Samsung pauses Galaxy Tab S8 pre-orders in the US due to ‘overwhelming demand’
Samsung has long been known to make some of thebest Android tabletsyou can buy, and it seems like its newly announcedGalaxy Tab S8 seriesis generating an appropriate amount buzz: The company says it’s had to stop accepting pre-orders for two sizes of the new tablets in the US due to “overwhelming demand.”
Earlier this week, the company unveiled itslatest iPad competitorsin three different sizes alongside theGalaxy S22series. The latter is Samsung’s flagship smartphone lineup of the year, and given the company’s track record, you might have expected them to steal all the thunder. While the phones are sure to sell well in their own right, demand for the Tab S8 series has been so overwhelming that it has seemingly even surprised Samsung — so much so that the company has temporarily stopped accepting pre-orders for two of the three tablets through its online store in the US. Samsung issued the below statement toXDAabout this:
We are thrilled by the consumer response to our new Galaxy Tab S8 lineup. Due to the overwhelming demand in the last 48 hours, we will be pausing preorders at Samsung.com for the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S8. We are working quickly to meet consumer excitement and demand. Please stay tuned for more updates
What’s interesting is that there seems to be a sizable demand for the Tab S8 Ultra, which pushes the boundary of what a tablet stands for with its massive 14.6-inch display. If you are not interested in the Ultra or the regular S8, you can stillpre-order the Tab S8+from Samsung’s online store and get a free Slim keyboard along with it. Alternatively, you could try your luck at retailers likeAmazonorBest Buy, though they also don’t seem to have all the variants available for pre-order.
As we noted in our hands-on with the tablets, the Tab S8 series has incredible build quality, with the faster internals giving them the required horsepower for heavy-duty tasks. And onceAndroid 12Llands with several tablet- and foldable-focused improvements, the experience should only get better.
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