![]() The software is even worse, and this tablet’s real problem. The screen’s 4:3 aspect ratio is great for web browsing, but up close and watching a movie, the black bars get distracting. The keyboard case puts the screen a little too far back to enjoy while lying down, and a little too upright when you’re sitting down (or on a plane). ![]() Movie-time is a mixed bag, and here’s where we’re going to start running into flaws. Gaming is fun, thanks to the crisp screen and light weight, plus you can use the stylus for pinpoint accuracy in games that were designed for touch control. When it comes to fun stuff, the Tab S3’s hardware also delivers. A frustration with older tablets that charged via microUSB was the lethargic charging speed, but there’s none of that here. Charging is handled at speed through the Galaxy Tab S3’s USB-C port. It has a 6,00mAh battery that doesn’t explode and lasts for a good 10 hours of movie watching, which you could stretch to 12 if you dim the screen and save battery. You can keep doing that stuff all day, thanks to the battery that Samsung put inside. Paired with the stylus, it’s a good system for churning through emails, Word docs, and other “business things” that I’m reliably informed real adults do. Typing on the keyboard is about as pleasurable as using any 10-inch keyboard: not perfect, and requires a learning curve, but miles better than the on-screen keyboard. It has a magnetic back cover, a keyboard, an attachment for the stylus, and a physical connection for the tablet to make the keyboard work, so it doesn’t require a Bluetooth connection or separate charging. Samsung provided a keyboard case, which it sells as an optional extra, but you’ll probably want to buy to protect your shiny new fondleslab. Hand it to someone without the case, and they’ll literally say “wow.”Ībout that case. It’s easily thin and light enough to hold in one hand, and overall has a literal wow factor. On the back, there’s a glass pane that makes this feel less like a tablet, and more like an oversized Galaxy S7. ![]() The Tab S3 still has bezel, but I feel like it’s just enough that you can hold the tablet without encroaching on the screen. Holding onto that screen is also a good experience. Without wanting to sound all gushy, it’s the first time in a while that a piece of technology has really given me an interest in something (drawing) that I basically wrote off in sixth-grade art class. The colors have punch and power but also the subtlety you need when you’re trying to find just the right skin tone for a portrait. Messing around with a coloring app is a real pleasure, and not just because of the stylus. I know those terms get thrown around a lot when describing screens, but this genuinely has to be seen to be believed. Blacks are, uh, extra-black, the contrast is great, and colors are vibrant and rich. It’s more than enough pixels that everything is crystal sharp, and the screen itself is genuinely stunning. It’s partly Samsung’s fault mostly, it’s a problem the fact that tablets in general, and Android tablets in particular, are having a real identity crisis. It goes most of the way to replacing a laptop, but the last 10 percent is so frustrating. Bad software makes some simple tasks infuriatingly hard. Occasionally, the design just doesn’t make sense. Battery life is sufficient that when I roll over, pick it up, and fire up a movie, I don’t have to go find a charger.īut I think Samsung’s tried too hard here. The stylus is slim and a genuine pleasure to use. It has one of the best screens I’ve ever seen on a consumer-level mobile device, period. It’s a tablet designed to be all things to all people, and for the most part it delivers. That’s the understanding you get looking at the Galaxy Tab S3. It’s a weird mix of people who don’t want to own a laptop, business travelers who voraciously consume email, hardcore artists, and people who just like nice things. Who buys a $600 tablet? No one really seems to know.
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