Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra review: Is bigger always better?
The Galaxy Tab S has come a long way, but it's not a device for everybody.
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Pros
- Gorgeous screen
- Plenty of power
- Bundled S-Pen works well
Cons
- Galaxy AI underwhelms
- Android games don't always scale to this screen size
- Magnetic attachment for S-Pen a bit weak
While cleaning out my garage over the weekend, I discovered my old Galaxy Tab S2 tablet. At the time, the Tab S2 was an impressive Android device, one of the first Android tablets that made it feel like somebody apart from Apple could create a tablet that worked.
The S10 Ultra is obviously a better tablet. It is much, much more powerful, has a bigger, better screen and the inclusion of the S-Pen adds a whole heap of versatility that the older tablet just couldn’t match. It has better cameras, more storage and looks sleeker.
But in some ways, I still prefer the older device. The lack of pointless AI is the most obvious advantage, but the Tab S10 Ultra is huge to the point of inconvenience, while the S2 is a compact device that makes it much more portable.
The massive 14.6-inch screen also highlights the fact that Apple does a much better job of optimising apps between iPadOS and iOS, while Android is a bit behind. While the power of the S10 Ultra promises much for portable gaming, the games themselves don’t really look great on the massive screen, even with settings dialled up.
