Samsung as the Dominant Player in the Android-based Tablet Market

Have you noticed that in recent years there are almost no Android-based tablets manufactured by prominent technology companies? In other words, it’s not that there are no wavy or tablet product launches, but in the end, Apple managed to effectively control the tablet market with their superior iPads and became the default type for those looking for a tablet. But there is one company that refuses to give up the Android-based tablet market. I took the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6, its latest and most sophisticated tablet, to see if it is just an enlarged Galaxy device, or a tablet worthy of everything.

Once I first picked up the Tab S6, I was surprised by the relatively lightweight (about 420 grams) and its tightness. While it has respectable margins, the device you need to hold with your hands most of the time doesn’t have many choices. Like almost every Samsung device, the real star here is the screen. This is a 10.5-inch Super AMOLED 2560 × 1600 resolution and 287ppi pixel density (and support for Samsung’s HDR10 and HDR10 +). This screen, not surprisingly in Samsung’s case, is just wonderful. The colors are accurate and pleasant, all the details are crisp and just huge fun to watch in movies and videos. On the one hand, because it’s an OLED screen, it’s even richer than the iPad Pro screen, but on the other hand it doesn’t have the 120Hz refresh rate on the iPad Pro that makes it the king of the screens, and I think it’s time for Samsung to get there too.

Just like the Notebook S Pen, it’s either you know you want and need it, or you don’t have much to do with it. Samsung reports that the pen has 4,096 different pressure stages so you can draw it just like a real painting tool. But I don’t settle for marketing statements, so I let my wife, who is also an animator and illustrator, fiddle a bit with the Tab S6 and pen, and the feedbacks were impressive.

She says the tip of the S Pen is very successful in combination with the glass attached to the panel, leading to a very successful drawing experience that ‘feels like you’re drawing right on the screen,’ she said. In contrast, for example, the Apple iPad and the pen we bought, however successful, feel like you’re painting on the glass that protects the panel. However, she pointed out that the flat pen structure forces her to hold the pen in a very specific, and not very comfortable way (compared to Apple’s fully rounded pen). Also, the Palm Rejection that should make sure that your hand sitting on the screen doesn’t cause problems, is sometimes a bit fake and absorbed as a scribble in the drawing apps. And if we’ve already talked about hands, then as long as the pen is near the screen in drawing alert, if you try to touch other buttons with your finger (for example, to undo something you drew), you will find that you must lift the pen and hand off the screen to hold the multitouch to action . Not problems that you can’t live with or workaround, but ones that are worth a quick fix.

The Tab S6 manages to work with pretty much anything you throw at it, whether it’s heavy games or even multitasking in a few windows, I haven’t encountered too many stuttering or bugs that haven’t resolved a quick burst. In short, it works just as you would expect from a Galaxy device, for better or worse. And the reason I’m saying this is because the Tab S6 also runs Samsung’s ONE UI, which is wonderfully enhanced over previous versions of Samsung software, but it’s still packed with apps and sub-menus that won’t necessarily suit everyone (and Bixby. Oh my god, what will With you Bixby?). But if you already own any Galaxy device, you’ll feel right at home.

The Tab S6 is simply a proper Android tablet, a Galaxy proper tablet, and a proper tablet. point. It is not cheap, with a starting price of NIS 3,199 for the WiFi version or NIS 3,499 for the 4G version, but you do get the S-Pen with no extra charge (as opposed topenApple Pencil, for example). While I haven’t come to the point that I can say whether it can be a replacement for a laptop (and I can only guess that it doesn’t), it did make me go back to believing in the need for Android tablets. It does not have too many compromises or things that feel unworthy, and it manages to give Fayette, not at all bad for an iPad pro that dominates the field by hand.