Apple sells the most tablets – but the South Koreans take great strides to. Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab a true rival for the iPad 3? The test brings it to light.
The start screen of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 is very tidy – which facilitates the operation and looks chic
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Good picture even without the “retina”
Many current tablets come with very high resolution: So Apple’s iPad Retina offers three megapixels, the Google Nexus 10 (also built by Samsung) even four. The Galaxy Tab 3 shows by “only” a megapixel (1280×800 pixels). When viewing videos or photos cares not at all – because scores the display with a high-contrast image and vivid colors. Small fonts are not quite as easy to recognize because of the lower resolution. This affects, for example, when reading the news ticker on the home screen.
The blue home screen of the Galaxy Tab scores with a friendly design – with many other Android tablets, however he seems quite dark and dreary. The settings menu is also very clear, thanks to the design in black and white is found, the user comes along well and afloat to your destination
Practical: A wipe from above calls on the touch screen a short menu.. With two taps can be there as the power-hungry GPS tracking off, turn on Bluetooth – for example to the tablet to connect to a headset – or put the device silently. With the exception of the start screen user interface of the Galaxy is slightly less tidy than the model iPad: Up to 40 apps crowding the Galaxy Tab on a page. Since it is hard to keep track.
Unusually for a ten-inch tablet – tested with the 3G version of the Galaxy Tab 3, you can also make calls. But it looks a bit weird …
One special feature. Using the HSPA version of the Galaxy Tab also 3 phone calls over the mobile network are possible – not work with an iPad
Not for photographers
The user can also make video calls via the internet, it reaches the quality of the cameras: The offers on the front 1.3 megapixels, the eye on the back just three megapixels. Take photo and video shooting with the Galaxy Tab 3 but only a little fun. The movies can already see on the small screen of the tablet rather washed out and blurred.
Factory very quiet
After the initial setup, the Galaxy Tab was initially quite quiet when listening music. The up-regulation of the volume repeatedly acknowledged it with a warning – supposedly it was too loud. After the testers had to increase the volume in the settings menu, the superfluous info disappeared.
A connection for everything
Instead of a proprietary connector as the Apple, the Galaxy Tab 3 has a micro USB socket – which also have many smart phones. This is handy on holiday: There submit charger and a USB cable if you have multiple devices with this standard here. But to the TV set, the tablet does not come with USB. Even with a special MHL adapter from USB to HDMI TV remained black.
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