So perhaps invest in a cleaning cloth to keep it looking pristine. One minor ding, which probably can’t be helped: in use the Tab S4 is an absolute fingerprint magnet, front and back.
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB A 2019 ANDROID
This makes it the best Android tablet pick for productivity, though just to be clear this is not quite a true laptop replacement. Samsung’s DeX service allows you to quickly switch to and work from a laptop-style view which you can use with its 145 Keyboard Cover or pump to a monitor (via USB-C to HDMI) with mouse support too. There were no hiccups whatsoever courtesy of Android Oreo 8.1 and a Snapdragon 835 processor that’s admittedly slightly out of date but still plenty powerful enough here. Samsung claims the Tab S4 can run 20 apps at once. The real draw, though, is the Tab S4’s ability to get stuff done. Even its AKG/ Harman stereo speakers manage to sound reassuringly warmer than rival tablet speakers. There’s an LTE model with a NanoSIM slot and 64/256GB internal storage with up to 512GB via microSD. The S Pen stylus is superb for everything from hovering over text to live drawing, with more than 4,000 pressure levels, but equally if you’re not interested it can be left at home in a drawer.
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB A 2019 PORTABLE
And thanks to its glorious, best-in-class 10.5in 2560×1600 Super AMOLED screen with HDR mode, it’s the tablet you’d want to hand for a portable cinema session.īattery life is brilliant, both in use and on standby, with 7,300mAh of lithium polymer battery versus the Tab S3’s 6,000mAh. It’s slim and sleek aluminium with minimal bezels yet still well built, with black and white models to choose from. The successor to our previous favourite (and still worth considering), the Galaxy Tab S3, it’s also our pick for a laptop replacement.įull-sized Android tablets don’t really get better than the Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 ($463), and at this price, you’d expect top quality. This is one Android tablet we can recommend without qualification. WIRED recommends: The Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 is a does-everything Android tablet with killer accessories