The Amazon Kindle Fire is not the only 7-inch Android tablet making its debut this week. The Samsung Galaxy Tab family of products is adding a mid-range, compact device called the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.
It’s powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU paired with Android 3.2 Honeycomb and 1 GB of RAM. It sports a 7-inch, 1024×600 pixel screen and comes with 16 GB or 32 GB of storage space and a 3-megapixel camera (plus a 2-megapixel one on the front for video chats).
On the connectivity front, it supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 as well as 3G/HSPA, and Samsung managed to squeeze all of the above into a case that’s 9.96 mm thin and weighs 345 g.
The device’s specifications are slightly weaker than those of its closest of kin, the Galaxy Tab 7.7, which Samsung officially unveiled a month ago at the IFA trade show in Berlin.
A key piece of information about the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is, however, still missing: its price.
The device is very interesting when compared to Amazon’s Wi-Fi-enabled Kindle Fire, which lacks a camera, but costs $199. If Samsung manages to keep the price of its latest tablet within $100 of the Fire, it could be an interesting contender in the increasingly crowded 7-inch tablet space.
Specifications of Samsung GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus
- 7-inch WSVGA(1024X600) PLS LCD display
- 9.96mm thin and weighs 345g
- 1.2GHz Dual core processor
- Android 3.2 (Honeycomb)
- 3 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a 2 MP front video calling camera
- 1GB RAM, 16/32GB Internal memory that is expandable up to 64GB with Micro SD
- 3G HSPA＋, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with Wi-Fi Channel bonding & Wi-Fi Direct
- 4,000 mAh Li-on battery
It also comes with Samsung Touch Wiz with Live Panel, Mini Apps and Social Hub, Readers Hub and Music Hub. The GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus will be available starting in Indonesia and Austria from October end, and would gradually be rolled globally including Southeast and Southwest Asia, US, Europe, CIS, Latin America, Middle East, Africa, Japan and China.
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