Tablet computers have been on the market since the first iPad was announced. Steve Jobs, in fact, with his own hands created a whole trend in the market of digital gadgets. In the following years, tablets were actively developing, along with powerful processors grew their power. However, in the last few years, the tablet has become more and more a “bedside” device and the growth of screen diagonals in modern smartphones is to blame. People bought phablets and the need for tablets fell away by itself. Now on the market you can find the remnants of A – brands that still produce tablets, such as Apple or Samsung and a bunch of Chinese popopodvalnye companies. If the first still offer adequate and powerful “iron”, then the second roughly speaking “rivet” models running on the MTK processor. Yes, they are suitable for everyday use, but often the number of bugs and errors in the software does not give the opportunity to reveal their potential.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2

In this review, we will talk in detail about the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablet with a diagonal of 8 inches

Samsung is known to be one of the leaders in the mobile technology market. In the range of the company there are both smartphones, and tablets and smart gadgets. Just about the tablets today we will talk about. Despite the fact that the company updates them annually, we can not say with certainty that the devices of previous years are becoming irrelevant. Today we have a model from 2016 Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 for review. Even without delving into the tests we can say that the design of the tablet will still give a head start to many modern devices. Compact body and productive iron – these are the main pluses of the model. In more detail I suggest to consider all the nuances in the review.

Appearance and materials

One of the main disadvantages of the model can be considered a plastic case, yet the metal “back” looks much more favorable. But here you need to take into account the year of release and the fact that Samsung, as a rule, is not in a hurry to use all the innovations both at the level of iron, and in design. In general, this tablet is often compared with iPad Mini 4, but to be fair, I would like to say that the comparison is not in favor of the “apple” device. The tablet is quite light, and the main thing is surprisingly thin – only 5.6 mm. At the same time, the developers managed to install a capacious battery of 4000 mAh, which provides video viewing for 14 hours.

The tablet runs Android Nougat. The update of security patches “flies in” so far. True updates are absolutely not expected any more. If we talk about the current version of the software, then in general it works quite stable, kolchno there are retards, but they are not critical.

Technical specifications

Processor Snapdragon 652

Video processor Adreno 510

The processor used is a top-of-the-line at the time and a bit outdated now 8-core Snapdragon 652 with a clock speed of 1.8 GHz.

Memory

The amount of RAM is 3 GB, and the permanent storage out of the “box” offers 32 GB. It is true that after the first power-up, 24 GB is available to the user, but there is a slot for Micro SD card for expansion.

Connectivity

The tablet is equipped with a full set of wireless features, except for NFC. But to be fair, this chip in the tablet is definitely not needed unlike smartphones. You can absolutely easily install a SIM card and use mobile Internet, if at the moment there is no Wi-FI nearby.

Performance

The performance of the tablet by current standards is quite weak – somewhere – then at the level of budget smartphones. However, this does not prevent it to work more than smoothly and without “dips”. In the synthetic test Antutu our “hero” gains about 80 thousand points.
Antutu Benchmark

Battery

The device received a battery of 4000 mAh. In practice, this gives video viewing about 14 hours and surfing the Internet 7 hours. We think the indicators are more than decent, especially for a 2016 tablet

Screen:

The screen diagonal is exactly 8 inches with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels. The matrix is made by Super AMOLED technology, which gives excellent readability in the sun. We would also like to note the high contrast and color reproduction, which, however, is inherent in all AMOLED screens.

Summarizing, we note that the tablet is no longer available, as it was replaced by the Galaxy Tab S3. However, if you get the chance to buy it, then do not hesitate – it is definitely worth its money.

Pros – compact and thin body, excellent screen, full set of wireless modules, high autonomy. Minuses – not the fastest iron, the OS version is unlikely to be updated anymore.