Samsung announces the Tab S10 Lite, a $349 tablet with an S Pen

This week, Samsung a new addition to its tablet lineup with the Tab S10 Lite. It will be available on September 4 and will cost $349. The Lite will be the least expensive of Samsung’s current tablet generation; the S10 FE has a starting cost of $500 while costs go as high as $980 for the .

The Tab S10 Lite is 10.9 inches, and it comes in gray, silver or a coral red. Its screen has a 90Hz refresh rate and a maximum brightness of 600 nits. Models can have 6GB memory with 128GB of storage or 8GB and 256GB of memory and storage, respectively. The tablet comes with a 8MP camera in the rear and a 5MP one in front. It will be sold with the S Pen, which we enjoyed in our review of the . And of course, AI will be front and center in the tablet experience, with a dedicated Galaxy AI button and software features like Circle to Search and Handwriting Assist.

The Tab S9 remains , so we’ll have to see how well the S10 Lite stacks up against the A16 iPad, which is our current budget pick for tablets.