Samsung has already released three new tablets this year – there is the gorgeous and impressively thin Galaxy Tab S5e, the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019), and the 8” Galaxy Tab A (2019) with S Pen. However, none of these are flagship tablets which isn’t surprising. The Galaxy Tab S5 is expected to be the flagship tablet for 2019 and it seems it will come with the Snapdragon 855 like the Galaxy S10 series.
In the past, the Galaxy Tab S flagship tablets usually have an older flagship processor different from the one in the flagship Galaxy S/Note series smartphones released in the same year. For example, the Galaxy Tab S4 released last year is powered by the Snapdragon 835 processor and not the Snapdragon 845 found in the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note9.
This year’s Galaxy Tab S5 will most likely come with the Snapdragon 855 based on findings carried out by XDA-Developers. The evidence was found in the defconfig file of the Galaxy Fold. The file contains a list of Samsung devices powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855.
The list includes the Galaxy S10 series, the Galaxy Fold, a 5G modem for Verizon and a device which is listed as D2Q which is believed to be the Galaxy Note 10. Alongside all these devices is another listed as GTS5L. This is believed to be the Galaxy Tab S5 as its predecessors – the Galaxy Tab S3 and Galaxy Tab S4 have the codenames GTS3L and GTS4L respectively.
Seeing as the defconfig file is for all Samsung Snapdragon 855 devices, then the Galaxy Tab S5 will come with the chipset too. The other specs are unknown and that isn’t surprising as there is still about 6 months before it launches. That is if Samsung follows the Tab S4’s release date.
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Going by the design of the Tab S5e, we expect the Galaxy Tab S5 will also be stunning with thinner bezels. It should also have an (improved) S Pen which the S5e lacks.
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