9JA TECH - SAMSUNG GALAXY RELEASE ITS LIGHTEST AND THINNESS TABLET EVER

It’s $399 and comes in three “millennial friendly” colors

For starters, the Tab S5e has the thinnest and lightest metal unibody of any Galaxy Tab, measuring 5.5mm thin and weighing just 400 grams — even compared to the 11-inch iPad Pro at 5.9mm thick and 468 grams, the Tab S5e is both lighter and thinner.

The company also claims they’ve maximized space with the Tab S5e’s massive 81.8 percent screen-to-body ratio, which on paper, is an improvement over the Tab S4’s lower 79 percent ratio. It’s also right on the heels of the 11-inch iPad Pro’s ~82.9 percent screen-to-body ratio.

And unlike Samsung’s previous attempt to make its 10.5-inch tablet more affordable, this slate doesn’t skimp on the screen and not nearly as much on the processor. Samsung’s Tab S5e is a 10.5-inch Super AMOLED device with a 16:10 aspect ratio and 2560 x 1600 resolution, while its octa-core Snapdragon 670 processor should provide solid mid-range performance. Samsung’s also promising up to 14.5 hours of battery life.

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The Tab S5e also comes equipped with AKG-tuned, quad surround sound speakers, because tablets are first and foremost media consumption devices. To supplement multimedia usage on the Tab S5e, there’s 64GB of internal storage to store your multimedia (microSD expandable to 512GB), with 4GB of RAM to keep the system running smoothly. Samsung also lists a 6GB RAM/128GB storage option, but pricing is currently unknown.

For shooting photos — because why not — the Tab S5e comes with 13-megapixel back and 8-megapixel front facing cameras, capable of shooting 4K video at 30 frames per second. Since photography isn’t the primary purpose of tablets, there’s no reason to expect anything groundbreaking from Samsung here, but those are the same specs as the Tab S4.

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