Coupled with the pre-installed Peel app the same one loaded on the 7. It's a welcome value-add that turns what would otherwise be your second browsing screen into a living room accessory. It all depends on which you prefer more: the pure vision set forth by Andy Rubin or the user-friendly enhancements brought forth by Samsung.
Certainly, a UX of any kind is an acquired taste, and here it manages to stay relatively unobtrusive. You'll have access to the same suite of GApps, in addition to a heaping helping of bloat -- about twenty, in total -- some of which can be disabled, not uninstalled. What are the culprits this time 'round? Hopefully, if you opt-in for this tablet, you can live with that permanent application load. In what's turning out to be a very pro-consumer trend, Samsung's bundling the Tab 2 7.
That extended cloud storage is intended to complement the built-in 8GB it ships with, and whatever size microSD card you choose to insert you can go as high as 32GB. It goes without saying that tablets aren't the most reliable, nor for that matter satisfactory replacements for smartphone cameras, much less point-and-shoots.
That said, the rear 3-megapixel shooter does a decent job of producing fairly detailed if slightly oversaturated and noisy shots. There's no elegant way to zoom in and out using the on-screen interface, so users will have to awkwardly toggle with the volume rocker for that purpose.
There's also no tap-to-focus here. What you will have access to is a host of customizable in-app settings familiar to most users, like scene modes, resolution and white balance. Video playback, recorded at p resolution, evinced many of the same quirks, like that slight overcompensation for color and fuzzy overall composition. Audio, however, is undeniably poor and, as you'll hear in the sample recording, comes across extremely muffled and static-y, picking up only the loudest of environmental sounds.
Subtract the need for a monthly data contract, factor in some mostly comparable internals and you've got a low-cost device that escapes allusions to other budget devices.
As a Galaxy Tab alternative, the Tab 2 is a sound purchase. But there's another unpretentious 7-incher that's been sweeping the market with its open arms, Android architecture and deeply integrated ecosystem : the Kindle Fire. Backed by Amazon's vast e-book, MP3 and on-demand video library, the Fire comes off as the indisputable king of this hill.
There's just no overwhelming reason why consumers would dole out extra money for a media consumption device that does the same duties without the vast content resources. Fanboyism aside, you'll either want to pony up for a network-connected slate or get the best bang for your buck -- and that would be the Kindle Fire. At almost half the price of the similar-looking Galaxy Tab 7. Still, despite its reliable performance, it seems to us that Samsung didn't do enough to effectively overpower the allure of the Kindle Fire's tidy ecosystem.
Without access to a well-curated content library, the Tab 2 7. All that said, you'll be hard-pressed to find a better ICS tablet at this price. So if that newly minted OS is what your wallet's angling for, go ahead: take the plunge and call this media-minded slate your own.
Sign up. What really counts for the form factor round this time is that the 7. The Galaxy Tab 2 is just that tad more hefty. Samsung is proving to be a bit of a master of the display at the moment. This is definitely a good thing. The screen in the 7. Its x resolution means it's sharp and the AMOLED Plus keeps video and images looking incredibly vivid and rich while leaving power consumption low. It definitely looks good, but suffers a bit of a resolution drop, resulting in loss of sharpness and pixel density.
Ultimately, if a top-end display is what you are looking for, then the 7. Do remember though that both are going to be fast enough for top-end Android operations not to seem problematic.
If you are all about having the latest and greatest, its the Tab 2 that takes the win here. ICS is a more refined tablet experience and introduces a lot more cross-platform phone and slate functions than the already very good Honeycomb platform.
The tablet is not the most traditional of photographic devices. Most feature little more than a 3-megapixel camera on the rear and something of a decent resolution on the front for video calling; p recording is a given on both Samsung tablets.
The major differences between the pair in the photographic department is with their front-facing cameras and the fact that one has a flash and not the other. The 7. This will make quite a difference to video calling and you will likely notice a significant quality change between the two.
We have given the win here to the 7. However, until we see test snaps from the pair of tablets against each other, it's impossible to know which truly is best. It may be that better colour saturation or sharper images come from the Tab 2. The facts are fairly clear on this one. You can stuff more onto the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7. The tablet feels good in your hands; it's not at all slippery and is comfortable to hold, at least in the horizontal position.
Because of its size, I found the tablet a bit awkward to use vertically; in that orientation, it's slightly too big to hold in one hand and slightly too small to hold naturally with two. The display itself is good but not breathtaking. The Galaxy Tab 2 7. It's easy on the eyes and certainly nothing to complain about, but it's also far less impressive than the high-quality screens we've seen on other recent devices -- including Samsung's own Galaxy Tab 7.
Under the hood, the Galaxy Tab 2 7. Curiously, Samsung won't divulge exactly what type of processor the tablet uses -- a spokesman told me he couldn't comment on the matter -- but I independently confirmed that the chip is not Nvidia's Tegra 2 processor, which powers many of the current dual-core Android tablets.
Compared to Samsung's more expensive 7-in. Regardless, the difference is fairly minor and the tablet performed well in my hands-on tests. Apps loaded quickly, Web browsing and page-zooming were fast, and the system generally felt speedy and responsive. My only issue was with swiping through the five home screens, which felt far less fluid and snappy than I've come to expect from using similarly powered devices.
Samsung originally said the Tab 2 7. However, a company spokesperson told me that the 8GB model I tested is the only version that will be available at launch. Fortunately, the Tab 2 7. The device has a microSD slot that supports cards up to 32GB no cards are included with the tablet at purchase.
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