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.

There are a lot of people wondering if they should get this device or the Surface Pro 4. For me, the bottom line is this... If you want a laptop replacement that can perform as a tablet, I think you should get the Surface Pro 4. If you want a tablet replacement that can perform computer related tasks, get the Samsung TabPro S. I could see this being a perfect device for a High School or College student as long as they are not editing video or running CAD programs. I was in the market to replace my Samsung Tab S so I picked this up at Best Buy for $800. The Pros: Price. I don't think anything out there can touch it with the specs you get. Thin and light, can be used as a tablet lounging around the house. Has a full blown version of Windows 10, not a watered down tablet version. Except for really intensive computing tasks, this device can basically do what your home computer can do. I'm able remote desktop into work servers. Keyboard/Case included. The keyboard is taking a little bit of a beating in a lot of reviews. I had the original surface and the keyboard is very similar to that. I'm just happy to have a keyboard included instead of paying an extra $100 plus for one. Screen, it has a beautiful Quad HD screen Doesn't get hot with heavy usage. No noise, there is no fan so no noise. Cons Keyboard/Case only has 2 viewing angles. Single USB C port. I thought this was going to be an issue but for me it really wasn't. I have a WD Cloud drive in my home and I loaded software from it. Verdict still out on... Battery life. I've only had it a week so I can't really make a great comment on that. How well the Faux leather case will hold up over time. I hope this helps.

Inetially I was struck by its thinness and iPad like build quality. I actually hate, hate, hate the way the Surface feels in the hand. Given the fact that the Surface Keyboard is leaps and bounds better the the one on the TabPro S; I have learned to work with the TabPro S keyboard and I am just as efficient with it now as I ever was with the Surface. Lack of expandability; I have come to realize that with a little due diligence, I don't need any extra storage space if I deleted movies arter watching them. I have found that with a little house cleaning every month or so, I am actually left with storage space to spare. The screen is ridiculously gorgeous and now, because of the 10 hour battery, I can actually take my TabPro S with me for the day without needing to take the travel adapter as well ( Major consideration with the Surface given the size of its adapter). After all, what's the point of owning an ultra light 2n1 if you have to put in in a bag like a laptop because you need to take the adapter with you all of the time... All in all, I have come to realize that buying what I need is much more prudent that buying the biggest and most powerful thing I can get my hands on. After all, isn't that what my home or work PC are for, all I need this thing for is to mark up documents, check email, surf the web and maybe movies/music on the commute. I can do light photo editing and all of MS office.. Its thiner than an ipad, its lighter, it looks so much better, it has a better screen, its battery blows everything else out of the water and it comes with the keyboard and a case. Did I mention that it looks so much sexier than everything else...Because it does. Now I can safely sell my Ipad Pro and my Surface...I didn't give it the extra star because I believe a usb3 port would have been more prudent. and because the keyboard is not as good as that on the Surface.

Pros: Bright display, Realistic color, Inexpensive, super amoled display Cons: horrible (non-existent) palm rejection, included keyboard is not very comfortable, the c-pen is not comfortable at all. The Good: The screen is gorgeous, it’s the perfect size, and it would be great for note taking (which is the primary reason I bought it.) The performance, for the M3 chip, is quite acceptable for light office usage/note taking (see below how horrible that is!) Battery life and boot time are both very good. The bad: No 4G-LTE option in the USA. No expansion ports (except for the single USB-C port.) They surely could have fit a Micro-SD slot in there somewhere, especially given that the device only has a 128 GB SSD. 4 GB of RAM is also “low-end” in this day and age. 8-16 GB of RAM would be a whole lot more appealing. To expand on the USB-C problem; I have tried several different hubs that provide power as well as USB-A/SD ports. However, I’ve yet to find one that will support fast charging (or charging at all) while using the included ports. Also, I’ve found that the USB-C port is quite flaky. Sometimes, I have to turn the plug over, or jiggle it a bit get it to be seen properly by the tablet. Sometimes, the tablet flat out refuses to see what’s plugged in in the USB-C port. The ugly: Palm rejection is horrendous, if not non-existent. I have been taking notes on tablets since the very first Samsung Note 10.1, then migrating to the Note Pro 12.2. They both had excellent palm rejection, and I never had any problem (other than the hobbled version of OneNote available on Android.) I then migrated to the Microsoft Surface book. Its pen was extremely comfortable and palm rejection was excellent. I also have an iPad Pro 12.9 and its palm rejection is flawless as well. Which brings me to the TabPro S. The pen itself is much less comfortable than the 1st and/or 3rd party pens that were available on ALL of the aforementioned tablets. On the TabPro S, I get erratic lines from where my palm touches the screen, sometime a line zips across the screen from my palm to where the pen is touching the screen. This is heart-breaking as I’d REALLY love to be using the TabPro S as my primary note taker (with the full-blown MS Office OneNote 2016.) As it stands, I’m back to using my iPad Pro as my primary note taking device, while holding out some hope that Samsung will figure out how to get palm rejection right. Should that happen, I will instantly be back to using the TabPro S for note taking. It also seems that Samsung does not have it together when it comes to this tablet. The nightmare reports of Samsung customer service reps saying that there isn’t a pen for this tablet are ridiculous. Samsung needs to decide what they want to do with this tablet. Right now, it feels to me, like it’s being treated as a step-child or an experiment. It doesn’t seem to me like they are doing much advertising or promoting of this tablet, which, despite all of its flaws, is still a joy to use (for the things that work well on it.)

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.

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.

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.

Pros: Spectacular OLED display with both high brightness and great colors. I keep it set to 40% to 60%, as opposed to 100% on every other computer I've ever owned. Great battery life. Very fast booting, and no noticeable difference in speed between this and an i5 that I can tell. This is a big surprise to me - I expected it to be slow with the m3 chip. Quiet because it has no fan. Attractive looking. Very lightweight. Extremely slim. Cons: Keyboard is okay, but it could be much better with chiclet style keys. Not backlit. I'd like a 256 Gb SSD option, but I can live with 128. No SD card slot. This is a really great product. I prefer Windows to Android or Apple because I want to be able to use productivity apps like Excel and other apps that you can't use effectively on most tablets. This tablet serves as a laptop just as well as a tablet, in fact maybe even better as a laptop. It's much more "lapable" than a Microsoft Surface Pro 4, which I had and returned because it's not comfortable on your lap due to the sharp edge that comes down onto your leg. Even though the screen angle can only be adjusted to two settings, I don't find that to be a problem at all now that I'm used to it. I had originally thought of this as an interim computer, and I thought I'd probably want to get a Lenovo Thinkpad X1 tablet, and give this to my wife. However, after using this, I think I'd like it better than the more pricey Lenovo. One other point I've noticed is that none of the competitors (except perhaps Microsoft) seem to get reviews as good as this tablet gets. They all seem to have issues - the Dell XPS 12, for example, gets terrible reviews, and the Lenovo doesn't do much better. Highly recommended.