By Matt Swider
Watching the dystopian alternate-history Amazon TV series The Man in the High Castle on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3’s HDR screen prompts an analogy: what if Apple’s iPad Pro ran Android?
That’s pretty much what we have here. It’s Android’s first worthy competitor to the iPad Pro 9.7, with top-of-the-line specs to match, and it pairs well with the elegant-looking Samsung Galaxy S7 – also feature-packed and enveloped in glass.
The Galaxy Tab S3 is easily the best Android tablet you can buy right now thanks to its all-glass design upgrade, future-proofed HDR-ready display and included S Pen. It’s hardly a difficult call for us to make – the year-old Google Pixel C is its only real challenger at a similar size, and the Tab S3 replaces the now-cheaper Samsung Galaxy Tab S2.
What is a challenge is determining who the Tab S3 is right for. It costs $599 (£599, AU$780), and while it comes with the S Pen (Apple’s tablet does not offer a stylus in the box), the keyboard is separate. When you add it all up, it borders on cheap laptop prices, and there’s no cheaper 8-inch Tab S3 to give you an affordable entry-level option.
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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac