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Mikep976

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Original poster
Oct 23, 2017
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Washington
Looking for some insight from any current Tab S8 owners.

I am totally in the Apple Ecosystem, but have been looking at the Tab S9+, as it would actually be a great work companion.

Being only used to iPad (this would replace my cellular 12.9 iPad Pro), I had a few questions, specifically for those with cellular:

1. When I have used Android as my platform, I specifically went with Unlocked to get better updates and participate in the OneUi Beta. With Cellular Tabs, this doesn’t look to be possible, and you must get a certain carrier - does this impact updates? With 4 years of platform + 5 of security, I don’t want slowed down or non-existent updates.
2. Can you participate in the OneUi betas? I’ve found conflicting info anywhere from no, to yes, but some carriers (specifically T-Mobile)
3. With the above, are they all unlocked? Can I buy a T-Mo Tab, use my Verizon or Google Fi sim, and it’ll work?

Overall, I just want to scope out the update styles and timelines, especially coming from an iOS/iPadOS life where I can run Dev Betas, and get updates right on time.

Thanks!
 

teohyc

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May 24, 2007
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The main thing to note about standard updates from Samsung is they are not released to all tablet models at the same time. Some tablet models can get updates a month before other tablets. Not sure about Beta updates
 
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