Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

TL;DR: Overall love this tablet, preferred over S8+, and a great tool for digital artists (just get a nice cover for the s pen) ______________________________________ S8 vs S8+ (vs iPad?) Went to an electronics store to see the actual comparison. COLOR the color difference is negligible. it's like going to the back of the electronics aisle with all the TVs and seeing the *very slight* difference between displays. yeah, okay, one might look slightly more vibrant but does that justify the $200 price difference? not for me at least. SCREEN SIZE the next difference that i care about is the screen size but i actually prefer the *slightly* smaller screen of the s8. it's still a decent sized screen unless you need your tablet to get as close to the size of an average sized laptop as possible. any larger and it will actually be awkward for me to play games on the tablet. STORAGE i got the 128gb since i mostly use cloud storage. it has a little slot you can open up to add a micro sd to get more storage so honestly unless you *know* that you will need more storage, i will opt for 128gb. this is the advantage the samsung tablet has over apple. ipad *does not* have an sd slot so it gets more annoying to expand storage--such as needing cloud storage, a separate wireless storage device, or separate storage device that plugs into the charging port and just...sits there all clunky. __________________________________________ S8 for ART (vs Kodak Cybertablet F10; Wacom Bamboo CTL-470; Huion Kamvas GT-156 v2) WORKSPACE i use clip studio paint with a *very* cluttered workspace and in *portrait* orientation. i'm talking like all the panels and windows out and the screen size still doesn't feel small or cramped to draw on the actual canvas. comparison of workspace size/tablet sizes in photos. DISPLAY S8 has TFT (LCD) and S8+ has Super AMOLED. S8 and my Huion are both LCD and they are still really good. i actually like the S8 better since i still haven't found the right color settings or color profile for my Huion to match the display colors with my phone (i tend to optimize colors for mobile devices). AMOLED makes it look more vibrant? the brights are richer and the blacks are darker. i thought the "more accurate" colors might justify the additional $200 price tag but then i realized "wait if my art looks slightly different on all these other displays anyway, what's the point of it looking *really good* on mine when it looks probably more like the S8's display on all my clients' and followers' devices?" S PEN CHARGING: i find that it dies pretty fast compared to my graphic tablet pens, but it also charges really fast too. my huion pen is the most comparable since it also has a "charge" type pen compared to the other "replace the battery" tablet pens. for Huion, i don't even know how long it takes to charge since i can plug the cord into my laptop and draw with the pen while it's charging, and unplug it whenever i feel like it's fully charged. huion holds a charge for weeks but the s pen needs several charges throughout the week. since it attaches magnetically to the back of the tablet to charge, i can't use it while charging. but it charges *really* fast so was not a problem for me. when it's dying, i magnet it to the back, check my messages and emails, and then it's already charged and ready for me to use again. PRESSURE: honestly out of all the tablets, all at different price points, i barely feel a difference. i'm just not sensitive to this "over 9000 levels of pressure sensitivity" thing. everything feels nice when drawing comics, illustrations, and whatnots. lack of complaints is a good thing here. NIB: the pen nib/tip is rubber, not plastic. still, the tip goes to a nice fine point. i was worried that the tip might be too rubbery and flatten out and drag across the screen when pressed, but it's nice and firm and holds the point well. i'm used to needing a matte paper-esque screen protector for my tablets since the pens are plastic, but because this one's a rubber tip, i won't be getting nor needing one. ERGONOMICS: wow this s pen is light. very light and very thin. thickness comparison in photos. the weight doesn't bother me but the thinness does. i'm used to thicker pens where it's a relatively relaxed grip but with the s pen sometimes i feel like i'm drawing with a toothpick and it strains my hand to hold the pen so precisely. it has a button on it that i use for an eraser tool but it's so small it can actually cramp my hand after a while. it really is "after a while" and i do abuse the eraser more often than the average artist but i still will be getting some kind of sleeve or cover to make the pen easier to hold. this is my biggest complaint but also one that doesn't bother me as long as i get a good cover that still gives me access to the button.