Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra vs Galaxy Tab S10 Plus: Is there a reason to go that big? – Ultra-Sim

Intro

Aside from this jumbo jet of a slate, Samsung also announced a Galaxy Tab S10 Plus (but not a regular Galaxy Tab S10), which is a bit more sensible 12.4-inch device. 

But which one should you go for if you wish to get Samsung’s best 2024 tablets?

Design and Display Quality

Big versus bigger

There’s no two ways around it: the main difference between the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus is the size and size alone. 

With the Tab S10 Ultra, you’re greeted with a large, 14.6-inch screen, which pushes the dimensions to 326.4 x 208.6 x 5.4 mm. Meanwhile, the “smaller” Galaxy Tab S10 Plus has a 12.4-inch screen that pushes its dimensions to 285.4 x 185.4 x 5.6 mm. Weight-wise, the Ultra tips the scales at 718gr, while the Plus is much more manageable at 571gr. 

Overall, what you see is what you get. We wouldn’t call either particularly ergonomic to use because of the massive size of either, but if we have to play this game, then of course the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus feels more manageable. 

The Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra also has a pretty large notch at its front, used to house the dual front-facing cameras. It’s not an eye-sore by any means, but we can’t lie––we’d have loved the tablet even more without it. The Galaxy S10 Plus, on the other hand, has no such a contraption, which makes for a slightly cleaner design. 

Both tablets have super-thin Armor Aluminum bodies with water and dust resistance. 

There’s IP68 water and dust resistance, as well as an S Pen stylus in the box of either device. 

Performance and Software

Goodbye for now Qualcomm

With the Galaxy Tab S10 family, we get some important changes in the performance section. 

It’s a 4nm chip, which delivers some decent performance gains over the previous Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip in the Galaxy Tab S9 generation. Samsung cites an 18% CPU performance increase and a 36% better graphics performance, which sounds pretty good. 

Samsung likely made that change for cost-cutting reasons. That’s fine. Remains to be seen how thermals are handled, though. 

Well, that seems to be the only major difference here. The memory and storage configurations haven’t changed from the previous generation, but we don’t feel Samsung is lacking here. The Galaxy Tab S10 Plus comes with 256GB and 512GB, both with 12GB of RAM, while the Ultra adds a 1TB version to the mix. Both tablets have microSD cards, which is great. 

The battery capacity difference between the two tablets isn’t that big. 

Their different sizes would suggest that the Ultra features a much larger battery, but that’s not true. There’s an 11,200mAh battery inside that one, and don’t get us wrong, that’s a lot; however, the Galaxy Tab S10 Plus features a 10,090mAh, which is less, but at the same time, more than enough in comparison. 

Both tablets feature 45W charging, which should top them up in around two hours. 

Specs Comparison

Which one should you buy?

We can’t imagine that anything else than size and price alone will play a major role in your potential buying decision.

The Galaxy Tab S10 Plus, on the other hand, is a more sensible device, which still offers a large screen, but is much more manageable in terms of ergonomics. 

One thing is for certain––if you don’t own a Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra or a Galaxy S9 Plus, either of these is a great purchase.