the Galaxy Tab 10.1 so this is from the
Android side of things what I would consider to be the closest equivalent to
something like an iPad 2 in terms of the form factor the sleekness of the design
and in terms of the well really the the
look the style okay so the Galaxy Tab
10.1 here we go so it's obviously a 10.1 in screen it's a 1280x 800 resolution
which is pretty much part for the course 16x9 aspect ratio it does use the NVIDIA
Tegra 2 chip which means that you do have support for games that require
Tegra 2 see Samsung just says dual core processor 1 GHz time 2 but it also has a
fairly powerful GPU on there as well so
that's a good thing to note okay it uses a PLS display
so just in case you were wondering what kind of display type it uses the ASUS
uses an IPS panel this uses a PLS panel we've got Intel Adobe Flash Player we've
got uh HD video capture and Playback so it does include a 3.2 megapixel front
camera 2 megapixel back camera in terms of their photo taking capabilities and
claims that you can capture HD video does support video chat and has a 7,000
milliamp hour battery although that doesn't tell us anything about the
battery life itself I wouldn't expect
battery life to be quite as strong a point for this one as some of the bigger
tablets because and this is important to note the Tab 10.1 is actually the
thinnest tablet on the market by a
wapping 2 of a millimeter compared to
the iPad 2 so here we go there's the tab itself let's put that aside for now um
and let's see what Samsung includes here do you want to just go back where you
were there we go so Samsung has what is
this is this a manual looks like a manual
okay all right then maybe this manual wasn't meant to be read There we go
finally got it open all right so the manual of information okay the Samsung
Galaxy Tab health health and safety and warranty guide so here why don't we find
out what the warranty is I'm just curious it's probably a one-year
warranty that's pretty standard these days page 44 one year there you go cases
90 days tablet one year batteries one year cool okay next we have uh sign up
now to customize your Samsung phone experience okay next we have what looks
like probably a quick start guide so shows you where all the buttons are shows you the basic functionality how to
charge it you're going to have to charge it using the included adapter because
like many tablets it does require more power than can be
provided out of a standard USB port although some motherboards do include
features that allow you to charge tablets and higher draw devices out of
some USB ports so keep an eye out for that if you do have a tablet and you're
upgrading your motherboard that's a pretty neat little feature includes a
pair of headphones which have uh not only
headphones on them but also here left right there we go also a microphone as
well as a single button so you can actually press it once to play or pause
or twice to skip a track so that's kind of a neat little function to build in as
well and finally we have a charging cable charging SL do cable so this plugs
into the presumably the bottom of the unit yes plugs into the bottom of the
unit right here and then plugs into a charger or
your PC all right so now it's finally time to
have a look at the unit itself and in terms of the overall slickness of it it
feels really nice to hold it's you know what I don't I don't want to I don't
want to say it cuz I'm not sure but it feels lighter than most of the other
tablets that I played with remember though a lot of how something feels is
actually the ergonomics more than the weight so don't quote me on that because
I haven't looked up the weight of this particular unit but it feels really
really lightweight to hold on to for some reason all right so on the front
here actually why don't I why don't I turn it on really quick here is our
power/ standby button right up here on the side you can see that this guy is
very very slim you know what I'm going to pull out an iPad too for comparison
um give me a sec here guys so there you go there's the 2 mm difference in
thickness now one of the other things things that is going to be far more
comfortable about the tab is the fact that it is lighter I I can tell Almost
100% the Tab 10.1 feels lighter than the iPad 2 which is great because a lot of
the time you're not necessarily sitting at a desk with a tablet in front of you
watching it you might be sitting on a plane holding it you might be laying in
bed holding it like this whatever the case may be having a lighter tablet is
definitely going to make for a better overall experience now one of the other
things that really stands out to me about the Tab 10 .1 is the construction
quality it feels like it's worth the $4.99 price tag which cannot necessarily
be said about every tablet that's in that price range so even though it does
have a plastic back this is a very smart design for a couple of reasons so number
one one of my biggest complaints about the iPad 2 in terms of the build quality
outstanding it just feels great it does it's true you can like it or lump it but
it's true okay but this aluminum back
every time I put it down I feel like I'm breaking it you
know I feel like I'm damaging it which is kind of stressful uh I mean yeah you
can probably get like covers for it but that defeats the purpose of having a
super slim tablet don't you think you go and wrap it in like a big old case well
why right you want something that covers the screen on the front and the back
should be pretty much should take care of itself so the Samsung Tab 10.1 has a
plastic back and it has a texture to it so what that means is I can take it and
I can go like this and I don't feel uncomfortable about that because even if
it gets a small scratch on it that's not going to be very noticeable at all this
is the 16 gig version I have here today but it's also available in 32 gigs and
let's cover a couple basic specs here uh before I get into the locations of all
the different things on the tab 10.1 of which there are a few so we've got a
headphone jack here which you can obviously use with the included uh
headphones and microphone right there okay just like that and that also has
that media control functionality that I talked about before we do have a front
mounted oh I already talked about the uh the cameras didn't I but you've also got
a flash on the tab 10.1 that is a very
handy feature I actually do use the flash from time to time on my iPhone 4
and the reason is cu if I'm trying to find my way in the dark I'll just turn
on actually this is a really cool little app I have a little flashlight app just
turn that on and uh I can find my way around right so
that's kind of neat so having something like that is a cool feature even if you
don't use it for photographs okay up at the top here uh you've got the power/
standby button you've also got a volume rocker so that's down that's up you've
got that guy on the side you find a speaker port on the bottom you've got
your dock as well as what appears to be a microphone Port although I have not
100% sure about that that looks like a microphone port and then on the other
side of speaker so what you don't have on the 10.1 and I'm going to assume that
this is partly due to to the very very slim very slick form factor is things
like HDMI out okay that is not supported on the tab 10.1 we also don't see any
support for a Micro SD or an SD card slot so these are compromises that you
are going to have to make in terms of Elegance and since I would only consider
the iPad 2 really equivalent to the Tab 10.1 in terms of its form factor then it
doesn't have any checkboxes against it in terms of its competition because the
iPad 2 also doesn't support external video out and also doesn't support uh
external added
storage now you can get a keyboard dock but right now it's only available from
Samsung um so you know I wouldn't missen
it's not like the transformer where the keyboard dock is pretty much a a brain
dead add-on to it because it comes with the included battery pack and the extra
functionality like the USB ports but if you did want a keyboard you could get
that although really I'd recommend just grabbing a Bluetooth keyboard and
pairing it to your Galaxy Tab because what I've found in my experience I've
actually got a keyboard for the iPad 2 I never use it I I very very rarely
actually do any serious email use on a tablet so I'm mostly focused on things
like web browsing YouTube where you're just typing a couple little things and
the keyboards included with Android the onscreen keyboards as well as iOS are
more than sufficient for that kind of thing so this pretty much wraps up my
unboxing of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 don't forget to subscribe to lonus Tech tips
for more unboxings reviews in other computer videos actually one more thing
it is available in a couple of different colors um I went with the darker color
because I do believe it'll be a little bit more resistant to grunge buildup and
for something as elegant and Slick looking as this you want to kind of look
elegant and Slick 6 months down the road so that is why I did decide to go that
route