Samsung S8 ultra tablet

[Robster]

Currently got the S7 plus and love it , decided to upgrade (good trade in price from Samsung and a free keyboard cover , anyone else taking the plunge ?

[Luke.]

Yup. Swithered a bit on size, but want it as a second screen for my Surface Laptop. Can't wait to get it.

I think you have to claim the free keyboard separately.

[Robster]

Yeah I can't wait , I watch and read an awful lot on my existing tablet , so bigger the better for me!

[Luke.]

Nice hands on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co5JmnB6opc

[paulrockliffe]

Tempted to get an S8 of some description and maybe an S22 phone as well. If I ordered them both now and traded in my S20+ And Tab S7 they'd give me an £800 trade-in and some of the £200 ear buds for free. I think I can trade my existing buds in as well to get a bit more. I paid less than the £800 for both when I got them and it all just rolls into a monthly fee that's pretty low considering how much use they both get so it's so easy to man-maths them. A 14" screen would be pretty mega too!

[Luke.]

paulrockliffe said:

Tempted to get an S8 of some description and maybe an S22 phone as well. If I ordered them both now and traded in my S20+ And Tab S7 they'd give me an £800 trade-in and some of the £200 ear buds for free. I think I can trade my existing buds in as well to get a bit more. I paid less than the £800 for both when I got them and it all just rolls into a monthly fee that's pretty low considering how much use they both get so it's so easy to man-maths them. A 14" screen would be pretty mega too!

Makes total sense to me. Get 'em bought.

[gus607]

Off to J Lewis tomorrow to pre order two S8 Ultra's, one for me & one for the wife. Will be trading in two S7 plus tablets.
Happy St Valentines day !!

[Otispunkmeyer]

I do hope they’ve put better calibrated screens in the S8. It’s the perfect size, but the S7 I bought last year had perhaps one of the worst LCD screens I’ve ever used. Certainly had no place on a device costing so much.

[Frimley111R]

it's huge!

[Luke.]

Does anyone know the process for getting the keyboard?

[paulrockliffe]

Jasey_ said:

Get £60 off on the Samsung site on the S8 Ultra;

60OFFPM

Nice one, thanks. I was undecided as to whether to buy one of these with an S22 at the same time as there was an extra bonus discount for getting both together, but this made a nice compromise.

[Luke.]

Anyone else's been delayed?

Was expecting it Friday, but just had a message saying it won't be delivered until March 10th....

[paulrockliffe]

Luke. said:

Anyone else's been delayed?

Was expecting it Friday, but just had a message saying it won't be delivered until March 10th....

When I ordered the date had already slipped to mid-march.

[Luke.]

Amazing. I thought that they weren't out til Friday. How is it?

[Luke.]

Jasey_ said:

When I got the messages from dpd I assumed it was some sort of mistake.

So far so good but mainly been setting all the accounts and apps up.

It's big though.

Here it is sitting on top of an A4 notepad.

It's a monster. I assume the keyboard didn't come with it?

[Luke.]

Jasey_ said:

Nope - you follow that link and upload Proof of purchase etc and they then approve it;



You get the disney stuff by following this link once you log in to your samsung account.

https://www.samsung.com/uk/boost/disneyplus/

Thanks for that. Good to know.

[Frimley111R]

What are you guys using it for? I felt like tablets lost a bit of their shine as phones got bigger. I have an old tablet and we never use it and I can't think what I would need one for.

[Luke.]

Frimley111R said:

What are you guys using it for? I felt like tablets lost a bit of their shine as phones got bigger. I have an old tablet and we never use it and I can't think what I would need one for.

Going to try it as a laptop replacement with the keyboard. Don't know if you know about Samsungs Dex OS but it gives a good Windows operating system experience.

[paulrockliffe]

Frimley111R said:

What are you guys using it for? I felt like tablets lost a bit of their shine as phones got bigger. I have an old tablet and we never use it and I can't think what I would need one for.

I had a Note 9 for a while and when we all got locked in our houses I decided that a tablet was generally better if you don't need to be able to put it in your pocket. I use it instead of my phone in the house and have a smaller phone when I'm out of the house too.

The Samsung link to phone setup means that the only thing that doesn't work on the tablet is WhatsApp, everything else, including calls just happens on both, I've even got the launcher setup identically. WhatsApp works if you sign in on the tablet too, it's just you have to move it back to the phone if you go out, so I don't. So yeah, it's just my phone with a bigger screen.

This one will just be my phone with a massive screen, though it will probably cover my laptop needs as well with the keyboard case.

On that, does anyone have a link that shows both keyboard options? I couldn't find pics to see whether I want the slim one or the one that's better for typing?

[Luke.]

Not the best pic. Taken from the Samsung site.