Thanks to the pandemic, the tablet market matters again. With many working from home, tablets have replaced PCs. School age children are turning to tablets for distance learning and for entertainment. Demand for tablets had been falling as larger screened phones cannibalized demand for slates. And most people don’t have a need, especially when a pandemic is wiping out the global economy, to buy a new tablet every year or two, or even five.
Bottom line? The Galaxy Tab S8/S8+ might end up very close to last year’s models with some changes under the hood. Both tablets could be powered by Qualcomm’s new 5nm Snapdragon 888 chipset, and run Android 11.