It’s really surprising how many people actually ended up using the Tab 2 7.0 as their primary phone. What sounded(and still does) like a ridiculous idea a year ago is soon changing as Sony’s Z Ultra blurred the line between tablets and phones even further. With the surge of budget tablets with calling functions hitting its peak towards the beginning of this year, the big boys had no choice but to follow this trend. Today, we have the third iteration of the Galaxy Tab 7-inch with a few nips and tucks to give it a younger look. Launched at the same price as the older Tab 2, which has been phased out, let’s see if the facelift is just cosmetic or something more. Looks better than the old model
On the sides, we have a flap-covered microSIM and mciroSD card slot and the volume rocker and power button. There are stereo speakers at the bottom along with the microUSB port. The glossy back is quite uninteresting and tends to gather a lot of fingerprints. Up on the top, we have a 3MP fixed-focus camera and a 1.3MP on the front. Overall, the Tab 3 looks fresh thanks to the white paint job and slimmer bezel but it’s remained unchanged for the most part.The Tab 3 comes with Jelly Bean out-of-the-box(4.1.2) and Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. The usual suite of apps is present as well right from Samsung Link, S Voice, Samsung Apps, Group Play to their awesome video player which supports all popular formats. The display is fairly bright but the low resolution causes text and icons to appear choppy. The sensitivity is not very good either as it tends to skip some inputs intermittently. Despite having Jelly Bean and 1GB RAM, the UI can get really laggy to a point where everything just freezes up for seconds before you can resume what you were doing.