Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 10.5" Tablet with S Pen

So let's just say I've gone through a number of android tablets over the years. Prior to getting this Samsung tablet, the Pixel C and the Huawei Mediapad M5 were the best of the bunch. Those are old. This is new and this is now the best I've ever owned. Considering how old the pixel c is, I'm going to have to say it still is a very good functioning tablet. Yes, it's still around after... I think it's 5 years. But this is about the Samsung galaxy tab s6. The 10 inch screen is rimmed by a pretty thin bezel... Maybe 5/16 inches in thickness all the way around. It has 2 buttons and 4 speaker grills. It charges via USB c and it does not have a headphone jack. The 2 buttons are the power and volume buttons. What I found cool is that it has an on screen fingerprint reader (not super accurate... It doesn't always work) and it can be setup for face recognition. It has a standard front facing camera and a rear camera. I don't use this for pictures and videos so I don't really care about the specs on that hardware. Suffice it to say that the video calls are clear enough. I'm not going to get into the specs. When you buy a tablet of this level, it has high end specs. Those are good to glance at to make sure you have something good but in the end, I just need it to perform. There is no doubt this tablet has power under the hood. I haven't even felt any lag with it yet. I've played some games with a connected Bluetooth controller and that's been very smooth. Video playback is great. I also find that the wifi connection seems much better than my older tablets. Areas in the house where I would have spotty connection isn't a problem with this s6 tablet. The screen is sharp. It gets plenty bright and I really enjoy my time on it. Right now, it's a lot of YouTube. If this was a different time I'd be watching a lot of movies on it while flying somewhere. I thought this was going to have a ton of samsung bloatware but it didn't. That was a nice surprise. It does have some handy features for those households with other samsung devices. Smart view has been super handy to cast the tablets screen to my TV. I think the battery has possibly been the most disappointing aspect of the tablet. And that doesn't mean it's bad. I haven't tracked exactly how long I get from a charge but I think it's between 5-6 hours of active use. I think I charge every 3 to 4 days. So by no means is this bad. It's good but I don't think I can say it's great. I was getting those numbers from other older tablets too. I do love that this charges really fast. Using a high powered USB c charger, I can get this big battery charged up within about 3 hrs. I haven't checked exactly how long but I plugged it in around 10am and by about 1, it was full. I'm really happy with this tablet. I'd get it again with only a small hesitation. The price tag is pretty hefty but if I get a few years from this, it'll be worth it. Hey, my pixel c is still being used after about 5 years.