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.

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 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".

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 like everything about this machine except its ability to import data thru the USB C interface. The adapter that comes with the charger is not fully functional as it will only allow charging. I bought an adapter and a 32gb memory stick and loaded the data I needed to transfer but the Samsung unit would not recognize the memory stick. It seems that the only way to import data is thru the Cloud which I do not want to do. Other than this issue, which I will continue to work on, it is a nice portable PC. I have a feeling that the problem lies with the Windows 10 OS . I would not recommend this to a friend until My issue is resolved.

I wanted something that I could take on travel for work without carrying my giant DELL laptop, so I purchased the Galaxy TabPro S to see how it would work out. It works great!! I looked at the Surface Pro, but decided I did not need to pay that much for what I needed, which was email, word, excel, and power point. I have purchased other Samsung products and have always found them to be reliable. I especially like the screen clarity and the speed of the TabPro. I needed to share files with my laptop, so I linked it to a cloud storage and I can easily exchange files while I am on the road (without the weight).

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 12-Inch Samsung Galaxy TabPro S hybrid tablet and laptop very effectively provides dual functionality with its superb touchscreen, along with its excellent detachable keyboard cover. It features a minimalist and understated design, ultra-thin and ultra-light construction, a brilliant 2160x1440p Super AMOLED display, an excellent detachable keyboard and trackpad, a very versatile USB Type-C charging and connectivity port, 4GB of system memory, a 128GB solid state drive, and the highly-acclaimed Windows 10 operating system. This 12-Inch Samsung Galaxy TabPro S hybrid tablet and laptop is powered by the sixth-generation 0.9GHz Intel Core m3-6Y30 dual-core processor, with Turbo Boost up to 2.2GHz, and with the integrated Intel HD Graphics 515 Chipset. This Intel Core m3-6Y30 processor is an ultra-low-voltage mobile processor based on the sixth-generation Skylake microarchitecture, which delivers strong performance and energy efficiency, low power consumption, long battery life and run time, low heat generation, and a fanless and silent system. It provides more than sufficient capability for mainstream day-to-day computing activities, such as Internet search, E-mail communication, social networking, typing documents, preparing slides, and creating spreadsheets. Battery life and run time range from eight to ten hours, and will usually cover an entire work day. The type of computer user for whom this 12-Inch Samsung Galaxy TabPro S hybrid tablet and laptop would be ideal, is an individual who has need for a thin, light, and portable device, featuring the consumption functionality of a tablet, combined with the input and accompanying laptop functionality provided by its detachable keyboard. It would be perfect for anyone who commutes or travels regularly, and who has need for a versatile mobile device, which truly combines tablet functionality with the full-fledged power and performance of a laptop computer. This decidedly thin, light, sleek, versatile, and capable 12-Inch Samsung Galaxy TabPro S is definitely one of the best hybrid tablet and laptop devices that is currently available, and I give it a five-star rating, along with my highest recommendation.