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Samsung adds a little bit more size to their 10 inch tablet offering in order to bring you a better experience all around so it's Joshua regard from Android Authority and this is your first look at the Samsung Galaxy Tab s 10.5 there are ultimately a few elements to the Samsung Galaxy Tab s line of tablets that have been announced today that really kind of stand out yes it is the display but it's also a little bit in the design and also the robust accessory suite that you will be getting with at least the Tab s 10.5 but first let's talk about the design where the signature samsung style comes back again on the front is the button layout we're used to with the physical home button that now has a integrated finger scanner flanked by the recent apps and back keys compared to the Tab pro 10.1 the big noticeable difference here is the narrower bezel all around which may have been needed in order to justify the slightly larger screen now while it does allow for a more compact device all around especially at this size the handling may be hindered a little bit because when you're using this big tablet in landscape mode you don't really have a whole lot of room to be able to rest your thumb and grip the entire tablet but turning over to the back you get the same textured plastic with a perforated design perforate dimple design rather that is found on the galaxy s5 already and even the look of the rear camera slightly mimics the smartphone you do also get the dual stereo speaker setup with one on the right side and one on the left though on the right side you have the microSD card slot the SIM tray for LTE variants and also the micro USB charging port speaking of the sides at just six point six millimeters thick and weighing at around 465 grams the Tab s 10.5 has a handling experience that is a little bit better than what we've seen from previous 10-inch Samsung tablets but it is also sort of getting more in line with what we have come to expect from let's say the Sony Xperia z2 tablet and of course the marquee feature here is the new display technology that is being used on the tablet line the Galaxy Tab s line now features AMOLED displays and in this 10.5 inch screen you get a resolution 2560 by 1600 resulting in a pixel density of 288 pixels per inch AMOLED display tech brings all the vibrant color brightness saturation and the punch you in the face nature that we've come to love about flagship Samsung smartphones and it looks even better when you blow it up into this larger display you don't really need too much of convincing to see that AMOLED has a difference from previous LCD based screams as you can see in this comparison that was actually set up for us to see the difference where AMOLED has higher contrast and deeper blacks compared to in this case a TFT LCD display so anything you do on these displays will be a lot of fun be it surfing the web watching videos playing games but in the case of Samsung they do realize that tablet usage is very much a media consumption experience and that's what they're trying to enhance with these new displays performance shouldn't be an issue because you're going to get the best that Samsung can offer in these tablets already with the exceed O's 5 octa processing package at least in the Wi-Fi only version but there are going to be LTE variants of these two tablets so we want to be surprised if it came with a Qualcomm Snapdragon perhaps 801 processor either way you're going to get the Adreno 330 GPU and three gigabytes of ram so this tablet should easily be able to handle everything from web browsing to gaming to video viewing however when it comes to the built-in storage it can be further expanded with microSD cards of up to 128 gigabytes of capacity and finally the Tab s 10.5 packs of 79 hundred million power battery slightly smaller than the battery of the Tab pro 10.1 but should still offer a comparable and at least equally impressive battery life and with power saving features on you should be able to get a lot of time out of this outstanding tablet as we move straight into software we have basically what was already first introduced in the Tab pro and no pro line of tablets with the magazine UX adding itself on to the TouchWiz suite now essentially we'll get to a magazine UX but TouchWiz remains TouchWiz even with the slightly flatter elements all around and the new circle centric areas in the notification drop-down and in the settings menus you still have basically that very colourful slightly bloated look in TouchWiz but it is still ultimately very functional especially when you consider various features like the multi window which will allow you to use more than one application at once the magazine UX on the other hand is a nicely formatted grid format that does allow you to get quite a bit of information at a glance but as you start to dive deeper into the sources you'll find that you need to get through a bunch of clicks just to get to what you really need to as in the magazine UX is basically a front end for the Flipboard which makes it a little bit less robust as we would have expected originally in the tab pro no pro and now in the tab pass line and finally a more than honorary mention should be given to the accessories that you can use with at least the Tab s 10.5 now the Tab s 8.4 does come with a snap cover and you'll notice on the back that there are two dimples in which you'll be able to snap in the plastic that allows the covers to stay on but the cases and actually the keyboard of the Tab s 10.5 are the ones that I feel should be mentioned because they are much more robust and provide more functionality rather than just covering the screen for example this particular smart cover will allow you to cover up the the actual tablet altogether but you'll be able to fold it back in a few different ways in order to get a better handling experience when it's laying on the table and then here is a look at the keyboard it is a Bluetooth keyboard so it does not attach to the actual tablet but you are able to lock it at the top with a little clip that will allow you to have the keyboard and the tablet easily transportable together but when you're using the tablet uprights it does not latch into the actual keyboard itself we'll have more on these particular cases in a video coming up very soon as I cover the actual event so stay tuned for those and remember that Android authority is your source for all things Android so stay tuned here for further coverage of the Samsung Galaxy Tab s line newly unveiled today