Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Review

The market for 7 inch tablets is on a roll. From media tablets such as Kindle Fire and Nook tablet to Android slates, users are getting a whole lot of new options. Korean electronics giant Samsung has come which has been offering consumers a whole lot to choose from, has come up with its another 7 inch tablet called Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. This tablet from Samsung runs on Honeycomb and is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor. Check our Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus review to know what this tablet has to offer you.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Case/Design

Since Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung has been offering some great looking tablets and Tab 7.0 plus is no different. At dimensions standing at 193.65x 122.37 x 9.96mm, Tab 7.0 Plus is surly not the most compact device, but yet it is quite comfortable to be gripped by one hand. The tablet feels sturdy as Samsung has used high quality materials in designing the tablet. The plastic casing makes the tablet light and easily portable. At 0.8 pounds, the tablet is lighter than T-Mobile Springboard and HTC Flyer. It is also slimmer than Springboard and Flyer. The tablet is quite comfortable to grip and Samsung has been successful in giving the tablet an elegant and chic look.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Screen

Of late Samsung has been using PLS LCD display in its series of Galaxy Tabs and Tab 7.0 Plus is equipped with a 7 inch PLS LCD display which displays pictures 1024×600 pixels. The image quality was quite good. Some may be surprised that instead of AMOLED display found in Galaxy Tab 7.7, the company has gone with PLS LCD display. But we were quite happy to note that PLS LCD display was able to produce natural colors which did not appear over saturated. Youtube videos and HD movies appeared to be very bright, sharp and crisp.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Keyboard

Galaxy Tab 7.0 is equipped with three different keyboard options namely

• Android keyboard
• Swype
• Samsung’s Proprietary Board

Out of the three, we found Samsung’s keyboard to be the best with a neat layout. The keys were nicely spaced making typing a pleasure in both portrait and landscape mode. Users can resize the keyboard as per their need and it also gives users the option to enter text with the help of a digital writing pad.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Features/ Interface

The interface of the new Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is very much identical to the interface of Galaxy Tab 10.1. 7.0 Plus features Android Honeycomb and Samsung’s TouchWiz UX custom interface. Users get five home screens which users can customize according to their needs. The familiar Android system tray is located at the bottom of the screen. TouchWiz UX brings in some new widgets. Thanks to the dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 1GB RAM, operations in the device are quite fast. There are two models of the tablet. One has an internal memory of 16GB while the other one has 32GB. Our unit had 16GB of inbuilt memory. The memory can be increased to 32GB with the help of microSD card.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Apps

Galaxy Tab 7.0 is equipped with Android as well as Samsung apps. The in-built Android apps in the tablet are

• Google Books
• Gmail
• Google Latitude

With AllShare app, you can connect Galaxy Tab 7.0 through DLNA. Besides these, you get Amazon’s Kindle app, Pandora, Polaris Office etc.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Camera

The tablet is equipped with 3.2MP auto-focus camera whose resolution is very good for a tablet. The camera handled macro shots pretty well. The camera faced some issues with outdoor shots but as far as indoor shots are concerned, the pictures came out quite clean. The LED flash worked pretty well and it helped to click photographs in dim light.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Video

The tablet captures 720p videos which is quite decent. Under dim lighting conditions, the videos are quite grainy and suffer from low color reproduction.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Connectivity

One gets the following connectivity options with Galaxy Tab 7.0.

Wi-Fi And Bluetooth

Wireless connectivity in the device is taken care by 802.11 b/g/n/a Wi-Fi. One also gets Bluetooth 3.0 for transfer of local files. Connectivity also features support for GPRS, EDGE and USB 2.0 and USB Host support.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus Battery Life

Galaxy Tab 7.0 is powered by a 4000mAh battery which gave us a runtime of around 7 hours. The battery life is quite impressive on an average it is 2 hours more than that of Springboard.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Accessories

Galaxy Tab 7.0 package contains:

• USB Cable
• Wall Charger
• Stereo Headphones
• User Manual

Download Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 user manual

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Price

Price of Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus in USA is approximately $ 399 while price of the tablet in India is approximately Rs 26,500.

Samsung has offered some of the best tablets in the market and Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is another proof of this. It offers integrated IR blaster and Peel application which is difficult to find in any other tablet. If you are looking for a traditional Android tablet experience with a slim profile, then you can look forward to Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.