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I honestly stopped reading when I read "Terrible even by Samsung's low standards." I don't feel like the author was being objective and was looking for anything wrong. Fanboys are inherently unobjective

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Well - in general - that's true. But this is an article written by an Android Fanboy. It's really well written - and clearly by someone who loves the Android platform.

His Bio: "Ron loves everything related to technology, design, and Google. He always wants to talk about "the big picture" and what's next for Android, and he's not afraid to get knee-deep in an APK for some details. Expect a good eye for detail, lots of research, and some lamenting about how something isn't designed well enough."

He starts off with:

"The big difference between a tablet and a phone should be the ability to multitask. As it turns out, Samsung gets it. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is actually trying to make tablets useful, productive tools. They've added split screen and floating apps. I've actually got my email and a web browser open side by side right now, and it's like a dream come true."

Other comments from the article:

  I *really* love the speakers.
  The Note is packing a 7000mAh battery, so the battery 
  life is fantastic.

He also seems to like other Samsung Products:

  The Series 9 laptop guys make beautiful, kick-ass 
  products out of aluminum every day.

It may be possible that this $500 Tablet really is kind of a clunker. Certainly useful to get multiple perspectives - and he really put his heart and soul into the review. Note - I agree that slamming Samsung as a whole was probably the weakest element of the whole review. Perhaps could have benefited from a bit of editing.

I agree with your point, but I also feel as if the author was spot on with this assessment. I recently purchased a Galaxy Nexus, and one of my biggest hold-ups was the build quality versus the Nexus One.

It's really not acceptable that an expensive flagship phone, or tablet, is made out of this kind of cheap plastic.

To put it in perspective, the Nexus 7 is also made of only plastic, but the perceived quality is so different it's absurd.

He probably was spot on with several things. I read a good bit of the rest. I have the galaxy note phone. The first time I saw the ad for this tablet all I could think of was how awesome it was. It is good to see negative opinions sometimes though

I don't understand this cheap plastic argument. The plastic makes the device both lighter and more durable than other materials. If weight and durability do not define build quality for a mobile device, what does?

Like most people I put my Galaxy Nexus in a case shortly after purchase and never see the plastic.

If anything, he's an "Android" fanboy, so even if he's "unobjective", he's biased towards Samsung (as opposed to iPad, which is what he's clearly comparing this tablet to)!

Oddly enough, I've found that Samsung tablets really are quite crappy compared to their phones. They must be made by different internal groups, as the difference in quality is absolutely staggering.

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