**Unisoc's 5G Push: How The T618 Chip Helped The Company Grow in the 40 Market**

Qualcomm's decision to go all-in on 5G, even in the budget category, has created opportunities for Mediatek and Unisock to grow in the 40 market. In fact, 2021 was Unisoc's most successful year by far in recent times. The company even managed to surpass Samsung to become the third biggest chipmaker globally, according to a report by Counterpoint. This success can be attributed largely to the T618 chip, which was first announced in 2019 and has been instrumental for Unisock in achieving this feat.

**The T618 Chip: A Powerhouse in the Making**

In terms of raw CPU power, the T618 is not that different from the Snapdragon 662 on last year's Galaxy Tab E7 or the Helio G80 on the Realme Pad. However, Unisock found the T618 performing better on GPU benchmarks such as 3DMark Wildlife and that reflects on the gaming side of things as well. The TAP A8 can handle PUBG Mobile at HD graphics, which was not possible on its predecessor. Although smooth graphics and ultra frame rates were the optimal settings, Unisock found no trouble playing Injustice 2 at its default settings.

**Day-to-Day Usage: A Mixed Bag**

In terms of day-to-day usage, the base 3GB RAM variant that our reviewer has with them feels rather slow. Apps take some time to load, and multitasking is not that smooth either. Furthermore, with around 10GB of storage already occupied by the system out of 32GB, users won't have much space for their apps and other files. Therefore, our reviewer strongly suggests getting the 64GB variant, which pushes one's budget a little.

**One UI: The Software Superiority**

One aspect that this tablet has an upper hand over the Realme Pad or any other Android tablet is the software. Samsung's experience in making tablets and now foldables has significantly improved One UI for larger screen devices. While new players can only stick with vanilla Android or make the smallest bit of customization to their existing Android skin to fit a bigger display, Samsung has gotten significantly better over the years.

**Samsung Flow and Kids Mode: Software Features that Set the Galaxy Tab A8 Apart**

One new feature on the Galaxy Tab A8 is Samsung Flow, which allows users to connect the tablet to their PC over both wireless and wired mediums. This feature enables users to share messages, share clipboards, and files between the two devices. Additionally, users can even cast their tablet to the PC to enjoy Android apps on a bigger screen.

**Samsung Kids Mode: A Fun and Kid-Friendly Experience**

The other notable software feature is Samsung Kids Mode, which is Samsung's answer to Google Kidspace. This mode is full of fun and kid-friendly content, including games, educational materials, and more. Users can also set parental controls to determine what their children can do inside this bubble, including screen time allowed apps, and more.

**Camera Capabilities: A Mixed Bag**

The 8MP rear camera on the Galaxy Tab A8 is capable of handling things like scanning documents and notes. However, the 5MP front-facing camera will get users through their online classes just fine. In terms of camera performance, the tablet is average at best. Therefore, our reviewer wouldn't be recommending it for photography enthusiasts.

**Battery Life: A Mixed Bag**

In terms of battery life, Unisock was able to get up to 7 hours of screen on time on a full charge. While this is decent, charging the device can be a bit of a hassle due to Samsung only shipping a 7.75W charger inside the box. Although our reviewer used a 15W power brick and it filled up the 7040mAh battery from zero to 100 in just over three hours.

**Conclusion: Is the Galaxy Tab A8 Good Enough for 2022?**

In conclusion, while Samsung still has an upper hand when it comes to software and brand recognition, the competition has caught up significantly. The Galaxy Tab A8 is a good iterative upgrade over the Galaxy Tab A7 but may not be enough for 2022 due to how good the competition has become. Therefore, our reviewer suggests that Samsung needs to bring some major meaningful upgrades with their next tab launch if they want to stay competitive in the budget tablet segment.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's up guys hope you're doing well so today i am going to review the latest mid-range tablet from samsung the galaxy tab e8 it is the successor to last year's galaxy tab a7 which if you recall was one of the go-to budget tablets of 2021. however a lot has changed since then you see the demand for tablets especially the affordable ones has skyrocketed globally as educational institutions were forced to go online amidst the ongoing pandemic google even recently reported that there were nearly a hundred million new android tablet activations in 2021 which is a whopping 20 year on year growth this means that samsung has a lot more competition in the budget tablet market right now compared to how things were a couple of years ago just take the number of android tablet releases for instance in 2021. we have tablets from brands like xiaomi realme and nokia while oppo oneplus and vivo are soon to follow suit as well anyways before i start the review of this tablet we've got to pay our office bills with this quick shout out to the sponsor of today's video onsite go the fear of dropping your tablet is directly proportional to its cost but i have a solution for you guys onsite goes spills and drop slash damage protection plan this plan gives me freedom from boring silicon covers as even if i drop my tablet and it breaks onsite go will either repair it or replace it altogether no questions asked and if you want to use your tablet for two to three years as it is generally the case then you should also buy on-site go's extended warranty plan so that you have complete peace of mind i have put all the links in the description below and also don't forget to use code gb20 for 20 discount okay first off let's talk about the design of the tap a8 here as you can see it has a typical design for a tablet in this price range its body is metallic for the most part except this portion on the right which is plastic made i'm guessing that's for the wi-fi carrier signals and other radio waves to pass through but overall the galaxy tab a8 feels strong and it feels durable while weighing about 508 grams my review unit has this matte black finish and samsung offers this tablet in grey and pink color options too over on the front you get a big 10.5 inches display with a 16-10 aspect ratio this screen real estate is plenty enough to view different types of documents including pdfs and presentations to make things simpler the company ships it with microsoft office pre-installed as well samsung notes is another helpful app here we're using which you can take notes add annotations and such still i believe samsung should have provided a better ips screen instead of this tft panel i wouldn't say it's downright this small but given the growing competition samsung should be doing better in this department although expecting an oled display in this price bracket is absurd we have seen better lcd screens in much cheaper offerings like realme pad as you can see videos look better on the real me pad thanks to its better colors and vibrancy that being said you won't face any problem watching videos on youtube on the tab a8 you can even stream hd content on netflix thanks to the white one l1 certification here adding to the multimedia experience is the quad stereo speaker setup here that supports dolby atmos audio having tested these two tablets to binge movies and listen to music i would say that real me pat's soundstage is comparatively narrower here's a quick demo now let's talk about its performance interestingly samsung does not explicitly mention the exact chipset used in the galaxy tab a8 but we can confirm that it's powered by unisoft tiger t618 um qualcomm's decision to go all in on 5g even in the budget category has created opportunities for mediatek and unisock to grow in the 40 market in fact 2021 was unisoc's most successful year by far in recent times it even marched past samsung to become the third biggest chipmaker globally according to a report by counterpoint and the t618 has been instrumental for unisock in this achievement first announced in 2019 this chip is now more popular than ever especially in the chinese market in terms of raw cpu power it is not that different than the snapdragon 662 on last year's galaxy tab e7 or the helio g80 on the realme pad that being said we found the t618 performing better on gpu benchmarks such as 3dmark wildlife and that reflects on the gaming side of things as well the tap a8 can handle pubg mobile at hd graphics which was not possible on its predecessor although i found smooth graphics and ultra frame rates to be the optimal settings here similarly i had no trouble playing injustice 2 at its default settings in terms of day-to-day usage the base 3gb ram variant that i have with me feels rather slow apps take some time to load and multitasking is not that smooth either likewise with around 10 gb of storage already occupied by the system out of 32gb you won't have much space for your apps and other files so i will strongly suggest you get the 464 gb variant by pushing your budget a little moving on the one aspect that this tablet has an upper hand over the real me pad or any other android tablet for that matter is the software given samsung's experience in making tablets and now foldables one ui for larger screen devices has gotten significantly better over the years the best that new players can do is stick with vanilla android or make the smallest bit of customization to their existing android skin to fit a bigger display as things stand samsung's software superiority is quite evident even when doing simple tasks such as browsing through the settings i have talked enough of the edge panel and the galaxy ecosystem in my previous samsung tablet review but something new on the galaxy tab a8 is samsung flow and kids mode while it does not support decks samsung flow is a close substitute with this you can connect the tablet to your pc over both wireless and wired mediums allowing you to share messages share clipboards and files between the two similarly you can even cast your tablet to the pc to enjoy android apps on a bigger screen on the other hand the aforementioned kids mode is samsung's answer to google kidspace that you can find in many android tablets including the realme pad it is full of fun and kid-friendly content moreover users can set parental control to determine what their children can do inside this bubble including the screen time allowed apps and more in addition you can also expect better software support from samsung this time while the company has not explicitly mentioned it anywhere the tab a8 should get at least two android updates which is much better than realme who recently confirmed no android 12 update for its debut tablet moving on the tab a8 is obviously not going to wow you with its cameras it's 8 megapixel rear camera can handle things like scanning documents and notes while the 5 megapixel front-facing camera will get you through your online classes just fine as for the battery i was able to get up to 7 hours of screen on time on a full charge here i mostly used it for attending online classes streaming multimedia and even gaming every once in a while with a relatively less demanding workload it will easily last you for two days but charging this thing is a bit of a hassle although the tap a8 can take in up to 15 watt of power samsung only ships a 7.75 watt charger inside the box i used the 15 watt power brick that i had with me and it fills up the 7040 milliamp hour battery from zero to 100 in a little over three hours all in all the samsung galaxy tab a8 is a good iterative upgrade over the galaxy tab a7 but is good good enough for 2022 i don't think so and that's because of how good the competition has become yes samsung still has an upper hand when it comes to software um brand recognition and global availability but other android tablet makers have started to catch up so yeah samsung needs to bring some major meaningful upgrades with the next tab that they launch if they want to stay competitive in the budget tablet segment so guys there you have it this was our full review of the samsung galaxy tab a8 if you like this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up and while you're there don't forget to subscribe to our channel as well till then i'm pratim adikari and i will see you in my next videohey what's up guys hope you're doing well so today i am going to review the latest mid-range tablet from samsung the galaxy tab e8 it is the successor to last year's galaxy tab a7 which if you recall was one of the go-to budget tablets of 2021. however a lot has changed since then you see the demand for tablets especially the affordable ones has skyrocketed globally as educational institutions were forced to go online amidst the ongoing pandemic google even recently reported that there were nearly a hundred million new android tablet activations in 2021 which is a whopping 20 year on year growth this means that samsung has a lot more competition in the budget tablet market right now compared to how things were a couple of years ago just take the number of android tablet releases for instance in 2021. we have tablets from brands like xiaomi realme and nokia while oppo oneplus and vivo are soon to follow suit as well anyways before i start the review of this tablet we've got to pay our office bills with this quick shout out to the sponsor of today's video onsite go the fear of dropping your tablet is directly proportional to its cost but i have a solution for you guys onsite goes spills and drop slash damage protection plan this plan gives me freedom from boring silicon covers as even if i drop my tablet and it breaks onsite go will either repair it or replace it altogether no questions asked and if you want to use your tablet for two to three years as it is generally the case then you should also buy on-site go's extended warranty plan so that you have complete peace of mind i have put all the links in the description below and also don't forget to use code gb20 for 20 discount okay first off let's talk about the design of the tap a8 here as you can see it has a typical design for a tablet in this price range its body is metallic for the most part except this portion on the right which is plastic made i'm guessing that's for the wi-fi carrier signals and other radio waves to pass through but overall the galaxy tab a8 feels strong and it feels durable while weighing about 508 grams my review unit has this matte black finish and samsung offers this tablet in grey and pink color options too over on the front you get a big 10.5 inches display with a 16-10 aspect ratio this screen real estate is plenty enough to view different types of documents including pdfs and presentations to make things simpler the company ships it with microsoft office pre-installed as well samsung notes is another helpful app here we're using which you can take notes add annotations and such still i believe samsung should have provided a better ips screen instead of this tft panel i wouldn't say it's downright this small but given the growing competition samsung should be doing better in this department although expecting an oled display in this price bracket is absurd we have seen better lcd screens in much cheaper offerings like realme pad as you can see videos look better on the real me pad thanks to its better colors and vibrancy that being said you won't face any problem watching videos on youtube on the tab a8 you can even stream hd content on netflix thanks to the white one l1 certification here adding to the multimedia experience is the quad stereo speaker setup here that supports dolby atmos audio having tested these two tablets to binge movies and listen to music i would say that real me pat's soundstage is comparatively narrower here's a quick demo now let's talk about its performance interestingly samsung does not explicitly mention the exact chipset used in the galaxy tab a8 but we can confirm that it's powered by unisoft tiger t618 um qualcomm's decision to go all in on 5g even in the budget category has created opportunities for mediatek and unisock to grow in the 40 market in fact 2021 was unisoc's most successful year by far in recent times it even marched past samsung to become the third biggest chipmaker globally according to a report by counterpoint and the t618 has been instrumental for unisock in this achievement first announced in 2019 this chip is now more popular than ever especially in the chinese market in terms of raw cpu power it is not that different than the snapdragon 662 on last year's galaxy tab e7 or the helio g80 on the realme pad that being said we found the t618 performing better on gpu benchmarks such as 3dmark wildlife and that reflects on the gaming side of things as well the tap a8 can handle pubg mobile at hd graphics which was not possible on its predecessor although i found smooth graphics and ultra frame rates to be the optimal settings here similarly i had no trouble playing injustice 2 at its default settings in terms of day-to-day usage the base 3gb ram variant that i have with me feels rather slow apps take some time to load and multitasking is not that smooth either likewise with around 10 gb of storage already occupied by the system out of 32gb you won't have much space for your apps and other files so i will strongly suggest you get the 464 gb variant by pushing your budget a little moving on the one aspect that this tablet has an upper hand over the real me pad or any other android tablet for that matter is the software given samsung's experience in making tablets and now foldables one ui for larger screen devices has gotten significantly better over the years the best that new players can do is stick with vanilla android or make the smallest bit of customization to their existing android skin to fit a bigger display as things stand samsung's software superiority is quite evident even when doing simple tasks such as browsing through the settings i have talked enough of the edge panel and the galaxy ecosystem in my previous samsung tablet review but something new on the galaxy tab a8 is samsung flow and kids mode while it does not support decks samsung flow is a close substitute with this you can connect the tablet to your pc over both wireless and wired mediums allowing you to share messages share clipboards and files between the two similarly you can even cast your tablet to the pc to enjoy android apps on a bigger screen on the other hand the aforementioned kids mode is samsung's answer to google kidspace that you can find in many android tablets including the realme pad it is full of fun and kid-friendly content moreover users can set parental control to determine what their children can do inside this bubble including the screen time allowed apps and more in addition you can also expect better software support from samsung this time while the company has not explicitly mentioned it anywhere the tab a8 should get at least two android updates which is much better than realme who recently confirmed no android 12 update for its debut tablet moving on the tab a8 is obviously not going to wow you with its cameras it's 8 megapixel rear camera can handle things like scanning documents and notes while the 5 megapixel front-facing camera will get you through your online classes just fine as for the battery i was able to get up to 7 hours of screen on time on a full charge here i mostly used it for attending online classes streaming multimedia and even gaming every once in a while with a relatively less demanding workload it will easily last you for two days but charging this thing is a bit of a hassle although the tap a8 can take in up to 15 watt of power samsung only ships a 7.75 watt charger inside the box i used the 15 watt power brick that i had with me and it fills up the 7040 milliamp hour battery from zero to 100 in a little over three hours all in all the samsung galaxy tab a8 is a good iterative upgrade over the galaxy tab a7 but is good good enough for 2022 i don't think so and that's because of how good the competition has become yes samsung still has an upper hand when it comes to software um brand recognition and global availability but other android tablet makers have started to catch up so yeah samsung needs to bring some major meaningful upgrades with the next tab that they launch if they want to stay competitive in the budget tablet segment so guys there you have it this was our full review of the samsung galaxy tab a8 if you like this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up and while you're there don't forget to subscribe to our channel as well till then i'm pratim adikari and i will see you in my next video\n"