- 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...
- Apple iPad 2
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
- Samsung ATIV Tab
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
- Asus Vivo Tab
Rated 80% by by Graymer (Apr, 2013)I love the size of the screen and it doesn't feel like it will fall a part.
Rated 80% by by The Verge (Jun, 2011)The 1.24-pound Tab 10.1 feels lighter in hand than the 1.33-pound iPad; in actual use, however — holding it up to read, etc. — I'd say that weight difference isn't all that obvious.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate compared to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
“11.6
Windows 7 Professional
Rated 100% by by Boris-Lokhvitsky (Nov, 2011)Very nice bright screen; camera and audio are not brilliant but pretty decent; battery life is not amazing but not bad either.
10.1”
Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Rated 80% by by The Verge (Jun, 2011)Where you will notice the difference between the two is on weight.
screen size
11.6"
10.1"
Series 7 11.6" Slate by Wally-Asti--amazon (Feb, 2012)But you can't have a large screen with a small tablet!
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.
screen resolution
Series 7 11.6" Slate by Zhou-Zhiliang--Joe (Jun, 2012)The slate claims to have 11 in screen, sounds big, but actually due to its non regular shape and resolution, I found a lot of webpages cannot be displayed correctly if used vertically, it can only display part of web on the screen and you have to move the slide bar left and right to see the whole website, very inconvenient.
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.
memory
| 0 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 2 MP | 2 MP |
Series 7 11.6" Slate by Patrick-Byers (Mar, 2012)I had a webcam in 1998 that produced better video and still pictures than the camera on this system.
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.
processor
Series 7 11.6" Slate by Steve--lukkystarr (May, 2012)With a dual core processor it was adequate for it's intended purpose, which was to be as paperless as possible.
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.
Performance Real world tests of Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
cpu speed
Series 7 11.6" Slate by Brad (Jan, 2012)The screen looks great (especially next to the Asus slate) and the processor is best-in-class.
sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark
Series 7 11.6" Slate by Nacho (Apr, 2012)It may not be as great as a cheaper tablet for mobile gaming (not sure how well the integrated GPU handles recent windows games which probably are not designed for a touchscreen anyhow, and it lacks the gyroscope), but for web browsing, music playing, online video watching and kindle reading it also does a better job than the cheaper tablets due to its higher performance and full uncapped web browsing experience (Flash, Silverlight, HTML5... watch Hulu or Netflix without an app).
battery life
7 hour
10 hour
Series 7 11.6" Slate by singing-engineer (May, 2012)After 10 weeks daily use, I can say that for my applications (I don't play games or watch videos) I get about 5 hours of use from a charge, a 30min 'refresh' at lunch time gives me an extra 2 hours each day.
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by Carolyn-P (Jan, 2012)The battery life is okay, not great, but it charges fairly fast.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Galaxy Tab 10.1
| Much more storage capacity | 128 GB | vs | 32 GB |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4x more storage capacity; Holds more music, movies and photos | |||
| Much more RAM | 4 GB | vs | 1 GB |
| 4x more RAM; Better able to run big apps with lots of content | |||
| Bigger screen | 11.6" | vs | 10.1" |
| More than 10% bigger screen | |||
| Significantly faster sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark | 506.1 ms | vs | 2,400 ms |
| 4.7x faster sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark; better web browsing experience | |||
| Much faster processor | 1.6 GHz | vs | 1 GHz |
| More than 60% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| Has a microphone jack | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality | |||
| Much faster Bluetooth | 24 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v3.0 + HS) | vs | 1 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v2.0) |
| 24x faster Bluetooth | |||
| Marginally newer | Oct, 2011 | vs | Jun, 2011 |
| Release date 4 months later | |||
Advantages compared to the Series 7 11.6" Slate
| Significantly longer battery life | 10 hour | vs | 7 hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| More than 40% longer battery life; surf the web longer without having to plug in | |||
| Has a gyroscope | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Play games and use applications that take advantage of device rotation | |||
| Has a compass | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Great for maps and navigation apps | |||
| Has a GPS | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Get directions and navigation, geotag photos | |||
| Lighter | 565 g | vs | 898 g |
| Around 40% lighter | |||
| Has an open source operating system | Yes (Android 3.1 Honeycomb) | vs | No (Windows 7 Professional) |
| Somewhat common; Allows you the freedom to use your tablet however you like | |||
| Smaller | 257 x 175 x 9 mm | vs | 296 x 184 x 13 mm |
| More than 40% smaller | |||
| Sharper screen | 149 ppi | vs | 135 ppi |
| More than 10% sharper PPI; enjoy photo-realistic, crisp images | |||
| Thinner | 9 mm | vs | 13 mm |
| More than 30% thinner | |||
Reviews Word on the street
Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate | Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 | ||
 |   Rated by 158 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by singing-engineer (May, 2012) Rated 100% by by CoolJohnB (Jul, 2012) Rated 100% by by James-D.-Weller--Gizmoman |  Rated by 245 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by BobC (Feb, 2012) Rated 100% by by Gnuoya (Jul, 2011) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Apple iPad 2 2-way tie: Supports 3G |
 | 2 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 More recent operating system |
 | 3 | Samsung ATIV Tab Longest battery life |
 | 6 | Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga Largest amount of storage capacity |
 | 8 | ePad Inch 4-way tie: Has a microphone jack |
