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What's Notch to Like? Samsung Accidentally Leaks Its New Flagship Galaxy Tab
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They made the same jabs at the headphone jack going missing in iPhones, as well as the power adapter, only to follow suit next year themselves lol.
Do they though? They just introduced a notch to the MacBook Pro which was the worst thing they did in a very long time.
Samsung's hardware is much better than Apple tablets, mostly because of the S-pen. Samsung stuck with Wacom tech while all the others made the dreadful mistake of adopting inferior options. This is inexcusable imo.
I own the new 12.9 IPP and a Mini, and the AMK and a new 16" MBP, but I also own Samsung, which is just as good.
If it just wasn't for Android.....
I own the new 12.9 IPP and a Mini, and the AMK and a new 16" MBP, but I also own Samsung, which is just as good.
If it just wasn't for Android.....
I think I’m on the wrong page. This is Samsung Rumors, right?
I said it before, and Ill say it again: This is what apples "notch" will be on the iPhone 14. Its the "pill shaped" thing people are talking about, and it will be sucked up to the top. Basically a tiny notch.
Despite mocking the display notch when it first appeared on the iPhone X, Samsung's opinion of notches appears to have swung from one extreme to the other as the company now thinks they don't look so bad on tablet devices either.
Spotted by 91Mobiles, the picture above briefly appeared on a Samsung support page for Bixby and shows the notched design of the upcoming Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, the company's next flagship Android tablet. Notches on Samsung smartphones have appeared in the past, but this is the company's first flagship tablet device to feature one.
The small cutout sits at the top of the display when in landscape orientation, and is said to house two 12-megapixel selfie cameras, with the second sensor potentially being ultra-wide for group selfies. Presumably, either Samsung has prioritized ultra-slim bezels which don't provide enough space to house the cameras, or the company has consciously chosen to locate them prominently in a notch as a form of visual branding.
Coincidentally, the notched screens look vaguely reminiscent of the displays on Apple's latest 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, except the cutout always stays at the top of the screen on Apple's Macs, whereas on a tablet the notch will switch location depending on the held orientation.
Apple has worked to reduce the size of the notch on successive smartphone models, and is expected to replace it completely in the iPhone 14 Pro in favor of hole-punch and pill-shaped cutouts in the display. As for Apple's tablets, the company has completely avoided notches on its iPad Pro models by hiding the camera sensors in the bezel, and for devices where it has been unable to the same with Face ID sensors, it has opted for Touch ID in the power button instead, such as in the iPad mini 6.
For what it's worth, MacRumors has seen concept renders of alleged future iPads with a notch located at the top of the display when the device is held in portrait orientation. Apart from the fact that the sources were not reliable, we don't expect Apple to adopt a tablet design that encroaches on what is already an unobstructed display. Apple has also likely factored in the different use cases for iPads, with users switching the screen orientation of a tablet more often than they do with a smartphone.
The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra is said to have a 14.6-inch OLED display with an under-screen fingerprint sensor, a 120Hz refresh rate and a resolution of 2,960 x 1,848. The Android tablet is also expected to feature up to 16GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage, S Pen stylus support, and optional 5G support.
The Ultra device is thought to be the top-tier device in a three tablet lineup that includes the Tab S8 and Tab S8 Plus, all of which could appear alongside Samsung's new Galaxy S22 smartphone series at a rumored launch event next month.
Article Link: What's Notch to Like? Samsung Accidentally Leaks Its New Flagship Galaxy Tab
I don't understand the hate on bezels, I actually wish my iPad Pro had larger ones. I like to hold the device without smearing fingerprints on it from holding it. I also thing that it's nicer to have a bit of bezel on desktop displays too, helps separate the screen from the background from my view.
A notch has no place on a tablet or laptop. I hated it when apple brought it to the new MacBooks and i don’t like it here either. It will be a great tablet of course but don’t like seeing a notch on a display like this. Hell it’s not ideal on the iphone but i‘m ok with it because i don’t have much choice….think i would prefer not having one.
The hole punch and the notch are not great to have, but necessary if you need cameras. Personally I prefer the notch over the hole punch because it wastes less screen space(area above the hole is not useable). and I think it looks more refined with the gentler curves vs a stamped out hole, looks more intentional. But Samsung is doing both, that makes no sense at all. It’s also on the side, where my hand would rest when using the device.
