Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Test 3: chic, compact but functional ... - CNET.de

just over two months ago, the Korean manufacturer is the third generation of its Galaxy Tab series. You should not only attract a host of new features, but also offer improved performance to its predecessor. With the 10.1-inch model tested here, Samsung complements the smaller 7 – and 8-inch models. Samsung Galaxy Tablet offers great as pure wireless model (GT-P5210), in a 3G version (GT-P5200) and in a 4G/LTE-Version (GT-P5220). Prices range 369-509 euro.

3 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is compared to its predecessor on a simpler aesthetic. For a 10-inch tablet, it coincides with its dimensions of 24.3 x 17.6 x 0.8 centimeters from compact. It presents lightweight and slender, with a narrow frame and a clean, uncluttered design, the iPad can also be jealous.

Regarding the technology is Samsung but unfortunately the trend extremely boring technology upgrades as part of its 10-inch Galaxy Tab family continued. Although we like style and aesthetics of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3, but its technical specifications represent only a minimal upgrade to the Tab 2 10.1, resulting in today’s standards, at best average performance. Finally, terms such as “modification” or “replacement” better to its new components would fit as an “Upgrade”.

The tablet design is also plagued by extremely reactive Menu and Back buttons. The two buttons can be too easily activated unintentionally – even to their exuberant sensibility is painfully aware. Nevertheless, it prevents the design of the tablet (and certainly not its functionality), that it instantly forgettable and slide onto the mental siding can.

design

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3 – the largest of the Tab-3 family model – simpleres and has a more compact design than previous Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets. Main reasons are the narrower frame elements on the display and the revised edge of metal. While the thickness of the casing Tab 2 10.1 hosted speakers in the front, the Tab 10.1 3 moved it to the left and right edges.

Dimensions	Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3	Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1	Google Nexus 10	Apple iPad (4th generation)
weight in kg	0.51	0.6	0.6	0.65
width in cm	24.4	26.2	26.4	24.1
height in cm	17.5	18.5	17.5	18.5
Depth in cm	0.79	0.89	0.89	0.94
Side Frame Width in cm	1.27	2.29	2.29	2.03

The 10.1-inch tablet is relatively thin and light, but still not a Sony Xperia Tablet Z. It can be held comfortably in either hand and feels solid, but thanks to the smooth plastic and a bit cheap. Despite the smooth slippery surfaces, it is not – it is simply quite good in the hand

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the lower part there is a navigation area, composed of two capacitive touch buttons (menu and back) as well as a physical, slightly elevated home key between them. This design decision is reminiscent of Samsung’s touch-series, but due to functionality problems that harmonizes just not very good with the 10.1-inch Tab 3 Although the physical Home button is a useful extension that grants quick access to the home screen and a view of all open apps, menu and back buttons undermine the basic functionality of the tablet.

The Tab 10.1 weighs 510 grams 3 (Photo: CNET).

To trigger the menu and back buttons, you do not have that is directly touching the icons, but simply placing a finger near her. To be very good – but the touch-sensitive surface (the “hit box”), triggering the Menu and Back functions extends to the lower frame around nine centimeters

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There should be no learning curve required to hold a tablet – but the Tab 10.1 3 which is still the case. The hit box of the navigation area is so large that it is hard to do when you hold the tablet in a horizontal orientation. Namely it is exactly the space that would normally occupy the hand holding.

At the lower part there is a navigation area, composed of two capacitive touch buttons (menu and back) as well as a physical, slightly elevated home key between them composed (Photo: CNET) .

we constantly test strip with the left thumb over the touch surface of the back button (which, incidentally, works more like a backspace), which then catapulted us from what we are doing. We used to us, constantly aware of the position of our fingers to check to make sure that they can not get lost in the hit box, instead of just enjoying the time with the Tablet.

back and menu buttons are for other Android devices usually positioned on the visual screen on the navigation bar. And even if the extra space on the screen of the Tab 10.1 3 is a fine thing – we would always love to sacrifice him like if the operation would not be so frustrating. Add to this that one has virtually no control on the behavior of the capacitive buttons, you can adjust just how long they stay lit. And despite this option buttons illuminated even when Netflix streaming and the use of other apps happily to himself.

The back is for a Samsung Galaxy typical (Photo: CNET)

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at the top edge of the tablet sit the power switch, volume rocker, the expansion slot for microSD memory card and an IR blaster. Not too far away – near the upper left corner – sits the headphone jack, built-in directly over the left edge of the left speaker. At the bottom edge you will find a pin-sized microphone and a micro-USB port, while the top is the right speaker to the right edge. In the middle of the upper front display frame sit an ambient light sensor and the 1.3 megapixel camera. The resolution of 3.2 megapixels main camera can be found on the back top center.

software

3 Tab 10.1 runs on the Google’s Android 4.2.2 (“Jelly Bean”) in combination with Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. Among the features is Smart Stay , which puts the tablet to sleep mode if you do not look, as well as a useful notification panel, which can be a bit to adapt to the personal preferences.

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Smart Stay feature works, but still not as good as advertised by Samsung. The tablet has often difficult to discern the eyes of our tester (even if he looks directly at the screen) – and because of this instability turns out this feature as ultimately as useful as a normal shutdown screen. Because the tablet takes about as much time to realize that was not seen on the screen, like the alternative set off the display after a certain period. The Tab 10.1 does not have the 3 Smart Pause – and SmartScroll features from other Galaxy devices, so that the whole is more of a SmartStay Lite represents.

Via the Quick Launch bar to functions such as WiFi, GPS, Smart Stay and screen orientation on and off and adjust the brightness of the display (Photo: CNET).

On the Quick Launch toolbar can be accessed easily by wiping from the top of the display down here. About this bar can be functions such as WiFi, GPS, Smart Stay and screen orientation on and off and adjust the brightness of the display. Although you can adjust the order in which these settings are displayed but can not add new ones. Below this we find the notification settings and a small black bar that lets the user know which wireless network it is connected.

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You can customize the order in which these settings are displayed but can not add new (photo: CNET).

The integrated Tab 10.1 3 IR blaster allows you to use the tablet as a universal remote and the tablet also brings already some apps that help. Our tester can not convince them to address the cable box instead of the TV, so he relies on Samsung Universalfernbedienungs-/Video-Hub-App Watch On Peel Smart Remote App. With this app you can browse TV listings, set reminders, change channels as well as TV and cable box on and off.

device needs due to connection problems though their time, but otherwise it works perfectly and smoothly, if a little slow. The app itself is indeed approachable, but it struggles with serious lag problems: When I start a lot of time passes and when navigating from one screen to the next pass every time several seconds

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integrated into the app streaming of video content is very comfortable for on-demand services, but the search function does not work very thoroughly: The test results are in from our U.S. colleagues often on Samsung’s own Media Hub service and Hulu Plus and Blockbuster Video limited, although Netflix and Google Play offer the same content.

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Other features are indeed very nice enhancements, but does not particularly work. For example, does not recognize the voice S -app voice commands in the test often, so this function is checked not only unhelpful, but downright making as crazy. This feature is activated by a double click of the home button, but if required can easily be disabled in the settings.

S Voice app (screenshot: CNET).