- 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 4
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1"
- Microsoft Surface RT
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.
Rated 82% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)It is here that the performance and those extra cores really shine.
Conclusion Which is better for you?
Features Key features of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 compared to the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
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Android 3.1 Honeycomb
Rated 80% by by The Verge (Jun, 2011)Where you will notice the difference between the two is on weight.
10.1”
Android 3.2 Honeycomb
Rated 82% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)Considering it’s the world’s first tablet to squeeze in a quad-core ARM processor, it’s even more impressive.
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.
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.
Eee Pad Transformer Prime by Sam-Smith (Jan, 2012)The resolution of the screen is very impressive and colors are displayed vibrantly.
memory
| 0 GB | 1 GB | 1 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 2 MP | 2 MP |
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by Cesar-Eduardo-RodriguezGood video quality y photos: Like a video camera is very usefull and the resolution is HD.
Eee Pad Transformer Prime by Doh (Dec, 2011)Camera, 8mp back and front camera is good enough for face time.-Was able to playback 1080p videos pretty smoothly.
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.
Eee Pad Transformer Prime by Alan-McGaughey (Jan, 2012)This machine is not really a quad core... IT'S A FIVE C0RE!! Four performance cores and companion core which takes care of a lot of the system overhead.
Performance Real world tests of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
cpu speed
Eee Pad Transformer Prime by romy (Dec, 2011)My wife has an iPad 2 that she also got recently, and while I am impressed by both devices, the Prime has won me over with its insane processor speed and beautiful display.
sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark
Eee Pad Transformer Prime by Mike (Feb, 2012)the tablet is blazingly fast regardless of what it's doing and i recently installed the chrome beta to use instead of dolphin/stock that i had been alternating between before and i noticed huge speed increases over what i already thought was rather fast load times from the.
battery life
10 hour
10.25 hour
Galaxy Tab 10.1 by Carolyn-P (Jan, 2012)The battery life is okay, not great, but it charges fairly fast.
Eee Pad Transformer Prime by Mckinley-Bruckner--mick3444 (Dec, 2011)Tegra 3 makes screen transitions are a LOT smoother, gaming performance is better, battery life is improved, the screen is brighter, and its all tucked into a BEAUTIFUL, durable, premium design.
Differences What are the advantages of each
Advantages compared to the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
| Higher resolution front camera | 2 MP | vs | 1.2 MP |
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| More than 65% higher resolution front camera; Video chat with other people | |||
| Lighter | 565 g | vs | 730 g |
| Around 25% lighter | |||
Advantages compared to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
| More cores | Quad core | vs | Dual core |
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| Twice as many cores; run more applications at once | |||
| Much higher resolution rear camera | 8 MP | vs | 3 MP |
| Around 2.8x higher resolution rear camera; Can be used like a point-and-shoot camera | |||
| Has a microphone jack | Yes | vs | No |
| Somewhat common; Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality | |||
| Significantly faster processor | 1.33 GHz | vs | 1 GHz |
| Around 35% faster processor; run computation-intensive applications, such as photo editing, faster | |||
| Faster sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark | 1,685 ms | vs | 2,400 ms |
| Around 30% faster sunspider 0.9.1 benchmark; better web browsing experience | |||
| Marginally newer | Dec, 2011 | vs | Jun, 2011 |
| Release date 6 months later | |||
Reviews Word on the street
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thickness
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime 32 GB, Champange | Rated 82% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)The Prime’s new keyboard dock is thinner than the original’s (.4 inches thick versus .5), but the experience remains relatively unchanged.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime 32 GB, Champange | Rated 82% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)Measuring 0.31 inches thick and weighing just 1.29 pounds, the Prime is now one of the thinnest tablets on the market.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime 32 GB, Champange | Rated 82% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is thin, but its glossy, white plastic back isn’t what I’d really consider to be a real eye-pleaser.
size
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime 32 GB, Champange | Rated 82% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)As the chart above indicates, the size and weight difference between the Prime and the iPad 2 is minimal, and that’s exactly how I’d describe holding one in each hand; I really couldn’t feel a difference.
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime 32 GB, Champange | Rated 82% by by The Verge (Dec, 2011)I also didn’t notice much of a difference when it came to multitasking — it didn’t have a problem running multiple apps, but I didn’t notice a speed increase between the Prime and the original Transformer under heavy loads.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 3 | Apple iPad 4 5-way tie: Fast Bluetooth |
 | 4 | Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" 2-way tie: More recent operating system |
 | 6 | Samsung Series 7 11.6" Slate Largest amount of storage capacity |
 | 7 | Motorola Xoom 2 2-way tie: More HDMI bandwidth |
