Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 Hands-On And First Look: The Ultra-Thin Tablet That's Ultra Strong

Rating:

4.5/5

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 Hands-On And First Look

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PROS

Super AMOLED Display
TouchWiz UI
Super Thin
Superb Camera

CONS

Insanely Expensive
Not so solid build

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 - Camera and Video

An 8-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera are built-into the device. In our brief testing we were amazed to see the performance of the rear-facing camera. We can assume that the Tab S 8.4's 8.0MP camera can easily beat the iPad Mini Retina's 5MP shooter. Moreover, the Galaxy Tab S series also come with an LED Flash.

The tablet can be used to record nice sharp Full HD (1080p) videos. Unfortunately, you cannot records super clear videos in 4K format. However, we found the 8.4-inch tablet is way much easier to shoot videos because of its compact size compared to the Tab S 10.5.