As promised, Samsung earlier today has officially announced the launch of its premium Galaxy Tab S series of tablets in the Indian market at an event held in New Delhi. The Galaxy Tab S series include the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, both featuring WQXGA Super AMOLED display panel. The Tab S series was originally announced last month and comes in two colours Titanium Bronze and Dazzling White.
Samsung has priced the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 in India at Rs. 37,800, while the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 would cost Rs. 44,800. According to Samsung, the tablets will be available across the country starting second week of July. The Korean tech giant also plans on launching the LTE versions of Tab S series in India, no word on exact launch date yet.
Samsung has partnered with Reliance in order to give the Tab S owners 9GB of free 2G / 3G data. Also, those who pre-book any of the Tab S tablet from eStore between July 1st - July 11th will get a book cover for free.
Samsung has packed the Galaxy Tab S tablets with a variety of premium content including: Samsung’s magazine service, “Papergarden”, using which users will be able to view a wide range of popular magazines and Galaxy Gifts that offers 30 premium apps for free, free 100 HD movies on myPlex and more.
Also, users can make and receive calls directly from their phone to their Galaxy Tab S using the Call Forwarding feature via SideSync 3.0. User can also surf the web, watch videos, share content and make calls simultaneously without having to worry about closing out of one to access another. Other features include Multi User Mode, Fingerprint Scanner, Kids Mode and more.
Talking about the specifications, the tablets comes with:
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S 8.4 -
- 8.4-inch WQXGA Super AMOLED display (2560 x 1600 pixels)
- Exynos 5 Octa processor with 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 cores and 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 cores
- 3GB RAM
- Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Magazine UX
- 8MP Rear with LED flash / 2.1MP Front camera
- 16GB internal storage with microSD card support (up to 128GB)
- 4,900 mAh battery
- 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, IR blaster, GPS
- 125.6 x 212.8 x 6.6mm / 298g
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S 10.5 -
- 10.5-inch WQXGA Super AMOLED display (2560 x 1600 pixels)
- Exynos 5 Octa processor with 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A15 cores and 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 cores
- 3GB RAM
- Android 4.4.2 KitKat with Magazine UX
- 8MP Rear with LED flash / 2.1MP Front camera
- 16GB internal storage with microSD card support (up to 128GB)
- 7,900 mAh battery
- 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 4.0, IR blaster, GPS
- 247.3 x 177.3 x 6.6mm / 467g (LTE)