The latest high-end tablet PC range from Samsung has already been dubbed a potential iPad Killer by a fair few observers, but in reality it’s unlikely and Android tablet will dethrone Apple’s iconic slate. Cliché cannons at the ready – ready yourself for the return of the ‘iPad Killer’! Yeah we’re as sick as you […]
The latest high-end tablet PC range from Samsung has already been dubbed a potential iPad Killer by a fair few observers, but in reality it’s unlikely and Android tablet will dethrone Apple’s iconic slate.
Cliché cannons at the ready – ready yourself for the return of the ‘iPad Killer’!
Yeah we’re as sick as you all are of hearing this pointless and puerile claim, which to date has been slapped on about a million tablet PCs which have all ended up tossed on the ‘tried but failed’ pile. Not that there aren’t more powerful and way better value for money slates on the market that the iPad, but it’s a bit like saying a cheaper Kia with great gas mileage is a better buy than a Ferrari Enzo…they’re totally different animals.
Nevertheless, the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S range is already leading to a thousand and one headlines claiming we’re finally looking at a real iPad-killer in the flesh. And there’s just-cause for such cries too, as not only do the new flagship tabs serve up one hell of a hardware and feature list, but they’re also on the market for lower prices than the near nine-month-old iPad Air.
The long and short of the push behind the slates is simple – they’re lighter, thinner and more capable than any tablet PCs Samsung has launched to date. What’s more, they feature the best quality screens ever, tons of power under the hood and the kind of wall-to-wall appeal that’s often missing from the recipe in the Android fondleslab world.
Speaking at the Australian launch of the new range, director of product marketing for Samsung, Jenny Goodridge, admitted that the firm has never had a genuine crack at launching a super high-end tablet with the potential to rival the market’s front-runners.
“What’s been missing for Samsung has been a tablet that really matches the experience that Australians are getting from our smartphones,” she said.
“The Galaxy Tab S will be our flagship tablet and we’re hoping to have the same success we’ve had with the Galaxy S5, which is the number one selling smartphone in Australia.”
Each of the tablets has a thickness of 6.6mm, which Samsung likens to “five credit card” stacked on top of each other. The touchscreens boast a higher pixel count than the iPad Air, each of the size variants will be lighter in weight than the equivalent iPad and software enhancements have been implements for better integration with Samsung Smartphones.
What do you reckon – enough to tempt the average iOS devotee over the fence to the Android camp?
