Why You Should Buy the Galaxy Tab S9 FE Plus (Or Shouldn't) - Pros and Cons

hey guys soak here from saki Tech in today's video we are going to be talking about the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Fe plus this is Samsung's Fan Edition tablet which is designed to bring you a premium experience but also with a few compromises with the final objective to keep the price low but still giving you some solid features it will not have everything you get with the topend flagship tab S9 series but still enough to make a powerful value proposition so let's dive in and see exactly what is going on the pros and cons and why you should or maybe shouldn't buy this tablet but of course if you do decide to buy it the links to get it are going to be down below let me start by showing you the s9+ and the S9 fe+ side by side now here you can see them side by side this one is the tab S9 plus this one is the tab S9 Fe plus all the dimensions are exactly the same from the front so it's going to be the same height and same width however when we look at the actual thickness you can see the tab S9 fe+ is just a little bit thicker regardless you can use all the accessories the keyboard accessories and the cover for the S9 Plus on the S9 Fe plus as you can see I'm currently using an accessory for the s9+ only the S9 fe+ without any problems it's the same look and feel on the back as well the only difference is the S9 plus is going to have this strip for the Spen this one doesn't even though you can still magnetically attach the Spen no problem as you can see now the first thing I want to talk about is the display again personally I would get the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Fe plus because of the larger display it's a 12.4 in LCD display this is not going to be an AMOLED display it's going to be an LCD display it's still super crisp and super clear you can see that it's going to be a 90 HZ display you can switch between 60 or 90 again 120 on the flagship model but on the Fe model you get 90 and I'll tell you right now it feels super smooth and silky just like the 120 HZ display if you put them side by side you might notice a little difference but the difference is not as bad as when you compare a 60 to 120 the 90 is very similar to 120 HZ so that's not a problem at all and you'll see that when you play with a 90 HZ product this screen is going to be great for watching movies it is sharp crisp and clear the resolution is 2560 x600 which is a little bit less than the flagship brother but it's still going to be plenty enough when you're watching movies on Netflix or maybe anime on Crunchyroll it is a very satisfactory multimedia experience but I will let you know it does not have HDR 10 plus again like the tab S9 Flagship variants and because it is an LCD display the blacks on the OLED display are going to be deeper but again remember you're paying more for all those extras this is designed to get you premium experience at a lower cost but of course with some compromise es so just keep that in mind and we do have two stereo speakers so you are going to get great sound quality as well and again with the sound quality if I go to my settings and if I go to sound over here and go to sound quality you can see we have the Dolby Atmos sound so you are going to get that surround sound experience on your tablet and you can switch between presets for Movie music Voice or AO and you can also enable Dolby Atmos for gaming to get that realistic Dolby sound even when you are gaming there's also an equalizer here you can go in and you can modify and even go to custom and make your own so plenty of options when it comes to sound and sound quality all right so when it comes to the battery life of this device it is actually a massive battery so you get the same exact battery capacity as the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 plus so we are looking at a 10,000 90 milliamp hours of battery that is easily going to last you a full day of mixed use that means watching some videos playing some games browsing the web and just doing your usual everyday stuff that's not going to be a problem massive battery just like the flagship model next up let's talk about the Spen so basically the tab gives you full basic Spen functionality that means if I press this button I am able to access the Air Command menu I'm able to go to settings and I'm able to customize many Spen settings as you can see I can launch Samsung Notes and I can take notes so let's just uh create a brand new note here's my pen I can choose various different options change the size get any color I want I've got all these tools at my disposal okay and I can write very clearly and you even get sound feedback as you're writing so listen to this okay so that is great and the responsiveness and the smoothness of writing feels as if you were writing on a piece of paper with an actual pencil and of course this is great for students or artists who want to draw a masterpiece right on their tablet again because the display is so large you get the larger canvas to work on now one thing I'm going to let you know with the S Pen is if you go to settings and if I scroll down and go to Advanced features here's the Spen you can see we have the air actions menu right here and if I click it I can go inside but it says Spen is not paired to work with air actions that is because this Spen right here is not capable of the Bluetooth functionality that is required to use the air actions so to use air actions you would have to buy an Spen Pro okay but everything else below the air actions is fully supported by this S Pen which also means this Spen does not have to be charged at all now on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 plus the flagship model the Spen that comes with that does have Bluetooth functionality now you can have the S Pen on the back of the tablet for storage or you can actually put it to the top it is going to magnetically attach at the back or the top no problem now this device is also Dex capable so if I go to my settings okay and if I go to Connected devices you can see we have access to Samsung Dex that basically transforms your tablet into a desktop PC like experience so let me just activate this you can see what I'm talking about I'm going to tap on start Dex and it's going to start the process and you can see it was quick we are now in Samsung Dex interface the difference is this is a desktop like experience so now your Android tablet is basically a desktop PC okay so if I launch settings you can see we have Windows just floating on the screen I can tap on gallery that's just going to be my gallery and I can have all these multiple files just as if it was a desktop computer I've got a taskbar at the bottom I can minimize Windows just like this I can access my notifications from here okay volume controls my calendar and all that stuff I can access my apps right from here no problem all apps are available you can use Microsoft Word and all that no problem and the best part is if you attach a Bluetooth mouse and a Bluetooth keyboard you are also going to get a mouse pointer on the screen that you can manipulate just like a desktop or a laptop computer so that's great that you can activate this on device now one thing you need to know by the way once you exit Dex it goes back to the Android interface which is great you can just flip back and forth based on your workflow but with Samsung Dex there's two things you're not going to get okay so connected devices Samsung Dex is only available on the tablet you cannot do wireless casting to a high definition TV like you can do on a Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 plus and also you are not able to connect a USB type-c device here and then connect it to an HDMI device so you're unable to project this screen onto an external monitor unfortunately but you do get the full Dex functionality on device which is great because the screen is already pretty large it is going to be like a small laptop now when it comes to storage this one over here is a 128 GB model okay so you can either get 128 or 256 and if you get 128 you'll get 8 GB of RAM but if you get a 20 56 GB model which I would recommend then you get 12 GB of RAM now when it comes to storage you do have the micro SD expansion option so no matter which storage model you get you can still add up to 1 tabes of external storage using the micro SD expansion Bay as we do have this micro SD expansion option right here so you grab a pin you poke that hole it comes out and you can add up to 1 terab of additional storage if necessary the only reason I would get the 256 GB model is to get the 12 GB of RAM even though it is plenty enough for most things most people will do now the performance on this tablet is very good we have an exos 1830 processor for most everyday tasks it runs very fast very smooth I haven't had any issues with stuttering or lag on device when it comes to gaming when I play a game like Asphalt 9 I am able to play it at the highest graphical settings with no stutter no lag with maximum frame rates it looks gorgeous and the tablet runs it like a champ now when I try to play a game like pubg mobile which can be a little bit more demanding there is some stutter when you set the graphical settings to the highest level but you can still play it at medium settings stutter-free in a smooth fashion now the server is down for some reason I cannot play it right now but like I said if you put it to extra high graphical settings the frames are going to drop it is going to stutter a little bit but most games you are going to be able to play no problem and most everyday tasks are not going to be an issue at all but just don't buy this tablet if your primary objective is to do heavy duty stuff like editing videos or even producing videos on the tablet for that the tab S9 series are much better now this tablet does have one Flagship feature that is interesting and that is the fact that it is water resistant with a rating of ip68 which is the same rating you get on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Flagship models so you can submerge this into water for a short time and it's not going to cause any damage so that is quite interesting to have on a tablet in this price range I think this is a first for a tablet of this caliber so we have talked about everything let's draw a conclusion here's a list of pros and cons for this tablet you can pause and read generally this tablet is phenomenal it starts at only $600 compared to the more expensive tab S9 plus which starts at $1,000 it's got the same dimensions the same size for the display the same build quality and so much more so with a few compromises in the right places you are getting a rock solid tablet all you have to do is make sure the few compromises or cons I listed below will not interfere with what you want from a tablet and it's going to be that easy to decide whether to buy one of these or not like we said links are down below if you want to buy it at the lowest pricing and if you do have any questions comments or concerns drop them down below as well

Channel: sakitech

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Length: 12min 52sec (772 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 10 2023