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Hi All, Long time reader, first time poster, Just thought i'd share, I noticed this reduced price today, (I purchased one of these a couple of months ago for $939 - 20% on eBay.) Seems like a good buy..
Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 10.5" Wi-Fi 256GB Black - $649 + Delivery (Free with eBay Plus) @ Bing Lee eBay
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LDeeM0n on 16/10/2019 - 17:10 ebay.com.au (418 clicks)
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Nice pickup, I just updated my description :P
seems like a ripper deal
This is a good buy.
If you have a few more dollars to spend and have access to the education portal at the Samsung online store you can grab the 256GB Tab S6 (newly released) for $889 and get the bonus Samsung galaxy buds which would be a better buy if you are after the buds.
Having just gone from the Tab S4 to the Tab S6, I would recommend stretching your budget if you can and getting the Tab S6 instead. The S6 256GB has 8GB RAM which is double of the S4. It'll help with multitasking and DeX. The S6's Snapdragon 855 processor is a current-gen one and is noticeably quicker than the 2-gen-old Snapdragon 835 in the S4, which makes it more future-proof. In 3 years time, the S6 will be 3 generations behind while the S4 would be 5 generations behind.
That said, it might be a good time to find a used S4. I sold my excellent-condition Tab S4 4G for $570. The WiFi model would probably be high 400s maybe?
It probably going to come down to your main use. I mean you could even make an argument for the cheaper S5e if you mostly just use it for multimedia consumption. I'm here still using my old iPad Air 2 and hard to find much reason to replace a tablet that's over 5 years old.
That's true… if you're not going to be doing anything heavy on it, the S4 would be totally suitable, although in 3 years time it's going to be slower than an S6.
If multimedia consumption is the main use, I would personally just get the S5e instead as it's much lighter and thinner. It feels a lot nicer in the hand than the S4.
Main use of my Tab S (1?) is youtubing and kid checking his school calendar, still going strong… dropped it few time and wished it broken to buy a new one but it refused to stop working.
None of that matters much as you’ll forever be waiting for Samsung to release firmware updates.
None of that matters much as you’ll forever be waiting for Samsung to release firmware updates.
The Tab S6 is new enough that there haven't been updates yet, but here's the list of updates Samsung released for the S10:
https://doc.samsungmobile.com/SM-G973F/XSA/doc.htmlThat's an update a month. How many updates do you want?
Guys Tab S6 doesn't run Snapdragon 855, Australia we get Exynos 9610 processor only. I have confirmed this with Samsung sale reps in Chadstone shopping centre.
Correct, Australia always gets the inferior Exynos..
Yeah i almost pull the trigger but knowing this kind put me off lol.
They’ll soon quietly switch to Exynos 9611 in future editions, if past history is anything to go by.
https://m.gearbest.com/blog/new-gear/samsung-exynos-9611-vs-…
You can tell him that he is wrong.
This is the CPU-Z result from my Tab S6 which I bought from Samsung Australia. It's a Snapdragon 855.
Omg now i am confuse…what the hell lol. Is that mean the Note 10+ is also Snapdragon not Exynos? On the website when looking at specs for Tab s6 and Note 10 it only say Octa-Core for CPU type.
Personally I am greatly regretting my purchase of the Tab S6. I was stupid enough to preorder one. I think the tablet is great but the keyboard leaves a lot to be desired and Samsung’s customer service even more. My trackpad stopped working a week ago and the keyboard was asking to do a firmware upgrade every time it was connected and then failing because it thought the keyboard was not connected (it was). I did an online chat to their support page…uploaded my invoice….got to play lets connect and disconnect the keyboard..oh look there is a problem! Was told to book it in with either Carindale or Garden City for them to have a look at…..booked it in, uploaded the invoice again (2nd time).
My husband had to take the tablet and keyboard in for me as I had to work and he was dropping his 4 year old MacBook Pro in to the Apple store for a FREE replacement screen (delaminating issue). I had a phone call from him when he was standing at the Samsung Kiosk….they needed a copy of my invoice (3rd time). I sent it through, and they took my tablet and keyboard, telling my husband that if it was 4 weeks old he would have been walking away with a replacement tablet and keyboard BUT because it was 5 weeks old, it had to be sent away for repair! I wasn’t overly happy but there wasn’t anything I could do about it.
My disgust with Samsung only grew when I received a call from the Queensland Service Centre to say that there was nothing wrong with the tablet, but the keyboard was faulty (AH der!). I asked if I could therefore collect my tablet Thursday night from Carindale when we collected my husband’s MacBook (That would be the one with with free repair that was dropped in Monday afternoon and was ready for collection Tuesday lunchtime). I was informed that I couldn’t have it back until Service Head Office authorised it!!!!! Not happy, but I assumed that it was only a formality and that I would be collecting the tablet Thursday and that a new keyboard would be sent to me. Was I stupid! No…I got a text message today, and then an email telling me that I had to send through a copy of my invoice (4th time). I rang the number provided….got to listen to hold music for 30 minutes and then finally got to talk to a charming woman who told me that I couldn’t have my tablet back until I provided proof of purchase, that I would NOT be getting a replacement keyboard (but a refund at the PREORDER price). When I queried why after supplying the invoice three times I had to send it through a fourth time….I was not answered. When I asked why NO store in Brisbane could give me a replacement keyboard and asked if they had stock….all she would tell me was that Head Office had no stock so therefore I would not be given a new keyboard! No answer as to whether anywhere in Brisbane had stock.
After 30 minutes of talking to her and going round and round and round in circles, I gave up, uploaded the requested copy of my invoice for the fourth time. The current situation is I have had no response to the email with my invoice, I have no tablet, no keyboard, no refund and no idea when I am likely to get the tablet or a refund! I am no apple fanboy….use an android phone (currently a Samsung S10+) and have owned six Samsung phones, five Samsung tablets and have bought quite a few Samsung devices (phones/tablets) for my employees. I can honestly say that this will be my last Samsung purchase! I cannot understand how Apple can manage to replace my iPad Pro 11 that was 3 months old that had an intermittent line on the screen ON THE SPOT, but Samsung cannot replace a 5 week old device!Thanks for sharing this, hope Samsung reps can read this.
I’m just grateful that my husband is not saying I told you so when I was rude about Apple and the state of the screen on his MacBook. I was shocked when they agreed to replace the screen at no charge. I was shocked when Samsung did not replace my keyboard….I was disgusted when I was asked four times to prove that a device that was only released to the Australian market 5 and a half weeks ago was still under warranty!
I would suggest emailing product suppourt with your entire story and see if that gets you anywhere. Lay out the facts from start to finish, not unlike what you have done here, and summarise your feelings at the end. Hopefully it reaches someone higher up who can secure a better result for you. You could also try emailing a relevant senior executive directly. I work for a major Australian retailer in a role that has some customer service aspects and I’ve seen this strategy get effective results there, though I can’t speak for Samsung.
Ask their customer service again and if there is no better outcome, go to ACCC anyway. ACCC is happy to take the case of Samsung.
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