Instead of sliding out from the bottom right corner, the S Pen has moved to the top of the right side, above the speaker. But still: use your phone, not your tablet, for reasons both quality- and norm-related. I’ve never used a tablet to take pictures, but the few pictures I took with the Note were sharp, if not a little washed out in low light conditions. The Note has a decent 8-megapixel camera, but probably not as good as the smartphone in your pocket. ![]() ![]() It’s nice that the Note has finally caught up to the competition, even if it’s a year later, and the high-resolution screen really does make a difference for reading and browsing the web. It’s the same screen that made the Nexus 10 the standout Android tablet last year, and puts the display quality on par with Apple’s iPad. While the less expensive Tab 10.1 (and last year’s Note 10.1) have modest 1280 x 800 displays, the Note 10.1 bumps that up to a beautiful 2560 x 1600 LCD panel. Samsung finally ditched its proprietary charger in favor of Micro USB, but oddly didn’t use USB 3.0 like with the new Note 3 - with a bigger battery to charge and probably more content to move around, the clunky port would be both more useful and less conspicuous on the tablet. I’ve grown to love the physical home button and capacitive menu and back buttons on Samsung’s device, so they’re a welcome addition to the Note 10.1. The speakers have been relocated from the front to the edges of the tablet, too, and they’re quieter for it the only thing that borders the touch screen is the front-facing camera and the physical Android buttons. Much smaller bezels around the screen make the Note 10.1 look significantly cleaner than generations past. ![]() The home button location indicates that the Note 10.1 is expressly meant to be held in landscape orientation, but I didn’t mind switching into portrait mode when using the S Pen to write. THe leather look isn't perfect, but it's much betterĪt 1.19 pounds, the 10.1 is lighter than both the Nexus 10 and the iPad while still maintaining the nice solid heft of a premium device.
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