![]() ![]() You don't need battery power to use the S Pen for drawing and writing. The battery power is for those wireless Air command gestures. The S Pen can snap magnetically to the back of the tablet for charging. The pen on the right is the S Pen from Tab S6. The new design features a more tapered front end which allows you to see the pen tip no matter how you hold the pen. The design is very similar to the Apple Pencil 2. It has a cyclindrical design with a flat size for attaching to the tablet. The body has a smooth matte texture and build quality is good.Ĭolour of the S Pen will match the tablet which is available in black, silver and bronze. The S Pen is lightweight but not too light. The S Pen is included but not replacement nibs. Storage is not going to be a problem on this device. You can get a Sandisk 512GB 160MB/s microSD card for around US $83 at the time of this review. This is great if you are using earlier tablets with micro SD cards because you can just reuse the same card, and have access to all your old files. Unlike Apple which is known for price gouging their storage upgrades, Samsung still has the microSD card slot included. Power and volume buttons are located on the left on the long side. Viewing angles are fantastic with no major colour shift except for the slight cyan or magenta cast. This display is bright enough that colours and contrast still look good under direct sunlight. Samsung has options for more muted look and there are controls to adjust white balance and RGB. Some people may consider the colours too vibrant but it's just a personal taste. The 4 way speakers are loud and clear.Ĭolours look really vibrant on the Super AMOLED display. The Tab S7+ is a slightly better media consumption tablet than the iPad Pro due to the AMOLED display and aspect ratio. And you can zoom it to fill the video to the whole screen for a more immersive experience, something the iPad Pro can't do either. With Youtube app, you can view videos at 1440P which is not something the iPad Pro can do (max at 1080P) until iPadOS 14 is released. The 16:10 aspect ratio means black bars are smaller when watching 16:9 videos. There is no noticeable pixelation when viewed from normal working distance. The 2800 x 1752 resolution makes everything look sharp. ![]() When used in portrait mode with certain drawing apps, palettes may take up too much space leaving you with just a thin vertical view of your canvas. The 16:10 aspect ratio is still considered wide so this tablet is best used in landscape mode. Tab S7+ has slightly more room on the short side, and noticeably more room on the long side compared to A5 sketchbook. If you want a tablet for one hand operation, get the 11-inch instead.ĭisplay size of the 11-inch Tab S7 is about the same size as an A5 sketchbook. ![]() When you add a case, the tablet gets heavier. I need to set the tablet down on a surface for drawing. I personally can't hold the Tab S7+ with one hand and draw for more than a minute. It's an extremely compact and portable design with no excess. Note the flat sides with flat corner bevels. This tablet is thinner than the S Pen provided. The selfie camera is located on the long side. Bezels are thinner even than the iPad Pro, and uniform throughout. No replacement nibs are included for the S Pen though, but those are cheap and easy to find. Tab S7+ supports fast charging and a fast charger is included. The Tab S7+ comes with a 12.4-inch 2800 x 1752 resolution Super AMOLED panel with battery capacity of 10090 mAh. The standard Tab S7 comes with an 11-inch 2560 x 1600 resolution IPS panel and the battery capacity is 8,000 mAh. Here's a table comparing the differences. This review is from the perspective of an artist, and will see if the Tab S7+ can be a viable tablet for professional illustration, and whether it can compete with the iPad Pro which seems to the standard portable tablet for many digital artists Most notably, the displays have upgraded with 120Hz refresh rate and the latency for the new S Pen has dropped to 9ms, matching the Apple Pencil on the iPad Pro. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and Tab S7+ have some noticeable upgrades to the 10.5-inch Tab S6 which was released about a year ago. ![]()
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