Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e is gunning for the iPad

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published 17 February 2019

Samsung has officially launched its new tablet, the Galaxy Tab s5e, just in time to take on Apple's iPad.

The new Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e has got a new design with a super slim metal body that stands at just 5.5mm front to back and means a weight of 400g. Despite going for that extreme portability, Samsung has managed to cram in a hefty 7,040mAh fast charging battery to gets you a good 14.5 hours on a charge.

The centrepiece of the Tab S5e has to be that beautiful 10.5-inch WQVGA Super AMOLED display, it's what Samsung specialises in so was always going to look great. Running all that is a curiously unnamed processor that Samsung simply describes as a "64-bit octa-core processor" with 2 x 2.0GHz and 6 x 1.7GHz cores.

That's all backed by either 4GB or RAM and 64GB storage or 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage – both also have microSD that supports 512GB cards.

On the rear is a 13MP camera while the front has an 8MP snapper capable of facial recognition for security. The quad speakers offer AKG and Dolby Atmos sound. You also get USB-C charging, GPS, Android 9.0, a fingerprint sensor, optional 4G, Book cover keyboard and a pre-order date of March.

Pricing has yet to be announced at the time of publishing.

Luke is a former freelance writer for T3 with over two decades of experience covering tech, science and health. Among many others Luke wrote about health tech, software and apps, VPNs, TV, audio, smart home, antivirus, broadband, smartphones, cars and plenty more. In his free time, Luke used to climb mountains, swim outside and contort his body into silly positions while breathing as calmly as possible.

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