Samsung - Galaxy TabPro S - 12" - 128 GB - Black

This is my 3rd Windows Tablet and I'm very pleased with my upgrade. My first tablet was an Atom based ASUS, nice and light, good battery life, but was not great for multi-media. My 2nd was a 64G Surface Pro 2. Great performance, and connectivity, but it weighed about the same as my work Lenovo Laptop, which was a disappointment. The Tabpro S has solved the issue between light, and powerful. It has been a joy to use, great screen, great battery life (getting 8+ hours), nice and light. Performance has been great, the screen is just about the right size for accessing my work apps on the road or at home. The Tab also charges very quickly, just a couple of hours for a full charge. I've also added a Microsoft a bluetooth mouse, so I can use this as my desk top as well. All of my legacy apps loaded without issue, and everything has been functioning great, even apps from 2005. The single USB C port is a mixed blessing. I learned that this is like Apple's Macbook which also has only a single port, but plugging in a USB drive was not an option until I purchased the USB C Multi-Port Adapter (just available) from Samsung. I purchased an adapter made for the Apple, the HDMI and USB port worked, but the pass through charging port did not, so I returned it and waited for the Samsung product to be released, and now have one in my possession. The keyboard is great, but I did have an issue with the keyboard, not mechanical, but cosmetic, and it occurred within a month of owning the Tab. If this was a review for Samsung customer service I would give I 1 star as it was an infuriating experience that got literally no where. They wanted me to send the tablet and keyboard back to Samsung for service, all I wanted was a replacement keyboard and that was not going to happen after spending hours talking to off-shore service reps. I finally got to a U.S. based rep, could not get any satisfaction. I added a photo to show the defect. Thank god for my local Best Buy, they swapped the keyboard without an issue. So 5 Stars for Best Buy - 0 Stars for Samsung. I actually would have given the Tab 4.5 stars, but I can't so i am giving it 5 since I really like this Tab. BTW, I bought my wife a Surface Pro 4 with an i5 and my usage performance is the same for both Tabs, battery life is better in the Tabpro, however I do like the Surface keyboard a little better. This will be a keeper for a while, writing this review on it as well.

Samsung gets an A+++ on concept and design. They get a straight C on execution. The Good: This tablet is as gorgeous as the reviews say. It is incredibly thin and very well made. Of course the display also lives up to the hype. The AMOLED screen is absolutely to die for. Second to none. The M3 processor is also very snappy and performed just fine for my day to day activities which include heavy usage of PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel and Outlook. No lag at all. Performs way better than my i5 Surface Pro 3 which I wasn't expecting. The not so good/bad: Samsung did a really poor job of implementing the USB-C standard. Most current USB-C hubs so far including the Dell Dock, the HP Elite USB-C, HooToo, Aukey and more don't work well. Update on this: Last week Samsung finally made their version available - for $89! Good news is that it works well. I also pre-ordered the OWC USB-C hub with HDMI. It just came out last week and it works great - but it is way overpriced. The device sporadically goes into a coma and won't wake up until I fiddle with the Power button, the volume down button, etc. Once it goes into it's coma, you can't wake it back up with the power plugged in. Strange... I also experienced way too many crashes and reboots including both the blue screen of death and the rarely seen red screen of death. Hopefully the Samsung engineers will catch up quickly with some much needed BOIS patches and driver updates to have this work as intended. Buyer beware. I'll most likely be keeping the device on a leap of faith that the bugs will be worked out. Sadly that means I need to keep my Surface for a while longer as well.

I was looking for a portable, lightweight laptop to use when I am on short business trips and gravitated to the Galaxy TabPro S after reading a number of reviews. I use the TabPro for basic business purposes including e-mail, internet use, Word and Excel. The m3 processor is fine for the intended use as is the 4 gb of RAM. I would have preferred the option of a larger SSD but Samsung does not offer one. A backlit keyboard would have been nice but is not a necessity. I was initially concerned about the single USB C port but purchased a couple of adapters online that provide the ports that I need. I should add that the OLED screen is awesome and makes the small screen easy to read for extended periods of time. Speaking of time, this thing last for hours without requiring a charge. When it does need to be charged you don't have to deal with a large "brick", just a plug-in adapter slightly larger than a cell phone charger. Finally, my 5 star rating is based on the price I paid for an open box model. The one I purchased was still covered in the packaging film and had obviously never been used. I was prepared to pay $799 (plus tax) and instead got it for $505 (including tax). At $799 this would grade out at a solid "4". At full retail of $899 I would rate it as a "3".

Have had this a couple weeks. Seems nice so far, but I am partial to Samsung. Like that I can pair it with my Samsung Note 5 phone. Windows 10 makes it more versatile. I installed Office and QuickBooks. Setup is much like a computer, still not so sure about Windows10, I installed Classic Shell for more Windows7 look after getting frustrated struggling with Windows10. A really nice tablet, but don't like the keyboard, hard to touch type without looking with spacing of keys. Only other thing I'm disappointed about is only one usb port (type C). Disappointed about Samsung not having more ports and memory expansion slots, and now using batteries that are not easily changed. The one type C usb port requires that I use an adapter, type C to type A (or B). I've found it annoying & frustrating that many of my usb flash drives still don't fit securely into the Insignia adapter cable I purchased. Too much adjusting. The slim design of the tablet is nice, but I would rather sacrifice some of that to have more slots, a memory expansion slot and replaceable battery. The tablet works great, I'm just finding that the design lacks things I would rather have more than light weight and slimness. Can't have it charging and work from a usb flash drive at the same time. All in all, it's something that can be worked around, but with a $1,000 price tag (by the time you get done with tax and a protection plan), I would like not to have to deal with the frustration of only one usb port and it being a type C which needs to be adapted to all my other usb devices. I did a lot of research and comparing for two months and decided on the TabPro S instead of SurfacePro. It's definitely comparable to the Surface Pro except for the number of ports.

This Samsung Tabpro S is great! It powers up quickly and loads fast! The keyboard is a great INCLUDED FREE tool!! I personally would recommend this product to anyone considering a Surface or a lightweight designed laptop.

I bought the tab s to use mostly when travelling. It is ideally suited for Web email and moderate Microsoft Office activity. The battery is amazing and the screen is as well. The single USB Cable port took some getting used to and I found a hub that offers VGA out and power input. The keyboard is tight and track pad takes getting used to. The fixed angle of the device with keyboard also takes getting used to. But once you are adjusted it is easy to use. One issue I did not foresee is the timeout for the screen to shut down. It is 10 mins or so max and that will not fly for presentation use. I am sure they will allow it to be adjusted someday.

Really, a great product from Samsung. Build quality of the tablet is great. Sturdy and no creaking. The screen is AMAZING. It has a lower resolution than some tablets but completely makes up for this in a vibrant display. The included keyboard, while appreciated, is really just meh. It gets the job done but that's about it. If you want a lightweight windows 10 tablet first and a pretty good windows 10 laptop all in one then this really can't be beat. If your intended use is more on a desk with a keyboard always attached you're probably better off with a Surface.

This samsung product runs full windows 10! It acts as a laptop with the full keyboard and TouchPad, which is included. It connects with my Samsung phone and had many nice features in that respect. The best part is that it's touch screen, and if you remove the case it becomes a tablet. It even has a tablet mode so icons dont seem too small to touch with your finger. I replaced a laptop with this and don't regret it. The only con is that the tablet weighs more than the case, so if you are setting it on the bed or sofa in laptop mode it seems to tip over. I didn't have that problem with my old laptop, but it's not a deal breaker. The pros outweigh that one con.