128GB Galaxy Tab S8+ Wi-Fi Tablet w/ Select Trade In Expired

From a reddit thread:

Alternative-Farmer98
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1) tab S7 has a variable refresh rate up to 120. The tab S8 does not optimize and is always at 120. Not sure why they removed this feature. Accordingly, tab S7 will generally get better battery (but your mileage may vary).

2) tab S8 was delisted from geekbench for throttling. Tab S7 does not have this problem. The 865 chip in the s7 is technically less powerful but does better under heavy load. The 8g1 chip (in S8 variants) has heating issues. Tech tablets demonstrated this in testing. As did geekbench. Tablets have more room for cooling than phones, so it's probably worse on phones. But still, throttling 10,000 apps is not ideal.

3) tab S8 + will get a few years more updates. Tab S7 will probably not get Android 14 or 15. Tab S8 should. (that's the only major benefit, in my opinion)

4) keyboard case is different, but you can use them interchangeably. (So I'm told)

5) tab S8 is newer so battery is newer. But again, the variable refresh rate functions in tab S7 variants and more thermally effecting processor mitigate this

I think tab S7 plus is better option, personally. Especially given pricing. I would caution people not to assume 8g1 chip is better. It requires 10 watts of power to run and has forced Samsung and other device manufacturers to limit this power dramatically for thousands of different apps. 865 technically won't benchmark as high in optimal conditions but once the conditions aren't optimal anymore it does much better than the 8th gen 1.

Newer, isn't always better. To me 865 is the best flagship chip Qualcomm has ever made. It's why I recommend s20fe over an s22.

Need to trade in the Galaxy Tab S7+ to get it down to $99.


The S2 gets it down to $399.

A couple of weeks ago it was just the pink color that was $99, now it looks like all of the colors are $99