Samsung has launched the next-gen variants of the Galaxy Tab S2. The upgraded version runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box.
Samsung had announced its high-end tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2 in July last year. The tablet is available in two sizes of 9.7-inch and 8-inch variants. In September 2015, the company launched the 9.7-inch Galaxy Tab S2 variant in India, priced at Rs 39,400. Samsung has now launched the upgraded versions for Galaxy Tab S2 in Germany. The upgraded versions of the Galaxy Tab S2 come with better internals and better software.
The upgraded version of the Galaxy Tab S2 is powered by Snapdragon 652 processor. The previous Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 and 9.7 were powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 5433 chipsets. The company has also bumped up the software of the tablets. It now run Android Marshmallow 6.0 out-of-the-box, while the older models still run on Android Lollipop 5.1.1. The older models will soon be receiving the Marshmallow update as well, but there is no official confirmation on this.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 price: The Galaxy Tab S2 9.7 with LTE support is priced at €550 (Rs 41,500 approximately). Prices for the Tab S2 8.0, on the other hand, starts from €450 (Rs 33,900 approximately) for the Wi-Fi only version, and goes up to €480 (Rs, 36,200 approximately) for the LTE version.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 specification and features: Specifications of the Tab S2 remain the same. They feature a Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2048×1536 pixels, an 8-megapixel primary camera, a 2.1-megapixel front camera, 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, a microSD card slot, dual-band gigabit Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.1, and a fingerprint sensor.
While there is no word on the India launch plans, recently two new tablets with model numbers SM-T719 and SM-T813 were spotted on India’s import-export website Zauba. These could be the next-generation Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablets.
Following is a detailed table of the latest launched Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablets.
Source: bgr.in
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