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4 Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 “ moderate slip – Tweakers

The very first tablet ever released was the Samsung Galaxy Tab:. a 7 “tablet with Android That was in 2010, Since then Samsung has a huge amount of tablets released in range of sizes, but there has always been for a 7 “model in the range spot and now we got around to the fourth generation. While the first model was the topper for Samsung, the Tab 7 days the entry level. In this review we look at the latest version, the Galaxy Tab 4 7 “, which for about 200 euros to get.

Housing and appearance

The Tab 7 is due to its small 7 “screen a compact tablet that you can easily hold with one hand. The tablet is white carried out with the sole accent a silver border around the screen. Although the Tab 7 is an entry level, he does not feel cheap.

The back of the Tab 4 7 “features a little bit of texture, so that the plastic used gives a bit more grip. The housing is little else remarkable: the on-off and volume buttons are located on the right and bottom is the micro-USB slot left is a micro sd card reader

As we have come to expect from Samsung, located.. three buttons below the screen: a physical home button, with links capacitive multitasking button and left the capacitive back button The advantage of buttons below the screen is that the entire screen surface can be at any time used but it has the disadvantage that the buttons do. rotate when you tilt the tablet

The display

The first Tab, four years back had a screen resolution of 1024×600 pixels, the screen. these fourth generation has a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. the area of ​​sharpness, there is not much changed. Text looks Tab 4 7 “even than her sharp and the difference with 7″ -tablets who have a full-HD resolution, can be seen. With the naked eye However, after a while you get used to using, and we understand that to be in this kind of business.

Most Samsung phones and tablets can be recognized by the bright colors that the screen is saved in a budget model displays, but the Tab 4 7 “is that just outside of the boot screen lacks saturation, making colors not so impressive eye addition, the precision of the color reproduction is also not about to write home about,. example. greenery tends to be a little bit yellow. therefore not expect photos and videos as splash screen as in more expensive tablets from Samsung.

With the brightness and contrast is nothing wrong. Finally, the screen can be a maximum brightness of 442cd / pick m², making it to read fairly well in outdoor addition, the contrast ratio of 994:. 1 fine for a tablet in this class, and also about the viewing angles we have nothing to complain

Hardware. performance and battery life

Tab 7 models have never been characterized by rapid hardware and the latest model is no exception. Samsung has chosen this time for the Marvell PXA1088-soc, comprising four Cortex A7 cores and a GPU from the relatively unknown Vivante. Furthermore, even a half gigabytes built-in LPDDR2 memory and storage capacity is 8GB. All this makes the Tab 7 is not a high flyer; opening apps is significantly slower than many other tablets, animations stutter controlled and the overall interface just does not feel smooth to. For a real budget tablet we were there might not taken lightly, but for almost two hundred euros we were expecting more.

This is also true in part for running games. Game developers are smart enough to recognize slow hardware and subsequently adjust the graphics settings, but even with these reduced settings were not all games smoothly on the Tab 7 Especially fast 3D games such as the racing game Asphalt 8 are therefore not so tasty play as a faster device.

The 4000mAh battery will be happy what we expected. The Tab 7 knows to keep it on a single battery charge, long off especially when running apps and Web browsing. In our test, he will browse for example, eight and a half hours, longer than a mini iPad Retina. When watching video he is doing relatively less well but watch two to three movies back is still no problem

wireless field has four Tab 7 “support for the usual standards:. Gps for localization, Bluetooth 4.0 for connecting with all kinds of accessories and wifi connections with up to 802.11n speeds.

Software

Tab 4 7 “runs Android 4.4.2 with Samsung’s own on top TouchWiz interface, which adjusts the colors, icons, backgrounds and layout of various menus. On the small 7 “screen, the interface looks pretty busy. Especially the settings menu is cramped up, so text is clipped regularly.

It seems to be the same version of the software to go if we know of more expensive Samsung -tablets and that would be the somewhat syrupy performance can explain properly. During such expensive devices we come because already arranged hitches against, presumably because of the heavy software and simple hardware Tab 4 7 “is of course even more difficult.

In addition to their own versions include the music player, gallery, browser and organizer Samsung also supplies some additional applications, such as an Office Suite and Galaxy Appstore. Through the latter users can download more apps and make use of offers.

Conclusion

Tab 4 7 “is to use clear an entry level tablet. Hardware is not fast, the screen is not particularly and the housing does little luxury on., where he sets a good battery life and expandable memory opposite. Die negatives we find for a budget tablet still incalculable, but then the price should also be.’s Tab 4 7 “costs However, at the one hundred and ninety euros and we find it simply not worth it. Its predecessor, the third Tab 7 “is a fat forty dollars cheaper, and the difference with the Memo Pad HD 7 is nearly sixty euros. For sixty euros extra to buy a Nexus 7, with more memory, a much nicer screen and much faster hardware.

At this time, we would not recommend the 4 Tab 7 “. If the price in a few months is what sunk to, say less than one hundred and fifty euro, it is for people with a limited budget and limited demands might be a nice option.