Android phone reviews: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, much like its Limited Edition sibling that we reviewed last month, is ever so slightly thinner than the Apple iPad 2, a slate that most sane individuals and competitors, for that matter would confess is the android market leader today.
Galaxy Tab Performance and battery life
While the internals remain the same here as on the Limited Edition build 1GHz Tegra 2, 1280x800 resolution display, front- and rear-facing cameras, something's changed with Android 3.1 operating system. Google claimed that the newest build of Honeycomb would perform even faster than 3.0, and in practice, things did seem to operate at a subtly brisker pace. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition which shipped with an admittedly wonky version of Android 3.0) managed to hit an average of 1,970 within Quadrant benchmark a standard benching tool that was also used in our G-Slate and Xoom. After running the same test five times on the Tab 10.1, we hit an average score of 1,540. The upside is that Android 3.1 doesn't seem to have a negative impact on battery life; the downside is that Android 3.1 doesn't seem to be any more power efficient than Android 3.0.
Galaxy Tab Performance and battery life
While the internals remain the same here as on the Limited Edition build 1GHz Tegra 2, 1280x800 resolution display, front- and rear-facing cameras, something's changed with Android 3.1 operating system. Google claimed that the newest build of Honeycomb would perform even faster than 3.0, and in practice, things did seem to operate at a subtly brisker pace. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition which shipped with an admittedly wonky version of Android 3.0) managed to hit an average of 1,970 within Quadrant benchmark a standard benching tool that was also used in our G-Slate and Xoom. After running the same test five times on the Tab 10.1, we hit an average score of 1,540. The upside is that Android 3.1 doesn't seem to have a negative impact on battery life; the downside is that Android 3.1 doesn't seem to be any more power efficient than Android 3.0.
Galaxy Tab Hardware and design
The consumer model is a spitting image of the LE variant, save for the motif on the rear; the one you'll pick up this month has a glossy white plastic rear, while the LE model had a glossy white plastic rear with an Android army adorning it.
The consumer model is a spitting image of the LE variant, save for the motif on the rear; the one you'll pick up this month has a glossy white plastic rear, while the LE model had a glossy white plastic rear with an Android army adorning it.
