Customer Reviews for Samsung - Galaxy Tab S - 8.4" - 16GB - Dazzling White
Customer Rating
4
Excellent Hardware, Software holding it back
on May 12, 2015
Posted by: etherinmeria
from Minneapolis, MN, USA
Expertise:Expert
It's unbelievable that Samsung could put software on this beastly device to slow it down but they did. Unlike the other manufacturers, Samsung put a buggy and slow software touchwiz on top of their devices that hold back the true potential of this machine. It's unfortunately considering the display and battery life is absolutely amazing.
This tablet is a great buy. It has a beautiful screen. I would recommend it to anyone looking to buy a tablet. I've only owned it a few days but so far so good. It's worth the money to spend a few more bucks to get a name brand. Great job Samsung. I love it!!!!!!
My previous 10 inch tablet was too heavy, slow and performed poorly. My wife has a 7 inch Samsung that works well, but is too small for me. This one hit the mark perfectly. It is not too heavy and performs marvelously in every category.
The screen of this tablet is FANTASTIC, the best I’ve ever seen. Both cameras included are high definition which makes video conferencing a pleasure. Holding the tablet in one hand is very easy thanks to its light weight and materials used. The software that Samsung puts on top of Android 5.0.2 its impressive; that software includes a great keyboard, a very convenient side window to do multitasking, a mail application that is simple and efficient, a complete version of Hancom Office for free, many gifts like free apps & free magazine subscriptions just for registering the tablet, and a lot of options to customize the settings to make the tablet feel your own.
Trying to mention everything that makes this tablet so good would make this review extremely large, having said that, there is plenty of room for improvement. Performance is “choppy” and “laggy”, it should be way smoother; the speakers sound good but their position is really bad, I cover them every-time in landscape mode (front speakers would be much better); battery life is just OK, and battery charging should be way faster; screen optimization needs a lot of work and you notice it a lot when surfing the web.
In conclusion, this is a great tablet with lots of great features, and in my opinion the best screen on the market as of June 2015. Performance is just OK, but when considering the price its not that easy to find better options.
I purchased the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" 16GB, Dazzling White. I love it, This is my first tablet i ever purchased. The features and performance is great better than what I thought about it. The tablet is really thin when I first saw it, I had to purchased a case for it because I was afraid that something going happen to it. Price value was just fine, I wish I had purchased a 32 GB instead because it was like 50.00 more. I do not have no problem with it. I recommend it to my family as well.