STOP WASTING MONEY!! Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra vs Microsoft Surface Pro 8

Surface Pro 8 vs Tab S8 Ultra. Which one is better? Watch this video to find out.

Now, the Microsoft Surface Pro 8 and the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra are extremely powerful, but there are a few fundamental differences that you need to be aware of before making a purchase. So let me walk you through everything you need to know about these two tablets.

Fundamentally, yes, both are tablets and both have a touch display, but the biggest, and probably the most important difference is the operating system. The Surface comes with Windows 11, so you can pretty much run any PC app that you want. The Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra comes with Android 12 and One UI 4.1 so you’re getting an operating system that’s designed for a mobile device with a touch display.

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[TechGearTalk]

What's up everyone?! I hope this comparison of the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra and the Surface Pro 8 was helpful. Did I cover what you wanted to know? What else did you want to see or learn about?


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[boltsbaseball]

FYI: The Ultra is now on Android 12, not 11, and it goes up to 16 GB of RAM not 12... Having said that, the Surface is ridiculously overpriced. If you're considering a Surface look at the Dell XPS 2-in-1's they provide a VERY similar tablet like experience, have better specs, better screens and a better Wacom-Technology Stylus.

[YkensDomain]

Thanks for the information, really helped me decide on the S8 Ultra :)
Question - What was the green sheet you used to see the speakers?! That's amazing I want it :D

[Zomonitan]

I have the S8+, and I think it's the perfect sweet spot size-wise. I also think the official keyboard without the trackpad is the better option for portability, especially if you want to use it on your lap.

[boltsbaseball]

Here's my review of the 16GB/522GB S8 Ultra.
I got the 16GB RAM/512GB SSD S8 Ultra it was $517.59 from Samsung with a Tab S7+ Trade-In. They gave me $600 trade-in credit (my total cost from Samsung for the Tab S7+ was $531). I also got the Book Cover & the Rugged Stand cover free...
The 14.6 Super AMOLED screen is amazing. S-Pen is the best stylus on any platform. Super fast processor. Speakers are fantastic with lots of bass - loud and clear, crisp highs. VERY impressive. The S-pen and it's low latency is spectacular. The super-amoled screen at 120 mHz is hard to tie, let alone beat...
One of the GREATEST features of the Tab S8 Ultra that no one talks about is the 'Second Screen' feature. SuperDisplay a $10 app works really great. The Tab S8 Ultra has basically replaced my Wacom Cintiq as my main Photoshop editing device. It's higher resolution, wireless, lighter, portable, and the S-Pen might be even better... Samsung's built-in 'Second Screen' works OK, but it used to work much better than it does now, I don't know what happened, but hopefully they will update it to work as good as SuperDisplay does.
Plus, the device is awesome all on its own... Literally blown away by how great it is!
The S-Pen is fantastic and FREE in the box. You don't need to add a paper-like screen protector ($40) in addition to the $130 you'll pay extra for the Apple Pencil...
I'm a 30+ year Professional Graphic Artist. When some say that there aren't Professional Visual Arts apps on android it's just really incorrect, because I use them everyday. Autodesk Sketchbook, Infinite Painter, Concepts, Krita are just a few of the apps available on the Google Play store... There are many more... Are there a few apps available on iPad that aren't on the Play store? Yes, of course, but a good carpenter never blames his tools, and with expertise and talent you can do anything and everything on android apps that you can do on iOS apps - NO DOUBT.
If you're already entrenched in the Apple 'eco-system'... Then pay the extra $500 to $1500... But guess what, the Tab S8 Ultra supports HDR10+ and has a 120Hz refresh rate, so your covered.
Best of luck with your decision.

[ccroy]

I have the Surface Go 3 the 10.5" model with an i3. I bought 6 months ago and thought I would use it alongside my laptop has a tablet to watch YT and take with me on trips for emails and so on. The Go 3 has become my full time home PC. I use it docked for paying bills and writing docs, Tablet mode for YT or reading articles, and as a laptop for casual browsing. It fits my needs better than an iPad or Android tablet.

[nozzer]

Hey Tech Gear Talk, at the end of your awesome video you sort of left it up to the consumer what product they needed, can I please ask, if you was to choose one what one would it be? Thank you.

[deankaltsas]

I'm glad I watched that video. I had a surface pro x and tried to use it for work. It does pretty good but it's an arm chip and you're always waiting for it to do this or waiting for it to do that. I recently upgraded to the surface pro 8 and I can't tell you the difference. Having a real operating system with multitasking and so forth is golden. I really missed using a real computer. I did buy S8 Plus tablet and I really love it for media consumption. The interesting thing you didn't touch upon what you should is there's been such a move towards remote PCs like Windows or Microsoft 365, and we use another one called right networks which actually allows you to run a PC through the Android tablet

[josher]

Hey TGT! I'm the surface pro gaming guy and have done lots of gaming videos testing the pro 8 i5 and i7 along with egpu.. you can play so many more games and also emulate and use touch screen so it's the best of both worlds.. without the egpu you just need the right mix of resolution 1440*960 and settings

[xavaudeger]

Hello ! What tablet would you recommend for drawing on softwares like krita or photoshop ? (I'm illustrator and tattooist and looking for a device to draw everywhere). Thank you very much !

[trenton]

This is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison as the Surface Pro is a full PC, while the Tab S8 Ultra is not. In my mind, the pen quality paired with screen specs are the most comparable factors between the two. But I do see how this comparison would be useful for the layman who's more unacquainted with the differing features and case uses.

[TheWorkshop]

Hey, could you let me know what the hexagon wallpaper on the Surface is in the thumbnail? Thanks.

[topicruben]

Awesome review as always! Every time I need to upgrade gear I check your videos. Cheers

[labrahamabraham]

Dear Sir,
Thank you so much.But I have a query. I am asking about the pad version of MS office.
1) Does Microsoft office include one note also, like Excel, word etc. ?
2) Is MS office compatible with latest Samsung tablets?
3) Is not paid version easier to use than the web version ?

[dchape]

What is that green x-ray-like card he used in minute 6:54 to talk about the speakers? :o

[stricken]

i went from the S8+ to the ipad pro but couldnt get over the size reduction from the aspect ratio and forced bars on youtube videos so today i switched it out for the S8 ultra. its like night and day and i got it on sale from bestbuy for $800, the same as the ipad pro.

[whitneydorcelus]

I am selling my surface pro 8 today, because it only last 4 hours and it has too much heat
The bugs are bottering me, I cannot write on it. I am done with Microsoft. I bought a galaxy tab s8 ultra, I am wanting for the delivery.

[PAULME_CH]

Things are simple:
You need to run a pc app? (Microsoft office, some business app for your work, etc), go for surface. Galaxy tab CANT do that.
You want media consumption? Go for galaxy tab s8 ultra. It does that much better.
Watching Netflix in s8 ultra, it is cold, no fan blowing, in 2 hours it still has 80% battery.. And you are watching to a bigger screen, oled and 16/10, small black bars, amazing sound by 4 speakers, plus dolby.
Do the same in surface, you are hearing the fan, sound and screen is much worse, 3:4 screen is not for movies, you see big black bars, in a much smaller screen.. And in 2 hours you have 50-60% battery..
They look that the can do both, but they actually can't. You need both.

[ErnieSesameStreet]

Do you know why the S8 refresh screen has running line when side by side with the Pro 8? Could it be one is NTSC another is PAL

[DeepDishPizza]

I can never get full screen when using a usb-c to hdmi cable when using the S8. I’ve tried adjusting my monitor settings and everything and still can’t get full screen 16:9.