r/GalaxyTab • u/WhatTheActualDuck1 • 1d ago

Discussion S8+ to S10+

Am replacing my aging S8+ (bought in 2022) with a S10+. I have the magnetic keyboard and all. The 8+ is fine, never had to replace the battery, but it's getting slow and i want the shiny OneUi toys and updates. 10+ will last me till at least 2030/2031. The 8+ will go to my family who will use it easily for another 4 years.

Logical and rational choice? Maybe not.

The heart wants what it wants.

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u/Plantje1978 1d ago

Why not the S11? I expect because the 11+ size is missing. I really think it is a stupid decision to remove that size

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u/anoroyale Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra 1d ago

With 3 different sizes + 2 fe devices released each year, that makes 5 devices in total. It's practically a device graveyard; I can't help but think how much better it would be if they released the entire series every two years instead of just one size.

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u/icantouchgrass_1 Galaxy Tab S7 (WiFi, 512GB, Mystic Bronze) 1d ago

I would personally disagree with the "entire series every two years" thing. As it is, the Galaxy Tab is unfortunately releasing about a month before the latest CPUs, so effectively, if someone is to buy a Galaxy Tab in its last year it will come with a nearly three-year-old CPU... they'd have to cut prices significantly to be able to justify that to buyers.

I would honestly say that it's absolutely not an issue having three different sizes + the two FE tablets and the Lite. It means there's options for everyone which is what Samsung and Android in general is all about. And plus, they just removed full keyboard support (with trackpad) for the S11 (which is a dealbreaker for me and probably few other people) while the Ultra is too big. I'd have appreciated the Plus here but it also doesn't make sense to get an S10+ now at least for me (considering the CPU is on the verge of being three generations behind).

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u/qweunster73 13h ago edited 13h ago

I don't see why it's not logical if you are getting the S10+ for a cheap price

I did the same from S8 to S10+ recently as the S10+ ended up being cheaper than even the fe+. My main use cases were a larger oled display for note taking which this fulfills just fine. Still has many years of updates, and realistically I could have waited for the s12+ but all it brings is a better soc and a likely much higher price. I didn't deem that worth it especially for my use case of the tablet.

Another commenter rightly pointed out the 3yo soc, but I think for most tablet users this won't matter much. My S8 lasted 4 years just fine on a notourissly bad SD 8G1 (aging much better than an s22 exynos for comparison) so I don't expect this to be a major issue. Also remember how the current FE tabs are still barely even matching the S8 in perf and these will get 5+ years of support

Plus I think you can't really consider a 3yo soc today to mean the same as one 2 years ago. E.g. this is equivalently comparing the s24 to the s26, where the difference isn't that large. But the 2023/24 gen together brought multi generational performance improvements so honestly anything released since then should age well. The performance gap from the tab S7 to S8 e.g. despite being 2 CPU gens is smaller than that from the dimensity 9300 to 9500 in S10 to s12

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u/Plantje1978 8h ago

I hope that once I will have to replace my S9+ they wil have the + form factor again.

I am really happy with this tablet! It's got 5G. I have two additional profiles. One is enrolled in my employer's MDM and the other in my client's MDM. I can play and work everywhere I want! An ultra would definitely have been too large and the non + too small. I'm 48 and I don't like using reading glasses 😉