--- description: Very impressive title: This Is What People Are Saying About Samsung’s iPad Killer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc68b449bb43e41f/6986979c169ab00306279e80/450544540.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is What People Are Saying About Samsung's iPad Killer by [Philip Elmer-DeWitt](/author/philip-elmer-dewitt/) ## Philip Elmer-DeWitt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2014 2:22 PM CUT  NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Excutive VP and head of sales and marketing Samsung D J Lee at the Samsung Galaxy Tab S Tablet Announcement at Madison Square Garden on June 12, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Sands/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Excutive VP and head of sales and marketing Samsung D J Lee at the Samsung Galaxy Tab S Tablet Announcement at Madison Square Garden on June 12, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Steve Sands/WireImage)Steve Sands—WireImage by [Philip Elmer-DeWitt](/author/philip-elmer-dewitt/) ## Philip Elmer-DeWitt Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 14, 2014 2:22 PM CUT  This post is in partnership with Fortune, which offers the latest business and finance news. Read the article below originally published at [Fortune.com](http://fortune.com/finance/samsungs-galaxy-tab-s-the-reviews-are-in/ "undefined"). You’ve got to give Samsung credit. They are relentless. In six months, they’ve thrown nine different tablets at the market created by Apple’s iPad. The ninth, unveiled Thursday night at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, is called the Galaxy Tab S. The tech press posted its reactions overnight. A sampler: **Simon Rockman,** [**The Register**](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/13/new%5Fsamsung%5Fgalaxy%5Ftab%5Fs%5Farrives/ "undefined"): S is for SMACKDOWN. “Samsung has raised the stakes in its battle against Apple’s ever-popular iPad with its newest range of Galaxy fondleslabs, which are both bigger and have higher screen resolutions than those of its fruity rival. The new Galaxy Tab S comes in 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch configurations, both of which are the thickness of a current iPad (6.6mm) and slimmer than previous Samsung slabs. The slimmest of the fondleslab lot, of course, is the Sony Xperia Z2 tablet at 6.4mm – but at this extreme it’s splitting hairs.” **Tim Moynihan,** [**Wired**](http://www.wired.com/2014/06/samsung-galaxy-tab-s/ "undefined"): Samsung’s New Galaxy Tablets Are Razor-Thin and Razor-Sharp. “There’s no mystery as to which tablets they’re meant to compete with. In terms of weight, screen size, pixel density, and slimness, the new tablets compare favorably to Apple’s iPad Air and iPad Mini. The new tablets are also priced the same as Apple’s 16GB/Wi-Fi models of each version: $500 for the 10.5-incher and $400 for the 8.4-incher. At one pound, the larger Tab S weighs the same as the smaller-screened iPad Air, while the smaller Tab S (10 oz.) is both lighter and larger-screened than the iPad Mini (11.6 oz.). [For the rest of the reviews, got to Fortune.com](http://fortune.com/2014/06/13/samsungs-galaxy-tab-s-the-reviews-are-in/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2875781/samsung-galaxy-s-tab/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2875781/samsung-galaxy-s-tab/"},"headline":"This Is What People Are Saying About Samsung's iPad Killer","datePublished":"2014-06-14T14:22:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:45:50.843Z","description":"Very impressive","url":"https://time.com/2875781/samsung-galaxy-s-tab/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Samsung","Tablets","Reviews","iPad"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc68b449bb43e41f/6986979c169ab00306279e80/450544540.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Philip Elmer-DeWitt","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/philip-elmer-dewitt/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcc68b449bb43e41f/6986979c169ab00306279e80/450544540.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Samsung Product Announcement","caption":"Samsung Product Announcement","creditText":"Steve Sands—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2875781/samsung-galaxy-s-tab/","name":"This Is What People Are Saying About Samsung's iPad Killer"}}]}] ```