[Galaxy Tab S2 General] RajCaj:
I've had the Tab S2 for a few weeks now and my experience with the tablet has mostly been good, but I'm frustrated with Samsung.

I've been waiting for a while to upgrade from my Samsung Nexus 10, and was bummed to find out that Samsung stripped out some things that I (as a long time Samsung mobile consumer) have come to take for granted.

- NO IR Blaster: I know it's probably not a very common use case for most, but I have found great value in being able to carry around a universal remote where ever I go. Given tablets are a perfect couch surfing companion, it would have been really nice if I had the capability to pull up the TV guide and quickly jump to the channel I want....regardless if it's at my house or the local bar.

- NO Haptic Feedback: Probably a move to save on battery usage, but it feels strange to not get that vibration feedback after pressing software or capacitive buttons. Also with no haptic feedback motor, forget silent / vibrating notifications.

- NO NFC: While I'm not a big user of NFC for file transfer or mobile payments, it's a feature present in all other manufacture flagship devices and Samsung didn't exactly go down on the price for omitting it.

Some things I thought were missed opportunities...

- Lack of Samsung Accessories Available at Launch: There are only 3 colors in the official Samsung book case covers and I haven't been able to find a black case for my tablet at Best Buy, Walmart, Target, and AT&T over the last 2 weeks

- The coolest feature (IMO) of the tablet so far is the use of the "Smart View 2.0" app w/ my Samsung TV. The app allows me to use the tablet as a remote control (via WiFi, not IR) and allows me to mirror what's playing on my TV to my tablet. What's even cooler is that I can watch a different input on my TV than what is playing on the television. Wife can watch Hulu on the TV using a set-top box while I watch the football game on the cable TV input through my tablet. The missed opportunity? The application is NOT natively available for the Galaxy Tab S2 via the Google Play store. I had to backup the app as a .apk using ES File Explorer and then exported the backed up .apk to my Tab S2....works like a charm despite not being "technically" compatible.

- Second coolest feature of the tablet is the Side Sync app that allows you to mirror your Samsung phone on your tablet screen. You can answer & make calls made to & from your phone via the Side Sync app on your tablet, you can send texts, and do just about anything you could do from your phone as if you had your phone in your hand. The missed opportunity? You have to acknowledge the connection attempt by the tablet on the phone itself, before you can remotely use your phone. If the primary use case for this is to be able to remotely access your phone when it's out of reach......Side Sync doesn't do you much good if you need to have physical access to the phone in order to use it remotely. The connection is also very shotty.....lags quite a bit mirroring my S4 and loses connection easily.

All that said, it's a quality tablet....and like with their new phones, sacrificed functionality & features in order to upgrade the build quality & materials.

If you're happy with your Tab S, probably no need to upgrade...especially if you use those features included on the Tab S, but now missing on the Tab S2.