Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P3100 - Key Features, Technical Specifications, Review
2:21 pmKey Features of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) P3100
- Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
- 7-inch TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
- 1 GHz Dual Core Processor
- 3 MP Primary Camera
- 0.3 MP Secondary Camera
- Wi-Fi Enabled
- HD Recording
- Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
Technical Specifications of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) P3100
| GENERAL | |
|---|---|
| Series: | Galaxy Tab |
| Processor: | 1 GHz Dual Core |
| Graphics: | PowerVR SGX540 |
| Voice Call: | Yes |
| Supported Networks: | 2G: GSM 850, 900, 1900; 3G: UMTS 2100 |
| In The Box: | Tablet, Charger, Headset, Data Cable, Conversion Plug |
| PLATFORM | |
|---|---|
| Operating System: | Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) |
| User Interface: | TouchWiz UX User Interface |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Digital Compass, Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Gyro Sensor |
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
| RAM: | 1 GB |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
| Internal Storage: | 16 GB |
| Expandable Storage Capacity: | 32 GB |
| Memory Card Slot type: | microSD |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type: | 7 inch TFT Capacitive Touchscreen with 1024 x 600 pixels , 16 M Colors |
| Other Display Features: | PLS Screen |
| CAMERA | |
|---|---|
| Primary Camera: | 3 megapixels |
| Secondary Camera: | 0.3 megapixels |
| Video Recording: | Yes , HD Recording at 1280 x 720 (30 fps) |
| Other Camera Features: | Geo-tagging, Smile Detection |
| BUSINESS FEATURES | |
|---|---|
| Mail Features: | Email , Pushmail |
| Document Support: | Document Viewer , Document Editor |
| Other Business features: | Polaris Office |
| BATTERY | |
|---|---|
| Battery Type: | 4000 mAh Lithium - Ion |
| Talk Time: | 30 hrs(2G), 20hrs(3G) |
| Standby Time: | 800 hrs(2G), 800 hrs (3G) |
| INTERNET CONNECTIVITY | |
|---|---|
| Wi-Fi: | Yes , 802.11 b/g/n |
| 3G: | Yes , HSDPA 21 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps |
| Other Internet Connectivity Options: | GPRS , Edge |
| Pre-Installed Browser: | Android |
| MULTIMEDIA | |
|---|---|
| Video Playback: | Yes , Full HD Playback |
| Video Formats Supported: | MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7/8/9, VP8, 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV |
| Audio Formats Supported: | MP3, AC3, FLAC, MID, WAV, eAAC+ |
| Radio: | No |
| NAVIGATION | |
|---|---|
| GPS: | Yes , A-GPS |
| Map Support: | Google Maps |
| CONNECTIVITY | |
|---|---|
| Other Connectivity Features: | Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| USB: | Yes, Micro USB 2.0 |
| Audio Jack: | 3.5 mm Headphone Jack |
| Bluetooth: | v3 |
| DIMENSIONS | |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | 122.4 x 193.7 x 10.5 mm |
| Weight: | 345 g |
| ADDITIONAL FEATURES | |
|---|---|
| Games, Gmail, YouTube, Sync with Google Calendar, Google Search, Google+, Glonass, Samsung Hub, Reader Hub, Game Hub, Samsung ChatON, Samsung Kies, Android Market, MyReader | |
| WARRANTY | |
|---|---|
| 1 Year manufacturer warranty for the Tablet, 6 months manufacturer warranty for other inbox accessories | |
Review of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0) P3100
Samsung tablet vendors to bring back his Galaxy series which already uses the Android 4.0 operating system that is ICS Tab 2. Actually, Samsung release two versions of the series Tab 2, Tab 2 is 10.1-inch and 7.0 inch Tab 2, but for the Samsung Indonesia Indonesia is currently only released a version 7.0 inches. 7.0 Galaxy Tablet Tab 2 is intended as a substitute for the Galaxy Tab 7.0 P1000 tablet. The tablet is priced at about USD 390, roughly it appropriate this tablet is priced that much? Please read our review just below.
Main Specifications
GSM 850/900/1800/1900; HSDPA 900/1900/2100
PLS 7.0-inch LCD screen (600 x 1024piksel) (~ 170 ppi)
TI OMAP 4430 processor 1GHz dual-core; Power VR SGX540
Main Camera 3.15 MP fixed focus; Secondary VGA Camera
16 GB of memory, 1GB RAM
Lithium Ion Battery 4000 mAh
Purchase Package Contents
Tablet Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
Head charger
Data cable
Manual
Design and Body
The design of the tablet Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 looks much like the design of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. The tablet has dimensions of 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm with a weight of 344 grams. This tablet was light enough and thin enough shape, making it easier for travel. As typical of Samsung, the whole body is made of plastic, and we feel the quality of materials used, preferably owned by Galaxy Tab 7.0 P1000.
At the front there is a proximity sensor, earpiece, secondary camera, as well as 7.0-inch screen, there is no presence of buttons on the face, because the ICS Android operating system also has buttons in the interface. On the back with a textured surface, there is a main camera without flash.
Left side of the tablet there is the power button / lock and volume buttons. To the right side of the tablet there is a slot for sim card and microSD memory card. The top there is a 3.5mm headset port and a mic. To the bottom there are two stereo speakers, charger port / data typical Samsung tablet, and a mic. The tablet has two mics and two speakers, as already mentioned, unfortunately for the speaker placement adjacent to one side so that it is less precise stereo output is muted.
Screen
The screen on the tablet Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 PLS uses LCD technology as used in tablet samsung in general. With a screen resolution of 600 x 1024 pixels 7.0 inches with a depth of 170 ppi as Tab 7.0 and Tab 7.0 Plus, the display is quite sharp. But when compared to PLS type LCD with 7.0 Plus Tab, Tab 2 7.0 screen quality looks a little below it. In the unit we review the right of the screen in portrait position looks a bit yellowish, it is visible if you open a white page.
Interface
Galaxy Tab 2 tablet interface Android 7.0 using 4.0 ICS are modified with TouchWiz UX. On the homescreen can accommodate up to seven pages that can be filled with various items. As in Android 3 Honeycomb, Android 4 ICS also uses a kind of bar that always appear at the bottom, which consists of a back button, home, recent apps, screen shot, the arrow keys to bring up the dock that contains shortcuts to favorite applications, and menu information is also contains a notification and a shortcut to the settings menu on the right bottom. To the top of the left side there is a shortcut to do a search via Google and the right part there is a button to go to the drawer. To view the menu, the icons lined up with the formation of 4 x 6. Arrangement of icons can also be arranged in alphabetical order, can also be set according to your wishes.
Overall performance experience sliding homescreen and menu pages pretty well, we do not feel that annoying lag-lag that usually appear on the tablet OS Honeycomb Samsung air. But if many filled homescreen widget / item and then you use the live wallpaper page was not very smooth shifts.
Input Text
For text input, this tablet provides only one fruit choice is Samsung Keyboard additional dann Google Voice Typing for typing through voice. To use Google Voice Typing you simply press a button on the bar below the keyboard display. With a screen size of 7.0 inches, of course, is quite comfortable doing the typing is done so also reduces input errors.
Contact
With a presence in the face of the earpiece first two mic presence, of course, this tablet can be used to make calls, like a cell phone with an extra measure. To contact the menu is divided into three groups: groups, contacts, and favorites. In carrying out contact searches can be easily done because the large screen and intuitive interface. As always you can integrate the accounts of social networking to complement the your contact information.
Messaging
Just like a smartphone, tablet Tab 2 7.0 is able to send messages to the format of sms, mms, email, or instant messages. To view the menu messaging (sms, mms) is divided into two display screens. Left to right list contains the conversation and the conversation. We are sure you can easily adapt to use this interface as simple and fairly intuitive, but powerful. As usual to send mms messages with the format you simply press the paperclip picture.
For business there is an email service Gmail by default, it looks even more detailed and easy to use and powerful. The left side is filled with menus such as inbox, starred, sent, outbox, etc. and the right part is filled with the contents of the menu on the left.
For business there is an instant messaging application Talk (Google Talk) congenital Android looks too simple and intuitive, but unfortunately the Google Talk service is less popular compared with other similar services.
Camera
The tablet has a resolution of 3 MP main camera with fixed focus unaccompanied flash and secondary VGA camera intended for video calls. Both the primary camera and secondary camera can be used to capture and record video.
With a screen size is quite big so the camera menu interface can be easily accessed, it looks the same as other Samsung Android. There is a selection of menu settings such as the use of cameras (primary / secondary), single shot, smile shot, panorama, timer, exposure, effects, scene modes, resolution, and others.
The results of the Galaxy Tab 2 camera 7.0 can be seen detail, but the coloring looks a bit pale. And also because it focuses the camera fixed, then for shooting at close range can not be done well. For indoor shooting noise is not too visible.
Video Recording
The main camera has the ability to do the recording of up to 720p 30 fps. There are many menu settings such as the use of camera selection (primary / secondary), exposure, timer, recording mode, effects, resolution, and others. The results of the video recording will be saved in MP4 format. To make video recording with a resolution of 720p for 40 seconds to spend as much as 60 MB of memory.
Gallery
This gallery menu contains all your video and photo collection. Shown with standard interface ICs without the 3D effect. Display a collection of photos and video can be set based on folder names. Location, times, or tags. There is also a direct shortcut to the menu at the top right of the camera. From the gallery you can immediately make sharing photographs or videos to a variety of support services such as the All Share, chaton, Picassa, Google +, and others. Thumbnails of the photos in a folder that appears under the same, making it easier for you to explore the photo gallery.
Video Player
You can play your video collection via the menu or menu gallery video player. Player in the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is capable of 1080p resolution video playback and virtually all video formats (MP4, WMV, AVI, MKV, FLV, etc.) can be smoothly rotated with the ability to display text (. Srt). There is a menu for selection of the video display (fit-to-screen, center, original), equalizer, video output, trim, play speed, and more. When you're playing a video and press the lock / power then the screen will be locked to prevent accidentally touched so memuncukan menu interface.
Music Players
Your song collection is divided into several categories such as song, playlist, album, artist, genre, folder, composer, year. If you want to find a song quickly, you can use the search feature is represented by a magnifying glass image button on the right side.
Music player interface is quite informative either in landscape or portrait position. There is a large selection of sound settings / equalizer, and you can also directly use the song for the ringtone. In the setting there is a setting for the play speed, lyrics, and music auto off sleep so if you left this player could stop automatically according to the selected duration.
For the quality of speakers, speaker unfortunately Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is not good, the sound output is much less clear, though powerful, when we set the maximum volume the sound output sounds very tight and not broken.
Connectivity
For business connectivity, you need not worry because almost all types of connectivity can be found on this tablet. This tablet runs on Quadband GSM networks and HSDPA Triband.Untuk local connectivity there that can capture GPS GLONASS satellites at the same time Russia and America, WiFi a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 3.0, microSD card memory slot, port for the charger / data typical Samsung.
Web Browser
Browser on the tablet is capable of doing multitab up to 8 tabs at once, quite a bit when compared to tablets such as Tab 7.7 Samsung 16 pieces, and Tab 7 Plus is capable of up to 22 pieces tab. It looks decent browser on a desktop computer with an array of tabs on top making it easier for you to switch tabs. The browser also supports Flash content, so you can play flash content like video in the browser page directly. But when we tried to play the game on the Facebook site, the game is not playable. The rest of this browser is good performance, we found no problems when using it.
Default Applications
There are several default applications already installed on this tablet as
All Share
Chat ON
Game Hub
Photo Editor
Polaris Office
Readers Hub
Samsung Apps
Video Maker
Benchmarking
Quadrant Standard: 2722 points
AnTuTu: 5304 points
Neocore: 57.0 fps
MultiTouch: 10 Touch Up
CamSpeed: 597 (ShutterTime), 632 (ImageTime)
Battery Life
7.0 Galaxy Tablet Tab 2 is equipped with a Lithium Ion battery of 4000 mAh which can not be changed because it is embedded within the body. Based on reviewing the current activities of this tablet, the battery life is quite capable, if used moderately intense such as browsing, video, music, games, the battery in the tablet is able to accompany you all day.
Conclusion
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is a Samsung tablet output budget, which is priced at 3 million. But with 3 million that you are qualified to get a tablet that can be counted on to support your activities. Although the materials used are made of plastic, but the body still feels solid when held. Completeness of features also become the main weapon of this tablet. Other vendors seem to be menyiapkkan new strategies to compete in the tablet market.
Excess
Full-featured and good performance at an affordable price
Samsung's first tablet in Indonesia are using ICS
A thin body design and lightweight
Shortage
Quality speakers are not good
Do not use the common port
Our review unit on the right side of the screen (portrait) yellowish
Main Specifications
GSM 850/900/1800/1900; HSDPA 900/1900/2100
PLS 7.0-inch LCD screen (600 x 1024piksel) (~ 170 ppi)
TI OMAP 4430 processor 1GHz dual-core; Power VR SGX540
Main Camera 3.15 MP fixed focus; Secondary VGA Camera
16 GB of memory, 1GB RAM
Lithium Ion Battery 4000 mAh
Purchase Package Contents
Tablet Galaxy Tab 2 7.0
Head charger
Data cable
Manual
Design and Body
The design of the tablet Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 looks much like the design of the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. The tablet has dimensions of 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm with a weight of 344 grams. This tablet was light enough and thin enough shape, making it easier for travel. As typical of Samsung, the whole body is made of plastic, and we feel the quality of materials used, preferably owned by Galaxy Tab 7.0 P1000.
At the front there is a proximity sensor, earpiece, secondary camera, as well as 7.0-inch screen, there is no presence of buttons on the face, because the ICS Android operating system also has buttons in the interface. On the back with a textured surface, there is a main camera without flash.
Left side of the tablet there is the power button / lock and volume buttons. To the right side of the tablet there is a slot for sim card and microSD memory card. The top there is a 3.5mm headset port and a mic. To the bottom there are two stereo speakers, charger port / data typical Samsung tablet, and a mic. The tablet has two mics and two speakers, as already mentioned, unfortunately for the speaker placement adjacent to one side so that it is less precise stereo output is muted.
Screen
The screen on the tablet Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 PLS uses LCD technology as used in tablet samsung in general. With a screen resolution of 600 x 1024 pixels 7.0 inches with a depth of 170 ppi as Tab 7.0 and Tab 7.0 Plus, the display is quite sharp. But when compared to PLS type LCD with 7.0 Plus Tab, Tab 2 7.0 screen quality looks a little below it. In the unit we review the right of the screen in portrait position looks a bit yellowish, it is visible if you open a white page.
Interface
Galaxy Tab 2 tablet interface Android 7.0 using 4.0 ICS are modified with TouchWiz UX. On the homescreen can accommodate up to seven pages that can be filled with various items. As in Android 3 Honeycomb, Android 4 ICS also uses a kind of bar that always appear at the bottom, which consists of a back button, home, recent apps, screen shot, the arrow keys to bring up the dock that contains shortcuts to favorite applications, and menu information is also contains a notification and a shortcut to the settings menu on the right bottom. To the top of the left side there is a shortcut to do a search via Google and the right part there is a button to go to the drawer. To view the menu, the icons lined up with the formation of 4 x 6. Arrangement of icons can also be arranged in alphabetical order, can also be set according to your wishes.
Overall performance experience sliding homescreen and menu pages pretty well, we do not feel that annoying lag-lag that usually appear on the tablet OS Honeycomb Samsung air. But if many filled homescreen widget / item and then you use the live wallpaper page was not very smooth shifts.
Input Text
For text input, this tablet provides only one fruit choice is Samsung Keyboard additional dann Google Voice Typing for typing through voice. To use Google Voice Typing you simply press a button on the bar below the keyboard display. With a screen size of 7.0 inches, of course, is quite comfortable doing the typing is done so also reduces input errors.
Contact
With a presence in the face of the earpiece first two mic presence, of course, this tablet can be used to make calls, like a cell phone with an extra measure. To contact the menu is divided into three groups: groups, contacts, and favorites. In carrying out contact searches can be easily done because the large screen and intuitive interface. As always you can integrate the accounts of social networking to complement the your contact information.
Just like a smartphone, tablet Tab 2 7.0 is able to send messages to the format of sms, mms, email, or instant messages. To view the menu messaging (sms, mms) is divided into two display screens. Left to right list contains the conversation and the conversation. We are sure you can easily adapt to use this interface as simple and fairly intuitive, but powerful. As usual to send mms messages with the format you simply press the paperclip picture.
For business there is an email service Gmail by default, it looks even more detailed and easy to use and powerful. The left side is filled with menus such as inbox, starred, sent, outbox, etc. and the right part is filled with the contents of the menu on the left.
For business there is an instant messaging application Talk (Google Talk) congenital Android looks too simple and intuitive, but unfortunately the Google Talk service is less popular compared with other similar services.
Camera
The tablet has a resolution of 3 MP main camera with fixed focus unaccompanied flash and secondary VGA camera intended for video calls. Both the primary camera and secondary camera can be used to capture and record video.
With a screen size is quite big so the camera menu interface can be easily accessed, it looks the same as other Samsung Android. There is a selection of menu settings such as the use of cameras (primary / secondary), single shot, smile shot, panorama, timer, exposure, effects, scene modes, resolution, and others.
The results of the Galaxy Tab 2 camera 7.0 can be seen detail, but the coloring looks a bit pale. And also because it focuses the camera fixed, then for shooting at close range can not be done well. For indoor shooting noise is not too visible.
Video Recording
The main camera has the ability to do the recording of up to 720p 30 fps. There are many menu settings such as the use of camera selection (primary / secondary), exposure, timer, recording mode, effects, resolution, and others. The results of the video recording will be saved in MP4 format. To make video recording with a resolution of 720p for 40 seconds to spend as much as 60 MB of memory.
This gallery menu contains all your video and photo collection. Shown with standard interface ICs without the 3D effect. Display a collection of photos and video can be set based on folder names. Location, times, or tags. There is also a direct shortcut to the menu at the top right of the camera. From the gallery you can immediately make sharing photographs or videos to a variety of support services such as the All Share, chaton, Picassa, Google +, and others. Thumbnails of the photos in a folder that appears under the same, making it easier for you to explore the photo gallery.
Video Player
You can play your video collection via the menu or menu gallery video player. Player in the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is capable of 1080p resolution video playback and virtually all video formats (MP4, WMV, AVI, MKV, FLV, etc.) can be smoothly rotated with the ability to display text (. Srt). There is a menu for selection of the video display (fit-to-screen, center, original), equalizer, video output, trim, play speed, and more. When you're playing a video and press the lock / power then the screen will be locked to prevent accidentally touched so memuncukan menu interface.
Music Players
Your song collection is divided into several categories such as song, playlist, album, artist, genre, folder, composer, year. If you want to find a song quickly, you can use the search feature is represented by a magnifying glass image button on the right side.
Music player interface is quite informative either in landscape or portrait position. There is a large selection of sound settings / equalizer, and you can also directly use the song for the ringtone. In the setting there is a setting for the play speed, lyrics, and music auto off sleep so if you left this player could stop automatically according to the selected duration.
For the quality of speakers, speaker unfortunately Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is not good, the sound output is much less clear, though powerful, when we set the maximum volume the sound output sounds very tight and not broken.
Connectivity
For business connectivity, you need not worry because almost all types of connectivity can be found on this tablet. This tablet runs on Quadband GSM networks and HSDPA Triband.Untuk local connectivity there that can capture GPS GLONASS satellites at the same time Russia and America, WiFi a / b / g / n, Bluetooth 3.0, microSD card memory slot, port for the charger / data typical Samsung.
Web Browser
Browser on the tablet is capable of doing multitab up to 8 tabs at once, quite a bit when compared to tablets such as Tab 7.7 Samsung 16 pieces, and Tab 7 Plus is capable of up to 22 pieces tab. It looks decent browser on a desktop computer with an array of tabs on top making it easier for you to switch tabs. The browser also supports Flash content, so you can play flash content like video in the browser page directly. But when we tried to play the game on the Facebook site, the game is not playable. The rest of this browser is good performance, we found no problems when using it.
Default Applications
There are several default applications already installed on this tablet as
All Share
Chat ON
Game Hub
Photo Editor
Polaris Office
Readers Hub
Samsung Apps
Video Maker
Benchmarking
Quadrant Standard: 2722 points
AnTuTu: 5304 points
Neocore: 57.0 fps
MultiTouch: 10 Touch Up
CamSpeed: 597 (ShutterTime), 632 (ImageTime)
7.0 Galaxy Tablet Tab 2 is equipped with a Lithium Ion battery of 4000 mAh which can not be changed because it is embedded within the body. Based on reviewing the current activities of this tablet, the battery life is quite capable, if used moderately intense such as browsing, video, music, games, the battery in the tablet is able to accompany you all day.
Conclusion
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is a Samsung tablet output budget, which is priced at 3 million. But with 3 million that you are qualified to get a tablet that can be counted on to support your activities. Although the materials used are made of plastic, but the body still feels solid when held. Completeness of features also become the main weapon of this tablet. Other vendors seem to be menyiapkkan new strategies to compete in the tablet market.
Excess
Full-featured and good performance at an affordable price
Samsung's first tablet in Indonesia are using ICS
A thin body design and lightweight
Shortage
Quality speakers are not good
Do not use the common port
Our review unit on the right side of the screen (portrait) yellowish
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