Jan 08 AT 11:36 AM Nick Gray 22 Comments

Hands-on with the Samsung LTE 4G Galaxy Tab

During Verizon’s press event this week at CES, a new LTE 4G enabled Galaxy Tab was announced. The new Galaxy Tab is pretty much the same as what we’ve already seen from Samsung, though it now features an overclocked 1.2 GHz Hummingbird processor and an LTE chip to take connect to Verizon’s 4G network.

We got the chance to play around with the new Samsung 4G galaxy Tab for a bit. The hardware is pretty much identical to the older Galaxy Tabs, though the new device does feature a unique textured back panel and aluminum bevel around the edge.

Unfortunately, Samsung would not let us install anything on the device so we were not able to test out the 4G speeds or its Quadrant performance, but we hope you enjoy the pictures and short video clip.

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KeithGuest 01/08/11 11:42 AM

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Meh… No honeycomb. This tab is too expensive and I think the days are numbered on this one unless honeycomb upgrade is announced. Given Samsung’s history on Android updates, I think the end of this device is near.

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- AdamJGuest 01/08/11 1:21 PM
  
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  You are absolutely right. Samsung had to of known this would happen. It seemed Google asked everyone to wait for Honeycomb but Samsung went ahead anyway. There best shot is to get Honeycomb out there asap (which is very unlikely) or release a Tab 2.
  
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- 4G or Not To 4GGuest 01/08/11 6:07 PM
  
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  Dual Core anyone???
  I will probably go with the XOOM, it has dual core, Android 3.0 and stock Android. Considering this is Google’s first attempt at the tablet, you better believe their will be some upgrades, and my device will remain up to date, so I can’t be with a device that won’t get the upgrades.
  
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  - 81 masterpfa 01/09/11 4:32 AM
    
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    Exactly what I would be looking for. I have the Nexus 1 for that same reason.
    
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- 81 masterpfa 01/09/11 4:31 AM
  
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  Having seen what Honeycomb has to offer, unless any manufacturer is coming to the table with this latest OS they might as well just give their tablets away. I do not trust any of them who state that the update will be coming soon, too many times in the past have they ALL failed to deliver.
  
  Samsung nice but no thanks, I have seen the future and the future is Honeycomb!
  
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0 kenmckean 01/08/11 12:03 PM

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What’s the point of a device capable of communications(voice) being reduced down to wifi-my God you have some strange suppliers in the states………

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- 52 Good_Ole_Pinocchio 01/10/11 2:28 PM
  
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  Consumers WANT the Wifi model. That’s the only reason it’s coming out. No one wants to sign 2, TWO year contracts unnecessarily. Ever Heard of WIFI Tether?
  
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DarylGuest 01/08/11 3:08 PM

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I need your help to help me organize a consumer boycott of Samsung mobile products. Until Samsung supports the mobile products that they presently have on the market we have to stop buying their products . Enough talking about what you’re going to do and as long as we keep spending our money they’ll keep giving us the middle finger . The only thing Samsung understand are numbers and if we take those numbers away from them they’ll know how upset we are . I will be posting this on every site that has any information about the Samsung products please help me to make them to stop not supporting their products via timely updates and product support. Contact : daryl.Johnson@ymail.com

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- HansGuest 01/08/11 6:06 PM
  
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  Yeah…good luck with that. While you do that,I’ll be fully enjoying my Fascinate. ;)
  
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- RobGuest 01/08/11 6:52 PM
  
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  Ditto the above. I’m quite enjoying my Nexus S, no regrets here, enjoyed the one Android update I’ve already gotten direct from Google (to 2.3.1). Hopefully Samsung might notice how satisfied we Nexus owners are and get the message.
  
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- 81 masterpfa 01/09/11 4:36 AM
  
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  Very good point, luckily I haven’t fallen into their trap. Shame Google decided to give them the 1st option on the Nexus S
  
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- ReddGuest 01/09/11 12:59 PM
  
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  Yea, ground them, they deserve.
  
  Do not forget to mention stolen look and feel of the products of our American company called Apple. What the f@#$% copycats. Let they pay
  
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rev2redlineguyGuest 01/08/11 3:38 PM

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Samsung bites, their products bites, their software support team bites, and overall SAMSUNG BITES! Pretty soon the other companies will overtake them and they will FAIL!

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PaulinviteGuest 01/08/11 3:45 PM

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I am a huge android fan, but come on aluminum screen surround, if the do the back in aluminum it should complete the IPad effect fully. HTC rule and innovate samsung copy.

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0 kenmckean 01/09/11 6:03 AM

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I have a feeling that the concensus about the Galaxy Tab and H’combe are correct. Having said that i find it good running froyo and there is an xda developer building a G’bread version. So this will see life out on my Tab for me. I usually change every 6 months or so anyway never intending to retain a device for longer. I broke this habit with the Nexus One still having it now from day one of its availability from Google – long live HTC which will probably be my next purchase – again!
Ken Mckean

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iph0nefixGuest 01/09/11 9:01 AM

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Excellent one! But I would still go for my iPad. I’m more comfortable with it.
Thanks anyways this is very useful info.

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fix iphoneGuest 01/09/11 9:20 AM

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I’m a big fan of androids. this is another gadget not to be missed for but I go probably with my iPad.

Thanks for the post!

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ReddGuest 01/09/11 12:40 PM

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Just curious, how much CES2011 tickets cost ?

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ReddGuest 01/09/11 12:52 PM

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Even Aluminum band?

Hahahahahahaha.

Asians literally copy or steal 99.99999999999999999999 of everything i’ve seen in my life.

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iulianGuest 01/10/11 7:39 AM

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Enable Flash in the browser in Android Samsung Galaxy

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AlanGuest 01/10/11 11:36 AM

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Is it world enabled or is it just an LTE SIM? I dig the look of this one, it looks a lot less cheap than Bell’s tab up here in canada! XDA will certainly get honeycomb on it, I’m intrigued…

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DeonGuest 01/11/11 6:00 PM

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Samsung wouldn’t let you install a speed test app or benchmark app? Wtf? That’s stupid, unless they were afraid of the results. What’s the point of “we have a new cpu and support faster internet speeds, but we won’t let you test it to see if it actually works”

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