Well, tablets are exciting again.
Apple's new 2021 iPad Pro marks a major leap forward for computing on tablet that includes a desktop processor, new display technology and the ability to run even the heaviest applications. This must cause some consternation at Samsung headquarters, as
the successor to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 Plus, a remarkably good Android tablet, is already in development and we expect it to be close to release. Many rumors suggest that the release date of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Plus is this summer, when the new iPad Pro 2021 will be available. Has Apple changed the game and left Samsung on the sidelines? Let's find out.
iPad Pro vs Samsung Tab S8 Plus: price and availability
The date of
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Plus launch It hasn't been announced yet, but we hope to see it in late summer 2021. It's likely to be priced similar to the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus, which was €849.99 / €799. / €1.549AU. We say 'similar' instead of 'identical' because Galaxy Tab prices have increased slightly with each new generation. Prices for the new iPad Pro 2021 start at €799 / €749 / €1,129AU for the 11-inch model and €1,099 / €999 / €1,649AU for the 12.9-inch model.If you opt for the maximum storage, which now goes up to 2TB, the 12.9-inch price increases to €2,199 / €1,999 / €3,299AU for the Wi model -Fi or €2,399 / €2,149 / AU€3,549 for WiFi + Cellular Although Samsung's Tab S8 Plus isn't on sale yet, Apple is accepting orders for the iPad Pro starting April 30 and will begin shipping the tablet in the second half of May 2021.
New iPad Pro 2021 vs Samsung Tab S8 Plus: design
(Image credit: Future) The 2021 iPad Pro doesn't really look any different from the 2020 model, but there are some crucial changes.
The USB-C port is now a Thunderbolt / USB 4 port too, meaning the 2021 iPad Pro can be connected to all kinds of high-performance external peripherals that previously required a Mac desktop or laptop. Plus, the 12,9-inch model comes with a new type of display : a mini-LED. More on that in the section below. We don't have details on the design of the Samsung Tab S8 Plus yet, but we expect it to resemble the rest of the Samsung family of products, developing in the same way as
the Samsung Galaxy. S20 has evolved into the Samsung Galaxy S21; it is a more refined version of the existing design.
New iPad Pro 2021 vs Samsung Tab S8 Plus: display
(Image credit: Future) Based on the leaks we've seen so far,
Samsung Tab S8 Plus is expected to have a 12,4-inch AMOLED panel, 2800 x 1752 pixels, 120 Hz with a fingerprint sensor located on the top edge and a screen. 11-inch 120Hz LCD in the smallest model. The 2021 11-inch iPad Pro is also LCD, retaining the 2388 x 1668 resolution IPS panel from the 2020 model, but the 12,9-inch features a new mini-LED display that offers 1000 nits of full-screen brightness, a peak of 1600 nits. 1 million to 1 brightness and contrast ratio. Sounds like an amazing display, especially for creative professionals like photographers, filmmakers, and videographers. This is probably good for gaming too.
New iPad Pro 2021 vs Samsung Tab S8 Plus: camera and battery
It is expected that
the Galaxy Tab S8 Plus has the same 10.090 mAh battery as the S7 Plus. The current Tab supports fast charging at 45W, but the S8 should drop that to 25W. As always, Apple won't dwell on the details, but the company says the 2021 iPad Pro will offer around 10 hours of battery life over a day. The load is wired only. It's unclear if the Galaxy Tab S8 Plus will benefit from a camera upgrade; if you stick with the same build as the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus, you can expect 13-megapixel and 5-megapixel ultra-wide cameras on the back and an 8-megapixel selfie shooter on the front. The 2021 iPad Pro features a new 12-megapixel ultra-wide front camera with lidar depth sensor and a 122-degree field of view. It can automatically pan and zoom during video calls to keep you and others in the shot. At the rear is the same set as the 2020 model, with two rear cameras: a 12-megapixel f/1.8 and a 10-megapixel ultra-wide with f/2.4.
New iPad Pro 2021 vs Samsung Tab S8 Plus: Specs and Features
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The Galaxy Tab S8 Plus is expected to feature a Snapdragon 888 chipset with 8GB or 12GB of RAM, depending on model and storage options ranging from 128 GB to 512 GB. Leaks indicate that the Galaxy Tab S8 Plus will also have a microSD. slot compatible with cards up to 1TB and a nanoSIM slot with 5G cellular radio. The big surprise about the new iPad Pro 2021 is that it no longer uses Apple's A-series mobile processor. Instead, it packs the same M1 processor as the MacBook Pro, which has 8 processor cores, 8 graphics cores, and 8GB or 16GB of onboard memory. It's a surprisingly fast system, and if it works well here, we'd expect it to take the iPad Pro to another league. The Samsung tablet's Snapdragon 888 is still a great chipset, but it focuses on efficiency rather than raw power. The M1 is a screamer, vastly outperforming the Snapdragon in Geekbench benchmarks for both single-core and multi-core processing.
New iPad Pro 2021 vs Samsung Tab S8 Plus: to go
We imagine the launch of the new iPad Pro 2021 was greeted with a few curse words at Samsung HQ; Apple didn't raise the bar for pro-level tablets so much that it took the bar and raised it into orbit. Where he
Galaxy Tab is an alternative to a regular laptop, the 2021 iPad Pro seems to be a good alternative to Apple's best laptop, and that's a big difference. We haven't tested the new iPad Pro properly for our review yet, so I can't be sure, but on paper it works out to be a much more powerful product than previous tablets. The iPad Pro is actually a MacBook Pro M1 running a mobile operating system, and while some of that power is currently untapped (iPadOS is still weird in many ways, like its approach to multitasking), this is a tablet that it works now. heavy. applications like Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, as well as a desktop or laptop computer. Plus, it works with external keyboards, mice, trackpads, and Apple Pencils, as well as high-performance peripherals and Apple's 6K Pro Display XDR. That means, on paper, there's not just clear blue water between the new 2021 iPad Pro and every other tablet. There is a whole ocean.