Hardware features
- NFC is missing, not a lot of tablet manufucturers support NFC, but it would be an unique selling point. Personally I use NFC for MFA using a ubikey. Considering NFC was missing I tried authenticating though an USB-C hub but this failed as well, I use this form of MFA to authenticate to my password manager so effectively due to the lack of NFC I was forced to disable MFA, which makes it easier to access my password for potential criminals. Considering hardware keys are rising in popularity for the business market for MFA I think that this can be a good unique selling point.
- I want to have a good haptic engine – I'm of course used to the great haptic engine on the S20 Ultra/Note 10+. I'm really missing the nice subtle tactile feedback I'm used to on my phones. A good tactice engine doesn't look good on the specsheet but is definitely a treat in daily use
- The S-Pen is when it comes too charging sliiiightly to autistic. You have to point the S-pen to the camea, if you attach it the other way around it will simply not charge. It would be great if it would work both ways
Software features
- As a real control freak I was looking how I could increase the resolution, unfortunately I wasn't able to find the option so I decided to consult the manual - Which doesn't even refer to it. I believe that the option missing is a typical case of less is more, but it would be nice to have it in the manual especially considering it's a new thing for people coming from Galaxy smartphones. A note with "Your Tab has always the maximum possible resolution, there is no need to configure this" would have had me satisfied.
- Widget request: It would be great if it's possible to add a volume slider as a widget to the homescreen, for a phone I prefer the volume button but with tablets I prefer a slider considering it's form factor.
- From 3 fingerprints to 4: The Tab S7+ can support 3 fingerprints max. Which leads in my case to frustration considering I wish to scan all the thumbs and index fingers. Which basically means that I'm missing one that I would really like to use. This has led already to frustration considering I was locked out multiple times due to using the incorrect index finger. (Ough!). I would be really happy if the maximum amount stored could be increased to 4.
- Homescreen: It would be great if the icons could be a bit smaller in order to fit more apps/widgets to the homescreen. 5x6 is perfect for phones but it's slightly too little for tablets to my tastes.
- Samsung Gallery can not sync with Onedrive - It's great that onedrive support exists! It's less great that it doesn't work with onedrive for business (Which is what I use) so in my opinion it's slightly misleading considering it doesn't work when I try to set it up. That said, I will just sync using the onedrive client but that's less perfect than using the gallery app.
I'm definitely happy with my purchase so far, but with a few updates the tab can get extremely close to perfect