![]() ![]() The Tab S8 Plus is the only model that supports 5G. Not all apps resize well, however, and moving windows around and working in them can be laggy at times. Like Windows, MacOS and Chrome OS, DeX allows you to have multiple apps up on the screen in windows. Samsung's DeX interface does give the Tab S8 Plus more multitasking flexibility than plain Android OS. The Tab S8's battery can also be used to charge up other devices. Its large battery lasted 10 hours, 24 minutes on our video streaming test with display brightness and audio at 50%. That gets you from zero to full in about an hour and a half. There's no charger in the box, though, and if you want to use its fastest fast-charging capabilities, you'll need a 45-watt charger. My 13-year-old daughter – a devout user of the second-gen Apple Pencil for sketching – used the Tab S8's included six-month subscription to Clip Studio Paint to create this with the bundled S Pen and said the experience is similar to the Pencil.Īlong with the S Pen, Samsung includes a USB-C cable for data and charging. ![]() I wouldn't call it pen-on-paper but I did feel like I had more control when shading a drawing for example. The soft tip creates just enough drag on the screen that makes it equally comfortable for writing and drawing with little discernible latency. It conveniently charges when it's magnetically attached to the back but it can also snap securely to the top edge. To Samsung's credit, an S Pen is included for drawing and writing, and it works wonderfully. ![]() ![]() My suggestion: Look for a bundle or a promotion that includes a keyboard to take full advantage of the Tab S8 Plus. Not including a keyboard would be less of an issue if, again, Samsung didn't spend so much time touting this as a tablet for productivity. The included S Pen charges when magnetically attached to the back. The two-piece keyboard case with a trackpad is about $150. However, as the least expensive Book Cover with a keyboard, the keyboard isn't backlit, there's no trackpad, the case only has one screen position, and the keyboard can't be separated from the back cover to be used as just a stand - and it's still $110. It's comfortable, and I typed this entire review on it. Samsung sent me one of its keyboard covers to test with the Tab S8 Plus. The Tab S8 Plus is certainly marketed as an option for someone looking for a device to handle both work and play, but you won't find that crucial keyboard in the package. Samsung, Apple, Microsoft and others regularly position large tablets as productivity machines when paired with a detachable keyboard. But, it's also big enough to get some office or school work done. It'll also fit better on a small desk for jotting down notes in class or in a meeting. The 12.4-inch Plus is just small and light enough (at 1.3 pounds, 576 grams) to use in your hands for gaming, reading, streaming video or web browsing. At nearly 15 inches and 1.6 pounds (726 grams), the Ultra is best used flat on a desk, in a lap or supported by a stand. Generally speaking, widescreen tablets larger than Tab S8 Plus are too big to comfortably use handheld for long. It can be configured with up to 16GB RAM and 512GB of storage - double what's available for the S8 Plus - but that's really where the differences end. The additional $200 for the Ultra is justified by the larger display, the larger battery that powers it and a second 12-megapixel front-facing wide-angle camera (as well as an unattractive camera notch to accommodate it).
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