Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1: Full Review of the 2012 model – Part 4

Hardware Specs

The Tab 2 10.1 comes equipped with a 1GHz dual-core OMAP 4430 CPU, 1GB of RAM, and 16GB of storage. 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth 3.0, and GPS are the standard issues in the device in addition to gyroscope, accelerometer, and digital compass support.

There are two stereo speakers at the rear which on full blast give a relatively good sound quality but are limited like most of the other tablets in the market.

Performance

This is the part that makes or breaks a device and unfortunately most of the specifications an features do not help Tab 2 10.1 in its quest of success.

With a dual-core processor, the slate performs well in daily operations over both ICS and Touch Wiz and Samsung-built UI does not interfere with ICS’ aesthetics. However, when it comes to more rigorous and graphics-intensive software, the dual-core processor comes to the limit of exhaustion. There were a lot irresponsive applications instances in tests and clippings were observed in web browsing through web pages and menus.

Small web pages did not come across any noticeable stutter, nor was such thing seen in magnified view of pages. However, on longer pages, the browser had clippings, but were gotten rid after scrolling up and down twice or thrice.

The processor had a hard time in rendering 1080p video playback on bigger files of approximately 1 to 2 GB size. The 720p playback did not have any or such problems.

WiFi connectivity was a plus. Both download and upload speeds were at full blast within 5 to 20 feet range. The plastic structure seems to have paid off in rendering internet services on the device.

The front facing camera is of low quality and offers less detailed pictures and videos, which is less satisfactory than the 2-mega pixel snapper found in Tab 10.1. The rear-facing 3 MP camera is comparatively better but as compared to the competition it washes out colours and delivers less contrasted photos; same is the case with videos.

Final Verdict

As compared to $20 cheaper Asus Transformer Pad TF300, which is thinner and lighter, has a better camera and more importantly a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, the Tab 2 10.1 has little chance of success. Moreover, at the same $400, TF300 offers double the storage at 32 GB.

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Posted by Usman Khalid on May 14 2012. Filed under Sci-Tech. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.