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how do to 10-inch tablets from Samsung compare hi I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 vs. the Nexus 10 until last year the tablet industry was still largely dominated by Apple and while Apple still leads the market share race by a significant margin Android tablet manufacturers are closing the gap especially Samsung like with its smartphones it saturated the market with galaxy brand offering a wide array of sizes specifications and price points in fact Samsung offers so many different tablets it's created some overlap similar products that are competing against one another or cannibalization the company released the first full-size Nexus tablet in November of last year the Nexus 10 and just weeks ago it announced the third-generation Galaxy Tab 10.1 the two devices have although the same pricing structure yet offer quite different specifications but which one is the better tablet that's what we're here to find out externally these two tablets have their fair share of differences the Nexus 10 is one of the only Samsung devices in the last several years to deviate from Samsung's standard design language and rightfully so it's one of the only Android powered Samsung tablets that doesn't bear the galaxy moniker unlike practically every other Samsung device the Nexus 10 does not feature the metallic trim around the bezel features a classy grippy soft touch coating over the back and sides of the chassis and it doesn't feature the Samsung branding on the front also because it is a nexus it features on screen navigation buttons not the custom Samsung button layout a physical home button with the capacitive menu and back buttons to the left and right respectively the Tab 3 10.1 on the other hand is unmistakably part of the galaxy brand despite this larger size that closely resembles practically every other Samsung device made in the last two years with of course the exception of the Nexus 10 it bears the same branding button layout and design language as a Galaxy Note 8.0 galaxy s4 etc with that said the Nexus 10 isn't entirely unlike galaxy branded devices in fact there are certain similarities which are telltale signs it's a Samsung device that these two tablets are more related than one might initially think the power and volume button placement are similar both are located on the top left edge the overall shape isn't terribly different and the intricate details like the machined speaker grilles reveal how closely related these two tablets truly are despite the ever so slightly smaller display the Nexus 10 is larger in all dimensions as well as heavier the Nexus 10 is two hundred and sixty three point nine millimeters wide 177 point six millimeters tall eight point nine millimeters thick and hits the scales at 603 grams the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 is 240 3.1 millimeters wide 176 point one millimeters tall eight millimeters thick and 510 grams that's a noticeable twenty point eight millimeters wider one point six millimeters taller 0.9 millimeters thicker and 93 grams heavier specifications also set these two tablets apart the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 is practically a Galaxy Tab two 10.1 with a slightly smaller battery and an Intel Atom processor it features the 10.1 is display at 1280 by 800 pixels one gigabyte of RAM 16 or 32 gigabytes of fixed storage with a micro SD card slot 3.1 megapixel rear camera 1.3 megapixel front facing camera a sixty eight hundred million power battery and a 1.6 gigahertz dual core Intel Atom z20 560 chip the Nexus 10 has a 10.05 5-inch display at a resolution of 2560 by 1600 pixels two gigabytes of RAM 16 or 32 gigabytes of built-in storage a 5 megapixel primary camera 1.9 megapixel front camera 9 thousand milliamp power battery and a 1.7 gigahertz dual core Exynos 5250 chip despite being bigger and heavier if we were to pick a single winner in the hardware department the Nexus 10 wins by a landslide the Tab 3 10.1 is composed of the very same hyper glazed finished plastic as found on the galaxy s4 it's a fingerprint and scratch magnet and literally impossible to keep clean and very little about it feels premium it's sturdy and the frame doesn't flex or creak but the button configuration feels out of place on a 10-inch tablet which will primarily be used in landscape and its specifications leave much to be desired the Nexus 10 however is one of the more premium feeling Android tablets and while its Exynos chipset may not be the most powerful ever it has an additional gig of ram and much larger battery and a display that's in an entirely different league than the tap 3 10.1 s in color reproduction contrast and viewing angle the Tab 3 10.1 has a noticeable advantage but the displayed resolution is a major disadvantage at virtually the same display size the Nexus 10 features four times the pixels 2560 by 1600 pixels to the Tab 3 10.1 s paltry 1280 by 800 pixels in terms of density the Nexus 10 has double the PPI 300 pixels per inch to the Tab 3 10.1 s 149 PPI there's noticeable pixelation around the edges of home screen icons with the tap 3 10.1 and it's largely reminiscent of tablets from 2011 for a $400 introductory price we can't help but feel the display on the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 is unacceptable especially when you consider the display resolution on the Nexus 10 and the fact that many high-end smartphones bear 1080p resolution hands down the Nexus 10 is the winner and hardware the software and lease to Samsung tablets is quite different as well while both come with Android version 4.2.2 the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 comes with a diluted version of TouchWiz and the Nexus 10 offers the purest stock Android experience switching between the Nexus 10 and the Tab 3 10.1 is much like switching between the standard galaxy s4 and the Google Play edition galaxy s4 however the tap 3 10.1 takes one of our longest standing issues with Android and amplifies it many Android applications are not optimized for use with tablets and wastes a ton of display space by not utilizing paned windows or split views likewise it feels like Samsung failed to fully optimize TouchWiz for its latest 10-inch tablet between Ice Cream Sandwich and jelly bean Google aims to streamline the different Android experiences on tablets and smartphones in 4.2 stock Android tablets received a quick settings pane to the right while the notification shade remains a pulldown menu on the left it keeps notifications tight and concise the TouchWiz notification shade on the tab 3 is full screen not divided between a quick setting shade and the notifications and we understand why this is Samsung incorporates its quick toggles in the notification shade in TouchWiz but there's still a button in the top right corner which is meant to reveal more quick settings however only the notifications disappear when you press the button there are no more toggles to display or add to the bar and the version of TouchWiz on the tab 3 feels poorly optimized and rough around the edges throughout use for example it's missing some of the most useful important pieces of TouchWiz there is no multi window feature though the arguably useless feature smart stay is included the Nexus 10 is a definite change of pace the software on the Nexus tablet has been perfectly crafted to work well with the larger display updates are promised to come directly from Google shortly after a new firmware version is announced and of course it features all the Android 4.2 features the tab 3 is missing such as multi-user support all the software talk means very little without a performance comparison primarily we're very impressed with the Intel Atom chipset found on the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 it's snappy and in general was quicker to load applications than the Exynos chip set in the Nexus 10 the intelligible aoz for smoother scrolling it returns home more quickly after you disable the s4 shortcut and simply put its a powerful chip even in synthetic benchmarks the 1.6 gigahertz dual-core Intel Atom chip has proven to be a more powerful chip than the 1.7 gigahertz dual core Exynos in antutu for example the Tab 3 10.1 consistently scored over 20000 whereas the Nexus 10 struggled to keep up with a consistent score in the 13 thousand range but if we left it at that we'd only be grazing the surface the Nexus 10 has twice the RAM meaning it's much better suited for multitasking after opening just a handful of applications on the tab 3 some previously opened applications would be purged from memory and would have to reload where the Nexus 10 could easily pick up where we just left minutes before in the multimedia department the Nexus 10 has several clear advantages of the Tab 3 10.1 as well two of those are display quality and resolution and front-facing speakers the Tab 3 10.1 speakers are on the left and right edges toward the top and if you happen to hold the tablet a certain way it's easy to cover the speakers up the speakers on the Nexus 10 spend the majority of the left and right edges of the face of the tablet are louder since they're facing you and are virtually impossible to cover up on purpose much less accidentally battery life is difficult to comment on just yet as we haven't had a chance to fully put the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 through a thorough test on paper the Nexus 10 is a champion with a 9000 milliamp hour battery to the tab 360 800 million power battery but you can't directly compare salmon or by milliamp hours the Tab 3 is running an Intel Atom processor in the Nexus 10 uses Samsung's own Exynos chip so for the better life between the two tablet seems comparable but for more on the Tab 3 10.1 salmon ah stay tuned for the full review next week the cameras if you're into that sort of thing on a tablet are quite different though the 3.1 megapixel camera on the tab 3 is therefore technicality purposes it produces low quality shots that lack detail and vibrant color the Nexus 10's camera isn't quite as nice as a modern flagship smartphones camera but it certainly performs quite a bit better than that tab 3s meagre image sensor the more we use the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 the more we find ourselves questioning why Samsung even bothered making the tab 3 in a 10 inch model better yet we're wondering why Samsung failed to bring it up to speed so to speak with other 10-inch tablets it's not markedly cheaper nor does it have impressive specifications other current generation 10 inch tablets from Samsung negate the need for the Tab 3 10.1 especially considering it starts at $400 the like design Galaxy Note 10.1 is better in almost every way it has an S Pen a fully developed version of TouchWiz and a more than capable processor although it is $100 more and the Nexus 10 cost the same and has a much better display more and software that actually feels like it was meant for a tablet it's not that the Tab 3 10.1 is a bad tablet though it's just that it doesn't make a lot of sense the only notable difference between it and the last generation 10 inch Galaxy Tab is the Intel processor and while we're happy to see the Intel processors at play we're almost certain Samsung could have found a better tablet to put an Intel chip in this time around the Nexus 10 wins by a rather wide margin it's a no brainer that's gonna wrap it up if you enjoyed the video be sure to click the thumbs up button below and subscribe and stay tuned for more videos on the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 follow us in all the usual places twitter google+ and facebook at PocketNow you can find me on twitter at casper tech I'm Taylor Martin and I'll see you soon