Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" Broadband LTE-A Worth buying? - Galaxy Tab S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" Wif-Fi( Exynos 5 Octa (5420) ) still worth buying at £330/$515 or is there something better? I will be coming from the Shield which scores a mighty 29989 on Futuremark, however the 8" screen is not quite big enough otherwise it would be perfect. I read in some reviews the Tab S(FM:13364) can be sluggish at times, although I might install CM if available which could help with performance.
My other question is where can I buy the more powerful versions of this tablet, there is the Exynos 7 Octa (5433) and I believe there is also a snapdragon version. The Exynos 5 Octa (5420) version being sold in the UK has the lowest performance of the bunch.....
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" Broadband LTE-A
Exynos 7 Octa (5433)
Up to 1.9 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A57 and 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
Mali-T760
Futuremark score: 19850
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5" Wif-Fi
Exynos 5 Octa (5420)
Up to 1.9 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 and 1.3 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7
Mali-T628 MP6
Futuremark score: 13364

I've got the t805 which is the LTE version. It was a bit sluggish with touchwiz, but flies with CM12.1.
Support for the LTE modem is a bit sketchy in AOSP though, and there are more ROMs available for the Wi-Fi version.
PS. Screen is totally gorgeous.
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Thanks, does your LTE have the Exynos 5 Octa (5420) chipset?

I've found the supercharged version of the Tab S 10.5" on sale in South Korea for £246/$384. This tablet is basically equivalent to the S2 except with a bigger & better screen. I've emailed them to see about shipping to the UK.

tuk1 said:
I've found the supercharged version of the Tab S 10.5" on sale in South Korea for £246/$384. This tablet is basically equivalent to the S2 except with a bigger & better screen. I've emailed them to see about shipping to the UK.
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Where did you find them for that price? At those prices I would also be interested (I'm in Australia). Anyone else interested?
So far the best prices I've seen in South Korea for the 5433 Tab S were around USD600. The no-contract price on the Samsung South Korea website is 880,000 won (around USD750), and hasn't changed, so far, after the release of the S2. That's for the T805S, T805K and t805L versions, which I believe are the only ones with the Exynos 5433. The T805S was removed a few weeks ago from the Samsung South Korea website. The T805S/K/L versions are 10.5", 32GB, LTE-A, Exynos 5433, Bluetooth 4.1 (instead of 4.0), Titanium Bronze only.
In GFXBench, the 5433 gives around a 50% boost (T805S versus 5420). In Geekbench 3, the T805S (106 results) & T805K (13 results) single and multi-core is around 50-60% better on average than the T805 (2903) results, with the T805L (only 5 results) perhaps marginally less impressive, but not many tested. From the number of Geekbench results and from web searches, maybe there are many more T805S tablets floating around than the "K" & "L", even though Samsung's website now only sells the "K" & "L"..

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[Q] SM-T705 is Exynos?

I've been meaning to purchase this tablet so I've been looking at the LTE variant.
I looked it up online on my local Samsung site (Malaysia) and I found out it has the Exynos chipset but with LTE. Are there two LTE variants or it's an error on sites like GSMArena? I also went to a physical store and looked at the retail box, on the back it clearly says "1.9 GHz Quad core + 1.3 GHz Quad core". The model number is SM-T705 which has the Snapdragon chipset according to most sites I go to.
EDIT: I went on the Samsung UK site and even the 4G variant sold there has the Exynos chip.
Run_dawn10 said:
The model number is SM-T705 which has the Snapdragon chipset according to most sites I go to.
EDIT: I went on the Samsung UK site and even the 4G variant sold there has the Exynos chip.
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The T705 is an Exynos 5 SoC with Intel LTE Modem.
There is not currently a Qualcomm based Tab S model on the market, and it's unlikely that a Snapdragon version will be released.
Thanks.
I just bought it, in Bronze.

[q] galaxy tab s 8.4 lte cpu

HI,
I purchased a galaxy tab S 8.4 with LTE capabilities.
upon checking my CPU, all benchmarking tools pointed out that my CPU is a samsung exynos 5420 1.9ghz!
if I am not mistaken, this is the CPU of the WIFI only version.
I am suppose to get a Snapdragon 800 2.3 GHZ with my LTE version.
can anyone clarify on this? should I return it to the store and have them replace my unit with an appropriate specification?
thanks!
bentee20 said:
HI,
I purchased a galaxy tab S 8.4 with LTE capabilities.
upon checking my CPU, all benchmarking tools pointed out that my CPU is a samsung exynos 5420 1.9ghz!
if I am not mistaken, this is the CPU of the WIFI only version.
I am suppose to get a Snapdragon 800 2.3 GHZ with my LTE version.
can anyone clarify on this? should I return it to the store and have them replace my unit with an appropriate specification?
thanks!
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This had been answered many times. ...
I'll answer again. Your eyes don't lie.
At the moment, all international SGT-S 8.4 and 10.5 WIFI and LTE devices use the same Exynos processor + Mali GPU.
I have not yet seen any official Samsung website stating otherwise.
There may be some USA "carrier variant" using Snapdragon + Adreno though, but not seen any user post confirming device in hand.
UpInTheAir said:
This had been answered many times. ...
I'll answer again. Your eyes don't lie.
At the moment, all international SGT-S 8.4 and 10.5 WIFI and LTE devices use the same Exynos processor + Mali GPU.
I have not yet seen any official Samsung website stating otherwise.
There may be some USA "carrier variant" using Snapdragon + Adreno though, but not seen any user post confirming device in hand.
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thank you for the explanation... the sales guy told me it was a 2.3 snapdragon. went back to the store and demanded a refund.. got a discount instead so still win...

Galaxy Tab S lte (AT&T model) chipset/processor speed???????

So, did my antutu bench mark test today for s&g`s and seen that it came up with the Exynos 5 octa- core chip set instead of the Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400 (S800). So I ran CPU-Z app and it showed the same. I thought that the lte versions (T807a) were suppose to have the S800? Am I correct or are the apps giving me wrong info? Also the S800 should be the faster of the 2 correct? Thanks and curious about the answer.

How to determine the processor in Note 10.1?

From what I have read the Note 10.1 2014 edition has either a 1.9 GHz octa-core Samsung Exynos 5420 SoC processor or a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC processor. How do you tell which CPU it has? I have a P600 (WiFi only). Do they all use the same CPU?
Back then in 2013 no Exynos processor had an LTE modem yet so Samsung has to use Qualcomm processors for that. This means, P600 (WiFi) and P601 (3G) models use the Exynos processor and P605 is the LTE model ie the one with Snapdragon 800. From what I've read online seems like the 800 offers slightly better battery life while the Exynos excels in webpage rendering/loading. Of course this is highly subjective since everything can be tweaked afterall. I have the WiFi model, on average it lasts around 4 days with up to 9 or 10 hours screen on time.

Experiences in buying Snapdragon variant in EU

Hello,
I wonder if anyone have experience in buying Galaxy with Snapdragon inside the EU?
I just saw Galaxy S10 Snapdragon variand is WAY better than Exynos in leaked AnTuTu benchmarks and its also 7nm instead of Exynos 8nm...Bad..
So I'm planning on trying to get Snapdragon in Europe...
Any suggestions?
Thank you
Exactly what I'm looking for. Actually I have Galaxy S9 Exynos in Europe and all it's working really fine, really. But sometimes I think the phone could run a bit faster with many apps, like my Sony XZ2 Compact did with Snapdragon 845, so I know Snapdragon version is faster for S9 and I would move to that one.
Can someone tell me if there are any issue having a Snapdragon variant in Europe? As for the mobile network I want know if it will be compatible, because actually S9 Exynos is the best phone I had for network reception.
CrazyCypher said:
Hello,
I wonder if anyone have experience in buying Galaxy with Snapdragon inside the EU?
I just saw Galaxy S10 Snapdragon variand is WAY better than Exynos in leaked AnTuTu benchmarks and its also 7nm instead of Exynos 8nm...Bad..
So I'm planning on trying to get Snapdragon in Europe...
Any suggestions?
Thank you
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Buying a phone just for benchmark scores is probably the dumbest thing you can do. No offense, but they mean absolutely nothing and don't simulate real world usage in any way. It's merely a bragging point for OEMs. Besides, basing your decision on scores for a phone that hasn't even been announced yet is an equally bad idea.
Buying a Snapdragon Samsung device would come with these disadvantages:
-Slower updates
-No VoLTE
-No WiFi calling
-No 4G+/LTE-A (depends on region and carrier)
-No Samsung Pay
-No warranty or after sales support in your country
If you want to play games, especially demanding games, stay away from Eyxnos 8920. It comes with a Mali G76 which is as powerful as the 2 years ago's Adreno 530, (Snapdragon 820).
The US version of the Galaxy s10 series comes with the Snapdragon 855 7nm chipset with an Adreno 640 GPU. Thats why Snapdragon is destroying Exynos in all those benchmarks.
So unless you refuse to live in the 2000s and use your phone only to... "call people", follow the benchmarks, and stay away from Samsung EU.
Any experience with VOLTE and LTE Bands Carrier Aggregation using Snapdragon version in EU?

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