Samsung launches Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen

13 September, 2016
The tablet is currently only available in South Korea, where it carries a price tag of KRW 489,000 (around $435).

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  • 13 Sep 2016

Tablets are a shrinking market. Predominantly because you don't have as much of an urge to upgrade it after 2 years. Used to work in telesales and the number of customer who had 4 year old tablets who still found them adequate for their purposes.

    Would like for them to make an ultra high end sequel to the Note pro 12.2

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      • t7X
      • 13 Sep 2016

      minori, 13 Sep 2016And here I'm still waiting for a stylish 8" (7.9") 4:3 / 3:... moreYeah, same here. But without AMOLEDS though. Burn in is still scary for a drawing tablet

        Anonymous, 13 Sep 2016Samsung is the most unreliable big company in the world. ... moreWhy even be a fanboy... Get a life.

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          • Anonymous
          • p2V
          • 13 Sep 2016

          Samsung is the most unreliable big company in the world.

          All they want os just profit, nothing else.

          Few things to support my argument:

          1. Remember Samsung Hubs?
          2. And ChatOn?
          3. Milk Music
          4. Milk Video

          How can you ever trust a company with such a poor tract record. Now I donÂ’t even look at any new service launched by Samsung..because I know it will be shut down sooner or later.

          Okay agreed they were just services and I can pardon Samsung for it for some extent.

          But what about these

          5. Laptops gone (Except in US maybe)

          6. Cameras gone

          7. Now No more Samsung printers

          How can anybody trust buying anything Samsung?

          And Samsung does it when people actually start using and loving its products and its ecosystem.

          And agin I am not even considering smaller featues with are dead now:

          8. Action memo on Note 7
          9. Colour selection for editing on Note 7
          10. IR blaster
          11. Many many nifty software features

          All in all I can never trust Samsung now.

          It thinks it can just keep the most profitable business ie. Mobile phone, Display and maybe Memory and Chips.

          But, Sorry to say say they will eventually fail because the ecosystem Samsung had created is No More. And now I can switch out from Samsung world much more easily.

          Go to hell Samsung. :(

          Former Fanboy

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            • minori
            • PGg
            • 13 Sep 2016

            And here I'm still waiting for a stylish 8" (7.9") 4:3 / 3:2 Note tablet with S-Pen.

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              • yes no?
              • nXW
              • 13 Sep 2016

              Will it get Android 7.0? after how many years?
              I would say - no.
              Don't buy Samsung Tab's if you want any updates.
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              Samsung galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE user

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                • KZ8
                • 13 Sep 2016

                Samsung sucks in giving update

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                  • Anonymous
                  • ScK
                  • 13 Sep 2016

                  I completely hate Samsung but I will say that the A tablet series is awesome! These are great for drawing because of the Wacom stylus. I'm an artist and I used one of these. Great stuff!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • P@$
                    • 13 Sep 2016

                    the dimension is different from the article and specification

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                      • B}c
                      • 13 Sep 2016

                      Imperator Neubaticus, 13 Sep 2016Yeah the s pen is probably the single most successful thing... moreThey dont produce the s pen, they just build the plastic cover but technology coms from wacom.

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                        • 13 Sep 2016

                        Dovice, 13 Sep 2016We owned a Note 8 and it was the best form factor for a sty... moreYeah I agree
                        I own a Tab S 8.4 and I like it more than the Tab S2 becasue of the form factor 16:10 and speakers on both side of the tablet better for watching movies and games, the only thing missing from it is the stylus function

                          Yeah the s pen is probably the single most successful thing samsung has ever produced. Their flagships may be arguable but that s pen is simply indispensable.

                            I recommend people who in the hunt for an android tablet buy this. I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 with S-pen and I have none problems with it so far. It shipped with lollipop, but now been updated to marshmallow. The tablet is smooth and it came with Microsoft office which is quite usefull for a tablet. (You can disable it if you want though). And you get the allmighty s-pen which is the perfect for this tablet size.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • wHr
                              • 13 Sep 2016

                              Note 8???

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                                • wdK
                                • 13 Sep 2016

                                Android tablets are crap, cheap with rubbish user interface. I did rather go for Surface or iPad Pro.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • JE9
                                  • 13 Sep 2016

                                  Anonymous, 13 Sep 2016samsung still trying to save the already dead tablet market. Tablets are the future wake up

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                                    • nIN
                                    • 13 Sep 2016

                                    We owned a Note 8 and it was the best form factor for a stylus device. Small enough to hold with one hand, and large enough to be practical for filling out forms, sketching etc. No one has launched anything like it since which is a pity as it was, like the HTC model before it, a superb device. 10" is too large for one handed use, so does not replicate the form factor of a real paper notepad that you can slip into a large jacket or front trouser pocket.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 13 Sep 2016

                                      [deleted post]more importantly do anyone actually care about samsung tablets? there is a group of apple hating fanbase that might pretend this unit is relevant when it probably isn't at all.

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                                        • JE9
                                        • 13 Sep 2016

                                        See that's what I'm saying, Spamsung make newly tablets by adding low-mid h/w wtf you must be completely retarded doing that I'm respected costumer and you need to listen my needs where are the top notch high end Tablets? Make something worthily otherwise gtfo

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