Switching to Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra From iPad Pro - The Best Tablet? 

I really hope Google continues to push developers to bring and optimize their apps for Android tablets because we are basically at the point where the Galaxy Tab is a serious competitor to the iPad.

It’s worth mentioning that the s8 ultra is still a thing. I have been using that for work (outlook, slack, zoom) with a dock, keyboard, mouse, and display and it pretty much does everything the tab s9 does, and is just as awesome. If you can live without the slightly faster cpu, and with a flat 120hz display instead of adaptive refresh, you can probably save a few hundred dollars on the previous model.

Thank you for your outstanding review Ella! Your review flowed beautifully and provided all the information I needed. It's clear that you put a lot of effort into this, and it's hands down the best tech product review I've come across. Keep up the fantastic work 🙌

One of the most thorough and reliable reviews I have ever seen! Thanks! Great job! New supporter here!

Your reviews are a breath of fresh air in tech world... it's so much more informative to know about day to day experiences of using a device from a college student rather than a professional reviewer. One thing which I would like for videos to mention is that S pen does not need to be charged to be used. My brother and I have tablets from S7 series and we both have turned Air Actions off and only use the pen slot on the side of our covers for storage. You never need to charge it to use it as a stylus while same cannot be said about Apple Pencil.

I had an ipad pro since 2020. Couldnt be happier with my change to the tab s9 ultra. Its brilliant and fits well with my new s23 ultra. Quick share works even better than air drop

I do not own a samsung or an apple tablet but I always watch your tech reviews. Highly informative and helps me in giving advices to my workmates and friends. Great review btw :)

This is a FANTASTIC video!. Very informative and great presentation and editing. So props to you.

I honestly feel Android has the potential to be the ONLY computing solution for most users. Google really needs to push developers to come up with Android apps that are feature rich and optimised for all screen form factors. There are many proprietary Windows only softwares and their developers must be encouraged to come up with Android apps that work well on tablets.

As a professional illustrator, ClipStudio is still excellent on my Galaxy Tab S7+. Will probably upgrade to S9 Ultra in the future for the bigger screen

first of your videos i have seen and its the best review ive seen for a real world user

Excellent review! I give you my thanks because many key concerns of most users comparing it to the iPad are addressed. Subbed.

That means comparing two devices! Informative and clear stuff. Even if it's a long video and that's exactly the idea to find out as much as possible if it helps you or not! Respect to the creator for this video

really amazing comparison!! You covered so many points, expanding each one in a non techie way. i think the samsung tablet has a lot of benefits but the lack of developers supporting it for creative apps will always hold it back.

Team galaxy over HERE!!! Nice review! You check marked everything imo! great explanation and comparisons. very informative and yet simple and straight to the point!

This is a fantastic review - packed with helpful info!

This was a great video. It was informative and comprehensive without feeling too much like attending a samsung event or weighed down with technical specs/jargon. I already bought an M2 iPad but this does seem like an incredible tablet and if i had seen this video prior to my purchase i would have genuinely considered it

I just want to say you have got a new subscriber in me. I found your review to be very informative. I might still stick with iPad though for my studies as I’m locked in the ecosystem and it runs smoothly for me. Thanks again.

Half-way watching the review, and Im impressed on the infos I got, solid-review 🙌

Your review is INCREDIBLE. Thank you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

That device looks so cool and very utilitarian. I am impressed with how far Samsung has come with their tablets. I may buy my wife one these!

You're seriously costing me a lot of money! I watch your videos and then I want to go buy whatever you're reviewing! The Tab S9 looks amazing and you did an amazing job show casing it! Good work!

every word of this review was informative, incredible ! first time seeing your video

Your edits are fire! LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS!!!

Great review Ella!!! On the point of the S-Pen not charging on the edge of the device. I think it's important to note that all the Wacom-enabled functionality will continue to work without charge. 🙂

I would absolutely love a display input aswell. Great idea and great argument that it will be usable as second screen when unusable for anything else. I've actually wanted it for so long and no display input is kinda the only reason I'm not buying one yet but no one seems to be talking about it.

Thank you so much for such an informative review. I watched a very famous reviewer who failed dismally at reviewing this tab. Reviewing a product is so important to us, the subscribers as we may be contemplating buying this very same product. Thanks to you… I have decided on purchasing this S9 tab ultra. Samsung should give you a commission lol as I am not even from your country. Kudos once again and keep up the excellent work. I love your content and everything you bring to the tech world. Much love.

This is a particularly well thought out and cogent review. Thank you for your effort.

I really love your speaking style. You talk relatively fast, but your speech is so fluid that it’s very easy to follow. I’m currently running the M1 iPad, but I’ve always felt that it’s a bit shy on screen real estate. While I do wish the tab included 5G, the S9 is still on my wish list. As an Apple products consumer since 1984, I’ve grown long in the tooth with iOS and its lethargic tech advances. I’ve been threatening to switch camps for the last three years and the S9 Tab may well be my first Android product. Great review and I enjoy subscribing to your channel. ✌️

Just switched to the S9 ultra from the iPad pro M2 and I must say the experience on this tablet is awesome‼️ Makes me not wanna use the iPad after using this for 2 weeks 😂 Battery charges quicker and lasts longer too! Good job Samsung!

I have never seen a thorough review like this... Nicely done.

Been some time since I saw one of your videos and this was very well done as usual.

First video I've seen from you. It blows my mind how every other reviewer doesn't talk about the display and the fact that you made your review about this tablet's display and how it stacks up against the iPad Pro's for content viewing is honestly such a breath of fresh air. You got yourself a new subscriber.

Hand on heart I can honestly say buying a Samsung tablet has been one of my best tech buying decisions ever. It's been flawless, regularly updated and the S pen is awesome. Good lock opens up a great new world of customisation. Awesome review Ella.

Thank you so much for this video. It's getting close to the holiday season and I was thinking of treating myself with an iPad Pro, but after watching your review I'm back to thinking about Samsung tablets. I only wanted the Pro because I have so many friends that use the Mac systems and I have a podcast and sharing work to get reviewed is hard between my Galaxy and HP laptop and their Macs and iPhones. Now I'm just stuck again but happy to see that Samsung is an option.

You just gained a subscriber...youre so informative...to the point...your video editing skills are top notch...no fun y sounds and whatever...its just great work

As an apple fan, this galaxy tablet left the iPad a mile away. However, the reason why I think apple won’t push the iPad like that, it’s bc of the Macs. If the iPad it’s too close to the Macs, people would just get an iPad and forget about the Mac lineup. MacBook Air wouldn’t sell as much.

Great comparison. Most people think everything Apple is superior. I find Samsung and Android far more adaptable to my needs. And Good Lock makes it even more usable.

Really impressed by your depth of knowledge

Finally an in-depth review which I've been waiting for 🤩👍🏻

I think Dex alone is enough of an iPad killer. Apple seriously needs to start putting more macOS-like features onto iPadOS

What a comprehensive review. Thank you!

Great video kid! Easy to understand and great breakdown. Appreciate it .

Apple left behind. Bravo Samsung.

The audio record + notes feature in samsung notes, especially for students, is the best thing about samsung notes. It allows you to hear the audio taken at the time of your note. The features you talk about, making stickers and drawing shapes, are flashy but never used.

She always has the best reviews/comparisons

Impressive review, I definitely want to pick this tablet up now!

Great review. All tablets and laptops should have a display input to use as a monitor I hate that is not an option for when the hardware ages out.

geez that thing is massive. I bought the s8+ last year because the ultra was just too big for me to use comfortably (typing and whatnot) the s8+ is easily the best tablet I've ever owned and the experience is top notch.. this thing looks even better.

Great content BEAUTIFULLY delivered - 10/10 - Cheers fr Bali Indonesia

Very nice review Ella, clean simple without baffling. thank you, keep up. *Subscribed

This is one of the clearest and best reviews I’ve seen. Thank you.

The only downside, though, is especially, if you were a college student, you cannot use an iPad or tablet as a total replacement of a laptop or computer. There are various tasks and things that iPad does not support same with tablet. For instance, some of the software I had to download while I’m taking tests so that the professor could watch us online was not supported on any tablets or iPads. So while I think they are definitely getting there, they still have quite some time until tablets can totally replace laptops

Ella New to your channel and awesome video. Great Comparison.Actually quite refreshing because I am subbed to many tech Videos.Good luck with School but appreciate your help especially the difference between the two.Well done.✌️

Thanks for useful video. Keep up making awesome content 🌞

I’ve got a 2020 12.9” iPad Pro, gotta say the new Samsung tablet looks fantastic, very tempted to buy one tbh, would be a nice pairing with my S23 Ultra. I do wish app,e made the Apple TV app available on android though as I have all my movies on there 😂

if you want to use this tablet as a second screen buy the app super display it lets you use the full resolution and frame rate with very minimal delay

Very informative without boring me to death. Great review

Thank you for the great and useful information! 😀

As far as Photoshop/Photo Editing goes, one of the GREATEST features of my Tab S8 Ultra that no one talks about is the 'Second Screen' feature. SuperDisplay a $10 app works really great. The Tab S8 Ultra has basically replaced my Wacom Cintiq as my main Photoshop editing device. It's higher resolution, wireless, lighter, portable, and the S-Pen might be even better... Samsung's built-in 'Second Screen' works OK, but it used to work much better than it does now, I don't know what happened, but hopefully they will update it to work as good as SuperDisplay does. Plus, your files stay resident on your workstation and you don't have to copy files back and forth. I find that SuperDisplay works exactly the same wired or over WiFi. If there's a difference, I don't see any. As I mentioned, it's SO much better than Samsung's Second Screen. It's pretty crazy to me that Samsung definitely knows how much of a superior product SuperDisplay is and they could easily license the technology (like they do Wacom's EMR) or even purchase the company without even batting an eye, instead they ship a vastly inferior piece of software... Plus, the device is awesome all on its own... Literally blown away by how great it is! The S-Pen is fantastic and FREE in the box. You don't need to add a paper-like screen protector ($40) in addition to the $130 you'll pay extra for the Apple Pencil... I'm a 30+ year Professional Graphic Artist. When some say that there aren't Professional Visual Arts apps on android it's just really incorrect, because I use them everyday. Autodesk Sketchbook, Infinite Painter, Concepts, Krita are just a few of the apps available on the Google Play store... There are many more... Are there a few apps available on iPad that aren't on the Play store? Yes, of course, but a good carpenter never blames his tools, and with expertise and talent you can do anything and everything on android apps that you can do on iOS apps - NO DOUBT. If you're already entrenched in the Apple 'eco-system'... Then pay the extra $500 to $1500... Unfortunately, Samsung's trade-in's aren't great this year... Two years ago I got the 8GB RAM/256GB SSD Tab S7 Plus in Mystic Navy it was $356 from Samsung with a Tab S4 Trade-In I got off ebay for $175, they gave me $400 trade-in credit, so my total cost from Samsung for the Tab S7 Plus was $531. I had zero intention of upgrading. Samsung then offered me more than I paid for the S7+ in trade, for a 16GB/512GB Ultra. They also gave me $200 credit towards accesories. It was kinda of a no-brainer, plus the 4-year OS updates and 5-years of security updates for $517.59. I absolutely love the Ultra, and have no intention of upgrading, especially since Samsung will only give me $650 for the trade-in of my Ultra and the total cost will be $750 for the 16GB/1TB version... Maybe next time, Sammy...

I love your reviews. Simple, easy to understand and to the point. I have got a question though, Samsung s23 ultra has a feature called bypass mode where you can plug your phone to the charger and it will deliver power straight to the processor instead of the battery. Does this exist on tab S9 ultra as well? That would be a game changer.

this is informative review because u're also added the aspect ratio... I need it so, thanks a lot 🌹

Very thorough and informative!!! Thank You!!!

Very good comparison! 👏👏 I’ve switched this week from a M1 ipad pro 12’9”, to the Samsung Galaxy tab s9 ultra, and I think that Samsung is overtaken apple in versatility, hardware and design. For me, the best advantage of the samsung tablet, apart of all you told in your video, is the possibility to use several stylus from different brands. I’m currently using the official Lamy Al-Star Stylus, and it’s amazing. Apart you have more options: the mini stylus from the s23 ultra, any stylus from a wacom tablet, or staedtler stylus. I’m professional illustrator, and the size and screen quality it’s another advantage. I’m using Clip Studio Paint, and in my iPad pro I haven’t enough room for all windows. On the samsung tablet, the 16:9 format, allows to accomodate in both sides all the tools I need, and I have more canvas visibility than iPad. It’s amazing. Apart of the operating system, android it’s more versatile in file management, more like a standard operating system, you can move folders, files, all… without restrictions… iPad OS it’s a headcache sometimes with its limitations, I’m more comfortable in android in this sense, I prefer android, it makes my work easier.

Great review, very thorough. I've always preferred Samsung, though for work I'm stuck with the iPad Pro. Prices here are much different, Samsung is a couple of 100 dollars less expensive than the similar iPad Pro. Unfortunately out of my reach for now, also knowing that the Lenovo Tab Extreme is a more affordable option. It's underrated, but very similar to the Tab Ultra. As for speed, that's all relative. I've got the iPad Pro with M1 and while on paper it's very powerful, in day to day use it's not noticeable faster than my Lenovo P11+ with half the ram and a much slower processing unit. I actually prefer my P11+ because it's snappy in use and lighter and it has a similar pen to the Samsung S Pen.

love your reviews keep it up! 😊

0:33 That fact alone helped me made my decision to get the Tab S9 Ultra. Thanks!

This new Tab is good for competition! The Ipad Pro was in a class of its own for the last few years, but with this new contender, Apple might have to reevaluate the market. Let's see what happens next...

As an apple user and apple fan …I gotter say that Samsung really be doing the best with there new merch…it’s actually giving something new 💯

Recently my iPad Pro turned off for no reason and I was thinking of getting a new one, but I kept hearing about this tablet and wasn't sure which one to get. I saw so many good things about Samsung and I might be the first in my family to get a Samsung device 😅 . I'm really thinking on getting this now! Thanks!!

Very informative. i love your open mindedness.

By the way, You are the only realistic reviewer on Earth. I only give you likes and I don't think about it, I just hit like before I watch a video and I never regret it.

A concern I would have about switching is the longevity of it. I've had two iPads. One that I got in 2014 and the other that I just bought last year. My 2014 iPad still works but the battery dies too fast and it works somewhat slow (but I think that's mostly bc many of the apps are no longer supported). iPads are pricey but they last a long time.

Excellent review Ella!

Best comparison video.. great job sister . Subbed

I had one of the early Samsung Tab super tablets. What was shocking was how briefly its OS was supported and updated. There was a total of one update: and all that update did was to stop you from being able to use non-Samsung bluetooth keyboards. This was especially annoying to me because I could have still used it for displaying music chord charts with a bluetooth page turner even after it was too out of date to use for anything else. Do I really want to spend this much money to buy into a platform that will only be updated for a short amount of time?

You do not need to charge the s pen to write with it that is the best part, charge needed for bluetooth functionality only

Super great and interesting videos. Like your channel, just discovered it , looking forward to watching more of your videos !🎉

This is a really good review. I'm getting one!🎉

It seems like a great tablet. But for my purposes, the iPad Pro is still the best for music creation and production. The majority of music creation apps are mainly created for Apple iOS. But this seems like a great tablet if you’re not using it for music creation.

Excellent review and comparison. The best I've seen. I subscribed. One thing, if someone needs to do serious video editing or some very intense task (that taxes cpu and takes awhile to complete) then they should used a capable laptop/desktop. Tablets are a poor choice for those type of tasks. So the edge that the IPad pro has in speed is not only unnoticeable in all other tasks but the tab s9 ultra is actually slightly faster/smoother in some. Just got my tab s9 ultra 2 days ago. I like it better than my iPad pro 12.9 6th gen (latest version). 1. It has system graphic equalizer (I have very expensive headphones). 2. Screen real-estate is larger for multitasking and movies. 3. Writing with spen feels a lot better. Love the button to erase. Samsung notes is excellent. 4. Fingerprint/pattern options For ipad pro 1. Speakers sound slightly better (richer bass but not necessarily louder than tab s9 ultra). 2. Portrait mode is great for reading textbooks. But both are excellent (if you can afford them). Hopefully apply puts the front facing camera in the right place on the upcoming ipad pros.

you are one of the best reviewer :)

Ive still been using my tab s6 since release😂 i honestly love it so much, and i would love to get the s9 ultra or s8 ultra as either would be a HUGE upgrade😮

I've used the ipad air 2 released in 2014 and currently watching this on my tab s6 which is still a fantastic tablet. From my experience I do have to say apples build quality is top notch and the ipad shows much less signs of aging. My mum continues to use my old ipad air and it's still very Smooth to use. Samsung tablets are more flashy and definitely do feel more futuristic but I do think longevity of android tablets are what makes them "worse" in a sense than ipads.

I've spent the weekend researching the tablUltra and this is the quite simply the best review video yet I've watched like 30 of them and this is the best good job thank you

I’m on iPad mini and I use tablets mostly on the go and around the house to consume movies and tv shows so i stopped thinking about a tablet for creative side of my work etc and am seriously thinking of selling my ipad mini and apple pencil and adding the money to get the s9 ultra! Really interesting tablet, but might end up with the s9+ the ultra seems a bit too… ultra 😂

This was a lovely unbiased,imho , video. Personally i own a tab s8+ and receny a fold 5. And i will try to incorporate some of the subjects you brought up in my daily live. Might ask ask my employer if i can test the web apps we use on the tab. :D

I can't believe I spent a lot of time looking for and watching handful of videos with regard to an indepth review of this with the comparison to both Ipad and laptop, only to find out you had it all in one video. Wow! Thanks so much! Was contemplating for a long time between getting S9 ultra (which I reallt want) or a laptop (mom's preference) for med school, online business, and a bit of video editing. Okay, I may need the last validation with all that being said, should I get the S9 ultra you guys???

I have Tab S8 Plus ❤ 😊😊 i loved it

Depends on what apps you want to use. Sadly the pro editing/photo stacking apps only works on the iPad pro.

Nice Presentation Ella ! ✨️✨️✨️🙂 Thank You. 🌅

Ella! I love your videos! I think it would be extremely beneficial doing a video of which devices (phone, tablet, laptop, desktop computer, headphones, watch, etc) that you use! I would love to see what you personally like the best and why. :)

Samsung has been launching my dream tech over the past year, between this tablet and the folding phones I’ve seriously considered switching over. It sucks because if it weren’t for Procreate being my preferred art program and the Apple ecosystem I would easily replace my iPad for this tablet, exclusively sucks man :(

I think most iPad users are iPhone users as well. One of the main reasons why I use iPad Pro is because I want to stay within the apple ecosystem. It just makes things very easy for me (aside from the fact that I never had an issue with using iPad Pro as my laptop). But my sister is in the samsung ecosystem and I can say that samsung is really awesome and powerful. So I guess it really depends.

I agree with the display port or if you could use a docking station to hook up another monitor. I did not know that video editors were better on the iPad pro. I do however appreciate that the oled screen is included in ALL tiers of this year for samsung compared to last year

Included nwjns in the demonstration? I'm sold.

Compared to the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra, the Tab S9 Ultra has an upgraded 13 MP and 8 MP rear camera and 12 MP and 12 MP Ultra Wide front camera. Compared to the Galaxy Tab S8+, the Tab S9+ has an upgraded 13MP and 8MP rear camera and 12MP Ultra Wide front camera.

This was one of the Best Reviews ive seen so far about this Device no Numbers without Visuals. The only thing missing if youre comparing it to Apple Device would be Software Support.

wow it looks so good im really tempted now

Thanks for the review. I just got my S9 Ultra 2 days ago and I'm loving it. It was a big upgrade coming from the Tab S7+. Do you happen to remember where you got that wallpaper at 1:10? It's beautiful and I would love to use it! Thanks. 😊