Samsung Galaxy Tab S11

Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Overview

Display and Design

The 11-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display packs 2560 x 1600 resolution with 120Hz refresh rate with peak brightness hitting 1600 nits. Meanwhile, the screen supports anti-reflection coating too.

Samsung kept the design thin at 5.5mm. Whereas, weight comes in at 469g for Wi-Fi and 471g for 5G models. Although, on the S11 Ultra, you get narrower bezels at 5.2mm.  Likewise, you’re getting IP68 water resistance and Armor Aluminum construction. And colors are limited to Gray and Silver.

Performance and AI Features

The Dimensity 9400+ MediaTek’s flagship chipset, which is now available in both Tab S11 and Tab S11 Ultra as well. Samsung’s claims performance improvements, though specific numbers aren’t given for the regular S11. They have mentioned that the Ultra gets 33% NPU boost, 24% CPU improvement, and 27% GPU gains, so something similar here is to be expected as well.

As usual there are AI features as well. Call it gimmicks, or genuine features that are useful to most, I guess AI features are here to stay for a while now. Talking about AI, the Tab S11 features Gemini Live, like most premium devices they have launched recently, and can now see what’s on your screen and have actual conversations about it. So you can share your notes during class and ask Gemini to explain a chart or summarize study material. Press and hold the side button, and you can give multi-app commands like “Summarize this article and save it to Samsung Notes.” There are other stuff like ‘Drawing Assist’, which turns rough sketches into clean visuals, and ‘Writing Assist’ will help you rework tone and style for different contexts.

S Pen and Productivity Features

The redesigned S Pen is actually a big upgrade. Samsung gave it a cone-shaped tip that supports increased tilt angles for better control, with a hexagonal design. Altough the downside of this S pen is that, it no longer supports bluetooth.

Similarly, Samsung DeX also gets some updates too. There’s a new thing called ‘Extended Mode’, which can turn the Tab S11 and an external monitor into a dual-screen setup.  The tablet works with Samsung’s Book Cover Keyboard Slim, which includes a dedicated Galaxy AI key for instant access to AI features.

Camera and Connectivity

Tabelts have never been camera centric ever, so like most tablets, or even flagship tablets, Camera setup on this one also features a mere 13MP rear shooter and a 12MP ultra-wide front camera.  Meanwhile, connectivity here includes 5G Sub-6, Wi-Fi 6E, and dual SIM support with one physical and one eSIM.