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Google Nexus 7
32 GBSamsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
P7500| Global Score | |
| 59.3 | 58.1 |
| Basic Information | |
| Samsung | |
| Android 5.1, 5.0, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2, 4.2.1, 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.1 | Android 4.0.4, 3.0 |
| 2012-06-27 | 2011-03-22 |
| 7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 inches | 10.09 x 6.81 x 0.34 inches |
| 11.99 ounces | 19.93 ounces |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 110.00 | $ 410.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 7 inches | 10.1 inches |
| 1280 x 800 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
| IPS LCD | TFT |
| 216 pixels per inch | 149 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.6 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L chipset | -- |
| ARM Cortex-A9 (Quad-Core 1300 MHz) processor | Dual-Core 1000 MHz processor |
| 1 GB (1333 MHz) RAM | -- |
| ULP GeForce (416 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 8.46 | 7.47 |
| Storage | |
| 32 GB internal memory | 32 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Camera | |
| 1.20 MP | 3.00 MP + 2.00 MP |
| -- | 1920 x 1080 (24 fps) (Full HD) video resolution |
| 0.55 | 6.49 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM |
| SIM | SIM |
| 4 | 3.9 |
| Battery Life | |
| 4325mAh Li-Polymer Battery | 6800mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | -- |
| 300 hours standby time | -- |
| 6.24 | 8.16 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 2.1, EDR |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | -- |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope and Light Sensor |
Comparison review
Google Nexus 7 is a little bit better than Galaxy Tab 10.1, with a 59.3 score against 58.1. The Google Nexus 7 design is newer and much lighter, but also thicker than the Galaxy Tab 10.1. These devices work with Android operating system, but Google Nexus 7 has a more recent 5.1 version and Galaxy Tab 10.1 has Android 4.0.4, providing the user a couple nice extra features and some performance improvements.
The Google Nexus 7 has a quite better hardware performance than Galaxy Tab 10.1, because it has a larger number of cores and a graphics co-processor. The Google Nexus 7 has a little more vivid display than Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, because although it has a lot smaller screen, and they both have the same exact resolution of 800 x 1280px, the Google Nexus 7 also counts with a higher display density.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 takes way better pictures and videos than Google Nexus 7. Galaxy Tab 10.1's storage for applications, games, photos and videos is just as good as Google Nexus 7's one, both of them have exactly the same 32 GB internal memory capacity. Galaxy Tab 10.1 counts with a really longer battery duration than Google Nexus 7, because it has 6800mAh of battery capacity.
In addition to being the best tablet between the ones we are comparing here, Google Nexus 7 is also by far the cheapest.
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