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Bizarrely, absolutely nothing on the video-focused screen can be switched or moved around, meaning you"ll have to hop between it and the next screen over if you want to open HBO Go, Sling TV, or other popular video apps from TV networks. It"s not that annoying, but I wish Samsung had just made the whole thing more customizable so that users could set up the View"s home screen just the way they"d like.

Aside from that unique layer of software, there"s little differentiating the Galaxy View from Samsung"s other tablets. You can run apps side by side or open the company"s SideSync software to interact with your Galaxy smartphone, and there are a handful of other Samsung-made apps that most people will never bother opening. Inside, the Galaxy View is powered by an octa-core 1.6GHz Exynos chip and 2GB of RAM. Performance is generally okay, but the RAM can limit the View"s multitasking abilities. Samsung probably doesn"t see that as a problem since it"s marketing this as the ultimate streaming tablet.

Even so, this hardware isn"t exactly top-of-the-line, leaving me even more confused about why this thing costs $600. Where is the price coming from, Samsung? The Galaxy View could maybe find some niche success if it were $300 or $400, but at $600, I think Samsung has effectively priced it to fail. It"s definitely not all bad. Even if the internals aren"t top-rate, battery life came close to Samsung"s 8 hour estimate. (You charge with a dedicated power adapter, not over USB.) The built-in speakers sound decent enough, and there"s also a microSD card slot in case you favor playing your own files instead of streaming movies and shows.