Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 vs Apple iPad 2: Internet and Data Speeds

2. biophone posted on 30 Jul 2011, 18:04 3 4

I dont want to start a fight here but am i the only one that think these tablets like the same.

3. G-Reg (unregistered) posted on 30 Jul 2011, 18:07 5 1

Not goin to hate on the apple. Just the dumbass who wrote the article.

If you had access to both devices, why not give turning off 4g a shot and compare bones to bones.

If your going to void the flash content aspect then doing the same with 4g is a no brainer...

4. BobbyTaba posted on 30 Jul 2011, 18:09 4 0

it shouldnt even take 20 seconds with flash to load phone arena with 8mbps internet

5. Rob74 posted on 30 Jul 2011, 18:15 5 0

This comparison makes no sense at all, this is PA trying to start a troll war here, both are excellent devices

6. DROIDX0430 posted on 30 Jul 2011, 18:33 9 3

the samsung runs circles around the ipad2. dislay. flash. size. optimized tablet operating system. lte. as for the ipad.. ok display. no flash. 3g only. same operating system as the iphone which makes the ipad to me a big iphone.

7. DROIDX0430 posted on 30 Jul 2011, 18:39 5 1

the samsung 10.1 tablet is by far the best tablet out there to include motorola. apple. htc. toshiba. and whomever wants to build a tablet. oh forget hp in the list.

10. Robes1 posted on 30 Jul 2011, 20:24 1 5

Why would you even do a speed test using 4g when the iPad clearly doesn't offer that option? Why not have an Olympian sprinter race a man with no legs? The race should have been done with wifi. How stupid is this? Very! Regardless of what you may believe or think the iPad 2 is the money machine! It has iTunes. Nothing else needs to be said. Until you can beat iTunes you lose! I tether my iPad to my phone. It doesn't even have 3G! It's a wifi only model. Why would I want a second data plan to pay for? And guess what..if it had 4G it wouldn't matter because who would want a movie on HULU or Netflix to play faster? Is that the object? To watch it at double time? Because it plays at the normal speed with 3G so what's the difference? If its not being streamed then I'd download it on wifi because neither 3G nor 4G would be fast enough for me to wait on an entire movie to download over them. This is pointless! Also I wouldn't even stream an entire 2hr movie over either because both AT&T and Verizon would stick their hands up my A$$ and charge the $HIT! outta me for data!

11. DROIDX0430 posted on 30 Jul 2011, 21:20 2 2

robes1. if u r going to write a book then a least know what you are talking about. you must be one of the people that think since they have a iphone4 that you have 4g. OF course 4g want make your movies play faster on hulu or whatever..but it will download your movies a lot faster and keep people like you out of the local starbucks while you use the free wifi hot spot for your ipad...if you had 4g then yiu wouldnt need to hang out at starbucks have you heard of unlimited data for 29.99 on vw...i have it

13. kcombs posted on 30 Jul 2011, 22:25 0 0

yeah this comparison is equal.. wth!

14. Owlet posted on 31 Jul 2011, 00:20 4 0

"But if you are using mostly a Wi-Fi connection at home or at work, then both tablets would be equal in their data speeds."

WTF??? Where is the proof of that, PA?? That's what you should have compared. That and 3g vs 3g. That's the worst comparison I've seen here.

15. 530gemini posted on 31 Jul 2011, 00:51 2 1

The galaxy tab is using 4g while the ipad2 uses 3g. Of course the galaxy tab would be faster than the ipad2.

Regardless, the galaxy tab is a great tablet and has a gorgeous screen. Although I still prefer the ipad2 over the galaxy tab.

17. HTCiscool posted on 31 Jul 2011, 04:09 2 0

This is truly the dumbest comparism PA has ever posted. Wtf r they trying to prove, noshyt 4G is faster than 3G. They are purposely trying to start Fandroid vs iFan wars cuz they take joy in reading us diss each other! If ur gonna make a real comparism at least make sure theyre both on the same network, then again like Robes1 said that would have made too much sense!

18. lukasound (unregistered) posted on 31 Jul 2011, 05:56 1 0

How can you compare such different products? They have completely different generation of technologies and funcionality. It's like comparing a gprs enabled phone that has a wap browser with a 3g enabled iPhone 4 that can also load html.
Galaxy has a current generation of 21 Mbps HSDPA and a modern web browser with flash capabilities, versus the older 14 Mbps HSDPA iPad speed and a browser that is not capable of desktop-like rendering of web sites.
It's like comparing Galaxy S2 with an iPhone 4. Just pointless...

22. weirdfisher posted on 31 Jul 2011, 12:10 1 0

In daily use not only the 4g and 3g matter but also the server of websites.
So 4g and 3g doesnt have a large margin of differences

27. biophone posted on 31 Jul 2011, 15:43 0 1

Great article pa. These are two of the best tablets on the market. I prefer the ipad because i still wont ever buy a touchwiz product but the galaxy still is great.

28. jcoberg10 posted on 31 Jul 2011, 15:58 1 0

the difference between 4g and 3g is obvious, also, the difference between flash and no flash is also obvious... but the worst part i think is waiting for the page to completely load, i'd like to see a review where they show the page that "functions first" scrolling and selecting links... i rarely wait for the page to completely load before i begin using it. so i feel that the page full load is a non sense issue.

30. robes11 (unregistered) posted on 31 Jul 2011, 19:00 2 0

Why would I think that my iPhone 4 has 4G when the iPad 2 came out months later and doesn't have it? You sir are an a$$! And I evidently know more than you do about this! LOL! And just so you know...your carrier no longer offers unlimited data to new customers! Go read something idiot! And like I said..who the hell downloads movies over a wireless network?! Even with real European 4G it would take ALL DAY! And I happen to have wifi at home and at the business that I own so I don't sit at Starbucks! Get a job! And learn the difference between want and won't! Wow! You really should talk $hit if you quit school after 1st grade!

Robes1. Your first sentence. What does that have to do with a ipad 1,2, 3, 4 or whatever number or 4g or your iphone4. Real Europen 4G, you are lost... you are definately on ATT's GSM network and haven't experienced true LTE on verizon. All you can do is slither up profanity because you are lost for appropriate words. As for the cafe you own...who cares...upgrade your wi fi network so that you can download faster...As for want or wont---who gives a flying ( ). This is phonearena..not English 101...We talk phone facts not to hear what you own, how to spell and that you are so into yourself because you own an iphone that you think you are the best thing since sliced bread. You definately aren't working hard, since you have all this time devoted to phonearena.com...... Wake up and smell the coffee. I might be one of your cafe customers one day---you never will know---(or is it no) tell me.

31. DROIDX0430 posted on 31 Jul 2011, 19:09 1 0

Hey Robes1, you don't know what you are talking about. Look at all of your thumbs down, Go find yourself..

Oh!! was that proper English. Upgrade that wi fi network in your shop also.... Later thumbs down...

32. danyaelmay posted on 31 Jul 2011, 22:55 0 0

why was this an issue. 4g is better then 3g, everyone knows that. if you want to compare the two tablets. at lease wait for apple to get off their a$$ and make ipad 4g capable. then do the comparison. apple will kick ass if it had 4g access.

33. dandirk (unregistered) posted on 31 Jul 2011, 23:26 0 0

I agree with most here... I would rather have seen a good comparison article...

wifi (with and without flash)
3g (with and without flash)
and 4g just to compare the difference in connectivity.

It would have told a story about hardware (nics, processor etc) but also OS/browser.

heck it would have really been cool to throw in a 3rd party browser(that is available on both) as well.

34. S E X (unregistered) posted on 01 Aug 2011, 07:04 0 2

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35. BigRed83 posted on 01 Aug 2011, 07:17 0 1

OK. Let's look at the title of this article. Go ahead, I'll wait. Back now? Good. Considering this is an article of carrier based data speeds of 3G vs. 4G, my statement is a big "DUH". I guess they didn't have much non-obvious material for the site this AM. Maybe I missed something, but did ANYONE out there expect the iPad2 to beat the Galaxy? I have the iPad2, and read this article because I was bored. Now there is another three minutes of my life I will never get back. I am also not falling over drooling over the Galaxy, yet my phone is a Charge. Give me an Android tablet that outperforms Apple in overall end user experience, and I will happily consider it.