Samsung ATIV Tab Review: A Tablet To Hold Your Breath For?
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Page 1:Samsung ATIV Tab: Another Windows RT-Based Contender
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Page 2:Performance: Web Browsing Tests
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Page 3:Performance: Samsung's 10.1" LCD Display
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Page 4:LCD Performance: The Subjective Analysis
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Page 5:Performance: IE10 And Multi-Monitor Browsing
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Page 6:Getting To The Bottom Of Platform Power
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Page 7:Battery Life And Recharge Time
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Page 8:ATIV Tab On Hold: Did Samsung Make The Right Call?
LCD Performance: The Subjective Analysis
Numbers can only tell you so much. Based on reader feedback, we've toyed with the idea of introducing color accuracy tests using our spectrophotometer. It's not easy to derive meaning from those results though, since they're expressed in a distance metric for color space called Delta E. Instead, we chose to set up in a pitch-black room and capture images that reflect LCD performance.
But first, a couple of caveats. A camera is able immortalize the difference between two displays. If you were to rank hardware based on its color gamut performance, you'd see cameras, wide-gamut monitors, high-quality printer, and then mainstream monitors and printers, in that order. So, depending on the device you're looking at Tom's Hardware on, you may not see the differences in what we're about to present. If you're using a decent screen, though, you should get an image representative of what we're trying to show.
Further, these pictures haven't been optimized in any way. We're simply publishing them after converting RAW files to PNG, which means all six comparisons are made under the same conditions.
We want to avoid flavoring your own opinion, so the pictures are unlabeled. Which tablet looks the best? Take a look at the pictures and decide for yourself. Then, scroll to the bottom of the page and we'll identify each device for you.
This one is perhaps the toughest comparison we've ever set up. Even on my high-gamut monitor, it's hard to tell between Microsoft's Surface (on the bottom) and Samsung's ATIV Tab (up top).
The former has slightly better contrast and brightness. Yet, the latter enjoys a small advantage in color production. In the real-world, you're simply going to find it hard to distinguish between the two displays.
- Samsung ATIV Tab: Another Windows RT-Based Contender
- Performance: Web Browsing Tests
- Performance: Samsung's 10.1" LCD Display
- LCD Performance: The Subjective Analysis
- Performance: IE10 And Multi-Monitor Browsing
- Getting To The Bottom Of Platform Power
- Battery Life And Recharge Time
- ATIV Tab On Hold: Did Samsung Make The Right Call?
Er, you mean Atom-based tablets running Windows 8? (Page 6, Paragraph 11)
Where's the rest of this paragraph? (Page 6, Paragraph 13)
Because Win8 is already a battery hog compared to Android, and adding power hungry cores will make that worse.
I dont see any issues with S4 pro and Android.
Fixed!
Apologies, fixed now.
Sorry, we had the charts labelled the same. The ATIV Smart PC 500T has an Atom and runs Windows 8, while the ATIV Tab has an ARM-based chip from Qualcomm and runs Windows RT - they are actually very different devices.
Seems to be, I haven't used this benchmark yet myself, and I'd have to check with the author to be sure, but I'd guess that these results are inversely reflecting the resolution of the different iPads.
What a load of shite. If you can sell it abroad you can sell it in the US. If that is what they are thinking then they wouldnt be able to release it anywhere.
I think they are passing judgement on typical Joe America here, not the fizzed up techy types (minority) but the dumbass hillbillies (vast majority) that have access to a local Best Buy but are as technically clued up as Amish folk.
Ah, that way. But does that mean there was no standard resolution used for testing? But then i guess that wouldn't reflect the "out of the box" experience...
I stopped reading right there.
Samsung ATIV SmartPC model XE700T1C
Chips - Intel® Core™ i5 Processor 3317U (1.70 GHz, 3 MB L3 Cache), Intel HM76, Intel® HD Graphics 4000, 4 GB DDR3 System Memory at 1600 MHz
11.6" FHD LED Display (1920 x 1080), LCD-Touch Screen, S Pen (with Watcom 1024 Level Pressure Sensitivity Digitizer)
Ports - Micro HDMI, Micro SD, USB3.0, Headphone out /Mic-in Combo, Dock Port, DC-in
Bluetooth V4.0, Intel® Centrino® Advanced-N 6235, 2 x 2 802.11b/g/n (up to 300 Mbps), Widi Support
- Multimedia - HD Audio, SoundAlive™, 1.6 W Stereo Speaker (0.8 W x 2), 2 MP + 5 MP Dual Cam
- Physical Specification, 304.0 x 189.4 x 11.9 mm (11.97" x 7.46" x 0.47"), 0.88 kg (1.94 lbs)
- Power - 40 Watt, 4 Cell (49Wh)
Please review this model
In that case I already possess a full featured laptop that renders the tablet superfluous.
On the other hand, if they incorporated full phone capabilities aka the Note2, (especially how about a phone function that includes ALL of the major phone & data carrier bands, making it a true international device?????????
Also, include multiple user exchangeable micro SDHD (64-128GB) memory cards!
And also implement a robust secure tightly integrated OS level RDP functionality that worked reliably everytime (esp if they could add the ability to securely remotely boot a computer),
THEN I would have NO NEED for complete Windows functionality, nor would I risk the same degree of data exposure as carrying about a laptop!
In other words, a truly converged device with both phone, user exchangeable memory, and remote secure policy driven robust reliable RDP would produce a compelling device offering me all the functionality I need.
For many, yes, as they've told themselves that that is more portable (I don't see it but to each their own).