SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Tab S4 review: 2018 DeX tablet.

Item: Galaxy Tab S4
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2018·$650

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#1 of 5

Tier

Tablet

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Galaxy Tab S4.

Tab S4 brought DeX desktop mode to Samsung's 2018 tablet — first Galaxy Tab with full DeX.

01Display

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among tablet phones of 2018 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size10.5"

Resolution2560 x 1600

02Performance

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among tablet phones of 2018 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 835

RAM4 GB

Storage64 GB

03Camera

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for tablet phones of 2018.

Main13 MP

Front8 MP

04Battery

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 83-point average for tablet phones of 2018.

Capacity7,300 mAh

05Software

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for tablet phones of 2018.

What works

DeX desktop mode native.
10.5" 16:10 AMOLED.
7,300 mAh battery.
S Pen + book cover keyboard support.

What doesn't

SD 835 dated for $650.
4 GB RAM.
482 g.
64 GB storage.

Cross-shop it against

Apple iPad (6th gen, 2018)

$329 · score 76/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 5-phone cohort of tablet devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .