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Samsung GALAXY Tab 3: 7 ", 8" and 10 "third generation

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In early June, Samsung has revealed to the world all three versions of the latest generation of GALAXY Tab 3 tablets - 7, 8 and 10 inches. By tradition, the new devices have “lost weight”, dropped some weight, but, at the same time, got more modern screens, more powerful processors and more capacious batteries, so that you could not part with your tablet companion, at least full time intense load.


If you plunge into a brief insight into the history of the GALAXY Tab series tablets, their development path will look like this:

- September 2010 . The first swallow tablet from Samsung Electronics - GALAXY Tab. The device aroused a keen interest among the audience, because no company could yet boast of a similar device with a screen diagonal of 7 inches and advanced technical characteristics for that time (TFT-display with 1024 x 700 resolution, Cortex A8 1000 MHz processor, PowerVR graphics accelerator SGX540, 512 MB of RAM and 4000 mAh battery). Porting a picture of only poor Android 2.2, completely not adapted for tablet cases.
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- May 2011 . He was waited for a long time and desperately wanted: a full-weighted 10.1-inch GALAXY Tab finally came out! This compact machine could already boast a screen resolution of 1280 x 800, a Nvidia Tegra 2 1000 MHz dual-core processor, a gigabyte of RAM, a USB host and a 7000 mAh battery. And - praise the gods - a much more adequate OS Android 3.1 Honeycomb.


- July 2011 . The younger brother of the 10.1-inch model, the GALAXY Tab 8.9, revealed itself to the light. I didn’t carry any innovations in my tablet: I just expanded the range of the ruler.


- December 2011 . The pre-New Year season pleased us immediately with two brand new tablets of the GALAXY Tab family: 7.0 Plus (N) and 7.7. The 7-inch model carried a TFT-display with a resolution of 1024 x 700, a Samsung Exynos 4210 native dual-core processor at 1200 MHz, a Mali-400MP video processor, 1 GB of RAM, an updated Android 3.2 OS, a USB host, and a 4000 mAh battery.


Compared to it, the 7.7 diagonal version looked more interesting: Super AMOLED Plus was finally filled with a display with a resolution of 1280 x 800, the fastest Cortex A9 1400 MHz processor in the entire GALAXY tablet family and a battery with a 5100 mAh capacity, which is enough for 8-10 hours of active use (infa 100%).



- April 2012 . Less than four months, as Samsung announced the second generation of the GALAXY Tab line with diagonals 10.1 and 7.0. In general and in general, there were few differences with the first generation, except for lower prices at the start of sales and some technical modifications.


The 7-inch model received the same TFT display with a resolution of 1024 x 700, a chipset from Texas Instruments (Ti OMAP4430, a Cortex-A9 dual-core processor with a clock frequency of 1000 MHz) instead of a native Samsung Exynos 4210 processor or an NVIDIA chipset, a PowerVR SGX540 video processor instead of the Mali-400MP, 1 GB of RAM, Android OS 4.0 / 4.1 and a 4000 mAh battery (7-inch model) / 7000 mAh (10-inch model).


In April of this year, the first model of the third generation of tablets from Samsung - GALAXY Tab 3 7.0 went on sale.



The tablet is equipped with a TFT-screen with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, cameras - the main one with 3 megapixels and the front one with 1.3 megapixels. Responsible for the performance of dual-core ARM-processor with a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. There are options with 8 and 16 GB of internal flash memory and a slot for expanding the memory with microSD cards (up to 64 GB). The battery capacity is 4000 mAh. The edges on the sides of the screen have become thinner, making the tablet smaller than its predecessor. Its dimensions are 188 x 111.1 x 9.9 mm versus 193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm for the GALAXY Tab 2 7.0. Weight also decreased by 40 grams: the version with support for Wi-Fi weighs 302 grams, and the version with 3G - 306 grams.

Technical characteristics of GALAXY Tab 3 7.0:

In early June, at Computex 2013, Samsung Electronics officially introduced the addition to the GALAXY Tab 3 line - a tablet version with 8 and 10.1-inch screens.



The 8-inch tablet boasts a touchscreen TFT-screen with WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels), two cameras - the main one with 5 megapixel and the front one with 1.3 megapixel. Works mobile device running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Performance is also responsible for a dual-core processor with a clock frequency of 1.5 GHz and 1.5 GB of RAM. The pre-installed memory varies between 16 and 32 GB, there is also a slot for its expansion with microSD cards up to 64 GB. Wi-Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n), 3G, LTE - everything is here. Power is managed by a battery with a capacity of 4450 mAh. Dimensions are 209.8 x 123.8 x 7.4 mm, and weight - 314 grams (model with Wi-Fi).

Technical characteristics of GALAXY Tab 3 8:

And, finally, the most widescreen and overall version of the Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 has a 10.1-inch TFT touch screen with the same WXGA resolution (1280 x 800 pixels). There is a 3 megapixel main camera and a 1.3 megapixel front camera. Inside there is an Intel Atom Z2560 processor with a clock speed of 1.6 GHz, which, according to representatives of the manufacturer, provides performance, long battery life and a wide range of functionality for Android tablet users. The amount of RAM is 1 GB. There are options with 16 and 32 GB of flash memory and a slot for expansion cards microSD. Communicative capabilities are the same: Wi-Fi (802.11 a / b / g / n), 3G and LTE. The tablet is powered by a 6800 mAh battery. The dimensions are 243.1 x 176.1 x 7.95 mm, and the weight is 510 grams (model with Wi-Fi).


Technical characteristics of GALAXY Tab 3 10.1:

7-inch version of the tablet Samsung GALAXY Tab 3 is already available in wide sale. The rest will appear on the Russian market in July.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/142276/

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