Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra — new rumor is bad news for Samsung’s giant tablet

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra — new rumor is bad news for Samsung'south giant tablet

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By this time last year, the Samsung Milky way Tab S7 was fully revealed and bachelor to buy. But its follow up, the Galaxy Tab S8 is taking a chip longer, with leaker Ice Universe previously predicting it will debut alongside the Milky way S22 next year.

While previous Samsung Galaxy Tabs have come in regular and plus-sized forms, this twelvemonth the visitor is said to be mixing things up with something even larger. Merely, co-ordinate to a new written report out of Korea, the giant Samsung Milky way Tab S8 Ultra could be extremely difficult to get your easily on in more means than one.

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Korean blog Naver packs a lot of details into a short post. Essentially, it sounds similar product yields of the Tab S8 Ultra will exist then low that information technology will only launch in certain regions and in pocket-sized quantities. It's too suggested that restocks aren't guaranteed.

No reason is given for this, so it might come dorsum to our one-time friend the global chip shortage, or information technology might be that the giant 14.6-inch 120Hz OLED display is difficult to produce in large quantities.

Alternatively, it could be that the margins are so thin that it's simply non worth Samsung devoting a huge amount of production space to the new Android tablet. In other words, it might merely be a desirable marquee product to evidence the company's prowess, rather than something information technology necessarily wants in every abode.

As the 'Ultra' proper name suggests, this version of the Galaxy Tab S8 is fix to offering a lot of operation grunt and desirable features. Alongside the high-spec screen, early reports advise a massive 12GB RAM, 45W charging support and a bundled Due south Pen for doodling on that behemothic sail.

The alleged 14.6-inch display too ways in that location'southward plenty of room for a battery, and word is that it will take a 12,000mAh bombardment — quite a step up from the 8,000mAh and x,090mAh cells found in the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and S7 Plus, respectively.

Converted Due south Korean cost rumors point to an expensive device, with the WiFi-merely version starting at $1,247. That would eclipse the $1,099 12.9-inch iPad Pro, which sounds like a bold move — though for those that desire the extra 1.7-inches of screen, there's precious few alternatives.

In that location's a Samsung Unpacked outcome October xx, where it'south possible the Tab S8 could brand an advent. But with a launch non tipped until next year, we wouldn't bet on it.

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Freelance correspondent Alan has been writing almost tech for over a decade, roofing phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are plant all over the spider web and in the occasional magazine besides. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, y'all'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. Or, more probable, playing Spelunky for the millionth time.