#ADDONS FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB A 10.5 1080P#
#ADDONS FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB A 10.5 ANDROID#

On the plus side, Samsung's tablet took just 4 minutes and 17 seconds to transcode a 203MB 1080p video to 480p. The Air was also quicker to change screen orientations in the browser. Even after we did that the Samsung was a half step behind the iPad Air. All this horsepower, plus 3GB of RAM, added up to swift performance in various benchmarks, though lag crept in at times during everyday use.įor example, until we turned off the S Voice shortcut for the home button, the Tab S was sluggish exiting apps to the home screen. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 comes ready to battle all tablet comers with an octa-core Exynos processor. Because the home button is wider on this tablet then on the S5, we encountered fewer false negative errors when signing in, but it was still less consistent than Apple's Touch ID sensor on the iPhone 5s.

Like the smartphone, the reader is integrated into the home button, and you need to swipe downward on it to unlock your device or make purchases via PayPal. You'll also find a Quick Connect button for sending files to other nearby devices.Ĭlick to EnlargeThe Galaxy Tab S 10.5 borrows one of the Galaxy S5's most talked-about features in its fingerprint scanner. This tool makes it easy to find apps or files on the device, and can also be used to search the web.

One of the best improvements to the Galaxy Tab S's interface compared to the Galaxy S5 is the addition of an S Finder button to the quick settings menu. You can create additional pages or move widgets from one page to another. Swiping again to the left shows your calendar and inbox, as well as Hancom Office recent documents. The first of these screens shows a Quick Briefing widget (Web bookmarks, events, stocks, etc.), a shortcut to Paper Garden (a magazine reader and store) and widgets for Here & Now (local news, sports and offers) and WatchOn (TV remote). The main home screen and app screens look fairly standard for Samsung devices, but swiping to the right reveals a more modern-looking, panel-based interface that reminds us of Flipboard.

#ADDONS FOR SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB A 10.5 ANDROID#

Running Samsung's TouchWiz software on top of Android 4.4 KitKat, the Galaxy Tab S's interface looks and feels more dynamic than the iPad's but also more disjointed.Ĭlick to EnlargeWe like that the lock screen shows you birthday reminders, upcoming appointments and latest emails. Similarly, 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' trailer had plenty of ominous low-end thump. The slate registered 79 dB on the Laptop Mag Audio Test, which measures the volume of a tone played from 13 inches away.Ĭalvin Harris' 'Summer' filled our office with loud audio, and the sound didn't distort at max volume. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5's dual speaker pumps out fairly impressive sound given the tablet's slim profile. The iPad Air scored 1.4 and the Sony Z2 registered 2.6. However, the Tab S delivered poorer color accuracy than its closest competitors, notching a Delta E rating of 3.4 (0 is best). The Tab S is capable of displaying 154 percent of the sRGB color gamut, compared with the iPad Air's 99 percent and the Sony Xperia Z2's 124.7 percent. Samsung's slate outshone its competitors in the amount of colors it could show. The tablet notched 502 using our light meter, versus 411 for the iPad Air. Click to EnlargeIn our lab tests, the Tab S 10.5 delivered mostly good results.

Addons for samsung galaxy tab a 10.5