The new 10.1 weights 595g, which is lighter than ipad2, and I think that should be the lightest among 10 inch tablets.
But today I notice that 10.1v weights 589g.
Does 10.1v have this light weight before 10.1 was announced?
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how does the galaxy tab's screen compare to the xoom's? or even the ipads ips screen
I am hearing it is the best screen on any tab available today, though the colors are oversaturated in Samsung fashion, but there is virtually no light bleed that is present on IPS screens, and viewing angles are exceptional.
XOOM does not hold a stick against it - I have a Transformer with an IPS screen, and it leaves XOOM screen in dust.
oh wow i didnt know the transformer had a ips screen... i wonder if im ever going to see that one at bestbuy
I tested out the Tab yesterday, the screen quality was bloody brilliant, clearly the BEST screen I've ever seen on a tablet, I'd choose the Super PLS over IPS anyday - loved the colors and viewing angles on it !!
any one has side by side comparison of the ipad2 ips screen and galaxy tab 10.1 pls screen?
Check out Anandtech's review of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from today:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4445/samsung-galaxy-tab-101-review/6
There's details on the screen vs the Eee Pad Transformer vs the iPad 2 vs the Xoom vs the BlackBerry PlayBook.
Anyone have comments on the quality of the LE versus retail?
Supercurio got his 10.1 today and he's been developing for the Transformer the last couple weeks. He says the 10.1's screen is art while the IPS is on the Transformer is just a screen. A lot of tweets basically suggesting that he likes the 10.1 better, period.
https://twitter.com/#!/supercurio
how does the 10.1 retail compare to the 10.1v
and 10.1 i/o edition?
also how does it compare to the ipad2 ips screen. any user experiences
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Supercurio got his 10.1 today and he's been developing for the Transformer the last couple weeks. He says the 10.1's screen is art while the IPS is on the Transformer is just a screen. A lot of tweets basically suggesting that he likes the 10.1 better, period.
https://twitter.com/#!/supercurio
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Appears he's very happy with the audio too. Nice.
@ OP: I currently have xoom & 10.1 and its not even close screen wise!
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Supercurio got his 10.1 today and he's been developing for the Transformer the last couple weeks. He says the 10.1's screen is art while the IPS is on the Transformer is just a screen. A lot of tweets basically suggesting that he likes the 10.1 better, period.
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Thats awesome. I'd still like to hear LE vs Retail comparisons
Coming from Nook Color and Blackberry Playbook I was quite underwhelmed by the screen. Perhaps my expectations were unrealistic but it didn't blow me away or anything and I'm missing the "sharpness" and text rendering quality from the above devices. I guess the size of the screen is here to blame and it might look better on the 8.9 version but 10.1 is not "amazing".
The screen on the PlayBook is better than the Galaxy Tab 10.1 on paper at least (my earlier post in this thread had specs for both), so perhaps not "amazing" when speaking relatively but for most people it should be.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 display model at Best Buy looked great... Until I turned off auto-brightness and turned it up a bit: then it looked awesome!
After that I went to look at the Xooms on display and was vastly underwhelmed. It's a night and day difference. The Galaxy Tab's screen is much brighter and has more vivid colors and better contrast. It's like comparing the screen of a Nexus One to that of an HTC Magic (except for the resolution, which is the same on both tablets).
it's definately the best btw the transformer and xoom. it's gets brighter than my ipad and the dimmest setting is the lowest of them all - great for night time reading!
it is quite saturated, but it makes comics pop. the oversaturated colors are a help when watching movies in indirect or bright lights since the lights kill viewability and alter color perception.
I agree; it's definitely the best screen to date on a tablet this size. When it comes to movies, the details are incredible (specifically 720p mp4 rips. Haven't tried any other formats). I'm a video enthusiasts and am very picky about the screens, too. Supercurio says he'll be able to implement an app for the screen to take the color down a bit for those that prefer a more natural color reproduction. I actually like the colors.
Can't wait to see the PenTile screens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMPq0UG-CSg
Reviewer says TF display is on par with ipad 2 except ipad 2's colors are warmer. But I think he may have the older B50 screen.
Personally, I prefer a neutral white.
I have owned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 since its launch date last June. With all of the competing tablets that have arrived on the market since that time, along with the soon-to-be-released Asus Infinity, none of them have matched the Tab 10.1 in four areas that I highly value in a tablet.
1) Comfort. The 10.1’s smooth contoured border and the etched plastic backing makes it comfortable to hold, keeps the device lightweight, and provides enough grip to feel secure in the hands without using a third-party shell. I owned the iPad 3 for a couple of weeks and had to use a TPU case with it -- not only to protect the scratch prone aluminum backing, but also to dull its sharp tapered edge and provide a sufficient grip. I have to mention that adding a TPU shell also adds substantial weight to an already “heavy” tablet.
2) Color uniformity and the lack of backlight bleed. The 10.1 is the only tablet I have seen that has solid color uniformity and zero backlight bleed. Yellow and pink blotches on the iPad 3’s display are what made me hesitantly it. I was going to exchange it for a new one, but from what I have read, the blotchy display pattern is still ubiquitous and I wasn’t going to try my hand at finding the diamond on the rough.
3) Speaker placement. I am surprised that even Samsung moved away from their original speaker placement for the Galaxy Tab 2. The current speaker design found on the Tab 2 and the Galaxy Note 10.1 looks tack to me in comparison. IMO, no other speaker arrangement beats the original Tab 10.1 The speakers provide crystal clear stereo sound while remaining hidden along the tablet’s border. They are also in the least likely areas to be covered up by the hands or chest. I do hope Samsung will decide to return to the original speaker arrangement in their next Tab iteration. Finding out that the Asus Infinity maintains a mono speaker layout was a definite disappointment does make me reconsider that device as an upgrade path.
4) An logo free black bezel. This is one attribute that some people may not notice, but I certainly do appreciate. There is just something about having a clean black bezel tha the remains uniform when holding the tablet both in landscape and portrait. I’m not sure if Apple bullied Samsung into putting their logo on all of their devices, but I would like to see the return of logo free bezels on Android tablets. I don’t believe this design criterion should be patentable.
So now it is a year since release of the Tab 10.1. Because I use the tablet mainly as a reading device, resolution does matter for me. If the Galaxy Note 10.1 does indeed have a 1280x800 display, I really can’t consider it as a next-gen device with the 2012 releases of the iPad 3 and Asus Infinity. At this point, I may just continue to wait this year out. The fabled Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6" with 2560x1600 resolution is what I am waiting for.
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I have owned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 since its launch date last June. With all of the competing tablets that have arrived on the market since that time, along with the soon-to-be-released Asus Infinity, none of them have matched the Tab 10.1 in four areas that I highly value in a tablet.
1) Comfort. The 10.1’s smooth contoured border.......
2) Color uniformity and the lack of backlight.......
3) Speaker placement. I am surprised that even Samsung moved away from their original speaker placement for the Galaxy Tab 2. The current speaker design found on the Tab 2 and the Galaxy Note 10.1 looks tack to me in comparison. IMO, no other speaker arrangement beats the original Tab 10.1 The speakers provide crystal clear stereo sound while remaining hidden along the tablet’s border. They are also in the least likely areas to be covered up by the hands or chest. I do hope Samsung will decide to return to the original speaker arrangement in their next Tab iteration. Finding out that the Asus Infinity maintains a mono speaker layout was a definite disappointment does make me reconsider that device as an upgrade path.
4) An logo free black bezel. This is one attribute that some people may not notice, but I certainly do appreciate. There is just something about having a clean black bezel tha the remains uniform when holding the tablet both in landscape and portrait. I’m not sure if Apple bullied Samsung into putting their logo on all of their devices, but I would like to see the return of logo free bezels on Android tablets. I don’t believe this design criterion should be patentable.
So now it is a year since release of the Tab 10.1. Because I use the tablet mainly as a reading device, resolution does matter for me. If the Galaxy Note 10.1 does indeed have a 1280x800 display, I really can’t consider it as a next-gen device with the 2012 releases of the iPad 3 and Asus Infinity. At this point, I may just continue to wait this year out. The fabled Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6" with 2560x1600 resolution is what I am waiting for.
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I'm with you on points 1 & 2 completely. But on points 3 & 4, not so much.
On point 3... Samsung "had" setup to change the speaker layout... Apple won the court case so Samsung had to redesign the original Tab10.1 so it could sell them over seas. That's how we got the Galaxy10.1n.
On point 4... I have a Grey 16G Wifi only Tab and it has no logo on it. Do 3g/LTE Tabs (Verizon, AT&T...) have a logo?
And as for a next generation tablet from Samsung... That would be the Galaxy Note 10.1... Quad core processor, better all around screen, more ram and Spen technology.... I think Samsung was more concerned with cornering the market on size and quantity..... Just saying.
But I'm also with you on the waiting thing. I'm happy with my Tab and everything it dose.
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I have owned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 since its launch date last June. With all of the competing tablets that have arrived on the market since that time, along with the soon-to-be-released Asus Infinity, none of them have matched the Tab 10.1 in four areas that I highly value in a tablet.
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I agree with most of what you say but while it was the best possible tablet when I bought it in early January, I wouldn't buy a G.Tab 10.1" (or a Tab 2) today. I would rather buy a Transformer TF300 or wait a little longer for the Note 10.1" or the Transformer Infinity or even the Acer Iconia A700.
1) Comfort.
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Definitely, it's still one of the lighest and slimmest tablets around, one of the most comfortable to hold, one of the better looking and I HATE metal back panels for a lot of reasons (feel in hand, weight, signal interferance etc) so really I find the G.Tab 10.1" simply ideal.
2) Color uniformity and the lack of backlight bleed.
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Yes, very good display (and good GPS and very good Wi-Fi reception). Good cameras too, with flash which occasionally comes handy in more ways than one. I like the overall design a lot.
3) Speaker placement.
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Like another poster has already told yuo they HAD to redesign the tablet. What I find absurd is that some of the new tablets around today are very similar to our version of G.Tab...
4) An logo free black bezel. This is one attribute that some people may not notice, but I certainly do appreciate. There is just something about having a clean black bezel tha the remains uniform when holding the tablet both in landscape and portrait. I’m not sure if Apple bullied Samsung into putting their logo on all of their devices, but I would like to see the return of logo free bezels on Android tablets. I don’t believe this design criterion should be patentable.
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I would rather have no logo at all on a full black bezel but the the logo I have on my G.Tab is "low visibility" (much less, for example, than that on my Note), a smart move.
Actually, I see only 2 cons to this tablet: lack of SD card slot and incomplete 3G functionality (SMS works but I would LOVE to get full phone capability like in the Tab 2).
So now it is a year since release of the Tab 10.1. Because I use the tablet mainly as a reading device, resolution does matter for me. If the Galaxy Note 10.1 does indeed have a 1280x800 display, I really can’t consider it as a next-gen device with the 2012 releases of the iPad 3 and Asus Infinity. At this point, I may just continue to wait this year out. The fabled Samsung Galaxy Tab 11.6" with 2560x1600 resolution is what I am waiting for.
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Yes I would definitely like to have a higher resolution display but I am thinking about 1920x1200, I am not interested at all in these ultra-high resolutions because they are totally overkill on 10" screens (or 11.6", for that matter). They just add weight, thickness and price and shorten battery runtime. I blame Apple for putting this BS marketing gimmick into people's minds (they are probably overcompensating because their iCrap1 and iCrap2 have the lowest PPI screen of all the tablets... :laugh: )
Does the note 10.1 count as a rumored tablet by Samsung?
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I think the speaker placement on the Tab is HORRIBLE. When listening to music or a movie I need to cup my hands over the side of the Tab to hear it well. The Note does it right and I'm tempted to get a Note when it comes out just for this feature alone.
However, I think that the Asus Infinity, which will soon be out, will be the one to get. It will be my replacement for the Tab.
I had the 7.0 tab first then igot the 10.1. i am looking forward to a better customized tablet. The picture quality on this tab, for me, is horrible. I have the gsm version and most of the time i can only pick up a signal on wifi. i think the note would be better for me but i do enjoy the size of the screen.
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can i use the note 10.1 casing for note 10.1 2014?BTW,what is the estimate price of the note 10.1 2014 edition?
joannegoh said:
can i use the note 10.1 casing for note 10.1 2014?BTW,what is the estimate price of the note 10.1 2014 edition?
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No, dimensions are different, also stylus & camera positions are different
That figures... I was wondering the same thing...
I guess I have to keep an eye out from poetic
... Sent from my tablet, please excuse any typos...
I must say I had high hopes for this tablet. And it hasn't disappointed except in one area. That small 7" screen. I'd been using a Asus Transformer TF101 for over 2 years, and this screen just doesn't cut it for me. Going back to a 10" screen. I sure wish EVGA would release a 10" version of this tablet because I'd buy it. As it is I'll probably go with the latest Transformer. I'll miss that stylus though (Galaxy Note 10" is too expensive). So if you're considering this tablet and you're coming from a larger tablet, take note. Borrow a friends if you can for a couple of days to see how you like it.
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I must say I had high hopes for this tablet. And it hasn't disappointed except in one area. That small 7" screen. I'd been using a Asus Transformer TF101 for over 2 years, and this screen just doesn't cut it for me. Going back to a 10" screen. I sure wish EVGA would release a 10" version of this tablet because I'd buy it. As it is I'll probably go with the latest Transformer. I'll miss that stylus though (Galaxy Note 10" is too expensive). So if you're considering this tablet and you're coming from a larger tablet, take note. Borrow a friends if you can for a couple of days to see how you like it.
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Try an eight inch screen, it's a good compromise. Size wise the Galaxy Tab 3 is only a little in spite of the screen being an inch larger. I prefer the fact it doesn't use on screen soft keys too as it means you get use all of the screen, all of the time...