Samsung’s next round of affordable tablets isn’t so much “coming soon” as it is already here — just don’t look for the company’s official announcement just yet. Two versions of the Galaxy Tab A11 have popped up on Samsung’s own regional sites, complete with specs, renders, and marketing blurbs. In other words, they’re basically official, even if nobody at Samsung has bothered to press the big launch button yet. If this feels familiar, that’s because the Galaxy Tab A9 family arrived in much the same way two years ago: suddenly available, quietly announced, and almost daring you to notice.
We’ve already seen the eagle-eyed WinFuture.de outline leaked specs of both sizes of low-cost tablet. Today, Android Headlines dropped additional renders (in conjunction with OnLeaks) that mirror what Samsung posted to some regional sites. Here’s what we know. It’s nearly everything.
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The Galaxy Tab A11 is the smaller and cheaper of the pair. It brings an 8.7-inch TFT display at 1340×800, but the real upgrade here is the 90Hz refresh rate — a welcome addition to the budget slate field. Inside, you’re looking at MediaTek’s Helio G99 chip, up to 8GB of RAM, and 64GB or 128GB of storage, expandable up to 2TB with a microSD card. Power comes from a 5,100 mAh battery with 15W charging. The camera setup is what you’d expect: an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP selfie cam that will do just fine for video calls. There’s even a headphone jack for those who haven’t gone fully wireless yet.
The Galaxy Tab A11+ is, unsurprisingly, the better buy if you can swing it. It bumps up to a sharper 11-inch 1920×1200 panel (still at 90Hz), swaps in a significantly more capable MediaTek Dimensity 7300, and comes with a bigger 7,040 mAh battery plus faster 25W charging. You also get up to 256GB of storage, up to 8GB of RAM, and four speakers instead of two, making it a better choice for enjoying media.
Perhaps the most eyebrow-raising spec isn’t the hardware at all but Samsung’s promise of seven years of OS and security updates. That’s the kind of long-term support usually reserved for Galaxy flagships, which makes these tablets a surprisingly future-proof buy.
What’s odd is the rollout strategy, or lack thereof. Samsung is just letting these devices quietly exist on its site until someone writes about them. No splashy Unpacked event, no flashy social media campaign. If you weren’t looking for a cheap tablet, you might never know they launched. Maybe that’s the point.
Still, between the modern design, optional LTE/5G connectivity, and that industry-leading software promise, the Galaxy Tab A11 series looks like a smart, affordable choice for anyone needing a reliable Android tablet. At under 200 Euros for the base model, Samsung may have just dropped the competent budget tablet to beat — assuming it ever gets around to telling people these new tablets exist.
