Samsung Galaxy Note Pro and Tab Pro hands-on: First look

Traditionally Samsung hasn't been the most exciting company to watch at CES, but this year the Koreans are really making their presence felt. Bringing the big tablet guns, the company definitely has some of the hottest hardware of the show at its booth.
As a welcome change of pace, we aren't just treated to TVs and Smart home appliances. Samsung has the Pro range of tablets on display, which spans across two families of ultra-high-res powerhouses.
The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro leads the charge and there are three Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro slates to cover its back. Here's the kicker - we have a new tablet size in town - 12.2 inches. That's not very surprising of Samsung, as the company has been keen on experimenting with new form factors and sizes, some of which have yielded amazing results - take the Galaxy Note line-up of phablets, for example.
The new standard is offered on two different slates - the S Pen-enabled Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and the conventional Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2. Those two are joined by the more straightforward Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 and another new size for Samsung with the Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4. The latter is a direct competitor to the LG G Pad 8.3 and we're eager to see whether it's a worthy one.
Anyway, we have met with all of them at the CES 2014 and we're ready with our first rundown. Before that though, let's take a look at what the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and the variously sized Galaxy Tab Pro slates offer.

Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 at a glance:

• Form factor: Tablet
• Size: 295.6 x 204 x 7.95 mm, 750 g
• Display: 16M colors 12.2" Super Clear LCD capacitive touchscreen of 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution
• OS: Android 4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz UI
• Chipset (LTE): Quad-core 2.3GHz Krait 400 CPU, Adreno 330GPU, 3GB of RAM, Snapdragon 800 chipset
• Chipset (3G, Wi-Fi): Quad-core 1.9 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7, Mali-T628 MP6 GPU; 3GB of RAM, Exynos 5420 chipset
• Camera: 8MP main camera; 2MP front-facing camera
• Video camera: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60/30fps, 720p@120fps video capture
• Memory: 32GB/64GB of inbuilt storage, microSD card slot, up to 64GB
• Connectivity: Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 3.0 port with backwards compatibility with microUSB 2.0, GPS receiver with A-GPS, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC, Ethernet connectivity via adapter
• Battery: 9500mAh
• Extra features: S-Pen support, S Note, Scrapbook, Action Memo, Air Commands software to take advantage of S Pen, free subscriptions to various services including Dropbox, Evernote, Bitcasa, NY Times, LinkedIn, Remote PC, Cisco WebEx Meetings and more