Samsung Galaxy Tab Active – test tablet

Active Tab is a unique tablet, which in addition to water is also theoretically resistant to shocks and falls from low heights. Moreover, it is not directed to athletes, or people who are physically active, but to employees of technical, courier and other spending most of the time "in the field". As this unusual equipment will fall in our tests and what besides the resistance is able to offer? See for yourself.

 

HOUSING / WORKMANSHIP

Appearance Galaxy Tab Active 8 hard to clearly assess. Although, according to the manufacturer's device looks elegant (description on the product page), then there is no denying that it is intended mainly for special and it went in the direction of practicality whole design. At every step, we find strengthen and elements that suggest we are dealing with above average durable equipment. In spite of this, the tablet is still plain plastic, similar to that which is used to produce "civil" Samsung devices. There is probably a good idea – solution would be undeniably better rubber or other softer, more resistant to damage a mix of materials.The kit manufacturer, however, adds a special case and that it should be the guarantor of security of the tablet in the event of a fall and flooding. It is made of solid rubber, a bracing structure and is very fit closely to the housing of the tablet.Moreover, in the upper part of the stylus is neatly integrated into the body of the device. Such a solution (Tablet + resistant case) seems to be illogical, especially since no case is not enough that there is no place to hide stylus, you have to be careful equipment as well as for everyone else. Taking this fact into deeper consideration, however, we also find advantages. If we want smaller size and a little better presence can at any time remove the case; and when we want functionality – assume it back.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

The fitting housing parts is very good, even without a pouch structure is rigid and robust. The buttons are firmly in place and have a nice jump. The screen is covered with glass – it does not really stand increased resistance to damage, so you must be careful to display the same way as in the ordinary tablet. We did not have a chance and the possibility to fully test the strength of the tablet to damage, but our experiments with dip the device in water and tests confirm the fall from a height of declarations Samsung. Obviously, the test, in which the equipment falls from a height of approx. 1.5 m on wooden floor (came out of it altogether without a trace) is not 100% reliable – you have to realize that would be enough small pebbles and tablet collapsing face down for sure would be falling damage. Rubber rims give what is true supply (approx. 2 mm), but bigger pebble handle security without difficulty.The tablet is equipped with a micro USB connector located on the bottom edge, 3.5mm audio input next to him and Pogo plug for fast charging and docking the tablet at the station, which was located on the right side (holding the device vertically).

CAMERA

Samsung devices, especially with higher priced rather not disappoint when it comes to cameras. In this case, it is unfortunately different. Both the rear and front unit represents a low standard – photos and videos are of poor quality, regardless of the conditions. The main camera by heavily exposed, big-eye lens a lot of promises. Hope dispels but already the first look at the preview image in the Camera application. 3-megapixel sensor provides quality that would be acceptable two, maybe three years ago. Currently, pale falls from the competition. Videos recorded in 720p (24 frames / sec.) Was also disappointing. First of all, almost any environment noise appears. Liquidity could also be better, especially with a relatively small resolution.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

The front cam is poor. A modest camera with 1.2 megapixels sensor performs photographs from visible to the naked eye pixels and mediocre color quality. 480p quality video (24 frames / sec.) Should be enough just to bargain video calling. Camera application, as well as hardware facilities is not the most advanced. It offers the possibility to adjust the basic parameters and a choice of several shooting modes: Auto, Night mode, Sports, Panorama, Sound & Vision and beautify the face.

Sample Images

  

A sample video

SCREEN

The display tablet does not impress parameters. 8-inch screen, probably made in PLS technology (producer granted only to the use of technology TFT), has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, which gives a density of points at the level of 189 per inch. The focus is not so extremely high, but for less fastidious eye should not be a problem. The colors of the screen, as befits a product of Samsung is vivid, saturated colors are black and white and properly balanced. It is apparent tilt toward the light colors cold.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

The viewing angles are not perfect, but apart from black bledniejącej they can not be accused of anything more. The colors remain acceptable similar to those seen in front. The backlight can be adjusted to a large extent, although the results are not always satisfactory. While the minimum value amounting to 4 cd / m2 check on the use of the tablet in the dark, then 383 cd / m2 does not always guarantee optimal readability in strong sunlight.

Samsung Galaxy Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

The touch panel supports up to 10 points and performs without reservation. During the two-week test not once refused to obey. Same is the case with the stylus to navigate, which works great with digitizer.

EQUIPMENT

Active Tab a single speaker located in the lower part of the rear wall of the device. It emits a sound with a maximum volume of 87 dB. The sound quality is good, although the music may not be enough because of the shallowness and lack bass. Nevertheless, even at the maximum setting you can not hear any distortion and glitches. The sound on the headphones remain neutral – not surprising positively, but there is no disappointment. It is worth while for Tablet boast the presence of extensive software enabling to personalize the sound characteristics – Adapt Sound.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

WiFi module operating in standard a / b / g / n dual band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) works with satisfactory sensitivity. You should not have any problems with range made regardless of whether there is in the next room or downstairs from the router. [Test slug = "wifi-tablet" axis = "negative" product_id = "20868"] very quickly grabs the GPS signal stability of the connection is high, and the exact location. The problem may be only a lack of support from the 3G network. So wanting to take a longer route we have to make your tablet internet via WiFi, or download maps before setting out and work offline. Or buy a Samsung Galaxy Tab Active version with 3G.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

Although in the box dedicated to the memory bears the value of 16 GB user available is available from the manufacturer only less than 12 GB of storage memory. However, you can extend it by an additional 128 GB using a micro SD card (we tested the editorialKingston 128GB Ultra microSDXC UHS-1 Class10 ). What's more, you can transfer the external memory application data. The tablet supports miracast. During the tests, we were able to easily connect with an adapter connected to the TV and stream the picture from the device directly to the big screen. The process was so fast that it would be possible to seamlessly play with the use of this technology. 

BATTERY

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

The tablet is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 4450 mAh, which the user can access and which can be easily removed and replaced. It is rather unusual trait among tablets, so certainly must be counted as a plus. The same battery performance is also a strong point of Taba. The device can withstand long without a charger, which is also confirmed by our synthetic tests. [Test slug = "accumulator" virtual = "video-wifi-offs, internet-wifi, communicator-fi, PCMark-work, load-ac" product_id = "20868"] tablet is in use only a basic level and do not exaggerate with overclocking brightness You can count quietly for a few days of work. If you still would be too little, the manufacturer has prepared mode Very low power consumption, which extends the time, sometimes even several times.

PERFORMANCE

"Under the hood" we find the configuration of the device under test known primarily with mid-range phones. It is a system Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad-core ARM Cortex A7 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz and Adreno 305 graphics RAM Memory, which supports the above configuration has a capacity of 1.5 GB. Benchmark performance does not impress, especially for a device for well over 1000 zł. In practice, however fully sufficient for most applications, from simple browsing the less advanced games. The system works quickly, and during testing we were able to launch all of the titles from the Play Store married. We checked min. Asphalt 8, EA SPORTS UFC and Dead Trigger 2. All items failed to start, and their gameplay was at an acceptable level – but you have to reckon with the fact that this is possible only with lower graphical detail. Tablet not bad copes well with larger PDF files, which you can explore inter alia, through the pre-installed office suite. However, referring to the price it is worth noting that the performance of twins, or even better than the Tab Active offer tablets sometimes costing less than 400 zł. For multimedia playback tablet falls adequately to the components on which it operates. The device can handle video files in 1080p high bitrate but can bear fruit occasional Record Rate After installing the appropriate codec hardware also supports DTS sound. [Wptab style = "4" title = "key test"] [test slug = "peacekeeper" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "android-antutu" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "gfxbench-fps "virtual =" t-rex-3-offscreen, t-rex-3-onscreen, offscreen-manhattan, manhattan-onscreen "product_id =" 20868 "] [test slug =" 3dmark " virtual="3dmark-ice-storm-unlimited-total,3dmark-ice-storm-unlimited-graphics,3dmark-ice-storm-unlimited-physics" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "PCMark-android" product_id = "20868"]

Playing Media

Marked in red unsupported formats:

– MKV, 480p, xvid, 1Mbps, he aac, subtitles; – MKV, 720p, h264, 600kbps, AAC / MP3 audio dual; – MP4, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, aac; – MKV, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, vorbis, subtitles; – MP4, 720p, h264, 6Mbps, ac3; – MKV, 1080p h264, 10Mbps, dts; – MKV, 1080p h264, 40Mbps (illiquidity) – mp4, 4K (3840×2160), h264, 34mbps (illiquidity); – Mp4, 4K (4096×1716), h264, aac, 35Mbps (lack of liquidity). [/ Wptab] [wptab style = "4" title = "All tests"] [test slug = "peacekeeper" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "SunSpider" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "kraken "product_id =" 20868 "] [test slug =" quadrant "product_id =" 20868 "] [test slug =" android-antutu "product_id =" 20868 "] [test slug =" gfxbench-fill "product_id =" 20868 "] [test slug = "gfxbench-fps" virtual = "t-rex-3-offscreen, t-rex-3-onscreen, offscreen-manhattan, manhattan-onscreen" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "3dmark" virtual="3dmark-ice-storm-unlimited-total,3dmark-ice-storm-unlimited-graphics,3dmark-ice-storm-unlimited-physics" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "anomaly-2" product_id = "20868"] [test slug = "PCMark-android" product_id = "20868"]

Playing Media

Marked in red unsupported formats:

– MKV, 480p, xvid, 1Mbps, he aac, subtitles; – MKV, 720p, h264, 600kbps, AAC / MP3 audio dual; – MP4, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, aac; – MKV, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, vorbis, subtitles; – MP4, 720p, h264, 6Mbps, ac3; – MKV, 1080p h264, 10Mbps, dts; – MKV, 1080p h264, 40Mbps (illiquidity) – mp4, 4K (3840×2160), h264, 34mbps (illiquidity); – Mp4, 4K (4096×1716), h264, aac, 35Mbps (lack of liquidity). [/ Wptab] [wptab_end]

SYSTEM

On board we find the tablet Android 4.4.4 KitKat with TouchWiz overlay. The interface is traditionally packed with bright colors and there is virtually nothing to do with pure Android. The tested unit system environment running extremely fast and stable. Surprisingly, it is difficult to lead to any crop or slowing down. The manufacturer says nothing about the likelihood upgrade to the latest version of the system, so the chances are probably zero.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

When it comes to functionality, the Korean manufacturer has not shown anything, what he can and in favor of productivity decided to decrease the interface as possible. With typical Samsungowych gadgets contain only: Smart Stay, handheld toolbox, the possibility of opening some windows applications and support for two simple gestures. With the application, in addition to these obvious systemic find only a slightly expanded calendar named by the manufacturer of the S timetable and Hancom Office office suite. Manufacturer simultaneously by a large widget on one of the screens are encouraged to download several other programs Galaxy series Galaxy Essentials Apps from the store. Unfortunately, even among them we do not find anything interesting, because these are the titles of the likes of Flipboard or a simple photo editor. The security of data stored on your tablet technology ensures Samsung Knox, which is designed primarily for businesses and entrepreneurs.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

I personally think that the software being tested tablet definitely lacking presence applications using the stylus, even in the form of a simple sketchbook or notepad that supports handwritten notes. 

CONCLUSION / EVALUATION

Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet Active 8.0 is a need in the market. Equipment for special tasks is like a cure, and yet they are needed – even as the official equipment for employees performing their duties in the field. It was a shame that Samsung has not used up the chance to create a universal product that could also be interested in an ordinary customer and focused only on the recipients all professionals and corporate.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 8.0 / fot.tabletManiaK.pl

As a result, a high retail price in combination with a very attractive specification undermine the desirability of purchasing a personal device. Because the market is a lot less expensive storage devices with better specs, we can pack in resistant cases and save at the same time as several hundred dollars. [Temperatura2 product_id = "20868"] [inne_propozycje product_id = "20868"]