Today Samsung announced its new device Galaxy Tab 2 on the flagship of last year’s Galaxy Tab S tablets. We have seen thinnest smartphone by samsung till date released last week and today the korean giant revealed its thinnest tablet devices so far. It looks like Samsung is closely looking at the design of the tablets and so challenged Apple’s sleekest iPad Air which is 6.1mm with the new Galaxy Tab 2 which is 5.6mm. This Flagship 2016 model has 2 new screen sizes – 9.7 inch and 8 inch – weigh around 389g and 265g respectively. We can say it one of the best portable devices because of thinnes and weight.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7″ | Galaxy Tab S2 8.0″ | |
SoC | Samsung Exynos 5433 4x Cortex A57 @ 1.9GHz 4x Cortex A53 @ 1.3GHz Mali T760MP6 @ 700MHz | |
RAM/NAND | 3 GB LPDDR3, 32/64GB NAND + microSDXC | |
Display (4:3 aspect ratio) | 9.7″ 2048×1536 SAMOLED | 8.0″ 2048×1536 SAMOLED |
Dimensions | 169 x 237.3 x 5.6mm, 389g | 134.8 x 198.6 x 5.6mm, 265g |
Camera | 8MP Rear 2.1MP Front | |
Battery | 5870 mAh (22.3Wh) | 4000 mAh (15.2Wh) |
OS | Android 5.0 Lollipop | |
Connectivity | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac + BT 4.1, GNSS, microUSB 2.0 | |
Cellular | Optional LTE SKU available |
As far as Specification says, the new Galaxy Tab S2 is better and improved version of Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and 10.5 and is boast with Samsung’s Exynos 5433 SoC sporting 4 cortex A57 cores (peak frequesncy 1.9GHz) plus Cortex A53 cores (peak frequency of 1.3GHz). With 3 GB RAM Samsung made this device so flexible in features that one can choose between 32 GB or 64 GB internal memory with an microSD slot expandable up to 128 GB.