Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra hands-on review: return of the slab

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely Intro

What’s new concerning the Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely

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Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely Specs

Crème de la crème

The Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely appears to be like a lot the identical on the skin. However you realize what they are saying — true change comes from inside. With that in thoughts:

With an upgraded processor and quicker reminiscence chips, the Galaxy Tab S9 sequence is bumped again to the highest of the Android tablets checklist. Different options stay the identical as earlier than.

So, the Tab S9 Extremely is tremendous skinny and huge, with skinny bezels once more. It feels sort of mild, measurement thought of, and isn’t exhausting to hold round with one hand. It’s exhausting to function whereas on foot, although — that skinny bezel makes it exhausting to not thumb-touch the sides of the show. It is manageable, for positive, however this here’s a pill to work on whereas sitting.

As earlier than, there is a fingerprint scanner embedded beneath the show. Samsung has been making these for years now, and they’re fast, correct, and responsive.

An enormous 14.6-inch AMOLED display screen is nothing to snark at. It is vibrant, shiny, and delightful — a full AMOLED panel with a pointy decision of 2960 x 1848 pixels and HDR10 compliance.

In fact, it additionally has a 120 Hz refresh price, which appears to be like nice for scrolling round, but additionally feels improbable for writing and drawing with the S Pen, because the strains really feel like they’re extra attentive to our twisting and turning of the S Pen.

Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely Digital camera

Two eyes peeking again at you

Tablets hardly ever put emphasis on their bottom cameras. It is exhausting to think about anybody would exit with this 14.6-inch slab and… you realize — use it as an precise digicam, attempting to get angles, slot in any nook and cranny.

However the entrance cameras do matter — you might be anticipated to make use of this for video calls and conferences, positive. They’re two 12 MP cameras right here — one with a wide-angle and one with ultra-wide-angle lens.

The massive cope with premium Galaxy units this yr is that they’re getting a particular chip from Qualcomm — a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 “Made for Galaxy”. Principally, an overclocked model of the flagship processor that goes as much as 3.36 GHz (versus 3.2 GHz).

Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely OS / Android model

Samsung’s tackle Android is known as One UI — essentially the most present main construct being One UI 5.0. It is constructed on prime of Android 13 however fully adjustments the appear and feel of the software program. We now have the basic fast toggles within the notification shade, we now have persistent app docks and a favourite apps drawer off to the aspect of the display screen. Simple split-screen entry and help for floating apps.

Like final yr, the Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely has a 11,200 mAh battery. It is plenty of energy that ought to be capable of final you some time, all of it will depend on optimizations. Nevertheless, with the brand new reminiscence chips and optimized Snapdragon processor — we’re hopeful. Benchmark assessments can be coming once we get to play with the take a look at unit.

As for charging, you’ll most likely be topping it up with a forty five W charger. However one doesn’t come within the field.

The Galaxy Tab sequence has quad audio system in a stereo setup. Does not matter in case you are in panorama or portrait mode — the 4 audio system will blast out a left channel and proper channel. For the reason that Extremely has a lot room for sound to bounce round, it pushes out plenty of sound, with good deep bass and a really crisp (however not harsh) excessive finish. We had a while throughout our hands-on session to bother others with music enjoying from it and that is the impression we left with.

With each the Galaxy Tab and the iPad accessing high-quality keyboard equipment and styluses (the Galaxy Tab consists of it within the field, ahem), the selection between these will probably come right down to which ecosystem you favor.

So, no doubt, Samsung’s new premium pill is one more heavy hitter. It’s costly, too, however Samsung does have an enhanced trade-in promo program and free storage upgrades for those who pre-order.

Will it’s price it? Properly, when you plan on utilizing it so much, possibly. And we imply for extra than simply Netflix binging or Instagram scrolling. The Galaxy Tab S9 Extremely is a instrument for drawing, modifying, and even textual content and spreadsheet work due to DeX. For those who spend on daily basis on the pill and do not less than a few of your work on it, it ought to find yourself enhancing your workflow in the long term — so sure, which may be thought of as cash nicely spent.