[2] Belonging to the high-end "S" line, it was announced on 20 July 2015 and was released in September 2015 along with the Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 9.7.

The Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 was announced on July 20, 2015 from a Samsung press release.

A refreshed model series was released in late 2016 (UK early 2017),(Tab S2 VE, SM-T710/715/719) replacing the older Exynos 5433 SoC with an newer Snapdragon 652 SoC.

The device currently runs Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with the TouchWiz software suite.

The display is a Super AMOLED (4:3) screen with a resolution of 2048x1536 pixels.