Alongside with the announcement of the premium Galaxy Tab S4 10.5, Samsung also launched a tablet for Junior – the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5. The slates comes with pre-loaded with Kids Mode and eight child-friendly apps and games, including BRIO World Railway and Toca Hair Salon 3. It also has a Multi User Mode which makes it usable by the whole family.
The Galaxy Tab A 10.5 is features a 10.5-inch TFT LCD with 1,920 x 1,200px resolution (16:10 aspect ratio). It is powered by a Snapdragon 450 chipset which offers power efficiency at the expense of blazing speed. It has 3GB of RAM to work with along with 32GB storage (plus a microSD slot).
The Always On Daily Board shows the time, calendar appointments, weather info and photos from the gallery.
A feature that the Tab A shares with the Tab S4 is the quad speaker system, which is enhanced with Dolby Atmos support. The tablet has an LTE version (Cat. 6) and a Wi-Fi only version. The 7,300mAh battery will keep it going for hours, especially with the 14nm chipset.
Note: The Wi-Fi version is SM-T590, while the LTE enabled model is SM-T595.
Checkout the full specs, features, availability and price of Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 below.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5 Specifications
Network
- 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- 4G: LTE
- Data Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
SIM Type and Count
- Nano-SIM
Software (OS)/Skin
- Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Design & Build
- Dimensions: 260 x 161.1 x 8 mm
- Weight: 529g (Wi-Fi), 534g (LTE)
- Colours: Black, Blue, White
Display
- Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Size: 10.5 inches, 319.7 cm2 (76.3% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 1200 x 1920 pixels, 16:10 ratio (216 ppi density)
- Multitouch: Yes
Hardware & Memory
- Chipset: Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450
- CPU: Octa-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: Adreno 506
- RAM: 3 GB
- Internal Storage: 32 GB
- External Storage: microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot)
Camera
- Main Camera
- Single: 8 MP, AF, f/1.9
- Features: LED flash, panorama
- Video: 1080p@30fps
- Front-facing Camera
- Single: 5 MP, f/2.2
- Video: 1080p@30fps
Multimedia
- Music Support: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
- Video Support: MP4/H.264 player
- FM Radio: No
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm jack: Yes
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 4.2, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- USB: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Miscellaneous
- Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, compass
- Messaging: Email, Push Email, IM
- Browser: HTML5
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer
Battery
- Charging:
- Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 7300 mAh battery
Announcement & Availability Date
- Announced: August, 2018
- Availability: August 24, 2018
Pricing
- In Europe, the Wi-Fi only model of the Galaxy Tab A 10.5 will cost €330 while the LTE-enabled tablet will be €390.
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