Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra --VS-- The iPad Pro

The new Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra is a great new android tablet but how does it stack up against the king? the iPad Pro.

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[honeycomb_hearth]

Android developer here 😊 one of the most common reasons tablet versions of apps looks like a hot mess is a two-fold problem. Previously it was kind of a pain in the butt for android to make good tablet layouts, the tooling for developers was just subpar when compared to iOS and their constraint system. With jetpack compose in android, this is actually much less of an issue. Google is also pushing developers more to support aspect agnostic layouts because there is a rise in foldable devices, and they suffer when apps are poorly designed for a flexible experience.

The second half of the problem is lack of buy in from leadership on supporting android devices. The absolute best thing you can do to get a better tablet experience is complain and send feedback on these apps to those companies so they know people actually care about it.

[IckilyVickily]

I am really happy that the Samsung Tabs and Android have closed the gap quite a bit with Apple. I'm in the android ecosystem and really didn't want to get an iPad, but I thought it was my only option. Then I started seeing people talk about the tab s8 series and how much they liked it for drawing/painting. I recently bought myself the Tab S9U and I absolutely love it. There are so many good art applications now and Samsung Dex is great.

[luisc.]

I'm a professional Artist and i confirm that the drawing experience in the S9 ultra has no match. You are not límited to a single pencil, i can use the wacom ones and the bigger screen is amazing.

[ClapperDan]

Correction about S Pen: the S Pen is not battery charged. It has a single capacitor inside that stores a charge, and the charge is solely for use of Air Gestures. The S Pen itself does NOT need to be charged in order to be used.

[JayneAFK]

I think it is important to note, which you kind of did by mentioning dex, is that the app scaling problem is basically fixable by using dex and/or multitasking modes which will scale the app down to a more mobile-sized window. It isn't perfect, and hopefully there will be better full screen support for larger screened devices soon but in the meanwhile I feel like that's a pretty good fix for the time being.

[minwoo]

A digital artist coming from an iPad Pro, the S9 tab ultra is amazing! The screen is gorgeous. The drawing experience is great. I love the s-pen. I love the Wacom one pen that works on the tablet. Im happy i made a switch.

[mariosanchez]

Just sold my iPad pro12.1 and iPad mini, They were the latest, and I am getting a Galaxy Tab S9+, keeping my iPhone 13 mini but getting a new Z Flip, switching Apple watch for Galaxy Watch 6. All this change started with the iPads, everyone's says "iPad apps are better" and yes, but only if you are a video or photo editor, basically a content creator, I`m not, I`, m a consultant I travel, receive documents, and sometimes edit them on the go with a tablet, Ipad displays are OK nothing special but most of my coworkers made the switch, Android got excellent handling apps, displays are waaaay better, look better, and they are overall more funn to use, and I can do the same, watching movies on the go, use as a second display, read and create documents, and the pen is waaaays better than apple pencil.

So, good job Samsung!

[WilliamCoxGM]

For the people assuming apple has a wall around apps are funny. As a dev friend has told me “it is just easier to develop apps for apple products because it is only apples products where as android has way too many products” and to put that at into perspective over 600 android phones were launched last year that doesn’t include tablets or watches. That’s only phones. All running a different version of android. He has told me that is the problem with android. It is not that they don’t want to. It is that it is extremely hard and expensive when apple products are easy to dev for. There is no wall around apps unlike for products of apples.

[encod-shira]

Just trade my iPad for Tab S9+. Just love things tab s9+ can provide me a lot of ways to work with.

[DeepteshLovesTECH]

2:06 Brad if you remember correctly, earlier Samsung always used to provide Super Amoled displays to Tab S series, whether the original Tab S all the way to the Tab S6. After that they went into cost cutting with Tab S7(while charging the same amount as Tab S6) having an LED LCD display (only Tab S7+ had the OLED panel).

[Harzhid]

Welcome to another episode of watching even you have no intention to but it but somehow like watching Brad's videos

[maurorenard]

I thought this day wasn't ever going to come!!! Great review Brad!!! We know you are mainly an Apple user, so this shows how impartial this review has been. Keep it up!!! Your reviews are informative as well as entertaining!!!

[juliankenning]

For full 2 years I tried to love or somewhat enjoy the iPad Pro ( for sketching amd sculpting) but the IPAD OS just kept upsetting me on a daily basis with it's restrictive ways and insanely contrived file management. It was a constant joyless pain to use. Finally ater realising that Procreate is anyway not my preferred painting app and Nomad Sculpt runs great on Android too, I ditched it for the Samsung S8 Ultra and now S9 ultra. Suddenly using a Tablet is so much pure joy and fun and constantly inviting to get creative work done on it. Extra Bonus: I can use the same pens I use for drawing on the tablet to draw also on my Samsung phone as well as on my laptop screen that happens to use the same wacom emr tech. Talk about fluid cross hardware platform!

[tytownsend]

Most people are going to be using their tablets for more than just drawing, so i feel as tho the s9 ultra would be the better buy. Customizations, multitasking and the s pen does so much more.

[francisdebriey]

Completely agreeing with your view. The only true place where the iPad shines is its processor performance. If you're doing some video editing on your tablet, the iPad remains the better choice. But as a pure "desktop" experience replacement for all the daily simple tasks, the Galaxy s9 ultra is the best productivity gadget you can buy, ... even as a ebook reader !

[abrahamroberts]

I have the m2 ipad 12.9 and s9 ultra. You cant go wrong with either but i just enjoy using the s9 ultra more. The beautiful screen experience and flexible multitasking is unmatched.

[phazonclash]

One thing that wasn't mentioned in the video is how great the One UI S-Pen experience is.

The many years of expertise Samsung had with the "Galaxy Note" series really shows

[richardhaddadau]

Very fair review on both tablets. I have been using the iPad for years now and recently purchased the Tab S9. Samsung has done brilliantly with this tablet and, although their previous models were alright, none really competed with the iPad like this one.

As for the S-Pen, bear in mind that Samsung is soon going to release a Creatives S-Pen which is about the length of the Apple Pencil and also heavier. The S-Pen is more suited for writing notes since it's lighter but the Creatives S-Pen will be what most of us artists prefer for digital drawing. Keen to seen how that would feel.

Thank you for this video.

[DeanEGardiner]

The issue with apps optimised for phone is not an issue at all if you use them in split sceen mode. You can scale the width any size you want.

[matslarsson]

I've been using both a high end iPad and the galaxy Tab s7+ and I prefer the s-pen every day of the week. I'm probably weird though since I I even prefer it to the Wacom Cintiq pen. I've never understood why anyone wants big heavy pens. Sure there might be better balance in them or something. But it's not for me. I'm not a size queen 😅