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Price £365 - £500 from 12 retailers Manufacturer: Sanei Our Rating 4.5 / 5 stars CraZzY Gadgets Promotional offer £169.99 learn More - http://crazzygadgets.miiduu.com/hd-3d-sanei-n10-pro The Sanei N10 Tab Galaxy Pro 10.1 offers the latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich at a much lower price than its predecessor - which makes it a bargain, right? Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 : what it is, specifications The first-generation HD Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 was the iPad's closest rival of the time, even if such rivalry amounted to it being a device with a similar hardware spec's on a less-polished software platform, at a higher price. Still, if for some reason you wanted to avoid the iPad, the original 10in Tab was a decent Tablet The situation is rather more confused now: not only does. Sanei Have anouther 10 inch Tablet the Sanei Tab 2, but along with Apples stunning third generation iPad, the HD Sanei Galaxy Pro 10.1 has to contend with the inexpensive, game-changing Mid Elite,existing high-end Android tablets such as the Ausus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, as well as a host of less expensive Android Tablets. Oh, and in a month or two, the Microsoft surface will be along to offer a proper Windows-based alternative. So where does the Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 fit in? Well, at £349 for the 16GB Wi-Fi version we tried, the Tab 1 10.1 is now officially Sanei's bargain full-sized tablet, fully £100 cheaper than the Galaxy Note 10.1. Beyond that, it looks not dissimilar to its predecessor, specs wise. Sporting a dual-core Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 RISC Multi-core Application processor running at 1GHz (the Note is a quad-core device), the Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 has a 10.1in, 1200x800-resolution capacitative multitouch display. Onboard storage is limited to 16GB this time around, whereas the original Tab 10.1 had 16GB and 32GB optons. But now there is an upgrade option to a 3G-enabled version that costs £419, but 16GB is the top of the pops, storage wise (although there is now an SD card slot that allows up to 32GB of storage in total). You get a 3Mp front-facing camera, and a VGA webcam for video calls, although the main camera has lost its LED flash and you now get full HD 1080p video capture. And the Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 has a 7000mAh lithium-ion battery, and GPS. There are some cosmetic changes from the original which we'll come to in a bit, but they are surprisingly similar devices. Indeed, the only major upgrade the Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 can claim over the original Sanei Tab 2 10in tablet is its operating system: where the Sanei Tab 2 10.1 was one of the first major players to run Android 3.1 Honeycomb, the HD Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 Android tablet sports Androind 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It's a pretty big upgrade. Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1: Build quality, screen As I stated earlier, there are a few cosmetic differences between the first- and second-generation Sanei Tab 10.1 devices. The most notable is that the Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 is marginally thicker, and has a metallic finish to its back. We measured the Tab 2 10.1 at 9.7mm, which is a whole millimetre thicker than the orignal Tab 10.1. It's also a few grammes heavier than the original Tab. You'll notice it if you hold both Tabs side-by-side, but it's worth pointing out that the Tab 2 10.1 is still (just) thinner and (a decent amount) lighter than the iPad. The black frame around the screen is slightly thinner, but the screen remains the same size. The now metallic grey (rather than white) bezel around the screen is slightly wider. Where before the speakers sat recessed in the side of the Tab, now they are front-facing, part of the bezel. As I mentioned above the Sanei N10Galaxy Pro 10.1 now has an SD-card slot which can be found on the top, to the left of centre, just next to the power and volume switches, which remain in situated . To the right on the top is the 3.5mm jack. Subjectively the Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 feels like a better quality device than the Tab 10.1. The proprietary charging port remains recessed at the bottom, below the maker's name. Sanei is, of course, the maker of screens for many other hardware brands, including Apple, so you'd expect it to be able to provide a decent display. That was one of the strong points of the original Sanei Tab 10.1, and it remains so in the Sanei N10 Galaxy. This is largely because in so far as we can tell it is the same colourful and bright, 1280x800 capacitative multitouch display. Viewing angles are pretty decent, too, although the screen is prone to finger smudges. Watching HD movie trailers was a pleasure, and we could definitely see ourselves enjoying a full HD 1080p movie on the Tab. The Sanei Tab Galaxy Pro 10.1's display is vibrant, then, but don't expect Apple-like levels of detail. The original Sanei Tab 10.1 offered 149 pixels per inch and the Tab 2 remains the same. Stick it next to an iPad with a Retina display, and you'll notice the difference (around 120 pixels for every inch). Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1: Performance As mentioned above, the Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 has a similar dual-core processor to its predecessor, running at 1.5GHz. It carries 1GB RAM. This pales next to recently launched tablets such as Sanei own Android Note 10.1, and the Mid Elite, both of which are quad-core devices. It's a fast enough device, and we had no problems in terms of general browsing, web browsing and even HD video playback. But there is no doubt that the Mid Elite is a much zippier device. Waking up from standby takes perceptively longer, as does opening and closing apps. It's not a problem, but it does illustrate that this is a bargain device (that happens to cost almost twice as much as Google's ludicrously inexpensive Nexus). Running our Geekbench 2 benchmark test to measure comparitive real-world performance, the ipad Tab scored a disappointing average score of only 908. This is by no means disastrous, but to put it in context, the HD Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1 scored an average of 1561. The Transformer Tab 3000 scored an average of 1231 over three runs. This is a fair few points higher than the Toshiba AT200 which managed 979, but even that device outshines the Tab 2 10.1. It's not a fast device. The Tashiba AT300 scored 1575 points, and is considerably faster for only a few pounds more. The Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1's 7000mAh battery held up well in our tests, comfortably dealing with a full working day of use 24 hours after being charged - which chimes with Sanei claimed 9 hours of battery life. In our battery test playing HD video on a continuous loop, the Tab's battery held out for 05 hours 48 minutes. This is unlikely to be a test you replicate in real life (unless you are on a long flight, of course), but it does compare unfavourably with some other devices. The Toshiba AT300 lasted for almost nine hours, for instance. In the Sunspider web browsing speed test, the Sanei N10 Galaxy 10.1 scored 2369. This is a pretty good score. The Sanei N10 Galxy 10.1 is perfectly useable, and has a reasonable Battery life. But you get what you pay for and this is a budget tablet. The sad thing for Samsung is that the Mid Elite is cheaper yet, albeit it's a 7in device. More worrying is that both the Asus Transformer Pad 300 and the MoMo Ployer offer simpler performance, and if you shop around both can be purchased for just a little over £300. Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1: Camera The Sanei N10 Galaxy 10.1 has a 3-megapixel rear-facing camera with no flash aswell as a front facing 3-megapixle camera. We're not sure how many of our readers use 10in tablets to take photos, but we're assuming it's not many. And that's probably just as well: the Tab's camera is perfectly adequate for the occasional snap, but it's never going to replace your dedicated camera or high-end Smart phones. Images are grainy and flat. However, the Sanei N10 Galaxy 10.1's 1080p full HD video recording is worth having. It's not earth-shattering, but the level of detail is good and we found even video captured under the low strip-lighting of our office palatable (the quality, not the subject). Audio capture is half decent, too. Sanei N10 Galaxy Pro 10.1: Software The biggest update from the original Tab 10.1 is the move from Honeycomb to Ice Cream Sandwich. Android 4.0 ICS is a much more mature tablet operating system, offering a level of slickness previously absent from Android OSes. It's customisable, stable and consumer friendly. The interface looks neater, crisper and sleeker throughout. Android 4.0 ICS offers new features including notifications that can be accessed from the lock screen, better text input with a spell-checker and enhanced email handling. An extremely handy feature for those using the 3G version of the Tab 2 10.1 is the data usage control, found in Settings. This allows you to monitor the data you have used, ensuring you don't breach your mobile data limits. There's a dedicated screenshot button on every screen. Typically, Sanei has laid over the top of ICS its TouchWiz UI. Honestly, we could live without Saneis apps dominating our home screen, but that at least is customisable. And although Google Play Movies & TV is a better app than Samsung's Video Hub, the latter contains a lot more content, and the opportunity to buy, rather than simply rent movies. Price £365 - £500 from 12 retailers Manufacturer: Sanei Our Rating 4.5 / 5 stars CraZzY Gadgets Promotional offer £169.99 learn More - http://crazzygadgets.miiduu.com/hd-3d-sanei-n10-pro
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