If the 14.6-inch Tab S8 Ultra is not your cup of tea then Samsung has the 11-inch Tab S8 and the 12.4-inch Tab S8+ for your consideration. These are also powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset just like the Ultra model and bring the same aluminum design. You get the added benefit of Silver and Pink Gold colors alongside the Graphite option seen on the Ultra.
Tab S8 brings am 11-inch LTPS TFT display
with a 2560 x 1600px resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Tab S8+ boasts a
12.4-inch Super AMOLED with 2800 x 1752px resolution and also refreshes up to
120Hz. No notches or cutouts here.
The vanilla model gets a side-mounted
fingerprint scanner while the plus retains the in-display type. Both tablets
boast 12MP ultrawide selfie cameras and 13MP main and 6MP ultrawide shooters on
the back. Sound output is covered by the AKG-tuned quad-speaker setup and you
also get bundled S Pen styluses just like on the Tab S8 Ultra.
You can choose between 8GB and 12GB RAM
and 256/512GB storage which is again expandable via microSD. Both tablets run
the same One UI 4.1 on top of Android 12. Tab S8 has an 8,000 mAh battery while
the Plus model gets a 10,090 mAh cell. Both do up to 45W charging provided you
get the proper adapter.
Galaxy Tab S8 starts at US$ 700/€ 750/£ 650
while the Tab S8+ will go for US$ 900/€ 950/£ 850.
