, that makes any folder the phone invisible to any app. You cannot even see them in file managers, sandboxed. You cannot copy, it creates a clone if you want to edit from Mediastore. And to share, just like iPhone from the app you have to do it and that is not there for all goddamned apps. That thing wrecked me hard. Using Android is useless now, what's the advantage ? default apps and launcher except them nothing is worth useful now same planned
Spunjji - Thursday, August 6, 2020 - link
"I only come here to talk about one thing, and it's Scoped Storage."🙄🙄🙄
imaheadcase - Thursday, August 6, 2020 - link
eh its not a copy at all, every tablet in existence follows the same flow design put out. Thats like saying every monitor copies the next one. Well no shit, its a monitor not a car that allows lots of different designs to make off of. lolimaheadcase - Thursday, August 6, 2020 - link
..and headphone jack is not needed. If you never heard of Bluetooth i don't know what to tell you..but you live under a rock.