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Old 06-26-2013, 11:43 AM   #1
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The 8 inch looks interesting at a better price. $299 is a little rich for me.
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Old 06-26-2013, 12:54 PM   #2
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Specs are disappointing.
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Old 06-26-2013, 12:56 PM   #3
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Specs are disappointing.
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Old 06-26-2013, 01:00 PM   #4
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Extremely so!
Especially the 7", 1024x600 and barely any difference from the Tab 2. There are better options at the same or lower price.
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Old 06-26-2013, 01:03 PM   #5
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Old 06-26-2013, 01:36 PM   #6
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Especially the 7", 1024x600 and barely any difference from the Tab 2. There are better options at the same or lower price.
For sure. I picked one up ($149) for a gift and ran it through its paces. Even though it has a card slot, you can't transfer apps to a card. You have less than 5GB to work with and I kept getting low storage warnings after loading up a bunch of apps. Epic fail!

edit: my reference is to the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 running Jelly Bean 4.1.1

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Old 06-26-2013, 01:43 PM   #7
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For sure. I picked one up ($149) for a gift and ran it through its paces. Even though it has a card slot, you can't transfer apps to a card. You have less than 5GB to work with and I kept getting low storage warnings after loading up a bunch of apps. Epic fail!
Wow. Honestly, that makes it sound like getting a Nook HD and flashing CM to it is a better bet (or keeping stock - B&N stock is actually a decent book-focused OS).
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Old 06-26-2013, 07:27 PM   #8
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Alternatives to Samsung include the Hisense Sero Pro 7, which has a front and back camera, a 1280x800 ips screen, a 1.3 ghz quadcore tegra 3 processor, a microsd card slot, and sells for $149.

http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/hisense-sero-7.html

Next month Asus is supposed to release their generation of the memopad, which will have a 1280x800 screen, 1.2 ghz quadcore processor, front and back camera, a microsd slot, and sell for $149.
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Old 06-27-2013, 02:05 AM   #9
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Alternatives to Samsung include the Hisense Sero Pro 7, which has a front and back camera, a 1280x800 ips screen, a 1.3 ghz quadcore tegra 3 processor, a microsd card slot, and sells for $149.

http://www.the-ebook-reader.com/hisense-sero-7.html

Next month Asus is supposed to release their generation of the memopad, which will have a 1280x800 screen, 1.2 ghz quadcore processor, front and back camera, a microsd slot, and sell for $149.
Samsung seems to be doing an apple with the Tab line, barely adding any upgrades (the Tab3 7" simply gets a 0.2GHz speed bump), and keeping prices higher than the competition. Hopefully they get terrible sales and wake up.
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Ironical but I feel Samsung needs innovative Apple to innovate further.
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Old 06-27-2013, 07:10 AM   #11
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Ironical but I feel Samsung needs innovative Apple to innovate further.
Ever get the feeling that Samsung wants to be the Korean Apple?
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All the time I just hope they don't.
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Old 06-27-2013, 08:01 AM   #13
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" and like it. I got it off Groupon for $150 refurbished about 2 months ago. I don't use my old Kindle Fire 1 anymore and my Kobo Vox is very slow compared to it but I just paid $60 for it.
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Old 06-27-2013, 09:39 AM   #14
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Heck, I'd be better off getting a Nook HD+. Those specs are bad for a newer tab. Those are last year specs and even then some older tablets still beat it.
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People are too obsessed with supposed SOC speeds and not the actual capability, the Tab 3 is a big upgrade to the Tab 2 in benchmarks it scores about double.

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Sammobile reported that the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 made an appearance in an Antutu benchmark test earlier this month. In the leaked results, it was seen that the device clocked in a whopping 24616 points. This makes the tab comparable in performance to devices that carry the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and Samsung Exynos 5 Octa processors.
Source:http://tech2.in.com/news/tablets/sam...k-tests/873766

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