Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) Announced: Price, Specs And Features
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) Announced: Price, Specs And Features
Samsung appears to be one brand that has not forgotten the Android tablets. Recently, we saw that the company announced the Galaxy Tab S5e. Alongside this one, the South Korean tech giant has also announced the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (2019), which is an affordable tablet launched only in Germany as of now.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 price and availability
Well, Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) has been launched in two variants based on the connectivity aspects. The Wi-Fi only variant is priced at 210 euros (approx. Rs. 17,000) and the Wi-Fi + LTE variant is priced at 270 euros (approx. Rs. 22,000). Both the variants of this Samsung tablet are available in three color options - Gold, Silver and Black.
As of now, this tablet has been launched only in Germany and will go on sale from April 5. It remains to be seen if this smartphone will be launched in the global markets including India in the coming months.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) specifications
Detailing on its specifications, the Samsung tablet flaunts a 10.1-inch display with a FHD+ resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:10. It appears to have thick bezels on all sides. Under its hood, this tablet makes use of an in-house Exynos 7904 SoC teamed up with 3GB RAM and 32GB storage space, which can be expanded up to 400GB using a microSD card.
For imaging, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) bestows an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera for video calling. The device appears to miss out on a fingerprint sensor but it has face unlock for biometric authentication purpose. Connectivity wise, this smartphone comes with Wi-Fi, Cat 6 LTE and Bluetooth 5.0. Other goodies of the latest offering from Samsung include a 6150mAh battery and dual speakers with Dolby Atmos.
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The Ultra-thin Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e Has An OLED Screen, Android Pie And No S Pen For $400
Forget folding phones, Samsung might have finally made an Android tablet you want to buy. Instead of updating last year’s Galaxy Tab S4 with a Snapdragon 845 processor and slimmer bezels and calling it a day, Samsung took a different path with the Galaxy Tab S5e, adding an “e” to its name to emphasize its lower price tag.
Just like its rumored Galaxy S10e phone, the Galaxy Tab S5e is Samsung’s version of affordable premium, bringing high-end parts and features for just $400, or $250 less than the Tab S4. And on paper, the Tab S5e doesn’t give up too much to its higher-priced sibling:
Tab S5e
Two things on the Tab S5e’s spec sheet stand out: Its display and thinness. Not only does the Galaxy Tab S5e have the same brilliant 10.5-inch OLED display, it’s about 25 percent thinner than the S4. It’s even thinner than the iPad Pro. Add that to its 400-gram weight, and you’ve got not only Samsung’s lightest and thinnest tablet, but one of the holdable tablets on the market.
Also like the iPad, the Galaxy Tab S5e’s back is made out of metal rather than glass, which should cut down on the slipperiness as compared to the S4. It also borrows the color palate from the iPad Pro, adding a gold color to the standard black and silver.
Despite having the same display as the S4, the Tab S5e has a more modern look, with rounded corners that give it a sleeker, more refined aesthetic. It’s also got Dolby Atmos support and four AKG-tuned speakers for “immersive 3D sound and professionally balanced audio,” and a 14.5-hour battery for all-day streaming.
Samsung also brought Bixby 2.0 in the S5e, the first time Samsung’s assistant has made an appearance in a tablet. You won’t find a dedicated Bixby button like on the Galaxy S9, but you will get a fingerprint sensor built into the power button. A set of pogo pins are also present for connecting a keyboard, and Samsung has built in DeX support as well, so you can use it like a PC when connected to an external display.
But the Galaxy Tab S5e’s best feature might be the most surprising of all: the OS. The Tab S5e runs Samsung’s new One UI, which is based on Android 9 Pie. Samsung hasn’t confirmed whether One UI on the Tab S5e will have night mode or gesture navigation, but even without those features, it should represent a massive upgrade over the Tab S4’s Oreo interface. On Galaxy phones, One UI brings a refined aesthetic and smart interface that shifts content and menus to make apps more intuitive, and moving it to tablets is a logical and important step toward building an iOS-like ecosystem. Samsung also highlighted the Tab S5e’s ability to sync with your Galaxy phone for call and message continuity.
Samsung says the Galaxy Tab S5e will go on sale in the second quarter of 2019 in both Wi-Fi and “carrier-connected” models.
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The Galaxy S10 is set to debut next Wednesday at Samsung's Feb. 20 Unpacked event -- and if you make a reservation now, you'll get early access to preordering and $50 off accessories.
After all, at this point, we know just about everything there is to know about the Galaxy S10, given the staggering amount of leaks we've seen and highly credible rumors we've heard. (It's been said that the person responsible for the recent spec sheet leak has been "investigated.")
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That noted, Samsung may still have a few tricks up its sleeve. According to a teaser video unveiled on Monday, the company will use its Galaxy S10 launch event to also show off its foldable phone -- possibly called the Galaxy Winner, Galaxy X, Galaxy Fold, Galaxy Flex or Galaxy F. And now we're also hearing a rumor that Samsung's 5G phone may also make an appearance on Feb. 20.
Risky moves, indeed.
The company will need to be careful to not overshadow the Galaxy S10, which is ostensibly the focus of this edition of Unpacked. But a detailed introduction of the foldable and 5G phones could also inject some much-needed excitement into the event -- and give Samsung a leg up on competitors. Xiaomi and Huawei are both expected to reveal their own foldable models at Mobile World Congress later this month, and a host of companies will be introducing 5G phones over the coming months.
The decision to feature multiple phones highlights Samsung's current predicament. A persistent stream of leaked images and renders has undermined the company's opportunity to shock and awe us with a new design and updated features -- such as a Snapdragon 855 chipset that looks like an absolute beast, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, the company's own take on Face ID, an Infinity-O display and computer-size amounts of storage capacity. But shining the spotlight on other phones will almost certainly divert attention away from the very important phones that are actually launching on Feb. 20.
Samsung's Infinity-O technology may show up in the Galaxy S10.
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The Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, introduced in February of last year, haven't sold particularly well. Slowing phone sales are now a threat to every brand. And China's Huawei, which ousted Apple to take the No. 2 phone seller slot, has lately trolled Samsung, predicting its supremacy by 2020. And it may get there. Despite its own problems -- which include growing hostility from governments in the US and around the world -- Huawei continues to drive sales on the strength of innovative products such as the Mate 20 Pro. In the final days of December, in fact, Huawei announced that it sold 200 million phones in 2018.
The stakes are high, and with less than two weeks to go until the big unveiling, new rumors and hints continue to bubble up. We'll continue to collect and evaluate them here, so check back often.
Read: Smartphones in 2018: The biggest winners and losers
Confirmed: Galaxy S10 to launch Feb. 20 in San Francisco
Samsung interrupted CES 2019 with the announcement of the launch date and location for its next Unpacked event and we now know that the forthcoming flagship will be called the Galaxy S10. The event will take place Wednesday, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m. PT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. CNET will be on the ground to cover the announcements live.
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We had thought that Samsung would save the launch of its foldable "Galaxy X" phone for MWC the following week -- but, no. The company has unveiled a new teaser video confirming that we'll see its flexible model on Feb. 20, too.
Confirmed: Galaxy S10 will ship on March 8
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Samsung has now opened up reservations for the Galaxy S10. Once you sign up, you get early access to preordering, which could lead to a new phone delivered on March 8. Samsung also says its trade-in system could save you up $550. All of this corroborates earlier reports by Gizmodo UK and the Wall Street Journal that the first phones would land on March 8.
Rumor: Three Galaxy S10 phones, including Plus and Essential models
The Galaxy S10 is rumored to come in three configurations:
Galaxy S10: The name is official but nearly everything else remains a rumor. This model is said to be the same size as today's Galaxy S9, but with even slimmer bezels. It's expected to have a 6.1-inch screen and, perhaps, according to Twitter leaker Ice Universe, a total of three cameras.
Galaxy S10 Plus: Possibly code-named Beyond X or Beyond 2, this will be the successor to the Galaxy S9 Plus. It will have the largest screen -- perhaps a 6.4-inch display -- and up to four rear cameras, two front-facing cameras and a big battery. Ice Universe claims that the Galaxy S10 Plus will be 7.8mm thick and have a 4,000-mAh battery.
Galaxy S10E: Currently known as the Galaxy S10 Essential, formerly known as the Galaxy S10 Lite and possibly code-named Beyond 0. Designed to compete with the iPhone XR, this could be a smaller, less-expensive device with a 5.8-inch display and fewer hardware embellishments. Other rumors include straight edges instead of two curved sides, no fancy in-screen fingerprint reader and no headphone jack.
Galaxy S10, S10 Plus and S10E renders based on rumors.
Concept Creator Confirmed: We'll see the 'Galaxy X' foldable phone on Feb. 20 
The first foldable phone on the market: the Royole FlexPai.
Sarah Tew/CNET
We're working hard to keep track of the numerous names that have been floated as possibilities for the company's foldable phone. So far, we've seen the Galaxy Winner, Galaxy X, Galaxy F, Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Flex. But it looks increasingly like Samsung will settle things on Feb. 20, when it's expected to show off a fully functional phone.
A few days ago, Samsung unveiled a teaser video stating that "The future of mobile will unfold on Feb. 20, 2019," alongside imagery of Korean and English words that spell out "the future unfolds" sliding along an invisible curved surface. This follows a report from the Wall Street Journal predicting that Samsung was preparing to show off a more developed version of the prototype it teased at its annual developer conference in November 2018.
Many companies are talking about foldable phones -- including Huawei, LG and others -- but, so far, there's just one on the market today, the Royole FlexPai. Though we know more now than we did back in November when Samsung's foldable phone became real, what we've seen of the device so far has raised more questions than answers.
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Rumor: We'll see Samsung's 5G phone, the Galaxy S10X, on Feb. 20, too
We've started to hear buzz that Samsung will show off the variant of the Galaxy S10 that supports 5G on Feb. 20, as well. Known as the Galaxy S10X, the phone will launch in Korea in March for 800,000-900,000 won, which converts to approximately $715-$800 (AU$990-AU$1,115 or £555-£625). In addition to 5G connectivity, the rumored phone has some serious specs: four rear cams and two in front, 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display, 5,000-mAh battery, 10GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
The potential overlap between the Galaxy S10 expected for Feb. 20 and Samsung's 5G phone remains unclear. Though phones were not a focus of his remarks at CES, HS Kim, who leads Samsung's Consumer Electronics Division, mentioned that his company was the first to get FCC approval for its commercial 5G equipment. He also promised that the technology will come to consumers in the US during the first half of 2019.
Samsung has committed to bringing out four 5G phones in 2019 -- two for AT&T and one each for Verizon and Sprint. Still, despite persistent rumors to the contrary, we don't expect the Galaxy S10 phones due on Feb. 20 to support 5G. Samsung mobile chief DJ Koh told Korean reporters in November that a separate device launching in March on Korean carriers will be its first 5G phone instead. That could be the Galaxy S10 X.
Rumor: Galaxy S10 has an in-screen fingerprint sensor, S10 Essential does not
Since the run up to the Galaxy S8, rumor-mongers have been discussing the prospect of a fingerprint scanner embedded in a Galaxy display. But once we got confirmation that Samsung's next phone would run Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 chipset, which supports an ultrasonic variation of the technology, it seemed like a lock for the S10.
@SaudiAndroid
Now, we're seeing purported photos of the embedded scanner (from Twitter user SaudiAndroid via SamMobile) on what looks like the S10 Plus -- and the images certainly look authentic. New photos of what's said to be the S10 Essential, however, show a different arrangement, with the scanner positioned on the phone's side rather than in the display.
Long-rumored to be the least expensive model in the forthcoming Galaxy lineup, the S10E is looking increasingly to be positioned as a competitor for the iPhone XR. Given this, it's not surprising that Samsung may have withheld from it one of the Galaxy S10's most expensive components.
In-screen fingerprint sensors -- which can accurately and securely identify your print through water and grime -- are already in phones you can buy. The Huawei Mate 20 Pro and OnePlus 6T both have them, and we expect to see the feature come to mainstream phones in 2019. Previously, phone case manufacturer ArmadilloTek suggested that the Galaxy S10's embedded scanner won't be able to read prints through tempered glass or PET screen protectors.
Rumor: Samsung's Galaxy Buds will take on Apple's AirPods
An image of what could be Samsung's Galaxy Buds.
WinFuture
Samsung may have developed new wireless earbuds to compete with Apple's AirPods, and they could debut alongside the Galaxy S10 on Feb. 20. German tech site WinFuture has published a new photo of what it's calling the Galaxy Buds, and which it says can be charged wirelessly on the back of the forthcoming phone. And, according to a new rumor, Samsung may throw in a free pair with preorders "in some regions."
In January, as reported by 91Mobiles, Samsung registered a pair of wireless earbuds with the FCC. According to that article, the device will support Bluetooth 5.0 and, oddly, has 8GB of integrated storage.
Rumor: New renders show Galaxy S10 in black, white and Canary Yellow
In the weeks before a new phone is introduced, case and accessory makers often get access to the device's final dimensions. With these, they're able to create dummy phones that look like the finished product, and which may even have some limited electronic capabilities. We are now squarely in that period for the Galaxy S10, with new images and videos -- including one showing the Galaxy S10E in a shade of yellow that calls to mind the iPhone XR -- appearing daily. Here are a few recent ones:
Rumor: The Galaxy S10 will support Wi-Fi 6
Three new Galaxy phones are expected to support the latest lower-power-faster-more-secure Wi-Fi standard.
WinFuture
Leave it to the hotshots at the FCC to leak yet another detail about the Galaxy S10. According to the organization's certification database, the next batch of Galaxy phones will support the latest lower-power-faster-more-secure Wi-Fi standard, 802.11ax (aka Wi-Fi 6). Spotted by Droid Life and confirmed by CNET, the phones are listed as A3LSMG975U, A3LSMG973U and A3LSMG970U in the database.
Rumor: Massive storage capacity coming to the Galaxy S10
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Samsung is upping the smartphone storage stakes. The company has announced that it's started mass-producing 1TB drives that will populate future smartphones -- which could very well include the Galaxy S10. The new Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) modules double the capacity of the previous generation while maintaining the same footprint -- an innovation Samsung has claimed is an industry first.
Read: Samsung unveils 1TB smartphone storage in 'industry first'
With 1TB of storage built in, the company says users could store up to 260 10-minute videos at 4K resolution. That's compared with 13 videos of the same size that can be stored on the 64GB flash storage "widely used in many current high-end smartphones," Samsung says.
Rumor: Computational photography upgrades from Samsung acquisition
Israel's Globes reports that Samsung may be in talks to acquire Corephotonics, the company that has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple related to its computational photography technology. Samsung is already an investor in the company.
More renders of the Galaxy S10.
Evan Blass
Samsung has been working on ways to enhance the quality of photos shot in dark conditions using computational photography. Still, given that the company is still in the "advanced negotiations" phase, it's unlikely that the Galaxy S10 would have any direct benefits stemming from the potential purchase of Corephotonics. That noted, there are plenty of rumors that the forthcoming flagship has a variety of new camera hardware and software features. More on that below.
Rumor: The Galaxy S10 will have an integrated crypto wallet
Photos tweeted by leaker Ice Universe on Wednesday purport to show the Samsung Galaxy S10 with support for cryptocurrencies and sporting a Blockchain KeyStore. Text on the handset's screen calls the KeyStore a "secure and convenient place for your cryptocurrency."
Rumor: Six cameras, including double hole-punch on the S10 Plus
For months, we've heard about the numerous cameras coming to the Galaxy S10 -- including up to four on the back, and two more on the front, at least on the Plus model. (The "regular" Galaxy S10 is expected to have just one front-facing lens and three rear cameras.) Now we've seen multiple images that show what the elongated hole punch array could look like on the larger model.
AllAboutSamsung.de
German site AllAboutSamsung.de has posted a series of photos that it says are Galaxy S10 and Galaxy S10 Plus prototypes. This follows last week's post by Reddit user @hissick27, which ostensibly showed a Galaxy S10 Plus with two circular cameras in the upper-right-hand corner of the display.
Rumor: 'Bright Night' mode for low-light photos
Google's Pixel 3 captured the title of best Android phone of 2018 based largely on the strength of its exceptional camera technology, which produces remarkable photos even in low-light conditions. Now, XDA Developers has unearthed evidence that Samsung may be cooking up its own version of Google's Night Sight feature -- called, flatteringly, "Bright Night" -- which could debut on the Galaxy S10.
Based on clues found in the code of the recent One UI release -- more on that below -- Samsung has ostensibly developed a way to produce bright photos in very dark conditions using computational photography. If true, this could help the Galaxy S10 redress one of the Galaxy S9's biggest shortcomings, and put it on better footing with the best phones for taking photos in 2019.
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Rumor: New models with bigger screens
Two days before Christmas, Ice Universe tweeted out screen dimensions for five forthcoming Samsung phones -- including a 5G version of the Galaxy S10 (more on that below) and the Note 10. The tweet corroborates earlier information, and, if accurate, suggests that price will not be the only thing to increase in 2019.
At 6.11 inches diagonal, the Galaxy S10's display would be roughly 5 percent larger than the Galaxy S9's, and a 6.44-inch S10 Plus display would be about 4 percent larger than its predecessor. The Note 10 also appears set for a 5 percent larger screen. The rumored Galaxy S10E's display is expected to be more or less the same size as the one on today's Galaxy S9.
Rumor: Prices are going up, will range from $845 to $1,765
Samsung is poised to follow Apple's lead and jack up the prices of its next series of flagship phones. Gizmodo UK reports that a new entry-level Galaxy S10, possibly the S10E, equipped with 128GB of storage, will start at £669 -- which converts to about $845. Prices only go up from there for the standard S10 and S10 Plus, which may include superior camera technology and other higher-end features.
Here's an overview of the rumored pricing for each model and storage tier. Bear in mind UK prices include 20 percent tax, so the dollar equivalents would not be direct conversions, even if these are accurate:
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Rumor: The S10's headphone jack stays put for now
Before you cast off the headphone jack as a given, take note. Samsung's Galaxy A8S doesn't have one. But it does have a screen that's expected to come to the Galaxy S10 (see below). In October, Korean outlet ET News reported that Samsung could ditch the headphone jack in the Galaxy Note 10 or Galaxy S11.
For now, though, the headphone jack appears to be safe. A case that's been linked to the Galaxy S10 has a hole for a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. That's reason enough for prolific leaker Ice Universe to tweet a short video of the clear plastic case. Of course, without knowing anything about the case maker or how this company got its information, there's no way to independently verify the accuracy of the design. Notice also the wide horizontal window on the back where multiple cameras could go.
Will the Galaxy S10 bring portrait mode to video?
Qualcomm put support for portrait mode videos into its Snapdragon 855 chip for 2019 phones and beyond, but that's no guarantee that Samsung will take advantage of the technology.
If it does, you might be applying a depth-sensing bokeh effect to subjects in video as well as photos. Qualcomm said that you'd be able to swap out the blurred backgrounds in these 4K films for other scenes from a library of choices.
Samsung showed off three notch designs at its developer conference in November: a V-notch, U-notch and O-notch. Also shown: no notch.
Juan Garzon/CNET More about the selfie camera's Infinity-O punch-hole 'notch'
Although Samsung told the world it was working on three new notch designs for future phones, the company never committed to the Infinity-V, Infinity-U or Infinity-O designs for its Galaxy S10.
At this point, we'd be shocked if we saw anything other than the Infinity-O display, which has a hole punched out of one corner for at least one camera lens. Samsung has made the design official in the newly announced Galaxy A8S, a phone for China, but it's likely that Samsung would release the design on a less important phone in case issues come up that the designers could address, rather than take a risk on its most important phone of the year.
Renders show the selfie camera's "hole punch" on either side, but more recent rumors insist it'll be on the right as you look at the phone face. Blass suggests that the Infinity-O will come to the Galaxy S10.
Read: Galaxy A8S a practice run for Galaxy S10's O-notch screen? It makes sense
Will the Galaxy S10 toss out the iris scanner and finally get 3D 'Face ID'?
When the Galaxy S9 first arrived, we were disappointed it didn't use secure 3D depth-mapping technology to unlock the phone like the iPhone's Face ID. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chip, released in 2017, supports mapping with 50,000 infrared dots, compared with Apple's 30,000 infrared dots. Instead, the Galaxy S9 retained Samsung's secure iris unlocking and insecure face unlock, the latter a staple on Android phones.
Now might be the time for Samsung to step up its face-unlocking game. Rumors point to the Galaxy S10 losing the iris scanner and gaining a rival to Face ID. Qualcomm's newest chip supports another kind of face-mapping technology that's also secure enough for mobile payments, called Sense ID 3D Face Authentication. Perhaps it's this sensor that could power Samsung's take on Face ID.
In addition to unlocking the phone securely with a face scan, a depth-mapping selfie cam could enable better AR apps and effects, like the disastrously creepy AR Emoji, a rival that predated Apple's much more skillfully executed Memoji.
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Fact: The Galaxy S10 will run Samsung One UI interface atop Android 9
Samsung confirmed to CNET that all future phones, including the foldable phone, will use the new One UI interface that Samsung has now released in the US, after unveiling it at its November Developer Conference. The One UI interface design declutters the current Samsung Experience and tries to group icons for easier one-handed use. It'll work with Android Pie, the ninth version of Google's mobile software, but not with earlier versions of Android.
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