Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 review, feature and price in India
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 review, feature and price in India
Samsung’s new 7 inch tablet galaxy tab 2 (GT-P3100) is a worth to buy gadget with built in phone receiver. You can also use this tablet as a smartphone, this is also having a standard sim card slot. This sim will also perform access to internet using 3G network.
Samsung Galaxy tab2 best thing is that it is in very affordable price band of below Rs. 20k.
This time Indian market is flooded with low budget tablets; recently Micromax funbook creates a huge success in Indian Tablets market under low budget range.
But Samsung galaxy tab2 has many features , first off all it is from a popular brand that already proved itself in the market of smartphone and tablets by launching Galaxy S series and powerful galaxy note & galaxy tab. And second thing is that it is in affordable price range and third one is that it is also a phone.
Let us take a look over Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 review & features-
Galaxy tab 2 is a 7 inch screen tablet that runs over 1GHz dual core processor and 1GB RAM. It is having screen resolution of 1024×600 pixel, colours and screen is so vibrant that you can have full enjoy of a HD movie over it. Samsung galaxy tab 2 come with Android 4.0.1 Ice cream sandwich OS. It is having rear camera of 3.15MP with HD recording capability and a front VGA camera for video calling over Skype and 3G networks.
Galaxy tab 2 also has GPS inbuilt and gps works superb it locks within seconds if used in open sky. Galaxy tab 2 have many variant of inbuilt memory of 8/16/32 GB , in India we are getting a 16GB model. This memory further can be increased up to 48GB using 32GB micro sd card. Battery of galaxy tab 2 also not disappoint, it is having 4000mAh battery that is sufficient for whole day continuous work.
This tab has all the features that you want in a tablet, wifi, Bluetooth, 3G, voice calling, sms, mms. Dual core processor serves its work fine during multi tasking; So that you can work fast and efficiently over it.
Galaxy tab 2 also comes with pre installed polaris office for document viewing and editing. Galaxy tab 2 not come with box TV out connecter, USB adapter or HDMI connector you have to purchase them separately if you requires.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 review Pros & Cons-
Galaxy Tab 2 pros-
– 7.0″ 16M-color PLS TFT capacitive touchscreen of WSVGA resolution (1024 x 600 pixels)
– Dual-core 1GHz processor; 1GB of RAM;
– Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich with TouchWiz UX UI
– Support for voice calls, texts and MMS for the 3G version
– 1080p HD video recording @ 30 fps
Galaxy Tab 2 cons-
– No LED flash for primary camera
– Has a non-replaceable battery
– Uses a proprietary 30-pin connector port for charging and connectivity
– No USB charging, USB Charging works in switch off condition
Galaxy tab 2 Tech Specs as per gsmarena.com –
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 2100 – GT-P3100 | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 – GT-P3105 | ||
| Announced | 2012, February | |
| Status | Available. Released 2012, April | |
| BODY | Dimensions | 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm |
| Weight | 345 g | |
| DISPLAY | Type | PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches (~170 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| – TouchWiz UX UI | ||
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal | 8/16/32 GB storage, 1GB RAM | |
| DATA | GPRS | Class 33 |
| EDGE | Yes | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, HS | |
| Infrared port | Yes | |
| USB | Yes, v2.0, USB On-the-go support | |
| CAMERA | Primary | 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels |
| Features | Geo-tagging, smile detection | |
| Video | Yes, 720p@30fps | |
| Secondary | Yes, VGA | |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| Chipset | TI OMAP 4430 | |
| CPU | Dual-core 1 GHz | |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX540 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | |
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, RSS | |
| Browser | HTML5, Adobe Flash | |
| Radio | No | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Black, White | |
| – TV Out | ||
| – SNS integration | ||
| – MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263/WMV player | ||
| – MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA/AC3/Flac player | ||
| – Organizer | ||
| – Image/video editor | ||
| – Quickoffice HD editor/viewer | ||
| – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, | ||
| YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration | ||
| – Voice memo | ||
| – Predictive text input (Swype) | ||
| BATTERY | Standard battery, Li-Ion 4000 mAh | |
| Stand-by | Up to 1190 h (2G) / Up to 1080 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 40 h (2G) / Up to 20 h (3G) |
Price of Galaxy Tab 2 as per Flipkart.com – Rs. 19,300/-