Performance / User Interface

Since this tablet is based on a 2.3 GHz Snapdragon with Adreno 330 GPU and 3GB of memory, there is plenty of performance available for anything you might possibly do with it. Thanks to the fact, that it actually has 3GB of memory, the enhanced multitasking capabilities run smoothly. There is for example the possibility to stay on the home button for about two seconds and then you can switch tasks easily.

It is not just that there is plenty of performance, we also like the fact that the user interface is clean and the logic behind it is quite easy to understand. As an example we can take the settings tab: on the left hand side, there are the different topics and if you tap one, you will see the associated content on the right hand side. Arranging a navigation this way makes things very tidy and you will not forget what was in the menu before. There are other approaches to this where you tap something and a new page opens. We actually prefer Samsung’s approach in this case. Like all other tablets you lock/unlock the tablet using the power button witch is at the top of the tablet.

This tablet comes with 3 different CPU speeds, depending on the SKU, including, a 2.3GHz Krait 400 LTE mode, 1.96 GHz Cortex-A15 and also 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 3G model and they are all quad-core CPU. Ofcourse we have WiFi. and it is really nice that Samsung decided to go with different versions, and one the best features we found on Galaxy Note 10.1 is a multi window which means you can have resizable two windows opened at the same time. This is definitely a bonus when you have a 2560x1600 resolution on this tablet as you can open the internet browser in my tab and in the other one watch a movie.

Battery life

Samsung equipped the Galaxy Note 10.1 with a 8220 mAh battery pack, which its more than enough to power a high resolution display as well as the quad-core 2.3 GHz Snapdragon SoC. When we were testing battery life, while constantly playing movies, we notice that after 7 hours and 31 minutes the battery was finally empty. In everyday use, which includes browsing, writing e-mails, playing games, using apps and watching a few videos the battery went empty after almost more than 10 hours. Compared to other tablets like the Nexus 7 or the iPad, the Galaxy Note 10.1 is really a shining star when it comes to battery performance and actually one of the highest we have seen so far, at least when it comes to Android tablets.

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Page 1 - Introduction

Page 2 - Specifications

Page 3 - Design / Display / Camera

Page 4 - Performance / User Interface

Page 5 - Benchmarks

Page 6 - Conclusion