Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Vs 3

The Android tablet race is about to get a dashing new contender.

Samsung'southward Galaxy Tab 10.1 will officially launch next week, the visitor announced on Thursday. The Galaxy Tab volition get on sale in New York City on June 8, with a limited number of units bachelor at the All-time Buy in Marriage Square. The device volition reach stores nationwide nine days later, on June 17th.

And so what'due south Samsung's new Galaxy Tab all well-nigh, and is it right for you? Take a quick scan of the loftier points — and the low ones — and encounter what you retrieve.

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Samsung Milky way Tab ten.ane: The Blueprint

Samsung's Galaxy Tab ten.1 design has certainly earned a lot of attending. The company originally unveiled the device in February — so, after seeing Apple tree's iPad ii, decided to pull back the product and go back to square one.

The new Galaxy Tab is billed as the world'due south thinnest tablet, beating out Apple's offering by a hair: The 10.one Tab is 8.six millimeters thick compared to the iPad ii's 8.8-millimeter size. The Galaxy Tab is also slightly lighter, at 565 grams compared to the iPad ii'due south 601-gram weight.

Await, when it comes down to it, the differences are pretty — shall we say — slim. The point is this: The Galaxy Tab is actually freakin' thin. Capisce?

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.one: The Hardware

Size aside, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 rocks a Nvidia Tegra 2 1GHz dual-core processor forth with 1GB of RAM. It has a 3MP camera on the back and a 2MP photographic camera on the front. The Tab tin record video at 720p with xxx frames per second.

The new Tab's 10.1-inch screen has a resolution of 1280-by-800 pixels. Its battery, a 7000 mAh unit, is said to be skillful for ix hours of continuous use on a single charge.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: The Software

The Milky way Tab ten.1 ships with Android 3.ane, the latest version of Google's Honeycomb Bone. In an interesting twist, Samsung is shipping the tablets with Google's stock Android software — simply plans to update them at some bespeak "in the near hereafter" to add in its proprietary TouchWiz UI. Depending on your perspective, this may be a good or a bad thing.

Like near Android devices, the Galaxy Tab 10.ane fully supports playback of Adobe Flash content.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: The Storage

Samsung'due south Milky way Tab 10.1 comes in both 16GB and 32GB models. Neither model supports external storage via microSD, co-ordinate to a Samsung representative.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: The Pricing

Samsung'southward 16GB Wi-Fi Galaxy Tab 10.ane will toll $499. The 32GB Wi-Fi model will cost $599. You lot tin can place a pre-order at any Best Purchase store beginning June 8 (merely the New York Metropolis Matrimony Foursquare shop volition have them in-stock on that day). Starting June 17, the tablets will be available nationwide at All-time Buy, Fry'south, Amazon, Micro Center, Tiger Direct, and New Egg. Dart will too exist selling the Wi-Fi tablets subsequently this summer.

If Wi-Fi doesn't cut it for y'all, Verizon Wireless will presently offer 4G versions of the Galaxy Tab x.1 as well. The 16GB 4G model will toll $529.99 with a 2-year contract; the 32GB version volition cost $629.99 with a two-year contract. Verizon is currently accepting pre-orders but has however to announce when the 4G models will ship; a spokesperson tells me a appointment should be announced old "in the coming weeks."

JR Raphael is a PCWorld contributing editor and the author of the Android Power blog. You can find him on both Facebook, Twitter, or

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