The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is without any doubts an excellent piece of technology . Performance however, shows slight flaws. The Exynos Processor cannot entirely keep up with the current Qualcomm rockets. Graphics performance also falls slightly behind an Adreno 330 .

excellent display, slim and lightweight design, many interfaces, memory can be upgraded, LTE, allows for calls, decent camera with LED flash, good battery life, The Super-AMOLED display is awesome; A full Adobe RGB coverage and a high color precision make the device also suitable for creative jobs

poor speakers; only USB 2.0; no S-pen; no IP certification; modest microphone

Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 10.5 sports a stunning Super AMOLED screen, a fingerprint reader, and top-notch specs. If you want the best Android slate, it should be near the top of your list.

Stunning Super AMOLED screen; Fingerprint scanner; Thinner and lighter than the iPad Air; MicoSD expansion slot; 3GB of RAM

Screen feels almost too bright and vivid; No black model available; Isn't dust/water-resistant like GS5; Fingerprint Scanner isn't ideal for tablet use; Sony's Xperia Z2 tablet is a little thinner and lighter

With an RRP identical to that of the 16GB iPad Air at £399 you certainly get a lot for your money with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5. Even more so with a bit of shopping around which will find deals hovering around the £350 mark.

Stunning Super AMOLED Display; High Specification; Great features; Excellent battery life; Modern and intuitive UI; Very thin and light

Awful speakers; Zero HD streaming content; Poor out of the box connectivity

The Samsung Galaxy S5 was a significant step past the S4, but the step was subtle: It was in the screen and the software. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 ($499, 16GB) pours the S5 equation into the best Android media tablet we've seen so far. It's slim, well-designed, and beautiful.

Slim and light; Amazing screen

Wi-Fi and GPU performance not quite up to the competition

After destroying my laptop with a cup of water in the spring I have been debating on the decision to buy a tablet or to buy a new laptop. Given the price of this tablet I could have easily bought a core i-5 laptop with much more memory and a huge hard drive and video capability.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 is the full-size member of the freshly announced tablet family by Samsung. Like its smaller sibling, the Galaxy Tab S 8.4, the newcomer capitalizes on the world's only 10.5-inch Super AMOLED screen panel and aims to capture a spot at the top of the tablet hierarchy,...

10.5" WQXGA Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels, The Wi-Fi-only version comes with Exynos Octa 5420 chipset; quad-core Cortex-A15 CPU plus quad-core Cortex-A7 CPU; Mali-T628 GPU, 3GB RAM, The LTE (Cat.4) version comes with Snapdragon 800, quad-core Krait 400 @ 2.3GHz; Adreno...

The available color schemes might not fit all tastes; Android still lags behind iOS in terms of tablet-optimized apps; GPU performance leaves a lot to be desired; No NFC

With a gorgeous screen, super-thin design and long battery life, the Galaxy Tab S earns its place as one of our favorite tablets.

Stunning screen; Long battery life; Thin and light; Some useful software additions; like free magazines

Some minor performance hiccups (on the WiFi-only models; anyway; Samsung's "Magazine UX" interface still feels overbearing; Finicky fingerprint scanner; "Simple Clickers" make it cumbersome to use Samsung's optional cases

Empezábamos este análisis de la Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 asegurando que iba a ser un digno competidor para el iPad Air. Después de probarla durante casi dos semanas, podemos afirmar con certeza que es EL gran rival del tablet de Apple. La pantalla es la estrella del dispositivo.

La mejor pantalla del mercado; Batería; Diseño delgado y ultrafino

Escáner de huellas digitales; Poca compatibilidad SideSync; Sin NFC ni DLNA

The Tab S 10.5 is basically the bigger version of the S 8.4, which is more or less a bigger version of the S5 (minus some features like the heart rate sensor and the Extreme Power Saving mode).

Compact design; superb display and decent camera

The expected price,might be physically big for some and it lags a bit when switching between apps

Thanks in part to Samsung's own success with big-screen phones, tablets have begun to lose their luster. The Galaxy Tab S 10.5 literally brings it back with a display so vibrant and colorful that it promises to make the iPad look dull.