Exclusive: Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2 8-inch and 9.7-inch specifications
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2 size vs. the Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2 9.7 (SM-T815) appears on benchmark
The current Tab S 8.4 is lustatic to me; moreso than the Dell Venue 8 7000.
I’m drooling just thinking about these.
Previously here:
Mike Cane’s xBlog 
“The resolutions have also gone down to 2048×1536 pixels from 2560×1600 pixels on the first-generation tablets, though that shouldn’t really make much of a difference as the resolution is still high enough to prevent pixels from being visible to the naked eye, especially on an 8-inch display.”
This is a perfectly valid point, as I can’t comprehend the necessity of 400+ ppi screens, although the current sub 300 ppi for the iPad shows some letters jaggedness if one watch it relatively close. Aside from that, I didn’t expect a big company like Samsung to completely borrow Apple’s design decisions; I hope that more and more will make the switch to 4:3, I’m beginning to think that one of the biggest reason Android tablets are still on 16:10 max is really to not give Apple any credit for doing it right the first time.
4:3 and hardware promise to be great. Will Samsung destroy the joy by preinstalled crapware?
It seems Samsung is scaling back bloatware, if rumors are to believed. The S6 is supposed to have just two pre-installed apps. Let us hope TouchWiz is made an option — like any other launcher — and underneath is regular Android.