Whether you are an admirer of 7 or 8 inch tablet devices, or don't really care about these particular screen sizes, the leading mobile gear makers decided that there is a market niche to be won here, and with the introduction of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
everyone will have a dog in the small tablet fight this season.
We are pitting Samsung's latest Note family member against its most formidable opponents - the Apple iPad mini and the Google Nexus 7 small affordable slates. While we don't have much details on price and availability for the Note 8.0 rather than Q2 in Europe and Asia, the other two have been around for a while, so you can have a look how they stack up in the table below.
It's immediately clear that Samsung has placed a lot of effort to make its tablet as slim and light as possible, considering that it also has to house the S Pen silo and the stylus itself. The Note 8.0 is in fact
slimmer and a tad lighter than the Nexus 7, despite being the slate with the largest screen of the bunch. Its resolution is actually the same as that of the Nexus 7, with a slightly lower pixel density because of the screen size. Note 8.0 also has the immediately recognizable styling of the Galaxy family with its rounded corners, looking like a larger Note II.
As far as processing power goes, the 1.6 GHz Exynos 4 Quad Cortex-A9 CPU might not be at the fastest edge of ARM's technology, but it would surely be more than enough to handle anything Android throws at it. Moreover, Samsung's tablet is the best of the bunch memorywise, sporting 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal memory, as well as a microSD slot for more, which the other two don't have.
When we add the generous 4, 600 mAh battery and the myriad of productivity options added by the S Pen stylus and the accompanying software, it seems that Samsung has nailed it in terms of specs as usual, so the only thing remaining is to get one for a review to check out the performance side as well.
| DESIGN |
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| Phone functionality | Yes | | |
| OS | Android (4.1.2) TouchWiz UI | iOS (6.1, 6) | Android (4.2.2, 4.2.1, 4.2, 4.1.2, 4.1.1, 4.1) |
| Dimensions | 8.30 x 5.35 x 0.31 inches (210.8 x 135.9 x 7.95 mm) | 7.87 x 5.30 x 0.28 inches (200 x 134.7 x 7.2 mm) | 7.81 x 4.72 x 0.41 inches (198.5 x 120 x 10.45 mm) |
| Weight | 11.92 oz (338 g)
the average is 4.3 oz (123 g) | 11.01 oz (312 g)
the average is 4.3 oz (123 g) | 11.99 oz (340 g)
the average is 4.3 oz (123 g) |
| Design features | Stylus | | |
| Colors | | Black, White | |
| DISPLAY | | | |
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| Physical size | 8.0 inches | 7.9 inches | 7.0 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 800 pixels | 1024 x 768 pixels | 1280 x 800 pixels |
Pixel density
| 189 ppi | 162 ppi | 216 ppi |
Technology
| TFT | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| BATTERY | | | |
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| Stand-by time | | | 12.5 days (300 hours)
the average is 17 days (411 h) |
| Video playback | | | 9.00 hours |
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | | 4325 mAh |
| Type | | Li - Polymer | Li - Polymer |
| Not user replaceable | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| HARDWARE | | | |
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System chip
| Exynos 4 Quad | Apple A5 | NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L |
Processor
| Quad core, 1600 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9 | Dual core, 1000 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9 | Quad core, 1200 MHz, ARM Cortex-A9 |
| Graphics processor | Yes | PowerVR SGX543MP2 | ULP GeForce @ 416MHz |
System memory
| 2048 MB RAM | 512 MB RAM | 1024 MB RAM (1333 MHz) / LPDDR3 |
| Built-in storage | 16 GB | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Storage expansion | microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GB | | |
| CAMERA | | | |
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| Camera | 5 megapixels | 5 megapixels | |
| Aperture size | | F2.4 | |
| Features | Auto focus, Geo tagging | Back-illuminated sensor (BSI), Auto focus, Touch to focus, Digital image stabilization, Geo tagging | |
| Camcorder | 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps) | 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps) | |
| Features | | Video calling, Digital image stabilization | Video calling |
| Front-facing camera | 1.3 megapixels | 1.2 megapixels | Yes |
| Video capture | | 1280x720 (720p HD) |
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| MULTIMEDIA | | | |
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| Music player | | | |
| Filter by | Album, Artist, Playlists | Album, Artist, Genre, Playlists | Album, Artist, Playlists |
| Features | Album art cover, Background playback | Album art cover, Background playback | Album art cover, Background playback |
| Supported formats | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, FLAC, WMA | MP3, AAC, eAAC, WAV, M4A (Apple lossless) | MP3 |
| Video playback | | | |
| Supported formats | MPEG4, H.263, H.264, DivX, WMV | MPEG4, H.264, Motion JPG, AVI, MOV | MPEG4, H.263, H.264 |
| Speakers | Stereo speakers | Stereo speakers | |
| Streaming | Audio, Video | Audio, Video | Audio, Video |
| YouTube player | Yes | | Yes |
| TECHNOLOGY | | | |
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| GSM | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz |
| UMTS | 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz | 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz | 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz |
| LTE | | 700 MHz Class 17, 1700/2100 MHz | |
| Data | HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS | LTE Cat3 Downlink 100 Mbit/s, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS | HSDPA+ (4G) 21.1 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS |
| nano-SIM | | Yes | |
| Global Roaming | Yes | | |
Positioning
| GPS, A-GPS, Glonass | A-GPS, Glonass, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning | GPS |
| Navigation | Yes | | Yes |
| CONNECTIVITY | | | |
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| Bluetooth | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11 a, b, g, n, n 5GHz | 802.11 a, b, g, n, n 5GHz | 802.11 a, b, g, n |
| Wi-Fi Direct | Yes | | |
| USB | USB 2.0 | Yes | USB 2.0 |
| Connector | | Proprietary | microUSB |
| Features | | USB charging | USB Host |
| Headphones connector | 3.5mm | 3.5mm | 3.5mm |
| Charging connector | | Proprietary | microUSB |
| AVAILABILITY | | | |
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| Officially announced | 24 Feb 2013 | 23 Oct 2012 | 27 Jun 2012 |
Scheduled release
| Q2 2013 (Official) | | |
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