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First of all we should say this is a test of the US Galaxy Tab 10.1. The UK product is expected to differ in unspecified ways. We'll update this with a full test of the UK product as soon as it's available.
Playing percentages
If tablet computing is a percentage game, Samsung is doing everything it can to work the odds. The Tab 10.1 is 2% thinner than an iPad 2, 8% lighter and yet squeezes 25% more pixels on its luscious widescreen display. However, our tests show that it’s also 11% more juddery when scrolling graphics and has a sluggish on-screen keyboard that is 92% more annoying than Apple’s.
The genius of Honeycomb is that it puts almost everything Android can do on a single screen. The control is intoxicating but unless you’re disciplined, each of the five home screens can quickly become a Piccadilly Circus of eye-popping widgets, icons, and animated tickers. The multi-tasking column comes to the rescue, flipping between most live apps in under a second.
Quick as a Flash
Dual-core innards let the Tab 10.1 fly through games, both native apps and Flash games (yay!) in the browser. Maps twist and turn smoothly even with several heavy layers such as satellite and traffic. The gyros and accelerometers work well, although the Tab takes a beat longer than the iPad 2 to switch orientations when rotated.
Review continues after the break…
Honeycomb 3.1 adds USB support for MP3 players and digital cameras, so it’s a shame that Samsung opted for only an Apple-esque, minimalist headphone jack and custom 30-pin docking connector – no USB, no HDMI. Sound quality from the stereo speakers isn’t too bad and the 3MP/720p camera shoots fine (when it’s not crashing).
While there's no doubt that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is a fine device, it's these omissions and, ironically, the feeling of Apple-like minimalism that seem to hold it back.
Tech Specs
- Bluetooth
- 3.0
- Dimensions
- 257x175x8.6mm
- Main camera resolution
- 3MP
- Operating system
- Android Honeycomb 3.1
- Screen resolution
- 1280x800
- Screen size
- 10.1in capacitive touchscreen
- Storage
- 16/32/64GB
- Weight
- 565g
- Wi-Fi
- a/b/g/n
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jaanp3333
1 year ago
Ever feel like your birthday does not live up to the standards you continually set it up for? This one day a year should be about your fantasies coming true birthday status. The only problem is, you are likely the only one who holds this opinion.
rosemood
1 year ago
Touch control not working/screen freezing, and also that water under the screen thing too. Can you keep me posted on what Samsung have to say about the whole thing please? Thanks Charcoal Briquetting Press
Apollosan
1 year ago
this is very intriguing "If tablet computing is a percentage game, Samsung is doing everything it can to work the odds. The Tab 10.1 is 2% thinner than an iPad 2, 8% lighter and yet squeezes 25% more pixels on its luscious widescreen display. However, our tests show that it’s also 11% more juddery when scrolling graphics and has a sluggish on-screen keyboard that is 92% more annoying than Apple’s"..thanks for informing us....
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1 year ago
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regispro
1 year ago
I'm still having the same issue with mine. Not only that but fuild 'leaking' under the touchscreen and won't go away. Emailed Samsung but no response yet.
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mellg
1 year ago
I read in the news that Someone, somewhere in Vietnam has had access to white colored versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, and just before you sit up and ask, “Hey! There are already white colored versions of those tablets available in the market, so what’s new about these?”, bear with me for a little while. These are all new models, where you will find a white bezel instead of a black bezel around the display on current white models in the market. Apart from the slight change in color on the outside, everything else within both the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus do seem to be the same.
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1 year ago
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1 year ago
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maevebanks
1 year ago
I think nit is a disgrace that despite the widespread evidence across the web and also a long letter which I have written, the editors will not challenge Samsung about the clear issues with this machine. I am starting to wonder if these guys are in cahoots with the company.
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1 year ago
i love it
andrewj
1 year ago
galaxy tab is dumb. get an ipad. they make such a big deal out of this galaxy tab and it isnt even good. android clearly told developers not to make a tablet because a newer version of android would cover a tablet realese but samsung decided to disobey them and make one anyways. an ipad is amazing and apple did such a great job with making it. samsung all i have to say is i am dissapointed and i think you couldve waited for a newer realese of android. then the tablet you would make would be so much more better.
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andrewj
1 year ago
Saw it in Smart Computing and enjoyed your article. I was set to buy the Galaxy and now think I will wait. As far as I know ipad still remains at the top, even without flash.
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1 year ago
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 this simply should have been presented as tab only due to it also functions as phone, its really difficult for a person to carry it. i give 1.5/5.
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marisatenby
1 year ago
Karl! I too have been having many of the same problems you, and it seems others, have been having! Touch control not working/screen freezing, and also that water under the screen thing too. Can you keep me posted on what Samsung have to say about the whole thing please? Thanks
Thekatp70
1 year ago
Sounds like I have a lot to look forward to with my new Galaxy. I'm sure this birthday gift was researched before purchasing, however seems this information was not available at the time. Do I return it to my friends with complaints of a bug in the touch screen? Or ask for the receipt to complain to Samsung? Shame I so like the look and feel!
kwaters
1 year ago
I'm still having the same issue with mine. Not only that but fuild 'leaking' under the touchscreen and won't go away. Emailed Samsung but no response yet.
Feeling pretty sh*tty about this whole thing now. Would rather have my money back and look eslewhere or come back when these issues are fixed.
maevebanks
1 year ago
I'm not sure about the speakers myself, they're ok i'd say. The main problem I'm having is with this 'touchbug', it's really getting on my nerves now. I have even made a video which I have put on youtube to see if anyone else is having the same problem??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGRFvc_f8X8
btw the video is of youtube but I am also noticing it in iplayer, googlmaps and some games.
LucyElsner
1 year ago
how are the speakers? I'm really trying to find some more comments about the sound, and camera if you've tested that :-).
LucyElsner
1 year ago
how are the speakers? I'm really trying to find some more comments about the sound, and camera if you've tested that :-).
maevebanks
1 year ago
I have just watched your video and commented on it this is exactly the same problem I am having with mine! THis is obviously not an isolated problem. Are you having charging issues as I am?
Also I have it freeze on me when I am playing games.
kwaters
1 year ago
For those wondering about the screen freeze issue I've made a video of the problem here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_PQRom5eCg
Feel that this bug should be included in this review to stop others buying under false pretences like I did.
briansturridge
1 year ago
Got mine through the post after dramas with amazon..
At first look very slick.But the charger doesn't seem to work well at all and the manual explains nothing !!
Also trying to figure out how to get music on it !!
kwaters
1 year ago
Having read this review and fallen for all the hype surrounding this product, I went out and bought myself one. I don’t have a particular need for a tablet computer but I decided to treat myself (and at £500, it’s some treat). After a couple of hours playing and getting to grips with it, I started to notice a very irritating problem – at times the touch screen will become completely unresponsive, usually for 5-10 seconds.
Playing simple games for example, as soon as the game becomes intense, almost on cue the touch screen stops responding and you’re just sitting there uselessly swiping your finger over it.
Problem with the app you might think? Well no because this has happened continuously and regularly with several different apps and games, including Google Maps. In this case the touch screen will stall and become unresponsive for 5-10 seconds, before force closing the app.
This is a SERIOUS bug, and yet I see no mention of it in this review whatsoever? It’s very annoying to see someone endorse a product when it’s main feature (the touch screen) clearly has a major in built flaw. I’ve never had this issue with Google Maps (or other apps) on any of my smart phones or other touch screen devices. I think If you’d given the product a thorough testing you would have noticed this bug the same as I did.
It’s extremely disappointing and highly frustrating to buy something on the basis of what you think is a reliable review and then find out you’ve basically been fleeced for £500 for a product with an obvious and serious bug, which now I can do nothing about.
I’m left with a very frustrating, glitchy, unreliable product in regards to both hardware and/or software that doesn’t perform to anywhere near the standard that’s suggested here. I would advise anyone else reading this who is thinking of spending their money on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to look elsewhere, or prepare to be disappointed.
steveb124
1 year ago
Thanks for this post, i was just searching review about Samsung Galaxy Tab and i found your post. Before read this post i was confused but now my confusion is over.
I decide to buy ipad.
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maevebanks
1 year ago
Well this product has been getting mixed reciews but haven't they all? Anyway, ordered mine yesterday hopefully it will come today and I can start playing with it!
briansturridge
1 year ago
i bought mine last night !!!!!!
excited about getting it !!
Hugh Jarse
1 year ago
Not a bad effort - but no cigar. There are way more reasons to get an iPad instead of this.