How big does a 'tablet' have to be before it becomes a 'table'?

How big does a 'tablet' have to be before it becomes a 'table'?

Large enough to rest a book/tablet and a mug on it at the same time. This may qualify depending on your tablet/mug size.

To make a tablet this size without a 4k screen or the flagship hardware is a wasted opportunity.

To make a tablet this size without a 4k screen or the flagship hardware is a wasted opportunity.

It's 18.4", you're not going to hold it right up to your face like a phone or tiny tablet, 1080p is more than fine for 18" at a reasonable distance. I bet the reason they didn't make it 4K is not just because of the cost of the screen, but because an 18" 4K screen would drain the crap out of the battery, not to mention how difficult it would be to drive with tablet hardware. I'd go as far as to say having 1440p screens on phones is insanity, 720p for even up to 7" is dandy so long as the screen has a proper subpixel layout and not some Pentile BS. In the case of Pentile layouts you really do need at least 1080p. On my tiny 5.1" Galaxy S5 I can see subpixels on flat colours because of the dumb Pentile layout despite it being 1080p. If that tablet is using Samdung's standard Pentile AMOLED type panel then it's going to look like ass. The battery being a hilarious 5700mAh on something that size leaves me thinking every corner has been cut.

It's 18.4", you're not going to hold it right up to your face like a phone or tiny tablet, 1080p is more than fine for 18" at a reasonable distance. I bet the reason they didn't make it 4K is not just because of the cost of the screen, but because an 18" 4K screen would drain the crap out of the battery, not to mention how difficult it would be to drive with tablet hardware. I'd go as far as to say having 1440p screens on phones is insanity, 720p for even up to 7" is dandy so long as the screen has a proper subpixel layout and not some Pentile BS. In the case of Pentile layouts you really do need at least 1080p. On my tiny 5.1" Galaxy S5 I can see subpixels on flat colours because of the dumb Pentile layout despite it being 1080p. If that tablet is using Samdung's standard Pentile AMOLED type panel then it's going to look like ass. The battery being a hilarious 5700mAh on something that size leaves me thinking every corner has been cut.

No... it's not "enough" even in the slightest. This screen needs to be at least 2k. Coming from my Note 5 I can see pixels on my 1080p Note 3's screen. Note 3 has a 386ppi screen. I have a Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (POS Tablet) and the ppi on that is better. That "thing" has a 120ppi screen. It will be ugly, period. And yeah every Samsung device is and will be AMOLED for long time. They uhh, sort of invented it. Agreed on the battery though. They could have fit 3 of those in a tablet that size and should have. With a decent screen. The SOC is a joke too. This piece of junk will flop, big time.

By the standards they go by (rounding up) they'd call 1080p "2K". By 2K I'll assume you mean 1440p. If it's their usual garbo Pentil AMOLED then even at 2560x1440 the subpixels would be visible at 18" on flat colours, especially the red subpixels. For a short time (a few devices) they stopped that cheapassery and used standard RGB layouts on some AMOLED displays, they immediately stopped soon after. IIRC one of their excuses was the lifetime of blue subpixels. Considering that can be easily compensated for through settings, and is overcompensated for to begin with, it was nothing more than an excuse instead of them just straight up saying they want to use less subpixels and save money. Have you seen several year old AMOLED displays? The blues are barely faded at all. It probably takes well over 5 years for it to matter. If that lifespan was slightly reduced I doubt anyone would care considering a superior replacement would be relatively cheap by the time it's necessary.

To make a tablet this size without a 4k screen or the flagship hardware is a wasted opportunity.

What size, and resolution is your monitor? I ask because i find it funny that people freak out about tablets having 1080p screens no matter the size but don't generally care "that" much when their 23/24 inch screen is 1080p. Even if you have a 23-27" 1440p screen, 1080p on an 18" screen is 122.38PPI, while 23-27" 1440p screens are 127.7-108.79PPI...so....? And yes i know, you could say "well, you'll have that 18" tablet closer to you..." not likely. Most PC users are 1-foot to 2-feet away from their monitor, and being the fact that it's an 18" TABLET, at best you would have it the same distance, and worse, further.

No... it's not "enough" even in the slightest. This screen needs to be at least 2k. Coming from my Note 5 I can see pixels on my 1080p Note 3's screen. Note 3 has a 386ppi screen. I have a Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (POS Tablet) and the ppi on that is better. That "thing" has a 120ppi screen. It will be ugly, period. And yeah every Samsung device is and will be AMOLED for long time. They uhh, sort of invented it. Agreed on the battery though. They could have fit 3 of those in a tablet that size and should have. With a decent screen. The SOC is a joke too. This piece of junk will flop, big time.

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a 18" AMOLED panel would cost a leg, so no pentile thing here, I think if it lasts at least 5 hours and is thin and light it could be handy for "socializing" imagine board games and such things on this + much more in the near future I hope wireless tech improves greatly so we can have "dumb" screens in varying sizes and qualities laying around the house all powered by a main cpu room or something, otherwise, I find it too cumbersome and inefficient to have a dozen "screens" all with its own cpu and crap and independent sessions and environments

Even if you have a 23-27" 1440p screen, 1080p on an 18" screen is 122.38PPI, while 23-27" 1440p screens are 127.7-108.79PPI...so....?

I think there's a different standard for tablet/phone screens, mostly because they run mobile OS-es and programs designed with resolution scaling in mind. More pixels = it just looks better. So, a phone/tablet screen at 300 ppi = candy for your eyes PC monitor at 300 ppi = wonderful until you run Matlab, blender, or any other program that isn't scaling aware. Then, it's just an eye watering experience with tiny text. Also, PC games are more demanding. High PPI on a PC monitor would probably be 4K, and few people have the graphics hardware to run AAA titles at that resolution.

@Neo Cyrus blue "life" is still a big issue. one reason sony hasnt done anything with oled much (tv). and from a consumer standpoint: (example sony 65" UHD) the only "real" difference in hardware is the "light source". price difference is at least 3000$ to go from the 65X850C to a 55 (now maybe 60-65) LG oled (to "stay" with panel maker). when you have people shelling out +5K for a 65" tv that lasts only 5y, before the already reduced brightness (vs led) goes down so much that its "unusable", dont expect more from a (tablet) screen in a device that goes for multiple times less than oled tvs. @EspHack sony started something like it. the Z3 tablet acts as a (wireless) screen, but the games run on the ps4..

I don't know why you're being a wise-ass, the quotes were proper use there to convey meaning, you're just being a dick. I removed my reply because yours is such a mess it's hard to be sure what you're trying to say. Either way it seems like a logical fallacy with your "don't expect more".

For a tablet, it's just too big. Even 11" is too much for me. But i still use 11" tablet.

@Neo Cyrus right, and thats why you started to get personal (by using wise ass and dick), instead of asking for clarification (at least thats what i do).

Why would I bother asking for clarification for a troll post? Your purpose with that was to "get personal", and now you think you're being real clever trying to bait another response.