Samsung had planned to launch the Galaxy Tab S9 series this year, but due to a number of factors, including the economy, the company apparently had little choice but to delay the launch. more conservative.
On a macro level, market demand for tablets has slowed considerably, and even Apple’s iPad range is experiencing sluggish sales, even though the category continues to generate billions of dollars in annual revenue.
Delaying its flagship tablet products until 2023 means Apple will get a few months’ heads start when it launches its lower-cost iPad 10 and M2 iPad Pro ranges later this year. As with the Galaxy Tab S8 series, Samsung is likely to launch three Galaxy Tab S9 models. One of them will be priced competitively and it will probably come with an LCD panel rather than an OLED panel in order to reduce manufacturing costs.
The mid-range model will be the Galaxy Tab S9 Plus, while the flagship model will be the Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra. Assuming the three tablets will launch in December 2022, they will likely have Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 built-in. According to one source, this SoC has improvements in the NPU, ISP, and GPU, and is specifically designed for Android tablets that require higher performance. Android tablets.
Samsung currently ranks second in the high-end tablet market behind Apple, but it should be appreciated that it is the only manufacturer taking this segment seriously to remain competitive.
