Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 in Kenya

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 price in Kenya is Ksh 145,000. Over the years, Samsung has created a reputation as the king of android tablets, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 5^th generation is no exception. This is usually the higher-end, bleeding-edge offering with flagship specifications. it comes with the flagship Gen 8 chipset, a finely done build, the software refreshes that most Samsung devices enjoy, a massive 120Hz screen, a huge 8000mAh battery, and a 45W fast-charging system, making it truly worth all the hype among other tablets.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 specs and price in Kenya

Dimensions	253.8 x 165.3 x 6.3 mm (9.99 x 6.51 x 0.25 in)
Display	11.0 inches, 350.9 cm2 (~83.6% screen-to-body ratio), 1600 x 2560 pixels, 16:10 ratio (~274 ppi density)
OS	Android 12, One UI 4.1
Chipset	Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm)
Memory	128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
Rear Camera	13 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/3.4″, 1.0µm, AF, 6 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide). LED flash, HDR, panorama, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Front-facing Camera	12 MP, f/2.4, 120˚ (ultrawide), HDR, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps
Battery	Li-Po 8000 mAh, non-removable, fast charging 45W, 100% in 80 min
Color	Graphite, Silver, Pink Gold
Other Features	Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass. Wireless Samsung DeX
Price	Ksh 100,000

Design

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 comes with the classic rectangular slab design, with about 11 inches 120Hz TFT screen, some significantly huge but uniform bezels, achieving a screen-to-body ratio of 83.6%. The screen supports HDR10. The front is corning gorilla 5, with a plastic frame and back. It’s a significantly huge device, so it’s great for tasks that need a huge screen to accomplish.

It supports the stylus, with a 6.2s latency, if that is something the user is into, with all the advantages of the latest software. It supports 4 stereo speakers, tuned by AKG, for that great sound while consuming media. There is no headphone jack but the fingerprint sensor is side-mounted, which doubles up as the home button.

Performance

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is the top-spec flagship Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with an Adreno 730 GPU, coupled with a Cortex octa-core CPU. It comes with 8/12 GB of RAM and a choice 128/256 GB ROM choice. Add Android 12, with the One UI 4.1 skin on top and you have an excellent flagship device. Add to Samsung’s ingenious software and hardware integration, they have found a way to extract performance from this device, to the maximum possible extent. It comes with dedicated expandable storage.

Camera

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is, like most tabs, is not large on cameras, but it still keeps a dual-camera arrangement on the back. It comes with a 13MP wide primary sensor, for those excellent daylight photos. They also throw in a 6MP wide sensor, which is important for those landscape and group photos that tablets are usually in use for. With great software integration and post photo processing, it does deliver decently.

The video can support up to 4K video at 60 fps, with HDR support & gyro-EIS, in addition to 1080p at 30fps. The selfie camera is a decent 12MP and can impressively also record in 4K at 60 fps in addition to 1080p at 30 fps. That would mean it’s a great device to do video calls with hence making it a great productivity device.

Other specifications

The beauty of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is that first of all you get to enjoy the Samsung DeX experience. We get USB-C, with very fast 45W fast charging but no wireless charging in this unit. This is in addition to a massively huge Li-Po 8000 mAh non-removable battery. It can get fully charged in just over 80 minutes. The unit has great battery management largely due to software optimization and the low-power TFT screen.

It is available in both cellular and Wi-Fi models. Not to forget the productivity advantage of having a native Stylus pen, which is housed in the back magnetically, and great software integration, like many tablets before it. These tablets are bonafide workhorses straight out of the box.  It comes in Gray, Silver, and Pink Gold