Area SmartPhone

Screen

S Galaxy Tab has a full-HD Super AMOLED display with 2560 x 1600 pixels, which is actually a long way to say that it is a crystal clear screen is where you can get enough of. The sharp display is the first thing you notice when you turn on the power for the brightness of 287 ppi (pixels per inch) almost hurts your eyes, it’s so obvious.

Appearance

tablet looks out of the box neat, and especially the silver edges around the tablet and the home button instantly attract attention. The back has the exact same grid looks like its little brother, the Galaxy S5 smartphone. That makes for a lot less unsightly stains on the back, but once we found the back of the tablet and some cheap plastic feel.

Speakers

Remarkably, the Tab’s two speakers Both sides have to sit, both left and right. This is useful when you are watching a movie and you hold the tablet with one hand. That way you still get sound from the speaker – all we found the sound that the tablet actually produces a little off

Buttons

But what we particularly bothered about the. Galaxy Tab S is the layout of the buttons. The Tab S is intended for use in landscape mode, which can also be seen at the Samsung logo on the long side of the tablet. That also means that the main controls are at the bottom of the long side. In the middle is a physical home button, left them with a touch button to call up the multitasking menu on the left and a touch button allows you to go back one step.

 The main problem with the layout emerges if we really are going to use in portrait mode. Tablet as a tablet If you have the device in your left hand to hold and operate with your right, your thumb rests always exactly on the back button . If you long press a menu on the right side of the display screen. So you’re in practice, constantly thinking about how you hold your hand when you use the tablet portet mode.

Lying tablet

All this makes the Tab S above a horizontal tablet, but we find personally but impractical. If we want a device that you are using a keyboard, for example, all we have to choose a laptop. We choose just one tablet thereby browse the Internet and read on the couch Twitter -. Especially actions that you want to use in portet mode

Incidentally, it is a separate option that the left button no menu button , but only a list of recent programs evokes. Samsung wants to thus focus primarily on the multitasking feature of the tablet, which is also reflected in various software tweaks.

Battery

We have the battery life of the device is not yet to test, because we Tab S only yesterday were in for testing, but our first impressions are all positive. fully An evening of browsing and working with the screen at high brightness caused little battery loss. Samsung says himself that the 7,900 mAh battery has a maximum length of up to 9 hours.

Software

Tab S runs on Google’s latest operating system, Android 4.4.2. You find good because the machine rotates very quickly – though we noticed after installing a few apps clear what was when we wanted to switch between applications

Also. immediately notice that there is a lot less stock apps on the tablet stand. Unlike Samsung Galaxy phones, this tablet is not cluttered with unnecessary junk that people in many cases are waiting. Obviously, we can expect the Play apps (Books, Music, Games, etc.), and in addition to a standard mail app must also necessarily Google Gmail app – but that luxury is found in every Android device back. A number of apps we saw not, the utility and we had quite less applications as Side Sync and WatchoOn want to see. Moreover, Samsung installs a number of its own apps, including Samsung Apps (app-ception!) and Samsung Go on the tablet, which we find unnecessary. But, especially if you compare it with the infinite load stock apps that the Galaxy smartphones is, you can use the Tab S certainly not complaining.

Widgets

It is not only apps that Samsung installs by default, but also quite a few screen widgets, such as a calendar, your email, or customize news feed. These fall under the category of useful, but we had been able to do without. All we have to mention that this is the personal preference of the author.

Multitasking

The operating system is packed with useful tools that allow multitasking. If you press and hold the back button long or if you swipe from the right side of the screen, a menu that allows you to open up. Most used apps quickly appears That appear next to each other on the screen, so you can multitask easily. Unfortunately it also makes the tablet slowly.

In addition, clicking anywhere that you can take a picture quick little circle on to your gallery or your email, and you can easily control your music there. The only bad thing is that round about all apps back state, and sometimes in places where “he’ll sit very annoying – as is the button instance Evernote exactly on the search button to go

Lag

The 1.9 GHz quad-core processor is a device in this price range is actually a bit disappointing – we expected something stronger. Especially with the fast switching between different apps you notice a definite lag, and also switch between different home screens sometimes feels slow and heavy. We suspect that this will only get worse if you move even more apps, because in our one evening with the device we can install., Only a limited number of applications

Conclusion

With the Galaxy S Tab 10.5 Samsung has once again delivered a wonderful tablet, notably the display attracts attention. The Full HD AMOLED screen is crisp and makes the tablet ideal for devouring movies through Netflix. The Tab S is the perfect multimedia tablet, but some work is concerned somewhat disappointing. Pretty soon you notice lag when you switch between multiple applications and multi-task features make the tablet a bit slow. Moreover, the Tab S built specifically for use in landscape mode, while we also want to use the device. Portet as tablet But if you tablet primarily for watching movies and series, then you’re using the Tab S very well.