Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 has been doing the rounds in the tablet industry for quite some time now. The tablet has now been spotted on U.S. regulator Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) website and new images have leaked on a French website.

The Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 will succeed the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 tablet and many specs and images of the upcoming tablet have been surfacing online. Latest report revealed that the tablet has been approved by China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center, or TENAA.

Now the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 has also been approved by the FCC and French website NoWhereElse has also leaked a few images of the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0, which means that Samsung will soon launch the tablet sooner than later.

The Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 is estimated to sport an 8-inch AMOLED screen with 1536 x 2048 pixels resolution. A 1.9 GHz quad-core processor and 3GB RAM are expected to power the upcoming tablet.

The Samsung tablet will also sport an 8MP primary camera and a 2MP front-facing camera, which is the same as found in the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 tablet. The tablet is expected to be available in a number of internal storage capacity models with the option to increase the storage capacity using a MicroSD card.

The upcoming Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 is believed to weigh 9.17 ounces, or 260 grams and measure 7.80 x 5.29 x 0.21 inch, or 198.2 x 134.5 x 5.4 mm, which makes it the thinnest tablet in the world. The tablet is also expected to be available in Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi with cellular connectivity.

Experts believe that Samsung will not only launch the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 but the company will also launch a bigger tablet called the Galaxy Tab S2 9.7. The upcoming tablets will be Samsung's latest response to the 9.7-inch and 7.9-inch iPad models.

Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 in June 2014 and the tablet hit the shelves in July 2014. Now we are in the same part of the year and tablet lovers will hope that Samsung launches the Galaxy Tab S2 8.0 in this month. The price of the tablets still remains unknown.