Even the Note 8 isn't that expensive, and that has a stylus. Wonder when they will actually post the REAL price ...
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Heh, I wouldn't go that far. I passed on the Nexus 7 2013, after Google decided to put a giant-*** bezel on it and give the middle finger to those of us that like using tablets in portrait mode. To be honest, I'd gladly pay $300 for the Tab Pro, but for $399, I could get an iPad Mini, and we all know how overpriced that thing is
Consider the LG G Pad is $349.99 retail, its only $50 more and you get quite a good spec increase
Consider the LG G Pad is $349.99 retail, its only $50 more and you get quite a good spec increase
Will be interested to see how it reviews, Samsung better have made a lot of changes to the software and hopefully lets bloat especially to compete with the mini at the same price point.
You hit the nail on the head with this part of your post. Spec bumps are great, but if the UI experience is so bad that it drowns out the benefit of those increased specs, the bumps are meaningless. Based on my past experiences using TouchWiz (on both phones and most recently on the Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014), I'd keep my LG G Pad GPE vs. this new Tab Pro 8.4 every time. Hopefully reviews show that Samsung has finally listened to their critics, trimmed down the bloat and optimized the over experience. I'm not holding breath.
I actually always use a launcher on all of my Android devices, NOVA Prime to be specific. But using a launcher doesn't remove the bloat or lag created by a poor implemented UI--like giving a rusty, broken down car a new coat of paint. It hides some of the blemishes but doesn't change how the car runs.
Battery life is the achielles heel of this tablet, in my opinion 10 hours of usage should be the minimum on tablets nowadays yet the 8.4 only managed 7:30.
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Continuous usage of 7.5 he's is not bad at all. This tablet should have had NFC,Wireless charging and 3gb's of ram to be perfect. Now that would be "pro".
Good luck getting 7:30 of usage out of the tablet, those test results are practically impossible to replicate in a real life scenario as those results are preformed in a closed environment with nothing installed on the device. You should be happy to achieve 5:30 of usage with this tablet but once you factor in the LTE version that is going to drop even further. 3D games will slaughter this tablets battery life quite a bit, the small battery size coupled with the high resolution display and thirsty Adreno 330 GPU will prevent you from gaming for more than 2-4 hours on this tab.
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All the more reason it should be qi wireless charging compatible. Then it would be a non issue, as every little break you take from using it you would just sit it down on the charger. This is what I do currently with my nexus 7. Battery life issues to me no longer exist.