Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (10.1-Inch, White)

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SPECIFICATION



PRODUCT DETAILS



* Amazon Sales Rank: #69 in Personal Computers

* Color: White

* Brand: Samsung

* Model: GT-P5210ZWYXAR

* Released on: 2013-07-07



* Dimensions: 9.57" h x

6.93" w x

1.12 pounds

* CPU: Intel Atom 1.6 GHz

* Memory: 1GB DDR2 SDRAM

* Hard Disk: 16GB

* Processors: 2

* Native resolution: 1280 x 800

* Display size: 10.1



FEATURES



* Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS, 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2560 Processor

* 16 GB Flash Memory, 1 GB RAM Memory

* Store photos, videos, music, and more with up to 64GB of memory available through a microSD slot and 50GB of free Dropbox storage

* Camera: 3MP rear-facing, 1.3MP front-facing

* Take advantage of over $300 of free content including Hulu Plus membership, Google Play credit and Boingo Wi-Fi Access



PRODUCT DESCRIPTION



Engage and entertain the entire family with the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 tablet from Samsung. This thin, lightweight Android tablet features a 10.1-inch touch display along with the same familiar interface as other Samsung Galaxy devices, making it easy to use. Use it to quickly browse the web, watch movies, read e-books, or download apps from Google Play.



CUSTOMER REVIEWS



Most helpful customer reviews



59 of 61 people found the following review helpful.

Great all around tablet!

I had been a iphone user for a few generations and moved to android when iphone 5 underwhelmed me. After about 6 months on an andoid phone I decided to give this andriod tablet a try to replace my ipad. Glad I did. Very fast and responsive. Videos play without delay and it makes a great business companion device. The Tab 3 10.1 super light and a very elegant design. Highly recommended in form and function.



223 of 246 people found the following review helpful.

Good tablet in 10" range, could have been better

There are too many tablets these days, right?! Samsung's third generation of Galaxy Tab series is highly anticipated and for this price point phenomenal. I have been using Galaxy Tab 2 and I will compare and contrast here. I played around with review units of all sizes and I have since returned them. My reviews are unbiased and neutral! 7 and 8" are ideal for plane trips, long journeys. I had used a 7" Tablet on a long journey to listen to songs and read epub books (Aldiko) and it was a very pleasant experience. 7" form factor is lightweight, compact and great. If you are a bit experienced and can afford it, I recommend the 8". Samsung has made 8 and 7" almost same weight. In my opinion 8" is the maximum value for the money and features and hence I gave 8" a 5 star. I gave 7" a 4 star (but no means undermining it). I gave the 10" also a 4 star because of some strange feature `limitations'. In my opinion, 8" is ideal for consumer use and 10" is marketed for specific segments in business who use for spreadsheets, presentations, remote desktop like Citrix GoToMeeting.Samsung has introduced 7", 8" and 10.1" of the Tab 3 series. They are entering all form factors. As I know they have something in 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10" lines. Woo.. All of the 7, 8, 10" Galaxy Tabs come in white and golden brown color. My preference is white color. Looks pretty!Let's start off with salient points of all of the Galaxy Tab 3 series. I will later compare this specific 10.1in model to the previous Tab 2 version.7-inch tablet: 1024 x 600, Marvell dual-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB RAM and 8GB storage or ROM, a microSD card slot (upto 64 GB), Camera: 3MP rear-facing, 1.3MP front-facing and weighs 10.58 ounces (300 grams). Android 4.1.28-inch model: 1280 x 800, Exynos 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB ram, 16GB of built-in storage (ROM), a microSD slot (upto 64 GB, 5MP rear-facing, 1.3MP front-facing and 10.9 ounce (309 grams) Android 4.210.1-inch model: 1280 x 800, Intel Atom 1.6GHz Z2560 dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, a 16GB built-in storage (ROM), a microSD slot, 3.2MP rear-facing, 1.3MP front-facing and weighs 17.99 oz (510 grams). Android 4.2I am not going into other details like accelerometer etc as they are all standard these days, Audio support - AAC, AMR, MP3, OGG, WMA/ASF, 3GA/M4A, FLAC, WAV; MP3/MP4/Music Tones; Music Player; Ringtones, Polyphonic. Video support: AVI/DIVX, WMV/ASF, FLV, MKV, MP4/3GP, WEBM; Video Player; Video Streaming. Software is current of release date, and it is expected could be upgraded as next version Android 5 Key Lime Pie. (Currently targeted for Oct 2013). Key Lime Pie's one of the main touting points is compatibility to avoid fragmentation, so I can foresee, all of these models being able to upgrade if Google keeps their promise.The 10.1" has a physical home button so are others in the series. Also has capacitive Back and Menu buttons. 64 GB SD card is awesome! With prices plummeting for 64 GB cards, it is a great boon. Put all your music, books, photos on the SD card and you have a powerful computer in hand always! I personally use the 64 GB microSD card on my mobile devices. Get this mobileUltra (SanDisk 64GB Mobile Ultra MicroSDXC Class 6 Memory Card with SD Adapter - Retail Packaging.I will compare the 10.1 Tab 3 with Tab 2. Big improvement in weight, I would like the 10in series to break lower 400 grams ground. This probably has to wait another 2-3 years. Another difference gtom previous gen is the processor. Intel Atom Z2560. Tablets are nowadays coming with Intel for their excellent power saving capabilities. Asus Fonepad was one of the first to come out with a Intel based chipset. I really am waiting for the day the 10" are even lightweight and holdable. The Tab 3 is 510 grams compared to 589 grams of Tab 2. Resolutions are same 1280 x 800 pixels, 10.1 inches (~149 ppi pixel density). The resolution is a same as in Tab 3 8" which means 8" will be sharper. I am disappointed with lower resolution on the 10". One big puzzling factor for me with the premium price the 10" has only 1 GB RAM. What the ?! Why can't they put a 2 GB RAM on this monster of a device. I really wonder what the design team had in mind. The Tab has - Dolby Surround sound enhancement, it does sound good! Both have Bluetooth 4.0" and have USB Host. USB Host is one of the most under noticed features of Androids and is in my opinion one of the best features compared to iPad lines. What this means you get a USB Host cable also otherwise called OTG (On the Go) cables and plug in your USB thumb drive or other USB devices and the device recognizes it. I have used it with Alfa AWUS036H for a wireless project with Android PCAP Capture from reputable Kismet wireless. Both have same camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels and 720p@30fps. Front facing is for skype. Again camera on 8" is better, obviously Samsung thinks no one will hold a giant 10" and take pictures. True and Point taken. Another much ignored feature is the TV-out (via MHL A/V link). 8 and 10.1in supports it, whereas 7in does not. You can connect Galaxy devices to a TV to make it truly a fantastic computer. Throw in a Bluetooth keyboard and it is awesome. Leo Laporte's TwIT TV which is Internet based show has one full episode in Know How on covering this topic. Battery is humongous Non-removable Li-Po 6800 mAh battery in Galaxy Tab 3. The one in previous model was 7000 mAh, this probably explains a slight drop in weight in Tab 3 10.1". GPS was spot on and I tried multiple GPS apps. It was bright outdoors (had to crank the brightness all the way up). I personally use Navigon from Garmin and have downloaded several apps.For me the big downer has been screen resolution and RAM Size. Intel chipset has some weirdness as not all apps works properly. Firefox does not work on Inten based Android tablets as of June 2013. All apps are written for ARM processors. So for Intel, a layering has to be added to convert apps to work. This causes some apps to crash and has some weirdness. This is definitely not to alarm, but you should be aware of this. If an app works in 8" and not on 10" it is most likely due to the chipset difference. I would have waited for Intel to come out with their own chip based tablets, markets to stabilize on Intel chipsets and them Samsung to introduce it. I am sure Intel and Samsung struck a sweet deal.Believe me, but don't get mired in the spec game. Samsung is creating markets for all form factors and I would consider this as an exploratory stage. Just like Ford or Toyota has cars in different shapes. Sizes and price range, so are the tablet vendors now. Remember the laptop wars, 10", 12" 13", 15, 17 and even some 19" if I remember right few years ago. We used to debate endlessly which laptop sizes are better, which has better speakers and so on. The time has come to fight it out for tablets! I would say go from budget and size. If budget is not a concern, I would say go for Samsung Tab 8". 8" is a sweet spot. If budget is a concern, Tab 3 7" is awesome, otherwise get the Tab 8. If you are business user, most likely the company will give the 10" tablet.I tried following apps and they just worked awesome. A tablet is only as good as the apps you have how productive it makes you. It's almost like the camera/lens analogy in the DSLR space. What good it is to have a great DSLR body if you have no good lens? Same with Tablet body and apps you have.WolframAlpha (I can go on for hours praising this. This is a truly genius app powered by hundreds of supercomputers in the background. Wofram is a computational genius). Well worth the $3 price.Withings HealthMate. (Another remarkable app great UI/UX). I am getting the Pulse device as soon as it hit stores. I have been using Fitbit and just itching to get the Pulse as I like the integrated weight/track runs in one app)Aldiko Book Reader Premium (absolutely love it)Amazon MobileAndroid StatusAndroid Central app (great and must have for Android users)AndroidifyAngry Birds (Space/Seasons)Asphalt 7Amazon App StoreBattery Monitor Widget Pro (a great app)BeyondPod (excellent for podcasts, I haven't used Pocketcast, some friends say it is very good too)BoxCar Maintenance Reminder ProChromeCloudShark UploadCNET TVDespicable Me Game! And weather widget (cute for kids)Dictionary M-W PremiumDragonvaleNAVIGON (from Garmin - offline maps)Google Navigation/Earth/Maps using a portable MiFi boxGoogle Currents (nice way to read News)Google Keep/Keboard/Drive/Search/Books/Voice/HangoutsDraw SomethingEbayLinkedinGoogle Music (Awesome, I have now upto 10,000 songs halfway through Google's 20K Limit)Tapatalk HD (awesome forum browsing app)OverDrive Media Console: Library eBooks & AudiobooksMicrosoft One Note (legacy docs, skydrive of 25 GB is good)Subsonic Music StreamerTerminal Emulator (still need to use vi, yes this is it)TweetCaster Pro for AndroidTwit.TvSkypeSphero (Awesome bluetooth ball game)RealCalc Plus (Awesome calculator app)Tweetcaster Pro (again awesomeness)Plenty of WidgetsAsk questions, the reviews cannot do full justice. I will be glad to answer any questions and usually answer within 24 hours to any query.



42 of 48 people found the following review helpful.

I just recieved my Tab 3 and so far so good.

I was using the first generation of Samsung Tablets, the Tab 1 I guess you'd call it? This tablet looks a lot like it except for the navigation buttons are on the frame and they give you a home button just like the one on your Galaxy 3 or 4 phone. That is a great feature!My other love for this tablet over the first generation is the SD card slot. I never had one with my last one and was constantly running out of space because I like to put movies on it. Yes I have heard of the cloud! But sometimes you don't have internet access, or if visiting others you don't want to intrude. So I appreciate that I can get a 64gb more space.When I got this right out of the box and signed in, it brought over all the apps from my old tablet automatically. I don't know if this is good or bad... some people might have wanted to make a fresh start. Seeing them all come in I realized I had too much junk on my last one. So it provided me with the chore of weeding through my mess to clean it up.Uses the same charging cord as my Samsung phone. Handy.Came with some preloaded apps and I love the Peel Smart remote. It appears to work with any TV, even our 10 year old Visio. Amazing.Even with all my old apps on this it works fast and cleanly. My old tablet sometimes felt a little bogged down but usually that is resolved by killing tasks with the task manager.... but this tablet feels a little more responsive over all, there is no hesitation with it even with my apps all loaded.Bottom line is I like it. Is it a radical change from my last (really old) tablet? Not exactly but these little improvements go a long way to make it an enjoyable device. If you're not really in to the tech or just a casual tablet user, I think you could be happy with an older version actually, I hear the Tab 2 was really nice but I never tried that one. But most people always want the latest greatest and this is very pretty and slick.See all 36 customer reviews...



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