Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 or P310 or P3100 Review: Great power at a great price

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, or Tab 2 3100, or Tab 2 310 sports the 7-inch LCD screen, dual-core 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 8/16/32GB internal memory (microSD supported), 4000mAh battery, Android 4.0.3 and costs just about $249 or 199 pounds or Indian Rupees 18300. 

Introduction

Whether you want a 10-inch tablet or a 7-inch one (all others are around these two measurements) is very subjective. It’s really not fair to compare between the two categories – same ways like we don’t generally compare a 13-inch and a 17-inch laptop – they both have their own bright and grey areas. One thing is clear – there are more no. of bigger tablets that are coming in the market now than 7-inch ones, and very rarely a good one from a reputed brand. Enters the new Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 or P310 or P3100 (depending on which country you’re in) and we have a 7-inch tablet with the latest technology from an as reputed a company as Samsung is to start with. It does definitely will not compete with the cheaper little-known brands, rather with its own cousins, the mighty Kindle Fire and Nook and might even with the larger tablets if you have the extra cash to buy both. Let’s see how it fares in these exams.

Technical Specification

• 7-inch PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a 600 x 1024 pixels resolution
• TI OMAP 4430 dual-core 1GHz processor
• PowerVR SGX540 GPU
• The Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 has 1GB RAM
• 8/16/31GB internal memory with support of up to 32GB external via MicroSD card
• TouchWiz UX
• Android 4.0.3
• 4000mAh battery
• 3.15MP back, VGA front cameras
• GSM radio to make and receive calls
• HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
• DLNA, AllShare
• 30-pin connector for charging, USB drives (via converter) and dock

You can get the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Wi-Fi only version in the US (3G is not available yet) from Amazon for $249 and from Amazon UK starting at 376 pounds. In India you can get it from Flipkart at INR 19,300