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| Global Score | |
| 56.1 | 65 |
| Basic Information | |
| Blackberry | Samsung |
| BlackBerry Tablet OS | Windows 8 |
| -- | 2013-06-20 |
| 7.60 x 5.10 x 0.40 inches | 10.13 x 6.51 x 0.32 inches |
| 14.99 ounces | 20.46 ounces |
| -- | $ 95.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 1024 x 600 pixels | 1366 x 768 pixels |
| -- | Super PLS LCD |
| 170 pixels per inch | 155 pixels per inch |
| -- | 400 cd/m2 brightness |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 6.7 | 7.1 |
| Performance | |
| TI OMAP4460 chipset | Intel Atom Z2760 chipset |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1500 MHz) processor | Saltwell (Dual-Core 1800 MHz) processor |
| 1 GB RAM | 2 GB (400 MHz) RAM |
| PowerVR SGX540 (384 MHz) GPU | PowerVR SGX 545 @ 533 MHz GPU |
| 8.37 | 8.37 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 64 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC external memory slot |
| 5.8 | 7.7 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP + 3.00 MP | 5.00 MP |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) video resolution |
| 6.05 | 5.5 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE and GPRS | LTE (4G), HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| -- | SIM |
| 3.8 | 5.8 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4800mAh Battery | Li-Polymer Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| 6.64 | 1.36 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth 4.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| Accelerometer, Compass and Gyroscope | Accelerometer and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
The Samsung ATIV Tab 3 has a general score of 65, which is better than the BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+'s score of 56.1. Samsung ATIV Tab 3's design is noticeably heavier but extremely thinner than the BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+. Samsung ATIV Tab 3 comes with Windows 8 OS, and BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ has BlackBerry Tablet OS OS.
The Samsung ATIV Tab 3 features a little sharper display than BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+, because although it has a just a little worse display pixels density, it also counts with a really bigger screen and a higher 768 x 1366 resolution. The Samsung ATIV Tab 3 features a lot bigger memory capacity to store more apps and games than BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+, because it has 64 GB internal memory capacity.
The Samsung ATIV Tab 3's CPU is just as good as BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+'s processing unit, because although the Samsung ATIV Tab 3 has doesn't have an additional graphics co-processor, and they both have a Dual-Core processing unit, it also counts with a larger amount of RAM. BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ takes better pictures and videos than Samsung ATIV Tab 3. They have a camera with a 5 MP resolution.
BlackBerry PlayBook 3G+ has a much longer battery lifetime than Samsung ATIV Tab 3.
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