This is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra.
When I say 'Samsoong' I mean Samsung. It’s just my dodgy Brazilian accent.
It's been 16 months almost like 500 days, and it's been an emotional time for me.
this tablet has been through thick and thin as they say, with me. it's meant a lot for the
channel, it's been part of my day-to-day job as well, during my nine-to-five job
as well as creating content. I need to close that window
and it's funny really because initially I bought the Tab S8 Ultra out of this
satisfaction with the iPad Pro and I've got to take you back to 2017 I believe
when I bought my first iPad Pro at the time I wanted something to bridge the
gap between kind of my work laptop which was heavy and cumbersome and my smartphone
and I'm only telling you this story because I think it's important for
a bit of context so you know where I'm coming from
and at the time you could probably say that I was a bit of an Apple phone boy
I would buy Apple first before anything else so the iPad was the best choice for me
but thinking back to those days and how I actually use the iPad
in the end it was almost like an entertainment device right
I used Netflix and YouTube and not much productive work was getting done
yes I did use some of the productivity apps like Evernote,
notion all of those things to actually get some work done.
even Microsoft Office as well which is you know usable at the time. And although I could reply
to some emails and do a little bit of work I couldn't be as productive just using my iPad
and hey there's nothing wrong with the iPad
actually Hardware wise is one of the best tablets out there if not the best
right because with the M chip especially recently they are very powerful devices
but 2021 Apple promised a lot of things and I fell for it massively
I said right I'm buying this device because now I can do a little bit more work.
It turned out to be empty promises, you couldn't do anything that they promised.
Not promised, but you know… showed at the event and to put it mildly,
I was pretty annoyed about it.
but anyway when the Tab S8 Ultra started to get rumored and eventually came out
in early 2021 I was like I've got to get this
you know that massive display all the specs… I was like yeah that's the one that I'm gonna try
I had enough of the iPad, this is going to be my tablet
not gonna lie to you I was a little bit skeptical. I was like… you know, it's an Android device. My
usual Apple Fanboy brain at the time was like… how good can this be, right?
And well… did the Tab S8 Ultra like… smash through all my expectations!
I was so happy with it that I could actually use
a tablet for entertainment but also actually get stuff done!
And for like a thousand pounds here in the UK,
I think at the time it was 1100 in the US. What what great value right?
it comes with the S-Pen and I was just, you know, really happy with it.
if I had to summarize my feeling at the time, it was just like: it's Unapologetic useful!
You know Samsung feels like: do you want features? here's the features!
have at it! We're not gonna hold anything back.
As a customer I'm not 100 happy with Samsung. I mean they do mess up in like
customer service for example. But on this device, they gave me everything I needed.
I know they removed the SD card I think as well but, for me the Tab S8 Ultra has been perfect.
By the way I've got a surprise guest coming up, and I'll get to that in a minute.
The display has been probably one of the best things. I thought: My gosh,
this thing is huge! And it's so thin, it it does feel a little bit flimsy,
but it's been you know… nearly a year and a half and it's intact!
And I use it almost every day. I probably don't use it over the weekends but I use
most days during the week and whether I'm watching content or doing some work,
the display is the thing that even today, when I look at it I think: oh my gosh… you know,
it's a beautiful size display. It's the perfect size display for a tablet, I think!
Anyway, of course it's great for gaming, for watching content…
Actually gaming, when you connect a controller to it, and you like you know,
in front of the display with with this aspect ratio… it's just awesome to use!
And there's something about the S-Pen which is different to the Apple Pencil. I use the apple
pencil a lot as well on the iPads, and I have to say, the S-Pen whenever I use it I just think,
you know, without any protector on the screen, just pen to glass.
It's just a really nice feel to it and then you obviously get the it's
not haptics but there's there's a feel to it and there's also the audio that comes out of
it you know it is really really nice it's almost like an ASMR thing right,
Really satisfying to use.
And when it comes to multitasking and I know it's a bit of an overused word right here on YouTube
especially everyone's multitasking is multitasking that and sometimes it can be a meaningless word
right we're just saying it because it's fancy to say but I actually mean it so rather than just
talk about it let me show you but before I do that here's a surprise guest my friend Daniel who is an
expert on Samsung stuff he's joining me here to show shows how he multitasked on his Tab S8 Ultra
Hey everyone Daniel from Tech with Benefits here Thank you Alex for having me on
The Tab S8 Ultra I've been using it for about 18 months and there's
a lot of things around its multitasking capabilities that I've fallen in love with.
I really love the taskbar! I think what it offers me when it comes to being able
to multitask is so fluid and natural that even without needing Samsung Dex to be open.
I can launch into a multitude of different things all from the dock sitting on the
bottom the thing is as well is anything that's not displayed on your taskbar.
You can easily access it via the bottom left so if you needed to
access more of your apps you can jump into that.
Alternatively the thing I also enjoy is the side edge panels. I speak a lot
about the edge panels on my YouTube channel but I
like the ability to again drag and drop things into a multitasking environment.
Some extra stuff that I really like when it comes to multitasking,
is when you've got the keyboard, you can easily jump between apps as well.
So you can set up some Shortcuts keys with the Tab S8 Ultra keyboard to jump
between apps using the function keys and the buttons at the top.
There's also some accessibility shortcuts that I really enjoy that you can program to
hover your mouse over the top left right bottom left right Corners actually do different things.
So if you wanted to you could have your hover over the top right corner to take yourself
a screenshot you can bring the quick panel down by going over hovering the left side.
You can find all of those in the accessibility settings.
Cheers Daniel! I couldn't have done it better myself! Which is why I called you here.
Daniel has a fantastic YouTube channel! if you like a Samsung stuff, he's your man.
And as you can see here my usage of multitasking is quite broad.
I've got this content creation business which you know usually is an evening sort
of job or early morning or lunch time you know a side hustle if you like.
But I've also got my nine-to-five job, and whether I'm doing one of the other,
you know, checking my script for videos against timestamps or whatever…
But it could be watching a YouTube video and using Google Keep Notes for taking notes right?
And kind of doing some research on top topics for my next videos,
or even for the articles that I write for medium. You can check me out on those platforms as well.
Most of my thumbnails I've done through Lightroom and Photoshop to be honest,
but there are times when I want to touch up some colors,
some filters and things like that on the photo itself, before I make the thumbnail.
But I love bringing that image to the Tab S8 Ultra and then using the S Pen
to kind of do this kind of finer details, touching up the photos,
using filters and things like that to change the brightness and contrast
,and things like that. It’s an awesome experience to edit photos with the S-Pen
Yes you can have even more windows with decks and things like that but for me it's just two
sometimes side by side is all I need now when you pair the Tab S8 Ultra with other Samsung
devices you know you get a lot of the benefits of course from the Samsung ecosystem I have a
Samsung watch but I don't use it really I use a garmin most of the time or my Apple
watch Ultra as well but I do use an s23 ultra and my Galaxy Fold 4 as well so there's a lot
of interaction between the tablet and those devices that makes it even better, right?
The nearby share stuff and making calls and receiving
calls from the tablet which is a great feature that not many people talk about.
And like any ecosystem, the more devices that you hook up to it, the better the experience will be.
In this sort of almost a year and a half, one thing has really let me down and I've mentioned
this in my previous reviews of the Tab S8 Ultra is the accessories the keyboards that you can
buy another cover keyboard is one too expensive two I do want to use it on my lap I want to use
it in a way that you know I want to be able to type and I want to be able to use on my lap and
it's just not it doesn't feel like it's going to be stable enough like for example the magic
keyboard on the iPad but the keyboard aside the main issue for me is that Brands out there just
don't make accessories for for the Tab S8 Ultra I mean I'm exaggerating a little bit you can go
on Amazon and buy a case and I've done that myself but I just wish more Brands would go and provide
accessories for this Tab S8 Ultra because there's just not enough for me the best accessory that I
found I don't even know if they sell it anymore because it was very popular is this stand that
I'm using right now right it lives on my desk is probably quite dust enough but it's from Lululook
I will try and find a link to it but yeah it's it's the only thing that I found that was useful
for me if you know of any accessories for the Tab S8 Ultra do let me know because yeah I'm always on
the list now when it comes to entertainment this is where this tablet for me you know is kind of
on a different league right because obviously it's got bigger display the display itself from
a Spec's perspective is actually not the best out there right but it has awesome speakers and this
sort of stretched out almost like a cinematic if you like right format when watching content
is just beautiful I'm not really doing it justice here on YouTube but I'm gonna do my best to show
you you know what I feel like when I'm trying to watch this like I said from a Specs perspective
is surprisingly not as bright as a display on the iPad Pro but I can honestly say I never
noticed that and I think it's mainly because those brightness specs that you know they usually refer
to Peak brightness really only matters if you take the tablet outdoors and you put them both side by
side I have to say you know I'm in a very bright space here I don't know if you can see but as
we is there I'll do some b-roll which so you can see the space here there's a lot of like daylight
coming in here and I never ever thought that this tablet you know wasn't bright enough that's
got to be enough right it just goes to show that sometimes the specs you know don't tell you a full
story there are useful guides and I almost pride myself here in the channel not to go too much by
benchmarks and specs because you're used the way you use your device is going to be very unique to
you so I can only share my experience and hope that that helps you you know if you are making
a decision between this and another device you know that what you see here might help you make a
decision in future but the question that I'm sure you might be asking now is how does this story
end right because there's so much going on in the tablet space right now there's a new tab S9 Ultra
coming out the new iPad potentially soon iPad OS 17 is a big change and apple seem to be making
quite a lot of moves when it comes to multitasking and I know it shouldn't be attached to things
right but there's a lot of sentimental value now that I've got the Tab S8 Ultra that I think is
important right but because of that experience that I've had which has been so positive the tab
I say now has a very special place in my day today I just got so used to kind of reaching for it you
know during a meeting taking notes multitasking at work editing photos like I showed you and you
know or maybe just having YouTube and Netflix in the background while I do some work on my Mac so
I find it really hard to kind of fast forward six months or a year from now and me not having a Tab
S8 Ultra I don't see that I'm fully aware that the iPad is going to come on lips and Bounds
from where it was before and they do seem to be doing something to improve the experience
there and I'll probably give that a go as well because you know that's what I do on this channel
and that's also what my brain is telling me I should do but with the latest tab S9 Ultra now
upon us that's where my heart is especially if he comes in Phantom Brown imagine that see you soon