Under the banner of Galaxy Tab, Samsung is now ready to
storm the tablet market with the release of the latest Android tablet that
instantly brings the latest version of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. So what
are the advantages offered by the tablet is released at a price of around
USD400?
Design and Hardware
Dimensions: (WxDxH):
193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm and Weight 344 g Processor: TI OMAP 4430Dual-core 1
GHz; GPU: PowerVR SGX540; RAM: 1GB; Storage: 16GB (availabe user: 11GB)
The design of Tab 2 7" looks similar to the Galaxy Tab
Plus 7 is a thin and light in the hand. Tablets that we tested came with white
on the back and black on the front frame.
Front side Tab 2 7” there is a 7-inch diagonal screen, you
also will find the earpiece, sensors, cameras and logo Samsung. Unlike tablet
with OS Honeycomb, Tab 2 7" is not equipped with the physical buttons
below the screen.
To turn on Tab 2 7" you can press the power button on
the left side of the body that are adjacent to the volume button. The upper
part of Tab 2 7" sitting sweet 3.5mm audio port and a mic. At the bottom
of the body there is a multifunctional port, two speaker holes and mouthpiece
for phone calls. As for the SIM and memory card slot, Samsung put it on the
right side of the body.
Interface and OS
4.0.3 Ice Cream
Sandwich Android, TouchWiz UX: 7 Homescreen, Notification Area, etc.; 7
"LCD PLS capacitive touchscreen of 600 x 1024 pixels ~ 16M colors 170 ppi
Armed with the latest Android OS Ice Cream Sandwich, Tab 2
7" polish display with TouchWiz user interface that presents UX 7
homescreen that you can fill with widgets, application shortcuts, wallpaper,
etc. as needed.
Not much different from the Honeycomb, the main page of Tab
2 7" decorated with a row of virtual keys back, home, recent apps,
screenshots and arrow. Difference if the older OS, you can only see the
applications running in the background, while here you can also close running
applications simply by shifting the application icon to the side.
In the lower right corner of the screen there is a
notification bar, while in the upper left corner you will find a shortcut to
access the Google search box. To enter the menu, you simply touch the top right
corner drawer section. Menu icons laid out by the formation of 4 x 6 and the
horizontal grid format.
Camera and Video
Behind the camera:
3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, Fixed Focus; Front camera: VGA
To support the perpetuation of the image, Samsung equip Tab
2 7" with 3.15 megapixel camera with fixed focus which unfortunately has
not been equipped with flash lights.
A myriad of additional settings such as self portrait,
shooting mode, scene modes, exposure value, timer, effects and so on have been
fixed also by Samsung.
For the picture itself, quite clearly when outdoors.
However, BGers will see a lot of noise when used to photograph the object in
the room. Even so, it is thus not a problem given the tablet functions are more
used to playing games or typing.
While for recording moving objects, Tab 2 7" have
supported 720p HD-quality video (1280 x 720 pixels) with a variety of settings
such as self-recording, recording mode, exposure value, timer, effects,
resolution, etc.
Multimedia
Audio: AAC, FLAC, M4A,
MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA; Video: AVI, DIVX, FLV, M4V, MKV, MP4, WMV
With about 11GB of storage space it has, in fact you can
freely store your collection of video and audio without having to rely on the
addition of microSD memory card. However, Samsung still providing the memory
slot on the left side of the body. By using a USB converter that is purchased
separately, you can even use it to read flash.
Default music player tab 2 7" categorize songs stored
by album, artist, genre, folder, composer, and year. You also can use the equalizer
and effects CH.5.1 to listen to music.
While for the video player, tab 2 7" able to play
various video formats up to full resolution HD1080p. CH.5.1 effect is also
present in the video player. Thanks to the dual-core processors are used, Tab 2
7"can easily play 1080p resolution MP4 video we got from YouTube.
Phone and sms
GSM 850/900/1800/1900
In the communications sector, Tab 2 7" is still
equipped with the ability to make phone calls and send sms.
Embedded contact list consists of two panels, namely the
right panel that displays the contact name as well as the left panel that
contains the contact details like phone numbers, mobile, email, address and so
on.
While to send a sms, there are two panels on the left side
that displays text and contact details on the right side of the message that
appears in chat mode.
Internet and
Connectivity
GSM / GPRS / EDGE /
UMTS / HSDPA 850/900/1800/1900/2100HSDPA 21 Mbps.Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g, Wi-Fi
hotspots, Bluetooth A2DP
Tab browsing with 2 7" was smoothly thanks to the
support of 3G HSDPA connection and Wi-Fi. You can use HTML Android Browser to
start surfing has also supported the flash player.
Unfortunately unlike Tab 7 plus that is able to open the 22 Tab
at once, or Tab 7.7 which is able to open 16 Tab, Tab 2 7” browser can just
open 8 Tab.
For the purposes of data transfer, Samsung only equip Tab 2
7" with a data cable that's too bad to use a special port Samsung is not a
micro USB port such as tablets or other modern cell phones.
Features
All Share, chaton, My
Files, Games Hub, Photo Editor, Polaris Office, Readers Hub, Video Maker and
Samsung Apps.
In addition to already crammed with native Android
application, Tab 7.7 also has a myriad of applications such as AllShare buried,
ChatON, Myfiles, Game Hub, Photo Editor, Polaris Office, Readers Hub, Video
Maker and Samsung App.
By utilizing the DLNA connection, you can use All Share to
share multimedia content. While the Chat ON, you can chat with fellow users of
Samsung devices through the Internet.
Office applications, Polaris Office were also present to
support your work. You can open, edit and create a new document format doc,
Excel, and PowerPoint.
Benchmark
Quadrant Standard:
2774, Antutu Benchmark: 5077, Nenamark 1: 31.9 fps, Nenamark 2: 24.8
The results of benchmark tests Galaxy Tab 2 7" using
the Quadrant Standard Edition managed to get a score of 2774, well ahead of the
Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S. Meanwhile, when using Antutu Benchmark,
successfully obtained score 5077. The acquisition makes it slightly adrift of
LG Optimus 2X.
Whereas when tested using a NenaMark earned 31.9 points fps.
Meanwhile, 24.8 points was achieved by Tab 2 7" when tested with NenaMark
2. Points are only slightly adrift with Samsung Galaxy S first generation GPUs
due to the same briefing.
Conclusion
Carries a 1GHz dual core processor, Tab 2 7" can
deliver a decent performance. Come up with the latest OS Tab 2 7" tablet
is capable of playing its role as a favor to the entertainment features in the
pocket friendly prices. Various improvement has been successfully carried out
by Samsung to fix the shortcomings of the previous Tab Galaxy series.
(+)
• 1GHz dual core processor
• Reasonably priced
• Latest OS (ICS)
(-)
• Photos ordinary
• Connectivity is less
• GPU same as the Galaxy S
DETAILS
SPECIFICATION:
GENERAL
Network : GSM
850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 ,3G HSDPA 900 /1900 / 2100
SCREEN
Type : PLS
LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size : 600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches
(~170 ppi pixel density, Multitouch, TouchWiz UX UI
DIMENSION
Type : 193.7
x 122.4 x 10.5 mm / 344 g
AUDIO
Fixtures : Vibration;
MP3, WAV ringtones
Output :
3.5mm jack audio
Speakerphone : Yes
MEMORY
Internal : 16
GB storage, 1GB RAM
External :
microSD, up to 32GB
DATA
3G : HSDPA,
21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
EDGE : Yes
GPRS : Yes
WLAN :
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth : v3.0
with A2DP, HS
Infrared :
Unavailable
USB/Port : microUSB
v2.0, USB On-the-go support
CAMERA
Primary : 3.15
MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
Secondary : VGA
Video Record : 1080p@30fps
Type : Standard
battery, Li-Ion 4000 mAh
Standby : -
Talk Time : -
FEATURE
OS : Android
OS, v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
CPU : TI
OMAP 4430, CPU Dual-core 1 GHz, GPU PowerVR SGX540
Browser : HTML5,
Adobe Flash
GPS :
A-GPS support
Messaging : SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push
Email, IM, RS
Java : via Java MIDP emulator, fitur
tambahan: - TV Out - SNS integration - Organizer - Image/video editor - Quickoffice
HD editor/viewer - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk,
Picasa integration - Voice memo - Predictive text input (Swype)
OTHER FEATURES
Multiple SIM :
Unavailable
Video Player : MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263/WMV
player
MP3 Player : MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA/AC3/Flac
player
Audio Record : Yes
TV :
Unavailable
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