Samsung Still Banking On 'Not An Android Tablet' Being The Best Selling Point For Its Android Tablet

Samsung has announced the new Tab S6, which builds on the features of the outgoing Tab S4, whilst adding inductive charging for its magnetically attached stylus, a new keyboard and case design and an enhanced DeX mode.

The problem for Samsung is that nobody is making apps for Android tablets, so there are far to few to enjoy a real tablet experience. A major problem when trying to compete with the iPad. So once more it has turned to its DeX solution to make the Android solution less… Android.

The result is a similar to the mix of good and bad that the Tab S4 offered. Not powerful enough to compete with the Surface, not tablet enough to complete with the iPad and weak in the crossover area between the two extremes.

I'd even go as far as to suggest that Samsung would have a much more compelling and interesting option if it had foregone the DeX mode and provided a Ubuntu environment, setup to allow seamless operation on files irrespective of whether you're running Linux or Android. Add enough video memory to run an second, external monitor and you'd have something far more interesting.

As it is, I just can't see the Tab S6 making much headway in the market. And all the performance, design and build improvements it has made to the new tablet won't make a blind bit of difference.

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