Some might find the large dimensions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra to be unappealing. We, on the other hand, don’t mind.
There was one stand-out star of Samsung Unpacked 2022 for me, and it wasn’t the Galaxy S22 Ultra or any of the other smartphones. It was a tablet: the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. When I first walked into the testing area for the new Galaxy devices, ready to get my hands on the new S22 or Tab S8, it was in fact, the Ultra Tab S8 that immediately caught my eye. I had never seen anything like it before. Why? Because it’s absolutely huge. With its nearly 15-inch screen, it makes the 12.9-inch iPad Pro look puny. You could surf on that thing. In fact, it’s so big, that it couldn’t stay in portrait position on the stand Samsung presented it on without completely toppling over. It bears repeating: this thing is massive. Now immediately, I thought, « what’s the point of having a tablet this big? » Is there any added value that comes with the increase in size? The Galaxy Tab S8 and S8 Plus, after all, hover in the low, single-digit-inch sizes – and some people might find even the Plus to be too big.
