Of course, the reason for this larger size is the display, which is a 14.6-inch, 2960 x 1848, 120Hz OLED screen. The Ultra is comical to use in portrait mode, both due to its size and the aspect ratio of its screen. The 16:10 aspect ratio is great for a laptop but challenging for a tablet, which might be used equally in portrait or landscape orientations. Doing any of those things with the Ultra is more unwieldy than with a more reasonably sized tablet. The downside of its size is that the Ultra just isn’t great at the things I typically expect from a tablet: taking notes by hand, reading ebooks, or casually consuming content on the couch or while traveling.
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That size and weight also put it more in line with Microsoft’s Surface Pro devices, which run Windows instead of a mobile operating system like Android or iOS. The Ultra’s size and weight put it in line with Microsoft’s Surface Pro line
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It also won’t come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Android tablets that there isn’t much software that takes good advantage of the S8 Ultra’s giant screen. It probably isn’t surprising to read that the Tab S8 Ultra’s massive screen makes using it as an actual tablet rather cumbersome. Being on the cutting edge doesn’t come cheap.īeing on the cutting edge comes with other compromises too. It also commands a steep price: the Ultra starts at $1,099.99 before you add accessories like a case or keyboard. It takes the features of the other Tab S8 models and stretches them behind a gargantuan 14.6-inch display. The largest of Samsung’s Tab S8 tablet line (you can see my review of the more pedestrian Tab S8 and S8 Plus here), the Ultra explores the idea of a tablet - running a mobile operating system - that’s the size of a typical productivity laptop. The new Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is a tech demo. Those that want to live on the cutting edge of technology can pay a pretty premium for these tech demos to have them now, while the rest of us wait a few generations for Samsung to iron out the kinks. It frequently brings products to market that aren’t quite fully developed or ready - see the first-generation Galaxy Fold phone or its absurdly expensive 100-inch Micro LED TVs. When it comes to tech demos, Samsung is unmatched.
They give us a look at what might one day be a commonplace, accessible technology in a package that some brave souls can choose to buy today.
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