Review of "Samsung Tab 4". Tablet: characteristics, reviews, cost

In 2014, the South Korean company Samsung updated the line of its tablets Galaxy Tab. As a result of this update, the Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 tablet appeared on the market, where the last digits are the diagonal of the display (there are also models with 7.0 and 8.0-inch screen).

The device received an ambiguous evaluation among users of various profile resources. Someone argued that the tablet is a great solution for work and entertainment. Others, on the contrary, passionately argued that the device is much inferior to its competitors in almost everything and does not deserve the attention of the public. Which of these two points of view was correct?

Tablet Features

According to the second side, has the "Samsung Tab 4" tablet characteristics, which does not correspond to the flagship. Is it so?

Indeed, from the point of view of technical equipment, it is very outdated even at the time of release. HD-matrix (and the Samsung Tab 4 has a matrix with a resolution of 1280x800), in general, not bad, but it is not enough to create a quality image on the screen more than 10 inches in the diagonal.

In addition, the processor, which the company's engineers installed in the tablet, also does not meet the modern demands of users. At best, on such a chip, working in tandem with 1.5 gigabytes of RAM, you can skip the evening after playing in some Angry Bird or in the first part of Injustice, or work in an undemanding office (by the way, the office is already pre-installed). But not more.

Maybe you can use a tablet to store data? No. In the basic configuration, only 16 gigabytes is available - formally. In fact, only 12. Of course, there is a slot for the memory card, but it supports only microSD cards, the volume of which does not exceed 64 gigabytes.

On good chamber modules can not count. The main camera has 3 megapixels, and the front camera has 1.3 megapixels. No serious results in terms of shooting a photo or video can not be achieved, but here, for example, to make video calls in Skype or other messengers can be without problems.

Of course, there is no question of any high-speed data transfer. At best, the tablet will have a SIM card slot. Then it will support 2G and 3G data transmission formats. The module Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, of course, is available.

So really, in the end has a "Samsung Tab 4" tablet features a fairly low level.

Autonomy and smooth operation of the device

Pleases, by the way, battery life. The battery of 6800 mAh coupled with a well-optimized (and this is for Samsung rarity) shell TouchWiz, running on the 4.4.2-version of the Android OS, allows you to use the tablet without additional charging for 2-3 days. You can and much longer, by the way. It all depends on how intensively used "Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1".

By the way, the tablet software can be officially updated to 5.0.2-version of Android OS.

And thanks to all the same good optimization of the system the tablet works rather smoothly and is not inclined to suddenly hang. Although, of course, bugs, friezes and other minor problems are present. But they have not completely managed to get rid of them yet.

The cost of "Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1"

And in general, all the shortcomings and shortcomings could be forgiven, if not for the cost of the device. Sellers are asking for "Samsung Tab 4" from 16 thousand rubles and more. And this despite the fact that Xiaomi in 2016 produces tablets at times more powerful for the same price. Although you can not even take into account the Chinese companies. Samsung itself has much more interesting solutions from the same device segment for about the same price.

User feedback on the device

But even despite all the many users are positive about the tablet. Many are quite satisfied with its display resolution, operability and so on. After all, not everyone cares how much is the tablet "Samsung Tab 4". For some buyers, 16,000 is not such a large amount for a purchase. Also, not everyone cares what Samsung has "Tablet 4" tablet characteristics, not at all relevant to its price. It, while it is clearly obsolete, is still able to provide users with what they require from the tablet. Paradoxically, this is really so.

Basically you can hear describing the tablet "Samsung Tab 4" reviews, praising the device. Many, by the way, consider reliability one of the main advantages of the device. Fortunately, the company has really learned to make quality products that will not lose details in a year or a half of use.

So it's impossible to say unequivocally whether Galaxy Tab 4 is a good device or not. But here's what you can unequivocally assure: in 2016, the market has devices many times better, which are much more worthy of buyers' attention than Tab 4. For example, the devices of the same E-series line of "Galaxy Tab" from the same company are much better and more powerful than "Galaxy Tab 4". The size of the display is approximately the same. Or, for example, a good alternative to the tablet can be TAB-rulers from the Chinese manufacturer Lenovo. In the end, even the line of ZenPad from ASUS includes tablets, the characteristics of which are higher, and the price is often lower. So it has all the same "Samsung Tab 4" (tablet) characteristics are very modest.