SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Tab S5e review: A slim 2019 AMOLED tablet — Samsung's answer to the iPad Air.

SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2019·$400
Overall
62/100
Class rank
#48 of 101
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The slim AMOLED tablet.

Tab S5e was the slim, light AMOLED Android tablet — no S Pen but a clear iPad Air competitor.

01Display

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED
Size10.5 inches
Resolution2,560 × 1,600 px

02Camera

56/100

56/100 is one of the weaker camera results among mid-range phones of 2019 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main13 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2019.

ChipsetSnapdragon 670
RAM4 / 6 GB
Storage64 / 128 GB · microSD

04Battery

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.

Capacity7,040 mAh
Wired15 W

05Build

78/100

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among mid-range phones of 2019 — 7 points above the cohort average.

06Value

68/100

68/100 puts it above the 66-point average for mid-range phones of 2019.

What works
  • Slim 5.5 mm aluminium.
  • AMOLED + Quad AKG.
  • 3.5 mm jack survives.
  • Mid-range price.
What doesn't
  • SD 670 mid-tier.
  • No S Pen support.
  • 15 W charging.
  • No fingerprint sensor.
Cross-shop it against
Xiaomi Mi 9T
$349 · score 78/100

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 101-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .