Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 Benchmark Spotted; Specs Include 9.7-Inch Display, Snapdragon 652, 8MP Camera
The alleged Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 has been recently spotted on GFXBench and Geekbench suggesting that the device may be coming out soon. According to Android Community, the successor of the Galaxy Tab S2 may be unveiled during the Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona.
Reports also say that there will be two variants to the model. As detailed in GSM Arena, the devices are codenamed SM-T819 and the SM-T719, with the former having a 9.7-inch display and the latter with an 8-inch display. Both displays are Super AMOLED with a pixel resolution of 2,048 x 1,536.
The benchmark results also showed similarities of both variants except for some few details. Both variants are reported to carry a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 octa-core SoC. Both will have have four Cortex A72 cores and four A53s. An Adreno 510 GPU is installed for its graphics and both will run with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow out of the box.
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The RAM count is 3 GB and the devices will be sporting a built-in memory storage of 32 GB. As for the camera specs, the 9.7-inch and 8-inch tablets may be different from each other. The bigger variant is said to carry an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2 megapixel front camera for selfies and video calls. Meanwhile, the 8-inch tablet will also be flaunting an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
The known difference of the two variants aside from the screen size is the battery size. It's not detailed yet how much the power capacity of each will be but it's expected that the bigger variant will have a bigger count as well.
According to Yibada, the devices were previously spotted in Zauba, which is an Indian website for import-export trackers. The price of the tablets is also speculated to be $204 for the smaller version and $255 for the bigger one.
But until Samsung makes the official announcement of the next device in their premium tablet line, it's best to take reports with a grain of salt.
