Hands-on review: Samsung Galaxy View

By Gareth Beavis

What’s Samsung up to here? It’s a tablet that’s sort of a TV that you can move except it’s not a TV as you can’t watch TV on it so it’s a tablet but who has a tablet this big?

That’s pretty much my thought process on the Samsung Galaxy View, a tablet that somehow seems to try and be two things and is neither. The 18.4-inch View is designed to be carted all around the house and let you watch all manner of content if someone is monopolising the main TV.

It’s not the worst idea in the world – after all, we’re doing it already with our smartphones and tablets all over the place, so why not make something dedicated to the task?

There are more than a few issues here though. There’s no high-end processor, the display is 1080p and there’s no LTE version (yet) – then again, you wouldn’t want to take this thing outside.

32GB of storage is supplemented by a microSD slot, and there’s all manner of Wi-Fi compatibility on offer. In short, it’s got a spec sheet, but not a great one.

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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac