Samsung has launched a new Android tablet to rival Apple’s iPad and it’s already £50 off. On September 5, the South Korean tech brand released the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite.
This brand-new model usually comes in at £329, but Amazon is shaving £50 off the price to £279 with a coupon that’s automatically applied at checkout. The only catch is that, while Amazon has set an October 8 deadline to claim the discount, it says it could be cancelled ‘at any time’.
It puts Samsung in direct competition with Apple’s latest tablet, the 11” iPad A16, which launched in March. This device also usually costs £329, but is now £299.97 at Amazon.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite boasts a 10.9” display with a 90Hz refresh rate, ensuring smooth scrolling and motion, whether browsing the web or streaming. It’s packed with Galaxy AI features for help with everyday tasks, providing answers to questions and suggestions in real time and the ability to remove unwanted objects from images.
The gadget has an 8MP rear camera and a powerful battery offering up to 16 hours of video playback, with ‘Super Fast Charging’ capable of delivering full power in around two hours. It comes with Android 15 out of the box and will receive up to seven generations of OS updates, as well as seven years of security updates, ensuring it stays secure and compatible with new features.
It also comes with an S Pen stylus at no extra cost, something Apple charges around £100 extra for. Shoppers can pick up the tablet in a choice of grey, silver, and with storage options of 128GB or 256GB.
Announcing the Tab S10 Lite last month, Changtae Kim, EVP and Head of New Computing R&D Team, Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics, said: “The new Galaxy Tab S10 Lite is designed to bring practical, everyday functionality to more people around the world. We built it to be a reliable companion that empowers users to get more out of every moment, with useful features and a versatile design that fits naturally into how they jump between classes and playlists, stay productive during the day or turn downtime into creative time.”
The launch comes alongside Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S11 and Tab S11 Ultra, Samsung’s most powerful tablets. These models are also eligible for £50 off at Amazon, with prices from £849 and £1,149 respectively.
The deal makes Amazon a cheaper option than buying from Samsung, but Sky Mobile offers a more affordable alternative for those who prefer to pay monthly for their gadgets. The telecoms brand stocks the Tab S11 and Tab S11 Ultra for £25 and £34 respectively when spreading the cost, with shoppers also offered a Slim Book Cover Keyboard and Galaxy Buds3 FE for free.
But according to Deputy Technology Editor Henry Burrell, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite ‘beats the iPad with one perk Apple can’t match’. He said: “The Tab S10 Lite has an almost identically sized display to the cheapest iPad.
“Where the Tab S10 Lite one-ups the iPad is with its 90Hz refresh rate, which means text, apps and games will scroll smoother than on the iPad’s 60Hz screen. That’s paired with a large 8,000mAh battery, which Samsung says will last for 16 hours of video playback (better than the iPad’s quoted 10 hours), a slim design with a frame that’s 6.6mm thick, plus an 8MP camera on the back and a 5MP on the front.”
However, Henry also criticised the overabundance of Galaxy AI features, which he found ‘a little hard to ignore’.
Despite this, he continued: “Perhaps best of all, the Tab S10 Lite comes with Samsung’s S Pen stylus in the box – that’s something you can’t say of Apple, which sells its Apple Pencil pens separately for costs of about £100.”
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