- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How they compare
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Compare with...
- Google Nexus 10
- Apple iPad mini
- Apple iPad 3
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1"
- Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate
- 10.1"
- 16 GB
- WiFi
- Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Released June, 2011
Rated 100% by by Carolyn-P (Jan, 2012)The battery life is okay, not great, but it charges fairly fast.
- 10.1"
- 16 GB
- WiFi 3G
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb
Announced November, 2011
Rated 62% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)Its new IPS display is a triumph and the improved 5-megapixel camera brings tablet photography a great deal closer in quality to its smartphone brethren.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 compared to the Motorola Xoom 2
“10.1
Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Rated 100% by by Impetigo (Jun, 2011)90/100. Conclusions: The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is pretty fantastic and overall I think it's awesome, with great buiid quality, solid performance, and good battery life.
10.1”
Android 3.2 Honeycomb
Rated 62% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)The front-facing camera is now a 1.3-megapixel imager and the usual blurry and unimpressive results you expect from such tiny cameras are very much in attendance.
screen size
10.1"
10.1"
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by Summerbreeze09 (Mar, 2012)The good things: The ablitiy to load pages from the web well, having falsh player, I can practically watch any movie file type, listen music, screen size, color and brightness are a big bonus.
Xoom 2 by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2012)However, within the next 12 months we're likely to see tablet screens take a big leap forward, with much higher pixel density top of the wish list.
screen resolution
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2012)The sky isn't as vivid a blue as the real thing, and zooming-in on these shots shows they don't offer enough detail to print out at a decent size.
Xoom 2 by The Verge (Dec, 2011)In natural light, it can produce stunningly clear photos and Motorola's noise reduction is subtle enough not to blur any of the detail out.
memory
| 0 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 2 MP | 2 MP |
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by M.-PatelThe Tab has a front-facing 2.0 megapixel (vs iPad 2's 0.3 megapixel) camera and rear-facing 3.0 megapixel (vs iPad 2's 0.7 megapixel) camera.
Xoom 2 by The Verge (Dec, 2011)Despite keeping the same 5-megapixel resolution as on the Xoom, the Xoom 2's camera is a much-improved unit.
processor
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by c|net (Aug, 2011)The tablet includes the Nvidia Tegra 2 Dual Core processor and navigating feels just as zippy here as it did on any previous Honeycomb tablet.
Xoom 2 by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2012)For many, quad-core power will be useful for playing high bit-rate 1080p video (the experiential benefits of which will become much clearer when higher res tablet screens arrive) and games designed with the Kal-el chip in mind.
Performance Real world tests of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Motorola Xoom 2
cpu speed
Xoom 2 by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2012)The arrival of the quad-core brigade represents the first serious fragmentation at the top end of the tablet market, and it's not clear yet how game developers will react to this.
sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark
Xoom 2 by TrustedReviews (Mar, 2012)The built-in browser is quick, supports Flash 11 following a quick trip to the Android Market app store, and text rescaling is super-fast.
battery life
10 hour
9 hour
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by Gnuoya (Jul, 2011)I've been playing with it for at least 5 hours during the day and the battery is still going strong (I didn't charge it out of the box).
Xoom 2 by The Verge (Dec, 2011)Given the battery's size, it still makes most sense to charge it with the provided charger, but for those times when you haven't got it nearby or you just need a burst of quick energy, this is a nice bit of added flexibility.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Motorola Xoom 2
| Longer battery life | 10 hour | vs | 9 hour |
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| More than 10% longer battery life; surf the web longer without having to plug in | |||
| Higher resolution front camera | 2 MP | vs | 1.3 MP |
| More than 50% higher resolution front camera; Video chat with other people | |||
Advantages compared to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
| Supports 3G | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somewhat common; be online anywhere that has cell coverage | |||
| Higher resolution rear camera | 5 MP | vs | 3 MP |
| Around 70% higher resolution rear camera; Can be used like a point-and-shoot camera | |||
| Faster processor | 1.2 GHz | vs | 1 GHz |
| Around 20% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
Reviews Word on the street
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Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Google Nexus 10 OK operating system |
 | 3 | Apple iPad 3 4-way tie: Longest battery life |
 | 4 | Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" 5-way tie: Supported card formats |
 | 5 | Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate Largest amount of storage capacity |
 | 8 | Matsunichi II 2-way tie: More HDMI bandwidth |
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