Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra Is a Huge Tablet with 14.6-Inch OLED Display and 120 Hz Refresh Rate

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As part of its latest generation of Galaxy devices, Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, a $1,100 tablet that boasts a relatively enormous 14.6-inch Super AMOLED display. The panel, which features a resolution of 2960 x 1848 pixels and a 120 Hz refresh rate, makes the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra the biggest tablet on the market to leverage the premier display technology. Other key specifications of the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, 11,200 mAh battery, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth v5.0 connectivity, support for microSD cards of up to 1 TB, and RAM/storage options of up to 16 GB/512 GB.









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[Zarathustra]

Wow.

I think everyone thought Android tablets were dead and buried.

Of course, they don't mention Android anywehre in the press release. Maybe they have gone a different route? Or maybe they have customized it to the point of not being recognizable?

Samsung's dogged insistence on messing with Android on their phones has been the reason why I have not bought their devices for years. Their hardware has always been solid (well, except when it was bursting into flames) but I want vanilla android. I don't want any software distinctiveness between devices. And I don't want a **** stylus

 

[Grimlakin]

A good stylus experience is why I still go Note. (well did it seems the note brand may finally be dead and just the stylus in the S22 Ultra and beyond.

But for people like my wife, using a stylus is the only comfortable way for extended use of a touch screen due to nerve sensitivity issues.

And really the Stylus is just handy. My most used feature is using it so I can take selfies using the better camera and the button on the stylus as my shutter control. Probably not the intended purpose but it's nice to get good shots I want to be in.

 

[DrezKill]

Samsung's dogged insistence on messing with Android on their phones has been the reason why I have not bought their devices for years. Their hardware has always been solid (well, excpet when it was bursting into flames) but I want vanilla android. I don't want any software distinctiveness between devices.

I was with Sprint, T-Mobile took them over and informed me that they were shutting down the Sprint network, so that my Galaxy Note 4 would no longer be usable. They gave me a free Samsung Galaxy A32 5G. It's been a really good phone for the few months I've had it so far, and I certainly can't complain about a free phone, but the Samsung software situation hasn't changed. I might have to root and throw a custom ROM on here (depending on how hard it is to unlock the bootloader, cuz f*ck Samsung Knox). Samsung's Android UI is still *** after all these years. My Galaxy S3 was rooted and modded as soon as I got it (as was my HTC Evo 4G before that), but I never did end up rooting and modding the Note 4. Not sure why. That's where I found out about Samsung sh1tty UI first-hand. Surprised I dealt with it for years.

Yeah not having a different software experience for each device is nice. Imagine if the Windows OS was different on every PC. If I want my Android experience to be different, let me choose to install whichever custom ROM I want, the same way I can pick Linux distros. Device manufacturers shouldn't force their own Android experiences on us (especially when they're not especially good at it, like Samsung).

A good stylus experience is why I still go Note. (well did it seems the note brand may finally be dead and just the stylus in the S22 Ultra and beyond.

But for people like my wife, using a stylus is the only comfortable way for extended use of a touch screen due to nerve sensitivity issues.

And really the Stylus is just handy. My most used feature is using it so I can take selfies using the better camera and the button on the stylus as my shutter control. Probably not the intended purpose but it's nice to get good shots I want to be in.

I'm not usually one to give a f*ck about styluses (and in general I strongly dislike touchscreens), but it was pretty dang handy on the Note 4. I admit that I used it a decent amount (like for jotting down handwritten notes). I guess I got used to using styluses from the Nintendo DS and 3DS. However, now that I am on a new, cheap budget phone and don't have a stylus, I'm not exactly missing it either. I've already forgotten what it's like to use one.

 

[Zarathustra]

I was with Sprint, T-Mobile took them over and informed me that they were shutting down the Sprint network, so that my Galaxy Note 4 would no longer be usable. They gave me a free Samsung Galaxy A32 5G. It's been a really good phone for the few months I've had it so far, and I certainly can't complain about a free phone, but the Samsung software situation hasn't changed. I might have to root and throw a custom ROM on here (depending on how hard it is to unlock the bootloader, cuz f*ck Samsung Knox). Samsung's Android UI is still *** after all these years. My Galaxy S3 was rooted and modded as soon as I got it (as was my HTC Evo 4G before that), but I never did end up rooting and modding the Note 4. Not sure why. That's where I found out about Samsung sh1tty UI first-hand. Surprised I dealt with it for years.

Yeah not having a different software experience for each device is nice. Imagine if the Windows OS was different on every PC. If I want my Android experience to be different, let me choose to install whichever custom ROM I want, the same way I can pick Linux distros. Device manufacturers shouldn't force their own Android experiences on us (especially when they're not especially good at it, like Samsung).



I'm not usually one to give a f*ck about styluses (and in general I strongly dislike touchscreens), but it was pretty dang handy on the Note 4. I admit that I used it a decent amount (like for jotting down handwritten notes). I guess I got used to using styluses from the Nintendo DS and 3DS. However, now that I am on a new, cheap budget phone and don't have a stylus, I'm not exactly missing it either. I've already forgotten what it's like to use one.

Yeah, I had a Galaxy S3 as well. It was a great phone after I installed CyanogenMod. Without it I wouldn't have been happy with the phone.

 

[Uvilla]

I modded a phone once, had many problems with apps not liking it. Had to use that majic thing or whatever it was called, then the app would update, same story again. Modding was just no worth it to me. I do use a custom launcher, Nova Launcher. Can't you use that on a Samsung and call it a day?

 

[Brian_B]

I jailbroke an iphone once. I was underwhelmed. I think I'm just happy being a sheep in the walled garden. Then again, iPhones are a bit different than every Android manufacturer with their own Android quirks and bloat.

 

[Zarathustra]

I jailbroke an iphone once. I was underwhelmed. I think I'm just happy being a sheep in the walled garden. Then again, iPhones are a bit different than every Android manufacturer with their own Android quirks and bloat.

It was the principle of the thing that drove me away from Apple. Arbitrary rules regarding what software can and cannot get in the store. Emulators we're banned for some reason.

It's not that I ever actually run emulators on my phone (well I did once just for testing) but the concept of some company telling me what I can and cannot do with my own device really rubbed me the wrong way.

These days they do have a better track record on privacy than Google dies though, which is also important to me, so it had left me torn for the last few years.