- 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...
- Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF300
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
- MOTOROLA Xoom with WiFi + 3G
- Asus Eee Pad Transformer Infinity
- 10.1"
- 32 GB
- WiFi 3G
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Released February, 2012
Rated 70% by by c|net (Mar, 2012)Priced at $530 with 16GB of storage, or $600 for 32GB, Toshiba evidently feels that its tablet's iPad-besting thickness and weight deserve a slightly higher price than the competition.
- 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.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Toshiba Excite 10 LE compared to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
“10.1
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)It's bright and accurate, viewing angles are excellent, with virtually no discoloration even far off-axis, and while you can definitely make out individual pixels and see some jaggies on small text, it's not enough to be a huge problem unless you're really looking for it.
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.
screen size
10.1"
10.1"
Excite 10 LE by The Verge (Mar, 2012)At 7.7mm, it really is impressively thin, slimmer than any tablet we've seen regardless of screen size.
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
Excite 10 LE by c|net (Mar, 2012)For a device that sells on the strength of its premium design, it's a detail that should have been taken care of.
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 | 1 GB | 1 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 2 MP | 2 MP |
Excite 10 LE by c|net (Mar, 2012)Neither of them is particularly great, and several people we handed the tablet to mistook the front camera (circled in chrome) for a home button.
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
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 Toshiba Excite 10 LE vs Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
cpu speed
Excite 10 LE by The Verge (Mar, 2012)The Excite is geared toward a more average tablet buyer, and while its spec list isn't exactly standard-setting, it's solid: a TI OMAP 4430 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 1280 x 800, 10.1-inch display.
battery life
8.5 hour
10 hour
Excite 10 LE by The Verge (Mar, 2012)In practice, largely because frequent crashes are a fact of life with the Excite, I got more like four hours of battery on a charge.
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).
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
| Supports 3G | Yes | vs | No |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somewhat common; be online anywhere that has cell coverage | |||
| More storage capacity | 32 GB | vs | 16 GB |
| 2x more storage capacity; Holds more music, movies and photos | |||
| Has a microphone jack | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality | |||
| Supports face unlock | Yes (Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich) | vs | No (Android 3.1 Honeycomb) |
| Somewhat common; bypass PIN entry, easier to unlock with one hand | |||
| Newer operating system | Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich | vs | Android 3.1 Honeycomb |
| Newer android OS; Get all the latest features and apps with a more recent version | |||
| Marginally newer | Feb, 2012 | vs | Jun, 2011 |
| Release date 9 months later | |||
| Faster processor | 1.2 GHz | vs | 1 GHz |
| Around 20% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
Advantages compared to the Toshiba Excite 10 LE
| Longer battery life | 10 hour | vs | 8.5 hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Around 20% longer battery life; surf the web longer without having to plug in | |||
| Higher resolution rear camera | 3 MP | vs | 2 MP |
| 50% higher resolution rear camera; Can be used like a point-and-shoot camera | |||
Reviews Word on the street
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 | Rated by 14 users at amazon.com Rated 60% by by Bobin704 (Mar, 2012) Rated 100% by by JiggaEd (May, 2012) | Rated by 245 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by BobC (Feb, 2012) Rated 40% by by Anonymous (Nov, 2011) | |
screen
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)Toshiba hit the mark with the Excite 10 LE, but the costs are staggering: it feels poorly built despite its excellent materials, performs as poorly as any "high-end" tablet I've tested recently, and does it all in a package that's more expensive than much of its competition.
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)Being thin isn't all it's cracked up to be Good materials, badly assembledNice to look at, not to touch The iPad proved tablets can have decent camerasHoneycomb's problems are on full display Nothing seems to work right Thin isn't worth the tradeoffs First it was the Toshiba AT200, then it was the Excite X10, and now it's the Excite 10 LE.
sunspider
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 41% by by The Verge (Mar, 2012)Our benchmarks mirrored my experience, showing a tablet that's a long way behind its competition: Quadrant results were less than half of those of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and its Sunspider results were seriously sub-par as well — that is, when it could actually complete the whole test without failing.
contrast
Toshiba Excite 10 LE 32 GB | Rated 70% by by c|net (Mar, 2012)Overall, display quality is pretty good, though not as bright or as crisp as on the new iPad, and lacking the contrast of a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 or Asus Transformer Prime.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 2 | Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF300 2-way tie: Quite higher resolution rear camera |
 | 4 | MOTOROLA Xoom with WiFi + 3G 4-way tie: High resolution front camera |
 | 7 | Motorola Xoom 2 More HDMI bandwidth |
 | 8 | Acer Iconia Tab W500 Faster sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark |
