Samsung's own antennagate? Report suggests Galaxy Tab S5e has Wi-Fi flaw



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According to a small number of social media reports, Samsung's new Galaxy Tab S5e is experiencing Wi-Fi disconnections when it is brought to the fore by SamMobile.

One Galaxy Tab S5e User took to Instagram to demonstrate their device's Wi-Fi dropout issue, with a couple of commenters chiming in that they had experienced similar issues.

It's worth noting the user's claim that it's the second tablet he's had that both experienced the same disconnection problem.

Further testing

SamMobile tested the issue for themselves, and the site was unable to completely disconnect from Wi-Fi through various attempts, the authors did report to 50% drop in signal strength.

Unfortunately for owners of the device, like Apple's iPhone 4 'antennagate' scandal from 2010, it's believed that a software update would be unable to fix the problem – the only real fix would require that particular section of the antenna to be moved elsewhere through a hardware revision.

At present, it's unknown how far-reaching the Wi-Fi signal problem actually is. In the meantime, S5e Galaxy Tab owners can largely avoid the issue by turning the tablet into the right when holding it in landscape mode. Samsung has yet to comment on the problem.

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