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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in test 3

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Samsung Galaxy Tab rose to the first although quite late, but the more successful in the tablet market. The third generation Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3 sets in the test for unusual, but a little too conservative hardware.

By Dennis Ziesecke |

date: 06/09/2013

unusual hardware makes good housing -. 3 Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

With its entry into the tablet market, Samsung made an amazing amount of time. Then the Koreans had with the Galaxy Tab 7, but ultimately one of the best Android tablets of the early days in the program. Here, the tablet was still the once seemingly unattainable iPad clearly inferior technically and also in the operation. Since the competitors at the time but not just spattered in the Android sector with below-average equipment and a little suitable for tablets Android smartphone with fame, Samsung remained Winner in the first generation of Android tablets. There were a few little technically ambitious successor models, the presence by judicial disputes with Apple in the media remained primarily and could not be sold in part for a long time in Germany.

class=”download”> the topic »Asus Google Nexus 7 The best Android tablet so far »Microsoft Surface Pro Ultrabook tablet with Windows 8 and Core i5 »Android 4.3 in the test Better panoramic images and access control This is fate the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 3 not overtake, but it differs sufficiently strong the apple tablet – and also Klagefreudigkeit Apple seems to have removed

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However, if a high-end tablet with the typical Galaxy interior expected, likely to be disappointed. Samsung has the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the 3 test on the even more unusual Atom processor from Intel and a comparatively low resolution display. Luxury amenities Samsung stands on the Galaxy Note , has the innovative features and modern technology. Samsung Galaxy Tab is available in cheap mass-produced goods. This need not be bad, as long as the quality euros per right. How fast the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3 really works and how well Samsung is the processing of the expensive depending on features between 350 and 500 euros Tablets succeeded we check in the following test. Us is for the white Galaxy Tab 3 10.1l with 16 GB of memory and 3G mobile module before.

display

As the name suggests, Samsung uses a display with a diagonal of 10.1 inches. Slightly disappointing fall from the very conservative selected resolution of 1280×800 pixels. Other tablets in this price range like the Asus Memo Pad FHD 10 are already on Full HD displays with much higher pixel density. Although the IPS screen of the Galaxy Tab 3 reflects, but does not interfere with the reflections in the sun as strong as with other tablets. This is due to the almost 400 cd / m² very good maximum brightness of the IPS screen. On the much-used otherwise by Samsung AMOLED displays, the manufacturer is forfeiting this time.

The display offers good color values ??and points of view, but does pretty low on.

typical for IPS displays is the small viewing angle. This allows your tablet from unfavorable angles still use easily, at very acute angles, the colors fade otherwise beautifully illustrated. This is especially for tablets that inherently rarely stay in a fixed position in front of the viewer, is particularly important.

From the size of 10.1 inches and the low resolution of 1280×800 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of just 149 ppi (“pixels per inch”). Competitors like the new Asus Google Nexus 7 (1.920×1.200 at 7 inches diagonal) with 323 ppi offer more than twice as high pixel density. The difference shows up in everyday life: writings seem not as sharp as in higher resolution tablets, and who keeps his nose close to the screen, very quickly recognizes individual pixels. Unlike other Android tablets with 1280×800 pixels Samsung brings some useful but more pixels on the screen: The manufacturer waives the software buttons of Android and relies on hardware buttons. So Samsung saves the narrow control panel and actually displays the full 1280×800 pixels.

Hardware

class=”image”> Android tablets are using Intel’s x86 Atom still rare. While an Intel CPU, everything is in notebooks other than unusual, it is in tablet area almost a curiosity. The most tablets rely on the most cost-effective and energy-efficient ARM technology for the x86 instruction set of the Atom processor Android was made relatively late fit. And without modifications to the instruction set as it gets: apps must be compiled for x86 to work on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3

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Good news: Most apps in the Play Store already work together smoothly with the Intel hardware. However, some applications running in our test is not quite round, although the pure computing power should really be enough – we suspect problems with the x86 adjustment. Thus, the game stutters “Iron Man 3″ quite strong, although the graphics unit of the atom is fast enough for the beautiful 3D graphics. The Intel Atom Z2460 used is clocked at 1.6 GHz and has two processor cores. By hyperthreading processor simulates two more cores, thus creating a better utilization of the computing units. Actually causes hyperthreading on Android also improved computing power, the atomic Z2460 does not have at the pure CPU power behind ARM quad cores hide, for example, Qualcomm Krait cores.

1.0 GB but are clearly insufficient memory. Actually leads to the low memory slowly starting apps and recurring delays in the work with the operating system. Update apps in the background? Provides jerking on the surface. Surf the Internet and access the on-screen keyboard? Lasts. Asus shows with the Memo Pad FHD 10 that the same Atom processor with 2.0 GB of RAM for a much better feeling of control and noticeably faster launching applications provide.

Overall, our impression of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 3 ambiguous, tends thanks to the good housing but positive.