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The Galaxy Tab S5e is undeniably good-looking from the front

Today was a pretty busy day for Samsung, but the world's largest smartphone vendor is actually not done announcing new stuff, quickly following up the global introduction of the eye-catching Galaxy A80 and not-too-shabby Galaxy A70 handsets with some US-specific news on the tablet release front.

No, it's not already time for a high-end Galaxy Tab S5 with a Snapdragon 855 processor to take on Apple's latest iPad Pro generation, as the Snapdragon 835-powered Tab S4 is still relatively fresh... and yet completely outdated. Instead, the mid-range Galaxy Tab S5e and Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019) that the company took the wraps off a good couple of months ago finally have official US availability details attached to their somewhat confusing names.

Galaxy Tab S5e - insanely thin, with a great screen and reasonable price point

Okay, perhaps this is not the iPad Pro killer Android enthusiasts have been eagerly expecting since the announcement of Apple's first such tablet. But at a starting price of $399.99, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e does at least manage to substantially undercut both 2018 iPad Pro variants, as well as the $500 and up 2019 iPad Air. Believe it or not, Samsung's brand-new 10.5-inch slate is thinner than all its three aforementioned iOS rivals, at an outright anorexic 5.5 mm.

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The Tab S5e is even prettier from the back

Despite that unbelievably slim profile and a lightweight 400-gram body (the new iPad Air weighs 456 grams and up), the Tab S5e packs a decent-sounding 7,040 mAh battery with fast charging support. That ticker is slightly smaller than the one squeezed inside the 7.1 mm "thick" Galaxy Tab S4, but it's still rated at a respectable 15 hours of continuous running time.

While it's not entirely clear how much memory and storage you'll be getting in exchange for your four Benjamins starting April 26, we're guessing it's 4 and 64 gigs respectively, with a 6/128GB configuration likely to cost a little more. Obviously, no other differences are to be expected between the two variants, which should both come with a 13MP rear and 8MP front camera, pre-installed Android 9.0 Pie software, quad AKG-tuned speakers, a USB 3.1 Type C port, and octa-core Snapdragon 670 processing power.

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