Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 review: The Professional

The Professional

GSMArena team, 10 February 2014.

Display

The 8.4" Super Clear LCD on the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is one of the highest spec'd tablet screens to date. Along with some of its stalemates it has the highest resolution available in the mobile world and thanks to its smaller screen it has the highest pixel density of all slates.

The resolution of 1600x2560 pixels is higher than the iPad mini 2's (1536 x 2048 pixels) and adds up to a best-in-class pixel density of 356ppi (as opposed to 324ppi on the iPad mini 2). The Galaxy Tab Pro also has a regular RGB matrix, unlike its 12.2 sibling, meaning there are not going to be any crosshatch patterns visible here.


The RGB matrix of the Tab Pro 8.4's screen

Numbers aside, the image quality is excellent. Viewing angles are amazing and blacks look really deep. The outdoor visibility is great too.

We ran our usual display tests on the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 and here are the results:

Display test 50% brightness 100% brightness
Black, cd/m2 White, cd/m2 Contrast ratio Black, cd/m2 White, cd/m2 Contrast ratio
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 0.34 281 830 0.60 498 822
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 0.27 221 831 0.53 440 821
Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 0.33 301 901 0.54 493 911
Google Nexus 10 0.26 223 859 0.50 443 878
Sony Xperia Tablet Z - - - 0.53 531 996
Sony Xperia Tablet S 0.35 334 947 0.67 526 783
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 0 149 ∞ 0 379 ∞
Apple iPad mini 0.25 208 838 0.51 458 812
Apple iPad 3 0.21 167 809 0.6 477 779
Apple iPad 4 0.21 163 797 0.63 476 762
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 0 200 ∞ 0 328 ∞
Asus Google Nexus 7 0.25 244 954 0.36 327 908
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 0.27 223 832 0.49 406 821
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 0.31 257 826 0.55 502 915
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 0.17 196 1141 0.34 424 1236


Battery life

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is powered by a 4800 mAh Li-Ion battery. By Samsung's estimates, it should give you 127 hours of music playback and 11 hours of multimedia usage. We did our own tests too, and the tablet managed 7 hours and 23 minutes of video playback and 7 hours and 43 minutes of web browsing.

Web browsing

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Video playback

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    13:12
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    13:11
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    12:53
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    12:52
  • Apple iPad mini
    12:51
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    12:51
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    12:32
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    12:31
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    12:30
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    12:28
  • Huawei Ascend Mate
    12:18
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    11:51
  • Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo
    11:38
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    11:29
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    11:27
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    11:15
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    11:15
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    10:12
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    10:02
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    10:01
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    10:01
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    10:00
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    10:00
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    9:53
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    9:49
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    9:42
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    9:34
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    9:30
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    9:28
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    9:27
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    9:17
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    9:07
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    8:45
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    8:44
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    8:40
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    8:40
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    8:34
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    8:28
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    8:25
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    8:15
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    8:11
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    8:11
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    8:11
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    8:00
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    7:55
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  • Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4
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    6:27
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    6:27
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    6:26
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    6:25
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    6:25
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    6:24
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    6:23
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    6:23
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    6:21
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    6:19
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    6:12
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    6:12
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    6:06
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    6:06
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    6:04
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    6:03
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    6:02
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    6:01
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Reader comments

  • AnonD-614374
  • 27 Nov 2016
  • XMu

I have tabpro 8.4 gt-p6100 i wana buy tuch and lcd ???

  • Tino
  • 18 Jul 2016
  • ICF

My Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, is not taking a charge where or can this port be repaired. Can I use a wireless battery charger on this item

  • AnonD-420479
  • 23 Jul 2015
  • Nqr

How can I use 3G USB modem with tab pro 8.4 wifi only