Dive Brief:

• Samsung unveils The Galaxy Tab 4 Education, a durable 10.1” tablet compatible with Google Play for Education.  
• The Android device, which is currently being sold for $369.99, is designed to suit future upgrades of Samsung School. For an additional $30 per device, the tablet can be managed using Google Apps for Education's web console instead.  
• According to AnandTech, the device's specifications are on the low end, but Samsung is banking on the tablet's durability and low price point to sell it as an ideal classroom tech solution.

Dive Insight:

The Galaxy Tab 4 Education is one in a slew of new tablets opening up to the market in time of next year's school purchases. Anand Tech compares the new tablet to two others — the Asus Transformer Pad (Education) and the iPad w/Retina — to suss out the competition. When it comes to school purchases, the Asus is the cheapest ($269 + $30 for Management Console, optional keyboard dock $60), but it isn't as durable as the Galaxy. The iPad is the most expensive of the bunch ($399, ultimately not much more than the Galaxy), and currently has the largest following in the K-12 world.