THE SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S has one thing in its sights: Apple's iPad Air . Samsung hasn't had much success in the tablet market, but it is looking to change that with the Galaxy Tab S, which it boasts is "slimmer and lighter" than Apple's flagship tablet and has a higher-resolution display.

High-end design; great screen; smooth performance; excellent battery life; microSD card slot

Magazine UX user interface is overbearing; Magazine UX is mandatory

Samsung's flagship tablet leads the market with a stunning display and adds an innovative finger scanner to the everyday slate.

Thin and light; Top-notch hardware; Market leading screen; Finger scanner

Samsung's TouchWiz overlay

Samsung's flagship tablet leads the market with a stunning display and adds an innovative finger scanner to the everyday slate. Almost everything about the Tab S is perfect. Almost.

Thin and light; Top-notch hardware; Market leading screen; Finger scanner

Samsung's TouchWiz overlay

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

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

Actually, there is no shortage of Samsung tablets with a 10" display. The middle class is covered by the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1; more demanding users can fall back on the Galaxy TabPRO 10.1 or the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition with pen operation.

brilliant and high-resolution Super AMOLED display; extremely thin and light; but not fragile; good performance; current Android version with some useful Samsung apps; microSD card reader; infrared; access security using fingerprint sensor; LTE (optional

no microHDMI; GPU performance not as outstanding as CPU performance

Bought this to replace my aging home computer. Meets all my needs for Web browsing, email, social and media. Also runs a great a ms office suite of products. Bought it with Samsung keyboard case - perfection! Couldn't be happier with this product.

App Availablity; Battery Life; Easy To Customize; Home Computer Replacement; Operating System; Screen; Web Browsing; WiFi

Overall performance is pretty good, does well in gaming too plus the battery life and camera output is decent enough. The 10.5 inch is best suited for entertainment and productive works whereas the 8.4 offers more portability. Finger print scanner is another added feature.

The Samsung Galaxy S 10.5 even delivers well on battery life, with very good performance. This might just be the best Android tablet around at the moment.

Samsung has not been shy of launching new tablets in recent years, with different lines, sizes and specs meaning there's a Tab for just about anyone, no matter what your predilection.

Great design; plenty of power; useful software additions; vibrant display; fingerprint scanner

Some content can look a little over saturated; sound quality not the best; limited bezel