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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 inch screen it's a 1280 by 800 resolution which is pretty much par for the course 16 by 9 aspect ratio it does use the NVIDIA Tegra 2 chip which means that you do have support for games that require Tegra to the something that says dual-core processor 1 gigahertz x 2 but it also has a fairly powerful GPU on there as well so that's a good thing to note ok it uses a pls display so just in case you were wondering what kind of display type it uses the Osoyoos is an IPS panel this uses a pls panel we've got Intel Adobe Flash Player we've got HD video capture and playback so it does include a 3.2 megapixel front camera a 2 megapixel back camera in terms of their photo taking capabilities and claims that you can capture HD video does support video chat and it has a seven thousand 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 whopping 0.2 of a millimeter compared to the iPad 2 so here we go there's the tab itself let's put that aside for now and let's see what Samsung includes here do you want to just go back where you work there we go so Samsung has what is this is this on you 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 manuals of information okay that sounds fun go you tab health health and safety and warranty guide okay why don't we find out what the warranty is I'm just curious probably a one-year warranty that's pretty standard these days page 40 for one year there you go cases 90 days tablet one year batteries one year cool okay next we have sign up now this customized your Samsung phone experience okay next we have what looks like probably a QuickStart guide so shows you where all the buttons are shows you have the basic functionality how to charge it you're gonna have to charge it using the included adaptor 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 it includes a pair of headphones which have 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 slash dock cable so this plugs into the bottom of the unit yes plugs into the bottom of the unit right here and then plugs into a charger or your PC alright 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 its 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 the particular unit but it feels really really lightweight to hold on to for some reason all right so on the front here actually what I wanted to 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 I'm gonna pull out an iPad 2 for comparison give me a sec here guys so there you go there's the point two millimeter difference in thickness now one of the other things that is going to be far more comfortable about the tab is the fact that it is later I can tell almost a hundred percent 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 up 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 ok 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 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 do 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 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 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 the cameras at night 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 because 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 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 you've got the power slash 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 gonna assume that this is partly due 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 to really equivalent to the Tab 10.1 in terms of its form factor then it doesn't have any check boxes against it in terms of this competition because the iPad 2 also doesn't support external video app and also doesn't support external added storage now you can get a keyboard dock but right now it's only available from Samsung so you know I wouldn't listen it's not like the transformer where the keyboard dock is pretty much 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 reckon 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 keyboard is included with Android the on-screen 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 - tech tips from one boxing's reviews and other computer videos actually one more thing it is available in a couple of different colors 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 six months down the road so that is why I did decide to go that route