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we're here in New York City for the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy Tab s series of Android tablets and after the presentation we got to try them out for the first time big thing about the samsung galaxy tab s is the new Super AMOLED screen we've known about the advantages of AMOLED screens for a long time on smartphones but this is the first time we've seen them on tablets will start with the 8.4 inch version it's very thin and light it's only six point six millimeters thick of course there's a thin power button on the side with the volume control you've got a microSD slot under the flap as well as micro USB port for charging there's an eight megapixel camera on the back with an LED flashing a 2.1 megapixel camera on the front take a look at that screen the colors look great the blacks look great the video playback looks great we didn't get to take it outside into the sunlight but supposedly it looks great there too we also didn't get to try the auto white balance that adjusts for ambient light but that sounds like a great feature to when compared to an iPad you can see the difference in color reproduction and contrasts it's very plain to see that the galaxy tab s has a far superior display the 10.5 inch model is just as nice this bezel hardware buttons are along the bottom edge when held in landscape mode as opposed to the 8-inch versions more portrait orientation hardware home button on both also is a fingerprint scanner and you can configure it for multiple users when you create a new user it goes through the whole new set of process when you log in with a separate gmail account and all that then the user selection menu will show up on the lock screen both models include some software enhancements and bundled gifts as Samson kassam the gifts app list them all out for you and you can selectively download the ones you want or install them all at once many of the content related gifts are really just trial subscriptions to end after a few months bility free gravity movie is really nice there's yet another new music app from Samson and this time is called milk the interface is very unique with some kind of circular dial that lets you rotate through different stations that there are sliders to lay control different aspects of the playlist the size sync feature is something that is quite interested in since I love that capability on Windows Mobile a decade ago unfortunately Samson sidesync demos seems very slow and laggy there will be some nice accessories for the galaxy tab s talus there's a comer that has multiple folding options that will set the tablet on a table at various angles both tablets also have bluetooth keyboards available for hard plastic keyboards without a hinge but they do have a latch so you can attach the keyboard to the tablet for protection and travel 8.4 inch Galaxy Tab s will be 3 99 and the 10.5 inch model will be 499 both with 16 gigs of storage when released in July thats it for our quick hands-on with the new samsung galaxy tab s tablets at the launch event here in New York City be sure to give this video a thumbs up and thanks for watching you