Company Samsung presented new Android 5.0 tablet PC Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 with 8″ multitouch Super AMOLED screen with 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution, 4G, 8-cores processor Samsung Exynos 5433, working on 1.9 GHz frequency, 3 GB of RAM and 4000 mAh battery. In it following are also placed : Mali-T760 MP6 graphical chip, 32 or 64 GB of on-board memory ( depending on modification ) with ability to extend via Micro SD flash cards with 128 GB max capacity and 1 slot for Nano SIM cards. It can be used as phone with support of 2G ( GSM 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 ), 3G and 4G LTE networks; it has GLONASS and GPS satellite navigation, acceleration, proximity, Hall, geomagnetic field and RGB lighting sensors, gyroscope and fingerprints scanner.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 has 2 good for tablet PCs cameras : 8 MP frontal one with autofocusing and support of 2560 x 1440 pixels 30 fps video recording and 2.1 MP frontal one, they both has CMOS sensors. Tablet supports Wi-Fi ( 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4G+5GHz, VHT80 MIMO and Wi-Fi Direct ) and Bluetooth 4.1 ( A2DP, AVRCP, DI, HFP, HID, HOGP, HSP, MAP, OPP, PAN and PBAP ) wireless connections for remote communications with other devices and data transfers, without NFC support. On its outer panels following can be found : Micro USB 2.0 for external devices plugging in, connection to computer and battery charging, 1/8″ mini jack headsets and headphones connector, power and volume control buttons, as well as microphone and speaker. Battery charge is 4000 mAh – this is a good value for tablet PCs, it is enough for 9 – 14 hours of work ( depending on load ) or 27 hours of talking. Device’s body is made from plastic, its sizes are 198.6 ( width ) x 134.8 ( height ) x 5.6 ( depth ) mm and mass is 272 g.
Package contains : Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 tablet PC itself, Micro USB cable, recharger, warranty card and user’s guide. All in all tablet is very good, having large Super AMOLED screen, 4G, powerful system, good cameras, capacitive battery and good package of sensors and wireless networks support, its price is around 400 USD. It is not very high for its functions, but if there is no need in such characteristics, then there is ability to buy much cheaper other Android or Windows tablet PCs, even with good photo camera and with interchangeable lenses.
