 The Galaxy Tab 10.1. So this is from the Android side of things, what I would consider to be the closest equivalent to something like an iPad 2 in terms of the form factor, the sleekness of the design, and in terms of the, well really the look, the style. So the Galaxy Tab 10.1, here we go. So it's obviously a 10.1 inch screen, it's a 1280x800 resolution which is pretty much par for the core 16x9 aspect ratio. It does use the Nvidia Tegra 2 chip, which means that you do have support for games that require Tegra 2. So Samsung just says dual core processor, 1 GHz x 2, but it also has a fairly powerful GPU on there as well, so that's a good thing to note. Okay, it uses a PLS display, so just in case you were wondering what kind of display type it uses, the Asus uses an IPS panel, this uses a PLS panel. We've got Intel Adobe Flash Player, we've got HD video capture and playback, so it does include a 3.2 megapixel front camera, 2 megapixel back camera in terms of their photo taking capabilities and claims that you can capture HD video. Does support video chat and it has a 7000 mAh battery, although that doesn't tell us anything about the battery life itself. I wouldn't expect battery life to be quite as strong a point for this one as some of the bigger tablets because, and this is important to note, the Tab 10.1 is actually the thinnest tablet on the market by a whopping 0.2 of a millimeter compared to the iPad 2. So here we go, there's the Tab itself, let's put that aside for now. And let's see what Samsung includes. Here, do you want to just go back where you were? So Samsung has, what is this? Is this a manual? Looks like a manual. Okay. Alright then, maybe this manual wasn't meant to be read. There we go, finally got it open. Alright, so the manual of information, okay the Samsung Galaxy Tab, health and safety and warranty guide. So here, why don't we find out what the warranty is? I'm just curious. Probably a one year warranty, that's pretty standard these days. Page 44, one year, there you go. Case is 90 days, tablet one year, batteries one year, cool. Okay next we have sign up now to customize your Samsung phone experience, okay. Next we have what looks like probably a quick start guide, so it shows you where all the buttons are, shows you how the basic functionality, how to charge it. You're going to have to charge it using the included adapter because like many tablets, it does require more power than can be provided out of a standard USB port, although some motherboards do include features that allow you to charge tablets and higher draw devices out of some USB ports, so keep an eye out for that if you do have a tablet and you're upgrading your motherboard, that's a pretty neat little feature. It includes a pair of headphones, which have not only headphones on them but also here, great, there we go. Also a microphone as well as a single button, so you can actually press it once to play or pause or twice to skip a track, so that's kind of a neat little function to build in as well. And finally we have a charging cable, charging slash dock cable. So this plugs into the, presumably the bottom of the unit, yes, plugs into the bottom of the unit right here and then plugs into a charger or your PC. Alright so now it's finally time to have a look at the unit itself and in terms of the overall slickness of it, it feels really nice to hold. You know what, I don't want to say it because I'm not sure, but it feels lighter than most of the other tablets that I've played with. Remember though, a lot of how something feels is actually the ergonomics more than the weight, so don't quote me on that because I haven't looked up the weight of this particular unit, but it feels really, really lightweight to hold onto for some reason. Alright so on the front here, actually why don't I turn it on really quick. Here is our power slash standby button right up here on the side. You can see that this guy is very, very slim. You know what, I'm going to pull out an iPad 2 for comparison. Give me a sec here guys. So there you go, there's the.2 millimeter difference in thickness. Now one of the other things that is going to be far more comfortable about the Tab is the fact that it is lighter. I can tell almost 100% the Tab 10.1 feels lighter than the iPad 2, which is great because a lot of the time you're not necessarily sitting at a desk with a tablet in front of you watching it. You might be sitting on a plane holding it, you might be laying in bed holding it like this, whatever the case may be, having a lighter tablet is definitely going to make for a better overall experience. Now one of the other things that really stands out to me about the Tab 10.1 is the construction quality. It feels like it's worth the $499 price tag, which cannot necessarily be said about every tablet that's in that price range. So even though it does have a plastic back, this is a very smart design for a couple of reasons. So number one, one of my biggest complaints about the iPad 2 in terms of the build quality, outstanding. It just feels great. It does, it's true. You can like it or lump it, but it's true. But this aluminum back, every time I put it down, I feel like I'm breaking it, you know? I feel like I'm damaging it, which is kind of stressful. I mean, yeah, you can probably get like covers for it, but that defeats the purpose of having a super slim tablet, don't you think? You go and wrap it in like a big old case. Well, why, right? You want something that covers the screen on the front and the back should be pretty much, it should take care of itself. So the Samsung Tab 10.1 has a plastic back and it has a texture to it. So what that means is I can take it and I can go like this and I don't feel uncomfortable about that because even if it gets a small scratch on it, that's not going to be very noticeable at all. This is the 16 gig version I have here today, but it's also available in 32 gigs. And let's cover a couple of basic specs here before I get into the locations of all the different things on the Tab 10.1, of which there are a few. So we've got a headphone jack here, which you can obviously use with the included headphones and microphone right there. Okay, just like that. And that also has that media control functionality that I talked about before. We do have a front mounted, oh, I already talked about the cameras, didn't I? But you've also got a flash on the Tab 10.1. That is a very handy feature. I actually do use the flash from time to time on my iPhone 4. And the reason is because if I'm trying to find my way in the dark, I'll just turn on actually this is a really cool little app. I have a little flashlight app, just turn that on and I can find my way around, right? So that's kind of neat. So having something like that is a cool feature, even if you don't use it for photographs. Okay, up at the top here, you've got the power slash standby button. You've also got a volume rocker, so that's down, that's up. You've got that guy on the side, you find a speaker port. On the bottom, you've got your dock, as well as what appears to be a microphone port, although I have not 100% sure about that, but it looks like a microphone port. And then on the other side, the speaker. So what you don't have on the 10.1, and I'm going to assume that this is partly due to the very, very slim, very slick form factor, is things like HDMI out. That is not supported on the Tab 10.1. We also don't see any support for a micro SD or an SD card slot. So these are compromises that you are going to have to make in terms of elegance. And since I would only consider the iPad 2 really equivalent to the Tab 10.1 in terms of its form factor, then it doesn't have any checkboxes against it in terms of its competition, because the iPad 2 also doesn't support external video out, and also doesn't support external added storage. Now you can get a keyboard dock, but right now it's only available from Samsung. So I wouldn't listen to it. It's not like the Transformer, where the keyboard dock is pretty much a brain dead add-on to it because it comes with the included battery pack and the extra functionality like the USB ports. But if you did want a keyboard, you could get that, although really I'd recommend just grabbing a Bluetooth keyboard and pairing it to your Galaxy Tab, because what I've found in my experience, I've actually got a keyboard for the iPad 2. I never use it. I very, very rarely actually do any serious email use on a tablet. So I'm mostly focused on things like web browsing, YouTube, where you're just typing a couple little things, and the keyboards included with Android, the on-screen keyboards, as well as iOS, are more than sufficient for that kind of thing. So this pretty much wraps up my unboxing of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. Actually, one more thing, it is available in a couple of different colors. I went with the darker color, because I do believe it'll be a little bit more resistant to grunge buildup. And for something as elegant and slick looking as this, you want it to kind of look elegant and slick six months down the road. So that is why I did decide to go that route.