Samsung’s “Fan Edition” tablet is designed for the fans who want a plus-sized screen without expensive price. The price is slightly cheaper than the tab S7, and makes some significant spec compromises, but still can handle DeX mode and most Android apps with ease while lasting 13 hours or more, but you’ll have to accept a downgraded display and processor.
Performance
The Galaxy Tab S7 FE is a mid-range tablet with the performance and RAM to match, while the S7 Plus doesn’t hold anything back.
Tab S7 FE features Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G, which is not as good as Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ for Tab S7 plus. As you know , the number is larger , the performance is better. The 865+ crushes the 750G in CPU and gaming performance, with the latter only holding its own in battery life performance.
Tab S7 FE recently upgrades from Andriod 11 to One UI 3.1.1 operating system , will upgrade to Android 14 in the futhure. That is same as tab S7 plus. The update lets you use any app in pop-up or split-screen windows, helping you make better use of the 12.4 inches of screen real estate.
While the Galaxy Tab S7 FE worked in DeX mode , using a few apps at once would frequently trigger low memory warnings thanks to its 4GB of RAM and a less advanced chipset. That’ll never be an issue on the S7 Plus.
If you only foresee yourself using one or two apps at a time, the Fan Edition tablet should work just fine for most apps — especially if you upgrade to the 6GB variant. But you’ll undoubtedly see some delays in the UI and loading times compared to the S7 Plus, and when it comes to demanding Android games , the FE can only handle it on lower graphical and FPS settings.
Display and Batterlife
Both tab S7 FE and s7 Plus have 12.4-inch displays with 16:10 aspect ratios, but the S7 Plus has a slightly higher resolution at 2800×1752 vs. 2560×1600. The S7 FE remains 60Hz refresh rate, while the S7 Plus is 120Hz. However, the pixel-dense resolution of tab S7 FE lookS genuinely great, and you won’t notice its lower refresh rate . And the Plus uses Super AMOLED display tech, while the S7 FE is with a standard LCD. By contrast, the S7 Plus did seem to get bright enough to handle direct sunlight better. More importantly, its AMOLED display translated into “incredible color reproduction,” according to our reviewer (who is a photographer).
Both tablets have identical 10,090mAh batteries rated to last about 13 to 14 hours with regular use or a full day with heavy use.
However, S7 plus as for its 120Hz refresh rate, that’ll look smooth-as-heck when gaming or streaming, but at the expense of the S7 Plus’s battery life. So the batterlife will be shorter than S7 FE while gaming and streaming.
Conclusion
Both of these tablets made our list of the best Android tablets. But if it isn’t obvious by now, the Galaxy Tab S7 Plus is the undisputed winner of the two. You may not want to pay for it, though.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 FE costs significantly less than the S7 Plus, at least when both are full price.
Which one will you buy ?
Post time: Oct-14-2021