Samsung’s last two flagship Android tablets-the Galaxy Tab S4 and Tab S6—were fine devices but couldn’t really hang with competitors like the iPad Pro or Surface Pro. But for the Tab S7, Samsung is looking to change that by cramming in practically every feature you could ever need on an Android Tablet (and maybe even a few you didn’t even know you wanted).
Samsung’s last two flagship Android tablets-the Galaxy Tab S4 and Tab S6—were fine devices but couldn’t really hang with competitors like the iPad Pro or Surface Pro. But for the Tab S7, Samsung is looking to change that by cramming in practically every feature you could ever need on an Android Tablet (and maybe even a few you didn’t even know you wanted). Available in two sizes, the $650 Tab S7 and the $850 Tab S7+ look to be Samsung’s take on the iPad Pro, with the Tab S7 featuring an 11-inch 2560 x 1600 LCD display, while the Tab S7+ has a slightly higher-res and more colorful 12.4-inch 2800 x 1752 AMOLED display. The two Tab S7s also sport a few other differences such as the standard Tab 7 featuring a side-mounted fingerprint reader, while the Tab S7+ gets an in-screen finger sensor and slightly more RAM and storage (6GB/128GB vs 8GB/256GB), but that’s pretty much where the differences end. Both versions will also be powered by Qualcomm’s latest mobile processor, the Snapdragon 865+. and like the rest of Samsung’s premium mobile devices in 2020, both the Tab S7 and S7+ offer full 5G connectivity. However, what really elevates the new Tab S7 into contention with other premium tablets are some of the new components and software that Samsung has included. For digital artists, the most notable of these is significantly reduced input latency for its touchscreen, which has dropped from 40 milliseconds down to just 9 milliseconds. And when you combine that with displays that can pump out a 120Hz refresh rate—which is a first for any Android tablet—the Tab S7 should offer a major upgrade in display quality over its predecessors.
