Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S3 tablet is expected to make its grand unveiling during Mobile World Congress 2017 at Barcelona, in just around 3 weeks time. The Korean company has already sent invites for the event, during which we will probably get a glimpse of the most awaited Galaxy S8 flagship.
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Today a new render of the Galaxy Tab S3 has emerged that shows the device in great detail, as you can see for yourselves. The latest rumors regarding the specifications of the tablet insist that it will pack a 9.6 inch AMOLED display with a 2048 x 1536 resolution and a 4:3 aspect ratio. A – last year’s – Snapdragon 820 SoC will be placed inside, with an Adreno 530 GPU, 4GB of RAM and two available storage options: 32GB/128GB.
Samsung’s newest Tab will offer USB Type-C support, two cameras (12MPixels/5MPixels) and it will run on Android 7.1 Nougat. Stay tuned, we will know more about it as the days come by, until we reach the end of the month.
4:3 aspect ratio pretty much kills it. It’s terrible for media viewing.
There is a reason why everybody and his dog is using 3:2 these days (Microsoft, Google soon Apple). It’s because it can be used in portrait yet it’s much better (than 4:3) for media too.
Will someone please make a high-end Android tablet with a 16:9 or 16:10 ratio for media consumption in landscape orientation.
The only option right now is the Huawei Mediapad M3. It look’s really good but the old Kirin 950 with its dated GPU + a high res screen just doesn’t provide a great general experience.
I also wish more people would understand the benefit of 16:10. 16:10 @ 8-9″ is basically pocketable while a 4:3 requires a separate bag. A giant deal if one often, as me, use the tablet away from home.