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when the Galaxy Note 3 was released it also brought with it a pretty stellar tablet release in the Note 10.1 2014 edition moving into the pro territory however meant updating the rest of the tablets and in the case of the Tab pro 10.1 is it more than just a note 10.1 without the s-pen well let's take a look because it's Josh regard manager I thought oh what's going on everybody and this is the Samsung Galaxy Tab pro 10.1 from the get-go you might think that you already know what to expect from the Galaxy Tab pro 10.1 after all the faux leather that was started in the no pro 10.1 2014 edition returns here and rounds out what is essentially the standard Samsung affair when it comes to pretty much all their devices the buttons on the front come in the usual trio though the Menu button has been replaced by a recent apps button and as is the case for many 10-inch tablets the power button and volume rocker are found up top one looking at portrait mode and then you also have the dual speakers on the sides that are predicated by a micro SD card slot which is found on the right side when you have this tablet in the hand it does pretty much handle the way you would expect the 10-inch tablet to feel it is just a little bit bigger than would allow for some easy typing but also it provides a really great experience when it comes to all of the media especially because of this screen using the thin profile and the flat sides allow for an somewhat easy grip but ultimately handling this tablet will be just a little bit more of a chore than it is a breeze or Samsung really didn't want to compromise is with the pro tablets screen resolution which all come with 2560 by 1600 high resolution goodness across the board and on a 10-inch tablet we may have already seen this resolution with the Nexus 10 but it works just as well here if not better 299 pixels per inch provide good sharpness for all of the text you might want to read on here and the colors shine through as you would expect from a Samsung display while we are more fans of the sub 10-inch form factors there is still much merit in having a 10-inch screen tablet and the tab pro proves exactly why providing a very fun experience performance was also a non compromising area as the non LTE version we're working with here sports the XE knows 5 octa with a 1.9 and 1 three gigahertz quad-core combo back to my Molly T 628 graphics and as you would expect the processing package gets the job done even under the heavy load called touch wits yes there are instances of stutter here and there but that is more touch whizzes issue than the processors so nonetheless the general performance and multitasking capabilities of this tablet are not in question as you can get whatever you need done provided you've wrestled with the software to get there in the first place now this is not a comparison with the note 10.1 obviously but we will say that the lack of an S Pen is made up for by what is otherwise a standard tablet fare that has everything Samsung could possibly add in thrown in the 16 or 32 gigabytes of on-board storage gets the boost from the always welcome microSD card slots if you really do need mobile Internet connectivity there is an LTE version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 that sports the Snapdragon 800 instead as its processor the dual speakers are always a welcome sight and on the Tab pro 10.1 they certainly get the job done allowing for very loud volumes in order to easily share your media with anyone around to watch or listen extra Samsung connectivity also makes a return in the form of watch on this pretty robust controller system that allows you to manipulate things like televisions basically consolidating your tablet and TV viewing experience and finally the battery was also a case of no compromises as you get a huge 80 to 20 milliamp hour unit in here that really powers this thing for days quite literally as with the right usage you should be able to get anywhere between two and three days worth of usage and with heavy usage you should still be able to have some charge even when you go to bed it's pretty much a given nowadays that cameras on tablets are considered rather secondary but that doesn't mean Samsung isn't trying to put its best foot forward what we get here is an 8 megapixel shooter that is backed by an app sporting quite a few features including some of the very modes found in the galaxy s and Note series devices it's hardly a primary camera primarily because you probably won't be taking shots out in public with this tablet but when you do need it in a pinch the camera here can certainly get the job done and finally we come to software now if you followed our other pro tablet reviews you would know by now that why an enhanced version of TouchWiz does bring some new things to the table it's basically still touched with which is perhaps its biggest flaw after all the often bloated and otherwise pretty cluttered motif of Samsung's UI gets the addition of the magazine UX which was once an exciting new addition only to be bogged down by bugs used primarily as a front end to Flipboard the second screens don't provide more than just glimpses into new sources and when you actually want to dive in it takes you through the layers of the app before you can finally get to your destination not to mention the hang-ups you might run into when you're trying to customize the experience are certainly very sad to see outside of the magazine UX you still get the same multitasking abilities with the multi window which works as you would expect from the Samsung device and for anyone out there used to a more stock like experience in Android the recent apps button brings back a familiar form of multitasking to the fray which turns out to be very useful in the end all of the magazine pages and even all of these small aesthetic changes that were added into this tablet don't really shake the fact that you're still using TouchWiz and in the end that's really the only thing holding it back because while TouchWiz is one of the most full-featured software Suites out there it is also not perfect at doing any one of those things the Galaxy Tab pro 10.1 has just started going on sale for the hefty price of $4.99 while you do get quite a few extras in the installed software suite and added vouchers for various services the question for the vast majority of users is if that price justifies the core experience and the answer to that question will depend on how powerful you want your tablet experience to be since the tablet experience is heavily media based the Tab pro provides everything you might need to make that fun experience a reality but you get what you pay for and in the case of the high-resolution screen and the powerful performance it's just unfortunate that the software experience is so inconsistent but you might have already expected that from a Samsung device and if you can get past the high price tag you just might have one of the best 10-inch 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