Under the onslaught of large screen smart phones and iPads, the voice of Android tablets in the market is getting smaller and smaller, especially high-end Android tablets. In our impression, Android tablets are always connected with MediaTek processors and manufacturers. In fact, Samsung, as an Android powerhouse, has never given up the high-end tablet market. In the current market situation, Samsung's only competitor is Apple. Samsung released this year's flagship Android tablet product - Galaxy Tab S3 at MWC 2017, which is also the protagonist of this article.
Specifications
The Galaxy Tab S3 uses a 9.7-inch 2048:1536 resolution Super AMOLED screen, the SoC is Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM+32GB ROM (supporting Micro SD card slot), the rear camera is 13 million pixels, the battery capacity is 6000mAh, supports Home key fingerprint recognition, and is equipped with 4096 pressure sensitive four channel speakers tuned by S Pen and AKG. The Galaxy Tab S3 has two colors, black and silver, and is divided into the All Netcom version and WiFi version. The All Netcom version supports call and SMS functions.
appearance
This time we Love to play computer games I got the silver full Netcom version of Galaxy Tab S3. The back of the Galaxy Tab S3 uses a piece of tempered glass as the back plate, with the logo of AKG and SAMSUNG printed on the back, and the camera and flash on the top. In addition to an entity Home key, the front panel also has a multi task touch key and a return key.
The Galaxy Tab S3 middle frame is made of AL5000 aluminum alloy with anodizing process. The edge of the middle frame is smooth cut, so it doesn't feel like cutting. The Galaxy Tab S3 is equipped with AKG tuned four channel speakers, two at the top and two at the bottom. There is a magnetic contact on the left side of the body for connecting the keyboard, which can also be used for S Pen adsorption. On the right side are the power key, volume key, and Micro SD card slot (full Netcom version can be inserted with SIM card+Micro SD).
screen
SRGB gamut range in adaptive mode
NTSC gamut range in adaptive mode
SRGB 104 color standard in basic mode
Galaxy Tab S3 screen test data:
Contrast: Infinite Basic Mode Default Color Temperature: 6200K Adaptive Mode Default Color Temperature: 7500K
Maximum brightness: 430nits
NTSC color gamut in adaptive mode: 94.4%
SRGB color gamut in adaptive mode: 145.4%
Average color accuracy of sRGB 104 colors in basic mode: 4.4
Brightness of each part of the screen under manual maximum brightness: 360~430nits
Because the cost of Super AMOLED screen is very high, we rarely see devices with large size Super AMOLED screen on the market. We can get access to the most common large screen Super AMOLED almost only Samsung Galaxy series tablet devices. From the objective data, the performance of this screen is in line with expectations. However, the Galaxy Tab S3 is one of the few large screen devices equipped with Super AMOLED on the market, and it is also an Android tablet, The biggest feature of Super AMOLED screen is its gorgeous display effect and high contrast. The author believes that although its screen data performance is average, it is a large size Super AMOLED screen after all. The difference in principle makes its own visual experience better than most IPS.
Practical experience
The Galaxy Tab S3 adopts Android 7.0 system. It is still Samsung's own TouchWiz interface, or our familiar operation logic. The whole system is light and easy to use. With the combination of Snapdragon 820+4GB, the basic daily operation will not be stuck, and the overall smoothness is better than most of the Anroid tablets on the market.
Although the Snapdragon 820 was the flagship SoC last year, due to the indifferent performance of the Android tablet market, you will find that the Galaxy Tab S3 is one of the few Android tablets with such a powerful SoC on the market. In terms of daily use, the combination of Snapdragon 820+4GB can be described as no pressure for a 2048:1536 resolution tablet. However, the 9.7 inch 4:3 is really a large size among tablet devices, which is not so convenient for many users with small hands.
Tablet is a lightweight tool between mobile phone and laptop. As a device, the most valuable screen is that screen. It is precisely because the size of smart phone screen limits its function expansion, and tablet devices exist for this reason. The Galaxy Tab S3 is equipped with a 9.7-inch 2048:1536 resolution Super AMOLED screen. Due to the characteristics of Super AMOLED, the display effect is very beautiful and the contrast is far better than the IPS screen. Therefore, whether you use it to watch videos or play games, it will have a very good visual experience, which is unmatched by IPS. In addition, it also has four built-in display modes (adaptive mode, AMOLED cinema mode, AMOLED photo mode, basic mode) for users to have a better visual experience in different scenes, which is very important because for tablet devices, the screen is everything.
Many users often ignore the external playback effect when choosing the tablet. In fact, most ordinary users are not accustomed to wearing headphones when using the tablet to watch videos in non-public places, so the external playback effect is very important for them. The Galaxy Tab S3 officially claims to use AKG tuned four channel speakers. Tuning is a very metaphysical thing, and we will not discuss it here. However, the four channel speakers are very obvious for the improvement of the external amplification effect. It is impossible to make a sensational sound for a small device such as a tablet, The most direct way to improve the external amplifier is to add speakers to create a stereo effect. The four speakers of the Galaxy Tab S3 are located in the four directions of the screen, which can effectively create a three-dimensional sound effect, increase the volume, and bring better external playback effect.
Endurance
The Galaxy Tab S3 is equipped with a 6000mAh battery. Compared with its 9.7-inch large screen, this battery capacity can only be said to reach the level of a normal tablet. In actual use, we played 1 hour of WiFi microblog, 1 hour of WiFi post bar, and 1 hour of WiFi B station video when the power of Galaxy Tab S3 is less than 50% under the normal brightness of 100nits. The measured results show that 10% of the power is lost after 1 hour of WiFi microblogging, 10% after 1 hour of WiFi post bar, and 13% after 1 hour of WiFi B station video. Considering our daily habit of using the tablet, the endurance performance of the Galaxy Tab S3 can certainly maintain the daily use of ordinary users.
summary
Regardless of the appearance design or parameter configuration, the Galaxy Tab S3 meets all the requirements for being an Android flagship tablet. Today, there are few Android tablet products in the market, and it is this environment that gives Samsung more opportunities. The biggest problem of Android tablet is ecological application. In the early days, due to the widespread tablet market, application adaptation was quite difficult and user experience was poor. There are only a few flagship Android tablets, Samsung can build the new Galaxy Tab S series into a relatively closed Android tablet ecosystem to obtain better application support. Galaxy Tab S series tablet products have two strong differentiation advantages. First, Samsung has always insisted on S Pen; The second is Samsung's exclusive Super AMOLED large screen; These two points are also the core selling points of the Galaxy Tab S3, which is unmatched by the iPad for the time being.
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