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Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1)

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The Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) is the same flagship tablet Samsung released a year ago, but this time around it has the latest version of Android and a lower price tag. With mediocre performance and aging components, there are better alternatives.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) : Angle

The Tab 2 (10.1) attempts to strike a balance between price and performance, forgoing hardware upgrades and instead focusing on an improved user experience from Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich."

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) : Angle

While it won't win any awards for innovative design, the Tab 2 (10.1) is still an attractively built plastic tablet. At 10.10 by 6.90 by 0.38 inches (HWD) and 1.25 pounds, it is nearly identical in size and weight to the original.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) : Screen

The same 1,280-by-800-pixel TFT display remains, which is a higher resolution than the iPad 2's 1,024-by-768-pixel display.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) : Touch Screen

Android 4.0 is a major upgrade from 3.2 (Honeycomb), but there are still some problems here. Samsung uses its signature TouchWiz Android overlay, and animations like swiping between home screens lack the fluidity found in other ICS tablets, like the TF300, and the mini app tray that was so useful on the 7.0 was often laggy in my tests.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1) : Back

A Wi-Fi only tablet, the Tab 2.0 (10.1) connects to 802.11b/g/n networks and integrates Bluetooth 3.0. The rear-facing 3-megapixel camera from the original Tab 10.1 remains, but the front facing camera has been downgraded from 2 megapixels to VGA resolution.