Samsung Has Launched A High End Tablet To Take on The iPad

Samsung’s latest pro tablet refines the formula, but it’s still living in Apple’s long shadow

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The tablet world is now a lot like the introduction to an Asterix book, where the iPad is the Roman Empire, dominating all, and the Samsung’s tablets are a plucky Gaul village holding out a corner.

The Tab S6 is the company’s latest answer to the iPad Pro, packing in plenty of power, a pen that attaches to the tablet magnetically and charges wirelessly, an in-screen fingerprint reader, and sticking with a 16:10 aspect ratio that’s good for movies.

The screen is a 2560x1600 AMOLED panel, and it’s a real looker – HDR10+ support makes cinematic video look beautiful, and photos look gorgeous on it, thanks to the excellent contrast provided by OLED. As a media tablet, this is definitely a great option, especially when you factor in the impressive speakers, which are loud, clear, and give solid stereo separation when it’s square in front of you.

For movies, there’s a definite edge that the S6 has over the iPad Pro, but it lacks in a couple of other areas: it can’t go as bright, it doesn’t have Apple’s easier-on-the-eyes True Tone tech (you’ll notice a blue tint to whites on the Tab S6’s screen), and it doesn’t have the 120Hz refresh rate.