Forget folding phones, Samsung might have finally made an Android tablet you want to buy. Instead of updating last year’s Galaxy Tab S4 with a Snapdragon 845 processor and slimmer bezels and calling it a day, Samsung took a different path with the Galaxy Tab S5e, adding an “e” to its name to emphasize its lower price tag.
Just like its rumored Galaxy S10e phone, the Galaxy Tab S5e is Samsung’s version of affordable premium, bringing high-end parts and features for just $400, or $250 less than the Tab S4. And on paper, the Tab S5e doesn’t give up too much to its higher-priced sibling:
Tab S5e
- Dimensions: 245.0 x 160.0 x 5.5mm
- Display: 10.5-inch 2560 x 1600 AMOLED
- Processor: Snapdragon 670
- RAM: 4GB/6GB
- Storage: 64GB/128GB
- Battery: 7,040mAh
Tab S4
- Dimensions: 249.3 x 164.3 x 7.1 mm
- Display: 10.5-inch 2560 x 1600 AMOLED
- Processor: Snapdragon 835
- RAM: 4GB
- Storage: 64GB/256GB
- Battery: 7,300mAh
Two things on the Tab S5e’s spec sheet stand out: Its display and thinness. Not only does the Galaxy Tab S5e have the same brilliant 10.5-inch OLED display, it’s about 25 percent thinner than the S4. It’s even thinner than the iPad Pro. Add that to its 400-gram weight, and you’ve got not only Samsung’s lightest and thinnest tablet, but one of the holdable tablets on the market.
