Yesterday we faced in our comparative last professional tablet de Lenovo with the Surface Pro 4, which is still the rival to beat in this field, but at CES in Las Vegas, in addition to this new ThinkPad X1 Tablet, we also met another that is also sure to give them a lot of war: the Galaxy TabPro S de Samsung. In this case, we find two tablets that are not yet for sale in our country, which gives us the opportunity to calmly think about which of the two is the one that interests us. We help you by reviewing the Technical specifications of every one of them.
Integrated
As was also the case when comparing it with the Surface Pro 4, it is easy to see that the ThinkPad X1 It has an aesthetic that is more reminiscent of a conventional laptop, although with a physical home button on one side, while with that of Samsung we find a more stylized device and, something uncommon in Korean tablets, with a totally clean front. A more important difference between the two, at least in practical terms, is that the tablet of Lenovo It has a built-in stand at the back that allows it to be held without having the keyboard attached.
Dimensions
Although it is appreciated that the optimization of the size / screen ratio is somewhat better in the tablet of Samsung, the truth is that with tablets of these dimensions the difference that separates them loses meaning (29,15x20,95 inch against 29,03x19,98 inch). It is probably more appreciated, actually, that it is quite a bit lighter (795 grams against 696 grams). In thickness, finally, the victory is for the tablet of Lenovo although in both cases it is spectacular (5,1 mm against 6,3 mm).
Screen
Regarding the screen, we find very similar technical specifications, since they are both the same size (12 inches), the same resolution (2160 x 1440) and therefore the same pixel density (PPI 216). They also have in common using the 3: 2 aspect ratio, which was introduced by the Surface tablets. The only important difference between the two, in fact, is that the tablet of Samsung uses AMOLED panels.
Performance
As usually happens between professional tablets, the difference in the performance section is not in what the basic model offers us, which is usually a processor Intel Core m3 accompanied 4 GB of RAM memory, but in the higher configurations, and here the victory is for the tablet of Lenovo, which can be achieved with up to Intel Core m7 and with 16 GB RAM memory. Of course, the two of them already arrive with Windows 10.
Storage capacity
Once again the tablet of Lenovo, whether we look at the maximums (than at the Galaxy TabPro S is 256 GB, while in the ThinkPad X1 is 1 TB), as in the possibility of external expansion, since it does have a card slot micro-SD.
Cameras
In the cameras section, the distribution of points is imposed: the tablet of Lenovo has a more powerful main camera (8 MP against 5 MP), but the front camera of the tablet Samsung Is superior (2 MP against 5 MP).
Autonomy
Taking into account that we have two teams presented so recently, we do not yet have independent data on autonomy, as you can imagine, and in the case of the ThinkPad X1 not even have been made public the capacity of its battery (from the Galaxy TabPro S at least we know it's 5200mAh). at least we know it is from. We will have to wait, therefore, to draw conclusions.
Price
The same happens with regard to the price, since the conditions of the launch of the tablet of Samsung We still do not have any information and those of the tablet of Lenovo We only know that in the United States it will go on sale for $ 899, but we don't know exactly how that will translate into euros. The normal thing would be that the two move, in any case, around 1000 euros for the basic model. We will have to wait to see if any drops substantially from that mark.
I can't believe that after almost 6 months since the Surface Pro 4 was launched, no one can compete against it, The difference in performance between an m3, m5 and m7 is quite large and what the Surface Pro 4 with i3, i5, has. i7 may be worth $ 100 for the Surface Pro 4.
The truth is that I want there to be a real comparison and bechmark with the performance of all the tablets together to be able to choose since I think many of us are looking for.