Samsung‘s Galaxy Tab Active 5 is now available in the US. Originally scheduled to go on sale in March, the new rugged Android tablet arrived a few weeks earlier. You can purchase it through the Samsung Business website. The device comes in Wi-Fi and cellular (5G) variants.
Galaxy Tab Active 5 arrives in the US early
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab Active 5 in early January. At launch, the company only announced its pricing and availability details for Europe. It followed up with the US release details about two weeks later. The Korean firm said the new rugged tablet will be available through its business website starting in March.
However, on Thursday, Samsung announced that the Galaxy Tab Active 5 is available for purchase in the US. Its business website lists both Wi-Fi and 5G variants of the device. The former is priced at $548.99, while the latter costs $658.99. You can bring the prices down with eligible trade-ins. Samsung is also offering some freebies and coupons with the devices.
As far as specs are concerned, the Galaxy Tab Active 5 sports an 8-inch TFT LCD screen with a Full HD+ resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and Touch Sensitivity. You get Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection, a MIL-STD-810H military standard build with shock resistance, and an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. The bundled S Pen is equally rugged and durable.
The tablet is powered by Samsung’s Exynos 1380 processor, the same chipset found inside the Galaxy A54 premium mid-range smartphone and the Galaxy Tab S9 FE series mid-range tablets. Both connectivity variants of the tablet come with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage in the US. An 8GB+256GB configuration also exists, but it isn’t available stateside. Thankfully, it supports microSD cards of up to 1TB capacity.
The tablet can be used without a battery
Samsung has equipped the Galaxy Tab Active 5 with a 5,050mAh user-replaceable battery. It charges via a USB Type-C port as well as a Pogo Pin. However, if you continuously use the device, you can run without a battery. There’s a built-in No Battery Mode that directly sends the power to the device, bypassing the battery.
Other highlights of the Galaxy Tab Active 5 include a 13MP rear-facing camera with LED flash, a 5MP selfie camera, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.3, NFC, face recognition, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner, a 3.5mm headphone jack, Dolby Atmos audio, GPS, a customizable Active Key, and Samsung Knox security with Samsung Knox Vault. The tablet ships with Android 14 out of the box.
2024-02-16 15:05:40