I've been using the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 for nearly 3 months now, and it is undoubtedly the best android-based tablet I've been fortunate enough to get my hands on. While it is true that there are several tablets out there that could outclass the Tab S 8.4, very few are in the same price range as this beast.
Everything, ranging from cutting edge fingerprint sensing technology, to an incredible aesthetic design can be found on this 8.4 inch stunner. As to the build of the S 8.4, it's back is the same kind of perforated faux leather that gives a firm grip on the tablet, a bit of reassurance perhaps, when using an otherwise delicate device. It has different color options, of which I picked the Titanium-Bronze color, which changes its color when viewed from different angles.
At 6.6 mm, the S 8.4 is currently the 4th thinnest tablet on the market, being only 1 mm thicker than the thinnest. Despite its slimness and lightness at 298 g (10.51 oz.), the S 8.4 does not hold back on performance with a powerful Exonys Octa Core processor clocked at 1.9 GHz coupled with 3 GB of RAM for seamless multitasking, along with the Adreno 330 GPU. Another version of the tab is loaded with a quad core Krait Processor clocked at 2.3 GHz and again, 3 GB of RAM, the gamer's choice.
Along with all this, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 offers upto 32 GB internal storage and a maximum of 128 GB expandable storage, enough to never run out, on a tablet at-least.
The S 8.4 was manufactured with stock Android 4.4.2 Kitkat, latest at the time of making, but mine shipped with Android 5.0.2 Lollipop with zero lag but maybe a bit of bloatware, nothing that wasn't manageable though.
The best part of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is undoubtedly its display, with a beautiful 2560 x 1600 Super AMOLED Gorilla Glass Display with a pixel density of ~359 ppi for crisp colors, a real visual treat. Also, the screen-to-body ratio is 76.5%, which makes the 8.4 inch display look bigger than it actually is, also thanks to the thin (gold) bezels that ornate the sides of the tablet.
Moving on to the Camera quality, the tablet has an 8 MP snapper on the rear and a 2.1 MP on the front with a recording capability of 1080p @ 30 fps, not the best, but definitely not less than you'll need for day to day use. Personally, I found the camera to be very satisfactory.
As to sound quality, maybe this is where Samsung messed up. The two speakers on the Tab S 8.4 are placed on the sides of the tablet ( in landscape mode ), even though it was made for portrait use, and this makes thing a bit tough to hear if you are holding the tablet like we normally do. The sound quality is very nice, but this one defect is certainly a downer.
Now we get to my favorite part of the Tab S 8.4, its battery life. The S 8.4 packs a huge 4900 mAh battery, that could easily last you 3 days with varied usage on a single charge. It ships with a Travel Adapter that can charge the tab to full capacity in less than an hour and even has an ultra power saving mode that will make the S 8.4 last anywhere between 20 - 50 days (different people get different values, based on how long they've used the Tab, mine was 35.8 days. Brand new ones offer 49 days) probably just in case you get stranded on a middle-of-nowhere island.
Additional features include an IR Blaster on the top (landscape view) edge of the Tab S 8.4, so you can control your TV without looking for the remote (YES!), all bands of Wi-Fi support and even Wi-Fi Direct. I did seem to have a little trouble with the Headphone jack at first. It would work fine with regular headphones / earphones, but it had trouble completely fitting my ATH-M30x, but the problem appeared to fix itself all of a sudden, must have been dust in the port.
That was all I could get out of the Tab before I lost it in an unfortunate car accident (a falling foldable car seat impaled it along with all my books in my bag, even the hardcover ones, Gorilla Glass didn't stand a chance there).
Thanks for reading this review, hope you liked it and don't forget to share and follow to keep an eye out for more similar posts!
-The Guy With Random Stuff
Everything, ranging from cutting edge fingerprint sensing technology, to an incredible aesthetic design can be found on this 8.4 inch stunner. As to the build of the S 8.4, it's back is the same kind of perforated faux leather that gives a firm grip on the tablet, a bit of reassurance perhaps, when using an otherwise delicate device. It has different color options, of which I picked the Titanium-Bronze color, which changes its color when viewed from different angles.
At 6.6 mm, the S 8.4 is currently the 4th thinnest tablet on the market, being only 1 mm thicker than the thinnest. Despite its slimness and lightness at 298 g (10.51 oz.), the S 8.4 does not hold back on performance with a powerful Exonys Octa Core processor clocked at 1.9 GHz coupled with 3 GB of RAM for seamless multitasking, along with the Adreno 330 GPU. Another version of the tab is loaded with a quad core Krait Processor clocked at 2.3 GHz and again, 3 GB of RAM, the gamer's choice.Along with all this, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 offers upto 32 GB internal storage and a maximum of 128 GB expandable storage, enough to never run out, on a tablet at-least.
The S 8.4 was manufactured with stock Android 4.4.2 Kitkat, latest at the time of making, but mine shipped with Android 5.0.2 Lollipop with zero lag but maybe a bit of bloatware, nothing that wasn't manageable though.
The best part of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is undoubtedly its display, with a beautiful 2560 x 1600 Super AMOLED Gorilla Glass Display with a pixel density of ~359 ppi for crisp colors, a real visual treat. Also, the screen-to-body ratio is 76.5%, which makes the 8.4 inch display look bigger than it actually is, also thanks to the thin (gold) bezels that ornate the sides of the tablet.
Moving on to the Camera quality, the tablet has an 8 MP snapper on the rear and a 2.1 MP on the front with a recording capability of 1080p @ 30 fps, not the best, but definitely not less than you'll need for day to day use. Personally, I found the camera to be very satisfactory.
As to sound quality, maybe this is where Samsung messed up. The two speakers on the Tab S 8.4 are placed on the sides of the tablet ( in landscape mode ), even though it was made for portrait use, and this makes thing a bit tough to hear if you are holding the tablet like we normally do. The sound quality is very nice, but this one defect is certainly a downer.
Now we get to my favorite part of the Tab S 8.4, its battery life. The S 8.4 packs a huge 4900 mAh battery, that could easily last you 3 days with varied usage on a single charge. It ships with a Travel Adapter that can charge the tab to full capacity in less than an hour and even has an ultra power saving mode that will make the S 8.4 last anywhere between 20 - 50 days (different people get different values, based on how long they've used the Tab, mine was 35.8 days. Brand new ones offer 49 days) probably just in case you get stranded on a middle-of-nowhere island.Additional features include an IR Blaster on the top (landscape view) edge of the Tab S 8.4, so you can control your TV without looking for the remote (YES!), all bands of Wi-Fi support and even Wi-Fi Direct. I did seem to have a little trouble with the Headphone jack at first. It would work fine with regular headphones / earphones, but it had trouble completely fitting my ATH-M30x, but the problem appeared to fix itself all of a sudden, must have been dust in the port.
That was all I could get out of the Tab before I lost it in an unfortunate car accident (a falling foldable car seat impaled it along with all my books in my bag, even the hardcover ones, Gorilla Glass didn't stand a chance there).
Thanks for reading this review, hope you liked it and don't forget to share and follow to keep an eye out for more similar posts!
-The Guy With Random Stuff
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