SAMSUNG Galaxy Note 10.1 Premium Suite Release Date and Review

Well, it turns out that rumors were on the right track. Verizon just confirmed that it will have the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 with 4G LTE in stock on Thursday, March 7. Pricing is set at $599.99 and users will be given the option to add the tablet to their Share Everything plan for $10 monthly.

What you'll get in exchange for your money is a 10.1-inch tablet with a 1280 by 800 pixel touchscreen, 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. There are two cameras on board as well – a 5-megapixel main one in the back and a 1.9MP front-facing snapper above the screen. Not to be forgotten is the S Pen stylus, which comes included and can be used for taking notes, drawing, and expressing your creativity in a number of other ways. Android 4.1 comes out of the box with Samsung's custom UI and a load of features for multitasking and leveraging the functionality of the S Pen.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Specifications

Display

• 10.1" WXGA(1280x800) LCD

Processor

• 1.4GHz Exynos Quad-Core Processor

Connectivity

• Bluetooth technology v 4.0 (Apt-X Codec support)
• AllShare Play / AllShare Cast
• Kies / Samsung Kies air
• USB 2.0 Host, Samsung
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Wi-Fi Direct
• Wi-Fi Channel Bonding

Memory

• 16/32/64GB User memory + 2GB (RAM)
• microSD (up to 64GB)

Camera / Flash

• Main(Rear): 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
• Sub(Front): 1.9 Megapixel Camera

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is equipped with a 5 megapixel rear camera. Additionally, the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 has a front camera with a 1.9 megapixel image sensor. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is capable of 720p video capture. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 is photo friendly and includes the following camera features: Front Facing Camera, Rear Facing Camera, Autofocus and Flash.

Connectors

• Proprietary 30Pin, 3.5mm earjack

Wireless Connectivity

• BT 4.0, WiFi a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5Ghz)
• Allshare Cast, WiFi Direct, WiFi Ch, Bonding

Battery

• Standard battery, Li-ion 7,000mAh

OS/Upgrade

• Android™ 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Video

• Codec: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, VC-1, DivX, WMV7, WMV8, VP8
• Format: 3GP(MP4), WMV(ASF), AVI, FLV, MKV, WebM
• Playback/ Recording: 1080p Full HD@30fps, 720p HD@30fps

Audio

• Codec: MP3, Vorbis, WMA, AAC, ACC+, eAAC+, AMR(NB,WB),
• MIDI, WAV, AC-3, Flac
• Music Player with SoundAlive

Enterprise Solutions

• Exchange ActiveSync
• On-Device Encryption
• Cisco VPN(Virtual Private Network)
• Juniper Junos Pulse VPN

Sensor

• Accelerometer, Digital compass, Light, Gyroscope

Memory

• 16/32/64GB User memory + 2GB (RAM)
• microSD (up to 64GB)

Dimension

• Dimension : 262 x 180 x 8.9 mm
• Weight : 600g (3G), 597g (WiFi)

Value-added Features

• S Pen Experience(6.5mm S Pen, S Note, S Planner etc.)
• Multi Screen
• Adobe® Photoshop® Touch
• Pop up play
• Smart Stay
• Samsung TouchWiz
• Video Wall
• Samsung Apps
• Samsung Hub
• Readers Hub*/ Music Hub/ Game Hub/ Video Hub*
• Samsung S Suggest (App recommendation service)
• Samsung ChatON mobile communication service
• Google™ Mobile Services
• Google Play™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Maps™,
• Syncing with Google Calendar™, Google Search, Google +
• Polaris office
• A-GPS(3G version)
• S-GPS(WiFi version)
• Glonass

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Feel and Build
Again, where feel is concerned, Samsung’s latest tablet just isn’t quite on the ball. Don’t get us wrong, the plastics feel solid and the slightly bulging silver surround helps to provide a decent grip. But the slick, glossy back isn’t particularly pleasant under the fingers and doesn’t give much traction.

As a result, the Galaxy Note 10.1 just doesn’t lie as securely in the hand as other premium all-plastic tablets like the textured Transformer Pad 300, or of course the anodised aluminium back of the new iPad.

However, build quality is pretty good. The plastics used throughout are very solid except for the rear panel which flexes slightly if you press in on it, but nowhere else is there a hint of flex or creak in normal usage. Our only real concern here is that glossy plastics tend to scratch easily, but we found no evidence of this happening on our Note.

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