Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Review: Trustworthy Android with Smaller Screen
Conclusion
Samsung managed to release a tablet that is not only thin, but it has smaller dimensions. Dimensional thin tablets now are becoming a trend, making this tablet is potentially a serious competitor in the market of tablets selling . With such thinness, making the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 also becomes lighter than its competitors, even lighter than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Performance that Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 had is similar to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, although in some benchmarks showing slightly better performance. However, this has yet to demonstrate the real capabilities of a tablet that uses NVIDIA Tegra SoC 2. There are still many other tablets on the market that have better performance than this Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9. In addition, there are some games that were not optimal running on Samsung platform. However, there are still many games that can run very well on this high performance tablet.
One thing that we think a bit annoying is the same thing that we found on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, there is no capacity expansion slot such as microSD. Not everyone wants to store a collection of songs and videos directly to the internal memory. Especially the video collector who has some microSD cards at once would make it difficult to watch his video collection. So that makes the Samsung Galaxy Tab10.1 is less suitable for you who have the trait.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is suitable for all the work and multimedia needs. Samsung has incorporated some of the default application that can help a jobsuch as Office application and photo editor, making it easier for its users. In addition, the Tegra 2 is capable of running 720p video. And the ability to play a Samsung tablet lossless audio files also makes this tablet more complete than its competitors. This tablet is also suitable for you who don’t like the 10-inch tablet dimension because its dimensions are smaller.
Good Points:
+ Thin.
+ Responsive.
+ 3G.
+ Bright Screen.
+ Tegra 2.
+ Light weight.
Weakness:
– MicroSD.
– Graphic performance is limited in 60fps.
– There are some games that didn’t run properly .
– HDMI.
Technical Data
| Processor | NVIDIA Tegra with ARM Cortex A9 Dual Core 1 GHz |
| Video Format | XviD, MPEG4, H.264, dan H.263 |
| Audio Format | MP3, WMA, MP4, AMR, OGG, AAC, AAC+, dan WAV |
| Image Format | JPG, BMP, PNG |
| Subtitles | Not Supported |
| Camera | 3.15 MP (Main), 2 MP (front camera) |
| Interface | Special |
| Wireless Connection | Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1 EDR |
| Dimention and Weight | 230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6 mm / 453 gram |
| Resolution | 1280 x 800 |
| Producer | Samsung |
| Website | http://www.samsung.com |
| Price | IDR |
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