What is Samasung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) Tablet?
In 2011, Samsung galaxy tab 2 is released in the category of premier android tablet which have featured design, great display and stunning sound quality. It has highly responsive multi-touch TFT screen and great graphics quality. The Galaxy Tab 2 has better design and having nice build quality. It is perfect for watching movies, document writing and reading purpose because of very big screen with 720p HD display.Galaxy Tab 2 Key Features:- 10.1 inch Multi touch, 720p WXGA PLS TFT HD display; Android 4.2 Jelly bean OS; 16 GB internal storage memory; Dual core, 1GHz Cortex-A9 processor; 1 GB DDR2 RAM; HSPA (3G); Wi-Fi; Bluetooth v3.0; USB 2.0 port; Corning Gorilla Glass; up to 32 GB microSD; Non-removable 7000mAh battery.
The Pros
- Great screen size for movies
- Responsive multi-touch
- Good graphics quality
- Superb sound quality
- Easy to use
The Cons
- Slower performance while multitasking
- Very Low batterylife (Avg 6 hours per day)
- Low camera quality and no flash
- Volume is not enough to watch movies
- Heavier tablet
- No HDMI support
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It have good performance for basic operations like networking, apps, messaging etc. But when you go for multi-tasking operations (e.g: networking + Music player), the tablet performs very slowly and that was very disappointing. It got 7000 mAh capacity battery; I get only gets 6 hours average life per day. If you are looking for tablet for only entertainment and study related document preparation works, it is nice for you.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Review: Design (8/10)
Galaxy Tab 2 is a bigger size android tablet having 256.6 mm in length, 175.3 mm in width and 9.7 mm is thickness. The corners are filled and edges covered with titanium sliver metal. But the back cover is still plastic polymer body and curved slightly backward. It weighs 588 grams and feels heavier while in hands.Galaxy tablet version 2 has better design than Galaxy Tab 1; look and feels like solid and slim tablet. It is very easy to handle and feels comfortable one. Due to bigger size, I feel more difficult to manage in typing and holding at the same time. But it is not serious problem if you having long fingers.
The right side edge contains main ports and button such as Volume rocker, Power/sleep, 3.5 mm headphone port, microSD slot and IR blaster. The left side contains a dock connector and microphone pinhole. I feel more comfortable and experience the 2-inch vertical stereo speakers, when it held n landscape.
The left and right speakers placed in each side of bezel. The backside is only contains rear camera. The corning gorilla glass protects the screen from scratch, smudges and prevent from shock loads also. Overall, it got a powerful design and build.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Review: Display (8/10)
Galaxy tab 2 contains 10.1-inch diagonal screen size (bigger than 9.7-inch Apple iPad 4) with multi touch capacitive and Plane line switching (PLS) LCD type display. The resolution is 1280 x 800 pixels and having 149 ppi makes display more quality one. click here to know more about PLS TFT DisplayThe display have better viewing angle like IPS display tablets and better image quality. The color reproduction with 16 M colors is excellent and results pleasing HD display even in lower brightness. Another cool feature of PLS TFt display is that only provides brighter images. Overall, it is perfect for watching movies, eBooks reading, and documentation works.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Review: Software (7/10)
The operating system of Galaxy Tablet 2 is set around Android 4.2 version (jelly bean) and loaded with custom Samsung’s TouchWiz UX user-interface skin. It contains some custom apps especially for entertainment purposes are music hub, game hub and media hub. It also contains built-in screenshot app and mini apps tray; located in bottom of the screen. Other useful apps like calendar, notes, calculator, clock, messaging etc are included in the tab 2 OS. The photo editor apps and document editor/viewer apps are one of the favorite for me. It also support MP4/H.264/Xvid/DivX/MKV video formats and MP/eAAC+/WAV audio formats.I like the task manager very much, because helpful to closedown background running and unresponsive apps in the easiest way like my PC task manager. The basic look of galaxy tab is not changed and TouchWiz UX UI skin contains some additional options for quick accessing of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, Screen rotation, brightness etc.
The Peel’s smart remote app is nice addition which converts your smart tablet to remote control for your TV. You need to enter the TV manufactures name, Zip code, satellite provider info and also note that this app not works with ordinary monitors. Take control of your TVs channel selection with your Tab 2. Click here to Download Pee's Smart Remote app for Android.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Review: Performance (6/10)
Tab 2 10.1 is loaded with dual core, 1 GHz Coretx-A9 processor with 1 GB DDR2 RAM and also contains PowerVR SGX540 graphics processor unit. It improves the performance characteristics from the previous version. The screen swiping and navigation's are very easy without any lagging and much more responsive. You can easily open apps and menu options without any delay. It contains 16 GB internal memory and you can expandable them p to 32 GB using microSD.The internet browsing is very fast and smooth scrolling in website pages with lower images and ads. If multiple tabs are opened and switching between each tabs feels me some lag. At that time performance is too low and sometime that results sudden closing of web app.
As I said earlier, Samsung galaxy tab 2 is perfect for entertainment purposes like gaming and videos. Both 2D and 3D gaming works perfectly in this tablet without creating any performance defects and better than smartphones. The graphics unit plays well to take processor loads and runs it smoothly with 1GB DDR2 RAM.
The performance issues found while on multitasking like both music and internet browsing, multiple browsing of different websites and also while running 1080p HD videos. Heating issues are not a serious case in the case of this tablet.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Review: Camera (4/10)
The rear camera is only 3 MP without flash light helps to capture pictures of objects around you. It also helps to record 720p HD quality videos suing the rear cam. The pictures captured having a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels and Geo-tagging features available. Some pictures are taken using Samsung tab 2 10.1 tablet is shown below.Due to the low MP of camera results pictures with less quality and not detailed ones. But I got better quality images with bright light conditions, when I provide time for focusing. The front camera is VGA one and not good one, which is used for making video calls. Overall, camera is not a special feature of this expensive tablet.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Review: BatteryLife (5/10)
Samsung Tab 2 offers 7000mAh, Li-Po non-removable type battery having 2000 hours standby and up to 10 hours talktime life. But I got an average battery life up to 6 hours per day (mixed use). The PLS TFT display takes more battery to run on this tablet and keep your screen cuter and quality one. If you reduce the brightness and background apps stopping may improves the battery life. While high graphics gaming it will drains faster than watching movies or internet browsing.Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Review: Other Features
Sound Quality
It contains two stereo speakers (2 inch size) at the left and right side of bezel produce good quality sound but not louder one for watching movies. I always need a headphone for watching them without external noises and disturbances.Network
It having 3G (HSPA) network is available and which is activated by using a MiniSIM. Like other premier android tablets, it also contains Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology for transferring files or networking purposes. The USB 2.0 port helps to connect an additional internet dongle or pendrive to your tablet for data management. The GPS system helps to give geo information’s and effective way to find unknown places with ease. It contains sensors like accelerometer, Gyro and compass.Finally
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 is nice tablet highly recommended for entertainment purposes (Music, Videos, Movies, Readers, Students and Gamers) for all age categories. The IR blaster is unique feature in it but the product is too over priced for the features provided. In the current situation (at launch times $400), it costs around $270 dollar and still it higher priced.For the lower price, the Asus Transformer TF300 tablet provides high end specs than Galaxy tab 2. It provides 8 MP rear camera, quad-core processor, micro-HDMI cable support, 32 GB internal memory and improved batterylife (average up to 9.5 hours). The competitor got better specification than Galaxy tab 2 with lower prices.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 Specifications:-
General Specs
| Name | Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 |
| SIM Type | MiniSIM |
| Storage | 16 GB; Expandable up to 32 GB; MicroSD Card |
| Operating System | Android v4.2 Jelly Bean |
| Dimension | 25.6 x 17.5 x 0.97 cm |
| Weight | 558 g |
| BatteryLife | Avg. life up to 6 hours |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi (802.11 bgn)/Bluetooth v3.0 /EDGE/GPRS /HSPA(3G) |
| Model no | Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) - 2012 |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
Display & Performance Specs
| Screen size | 10.1" inches |
| Type | PLS TFT LCD display; 149 ppi; Multi-touch |
| Resolution | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| Glass Type | Corning gorilla glass |
| CPU | Dual core, TI OMAP 4430 processor |
| CPU Cloak Speed | 1 GHz, Cortex A9 |
| RAM | 1 GB DDR2 |
| Graphics Driver | PowerVR SGX540 |
| Camera |
3.15 MP ; 720p Video recording; 2048 x 1536 pixels
Front: VGA
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Miscellaneous
| Port | Dock connector/Microphone pinhole/ USB 2.0 |
| Audio | Dual Stereo Speakers; 3.5 mm Headphone Jack |
| Battery | 7000 mAh; Li-Po Battery; Non-Removable type |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, Gyro and Compass |
| What's in Box? | Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1); Charger; USB cable; operating instructions |
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