Upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tablets to be Lighter and Thinner than iPad 2

Samsung has officially announced the release of their latest tablets at CTIA 2011 in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday.

The latest Samsung tablets the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Tab 8.9 claim to be the “world’s thinnest tablets” at just 8.6mm thin. By comparison, the iPad 2 is just a hair thicker at 8.8mm. The new 10.1 is not to be confused with the original Galaxy Tab 10.1, which was introduced at Mobile World Congress in February. Samsung decided kill their original prototype and revamp their design to better compete with the Ipad 2.

Samsung Galaxy Tab VS Ipad 2

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will be released on June 8, selling for $499 and $599 for 16GB and 32GB models, respectively.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 will be released “early this summer”, selling for $469 and $569 for 16GB and 32GB models, respectively.

The old 10.1 on the left and the new 10.1 on the right (image via anandtech.com)

The Specs:

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1:

10.1 inch screen

Dimensions: 1.3 pounds and 0.34 inches thick (lighter and thinner than the iPad 2)

Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Cameras: 3 MP rear and 2 MP front-facing with 720p video and LED flash

1 GHz dual core processor

16 GB ($499) or 32 GB ($599) wifi-only models

USB 2.0 and Bluetooth

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9:

8.9 inch screen

Dimensions: 1.04 pounds and 0.34 inches thick

Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Cameras: 3 MP rear and 2 MP front-facing with 720p video and LED flash

1 GHz dual core processor

16 GB ($469) or 32 GB ($569) wifi-only models

USB 2.0 and Bluetooth

Hands-on Videos

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Inch Hands-On

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 Inch Hands-On

Hands on videos via Youtube, courtesy of Phandroid

Header Photo credit: Bonnie Cha/CNET News

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Comments

uu

Great.
Does it mean samsung will not have any problems manufacturing millions of devices without using plastic? I think it is now time for them to leave hyperglazed in the dust
simpleas

Gosh I love these guys!
RarestName

They keep costs down because plastic is cheaper than other materials. Not complaining though.
Mark

Samsung rocks, I love it.

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http://twitter.com/Gilles__LeBlanc Gilles LeBlanc

Please always make room for us wealthy folk aswell. Produce a premium device and charge as much as you want. Dont get all crazy with this cuting cost stuff. Loving my note 2 thanks.
- simpleas
  
  lol “wealthy folks”.. I dont think you have to be wealth to own a top tier smart phone. I do agree, Note 2 rocks!
nishantsirohi123

the comments section should be renamed as “whiny bimbos sections”

none of these people here have any knowledge whatsoever about what is being discussed in this article or what it means for the smartphone industry.

I feel this a great initiative by samsung. They could very well be taking orders from other device manufacturers as well
this is basically great from small time device makers with innovative ideas(remember yotaphone) to actually churn out devices with similar level of quality and less investment required for setting up of a manufacturing unit(of course most companies have vendors who make the devices for them)
candlelarbra5212

Why do some people think this is good thing? (besides what I beg to be sarcastic comments) More money for a company who already makes billions? Well this is just the best news ever.

What it really means is people losing their jobs, losing them fast and probably without any other job after their redundancy.

I mean you’ve got companies who pay so little to their workers in the first place but then they have to remove them completely. Hardly a shining beacon of hope to starving millions who need to get out of poverty (or even eat) one way or another.
- Dash Foster
  
  This is a really good point that you bring up. Unfortunately Samsung is not the only company that does this, most of the clothing manufactures in the Unites States still use sweat shops in developing countries. Its cool that you looked at this in a different way and realized what is really happening.
rvichar

I thought the galaxy was based on the human experience and nature. How about humans stop buying all this plastic and silicone cranked out every six months. The cycle is a vicious cycle of endless waste.
Ruzveh

I am personally not in favour of what Samsung is following. This also means that there will be job losses and many manufacturer will be forced to adopt this practise since they will face tight competition from Samsung. If little increase in price of a mobile phone can run millions of homes then why not?
LeoN N

Samsung Skynet…here it comes…get ready John Connor!
http://www.facebook.com/shi.cheeliang Chee Liang Shi

No guarantees on whether cost savings is transferred to the consumers or not… my guess is that it’s not… simply cost savings to increase their profits i guess… so how does that make this news a good thing? it is simply irrelevant except from a technological point of view…

Beside it will just give them more reasons to crank out 120 million phones which are named differently but all sport the same design…
jj

The main lesson other companies will learn is fire some thousands of workers and let their families starve.