Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Specs and Review

Samsung announced a brand new 7" Android tablet, dubbed Galaxy Tab 3 7.0. It brings the now familiar S4 styling (just like its 8" cousin) and comes in Wi-Fi and 3G versions, with the 3G one being fully voice call capable. It even adds a proximity sensor, you know, if you want to put up the tablet up to your head.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 is also noticeably more compact and lighter (188.0 x 111.1 x 9.9mm, 306g) than the Tab 2 7.0 (193.7 x 122.4 x 10.5 mm, 345g) and Tab 7.0 Plus (193.7 x 122.4 x 9.9 mm, 345g).

Other than that it’s very hard to tell what’s changed – the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 still uses a 7” WSVGA (600 x 1024) TFT screen, a dual-core 1.2HGz processor with 1GB of RAM, has 8/16GB of built-in storage (expandable via the microSD card slot), dual-band Wi-F a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and a 4,000mAh battery.

Yes, the Tab 3 7.0 does launch with a newer version of Android, but it’s 4.1, so not even catching up to the Galaxy Megas.

Anyway, Samsung will begin to gradually roll out the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 globally in the beginning of May for the Wi-Fi version and in June for the 3G version.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 specs

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
• SIM Yes
• Announced 2013, April
• Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, June
• BODY Dimensions 188 x 111.1 x 9.9 mm (7.40 x 4.37 x 0.39 in)
• Weight 306 g (10.79 oz)
• DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size 600 x 1024 pixels, 7.0 inches (~170 ppi pixel density)
• Multitouch Yes
• - TouchWiz UX UI
• SOUND Alert types N/A
• Loudspeaker Yes
• 3.5mm jack Yes
• MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB
• Internal 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
• DATA GPRS No
• EDGE No
• Speed HSDPA 21Mbps, HSUPA, 5.76Mbps
• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, dual-band
• Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
• Infrared port Yes
• USB Yes, v2.0
• CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
• Features Geo-tagging, smile detection
• Video Yes, 720p@30fps
• Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP
• FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
• CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz
• Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, compass, proximity
• Messaging Email, Push Email, IM, RSS
• Browser HTML, Adobe Flash
• Radio No
• GPS Yes
• Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
• Colors White
• - TV Out
• - SNS integration
• - MP4/DivX/Xvid/H.264/H.263/WMV player
• - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA/AC3/Flac player
• - Organizer
• - Image/video editor
• - Quickoffice HD editor/viewer
• - Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
• YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
• - Voice memo
• - Predictive text input (Swype)
• BATTERY Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery

via GSMArena