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Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585)

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585)

1328 reviews

Jun, 2017

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usability (199)
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price (101)
battery (89)
screen (84)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 1328 reviews of Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585). The average rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.3/5 for other Tablets for all reviews. People are impressed by the screen and battery. The price and performance also get good feedback.

usability, performance, price, battery, screen

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other Tablets the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585) is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 94/100 = Excellent quality.

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Consumer review by: (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 20 user reviews of Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585) from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.3/5 for other Tablets on Amazon.co.uk.

95% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

This summary is based on the products: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 16GB Black - tablets (Full-size tablet, Slate, Android, Black, Lithium Polymer (LiPo), 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n) • Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 16GB Black - tablets (Full-size tablet, Slate, Android, Black, Lithium Polymer (LiPo), 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n)

Jun, 2017

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Amazon.com review summary for Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585)

alaTest has collected and analyzed 1 user review of Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) (SM-T580 / SM-T585) from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 5.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.1/5 for other Tablets on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the design.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

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Jun, 2017

Expert review by: Manuel Masiero (notebookcheck.net)

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) Tablet Review

Desirable. The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) is a compelling package. No other other 10-inch tablet with Android 6, LTE and Full-HD on the market offers more for less. If the performance is up to par as well is the subject of our review.

sturdy design ; bright Full-HD display ; LTE ; 5 GHz WLAN ; Android 6 ; microSD slot with App2SD ; games run stutter-free ; long battery life

only 10.5 GB available storage ; weak cameras ; throttling under maximum load ; speaker only on one side ; battery is not swappable

The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) is more powerful than the predecessor Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7. The display now features a resolution of 1920 x 1200 pixels (16:10) instead of 1024 x 768 pixels (4:3), although the screen is only marginally larger...

Sep, 2016

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Expert review by: PY Ho (hardwarezone.com)

Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 LTE - A Non-stylus Note Striving to be Pro

Recently, there has been a trend in pushing devices tailored for the enterprise market space. Samsung's new Galaxy Tab Pro series of tablets panders towards this market space as a step below the Note series, but does it deliver? We take the Galaxy Tab...

Very light and thin ; Superb display ; Enterprise-level apps bundled out of the box

Designed for enterprise, but is better suited for content consumption ; Portrait handling hampered by Home button ; Stutters observed, more so in multi-tasking ; High price

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 is an almost perfect enterprise-oriented device that can double up well for regular content consumption needs. It is basically a

Jun, 2014

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Expert review by: Andrew Ku (tomshardware.com)

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1: A Second-Gen Android Tablet

The iPad 2 enjoys the benefit of being one generation ahead of everyone else. But what happens when the competition catches up? Samsung's Galaxy ...

Plenty of time has passed, though, and the hardware is finally catching up to the software. Samsung has the first second-generation Honeycomb-based tablet in its Galaxy Tab 10.1, and it's one of the best mobile devices we've seen thus far (and that's...

Oct, 2011

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Consumer review by: Faze (argos.co.uk)

Galaxy Tab A was easy to operate and portable

The products was exactly as described online , can fault it in anyway. Would definitely recommend this product for someone wanting an android tab with a good size screen

Jun, 2017

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Consumer review by: Ken (argos.co.uk)

excellent item

After considerable thought i decides on the Samsung tablet -Very pleased i did

Jun, 2017

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Consumer review by: in2deep (argos.co.uk)

Good design, slightly let down by missing features

This tablet is a good mid-range one, and it has Android 6 Marshmallow as a good starting point. It does feel a little more cumbersome to hold, although for a 10 inch tablet it is compact. One thing I was looking forward to, and am disappointed by its...

Jun, 2017

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Consumer review by: Chris124 (argos.co.uk)

Very Good

Brilliant so far can't fault my upgrade. Battery life very impressive again so far Highly recommended

Jun, 2017

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Consumer review by: lapiri83 (argos.co.uk)

All good, just a bit heavier than i thought

It's a bit heavier than the tab 2, you can tell the difference straight away, rather than that it's all good

Jun, 2017

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Consumer review by: Les (argos.co.uk)

very pleased a lovely gift.

Bought it for my wife to replace Hudl 2. It is a super tablet and camera excellent. She is really pleased.

Jun, 2017

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Consumer review by: Rob (argos.co.uk)

Fab item. far superior to my old Samsung

Easy to set up and use . Highly recommend this tablet.

Jun, 2017

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Product Specifications

Audio

Built-In Microphone:Y / Yes

Built-in speaker(s):Y / Yes

FM radio:

Yes

Battery

Battery Capacity:4200 / 6000 / 7300

Battery life (max):13

Battery technology:Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion)

Browsing time (3G):12 / 13

Browsing time (4G):13 / 14

Browsing time (Wi-Fi):11 / 13 / 14

Continuous audio playback time:114 / 154 / 160 / 187 / 193

Continuous video playback time:12 / 13 / 14

Talk time (3G):46

Camera

Auto Focus:Y / Yes

Built-in Flash:No / Y / Yes

Digital Zoom:4

Flash type:LED

Front Camera:Y / Yes

Front camera resolution (numeric):2

Geotagging:Y / Yes

Maximum Video Resolution:1280 x 720 / 1920 x 1080 / 3840 x 2160

Rear camera:Y / Yes

Rear Camera Resolution:1920 x 1080 / 3264 x 2448

Rear camera resolution (numeric):5 / 8

Video capturing speed:30

Video recording:Y / Yes

Video recording modes:1080p / 720p / 720p, 1080p

Design

Body SAR (EU):0.454 / 0.917

Colour of product:Black / Blue / Grey / White

Device Type:Full-size tablet / Mini tablet

Form factor:Slate

Kids tablet:

Display

Aspect Ratio:16:10 / 16:9 / 4:3

Display diagonal:20.3 / 24.6 / 25.6

Display number of colours:16.78 million colours

Display Resolution:1024 x 768 / 1920 x 1080 / 1920 x 1200

Display Technology:PLS / TFT / TFT/PLS

LED Backlight:N / Y / Yes

Touch screen type:Capacitive

Touch technology:Multi-touch

Touchscreen:Y / Yes

Touchscreen Type:Capacitive

Memory

Internal Memory:1.5 / 2 / 3

Internal memory type:DDR3L-SDRAM / LPDDR2-SDRAM / LPDDR3-SDRAM

Memory clock speed:1860 / 1866

Messaging

E-mail:Y / Yes

Instant messaging (IM):

Yes

MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service):

Yes

Networking

2G:Y / Yes

2G bands (primary SIM):800,900,1800,1900 / 850,900,1800,1900

2G standards:EDGE, GPRS / EDGE, GPRS, GSM / EDGE,GPRS,GSM / GSM

3G:N / No / Y / Yes

3G bands supported:800,900,1800,1900 / 850,900,1800,1900 / 850,900,1900,2100

3G standards:HSDPA, HSPA+, HSUPA, UMTS / HSPA+, UMTS / HSPA+,UMTS / UMTS, WCDMA

4G:N / No / Y / Yes

4G bands supported:800,850,900,1800,2100,2300,2600 / 800,850,900,1800,2100,2600

4G standard:LTE

4G standards:LTE

Bluetooth:Y / Yes

Bluetooth version:4.1 / 4.2

Dual SIM support:

Near Field Communication (NFC):N / No / Y

SIM card type:NanoSIM

Top Wi-Fi standard:IEEE 802.11ac / IEEE 802.11n

Wi-Fi Direct:Y / Yes

Wi-fi Standard:IEEE 802.11ac

Wi-Fi standards:802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n / IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n / IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n / IEEE 802.11a,IEEE 802.11ac,IEEE 802.11b,IEEE 802.11g,IEEE 802.11n

Operational conditions

Operating temperature (T-T):5 - 35

Other features

Bluetooth profiles:A2DP, AVRCP, HFP, HID, HOGP, HSP, MAP, OPP, PBAP / A2DP, AVRCP, HID, HOGP, HSP, OPP, PAN

Kids tablet:

Packaging Content

AC adapter included:Y / Yes

Cables included:AC / MICRO-USB / USB

Carrying case:Y

Keyboard supplied:N / No / Y

Manual:Y / Yes

Quick start guide:Y / Yes

Stylus pen:Y

Warranty card:Y / Yes

Performance

Accelerometer:Y / Yes

Ambient light sensor:Y / Yes

Assisted GPS (A-GPS):N / Yes

Audio formats supported:3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGA, OGG, OTA, RMI, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF / 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF / 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF / 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, XMF / 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, IMY, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF / 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, FLAC, M4A, MID, MIDI, MP3, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF / 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, Mid, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA / 3GA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, Mid, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OGA, OGG, OTA, RTTTL, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF / 3GA, AAC, AMR, M4A, MIDI, MP3, MXMF, OTA, RTX, WAV, WMA, XMF / MP3, M4A, 3GA, AAC, OGG, OGA, WAV, WMA, AMR, AWB, FLAC, MID, MIDI, XMF, MXMF, IMY, RTTTL, RTX, OTA

GLONASS:Y / Yes

Google applications:Gmail, Google Chrome, Google Drive, Google Hangouts, Google Maps, Google Music, Google Play, YouTube / Gmail, Google Maps, Google Play / Gmail, Google Maps, Google Play, Google Talk / Gmail, Google+, YouTube / Gmail,Google Maps,Google Play / Google Maps, Google Play, Google Talk / Google Maps, Google Play, YouTube

GPS:

Yes

GPS (satellite):Y / Yes

Image formats supported:BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, WEBP / JPG

Operating System Architecture:64-bit

Orientation sensor:

Yes

Personal info management (PIM):Alarm clock, Calculator, Calendar / Alarm clock, Calculator, Calendar, Countdown timer, Lunar calendar, Notes, Stopwatch / Alarm clock, Calculator, Calendar, Countdown timer, Notes, Stopwatch / Alarm clock, Calculator, Calendar, Events reminder, Notes, To-do list / Alarm clock, Calculator, Countdown timer, Stopwatch / Calculator, Calendar, Notes, To-do list

Position location:Y / Yes

Proximity sensor:

Yes

Video formats supported:3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, M4V, MKV, MP4, WEBM / 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, FLV, M4V, MKV, MP4, WEBM, WMV / 3G2, 3GP, ASF, AVI, M4V, MKV, MP4, WEBM, WMV / 3G2,3GP,ASF,AVI,FLV,M4V,MKV,MP4,WEBM / 3G2,3GP,ASF,AVI,FLV,M4V,MKV,MP4,WEBM,WMV / 3G2,3GP,ASF,AVI,M4V,MKV,MP4,WEBM,WMV / 3GP, ASF, AVI, M4V, MKV, MP4, WEBM, WMV / AVC, H.263, H.264, MPEG4 / MP4, M4V, 3G2, WMV, ASF, AVI, FLV, MKV, WEBM

Phone features

Caller ID:Y / Yes

Conference call:

Yes

Speakerphone:Y / Yes

Video call:Y / Yes

Voice call:

Yes

Ports & interfaces

Combo headphone/mic port:Y / Yes

DC-in jack:Y / Yes

Headphone connectivity:3.5 mm

Headphone Out:N / No / Y / Yes

Micro-USB 2.0 ports quantity:1

Microphone in:N / No / Y / Yes

Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL):N / No

USB 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity:1

Processor

Processor Cores:4 / 8

Processor family:Qualcomm Snapdragon / Samsung Exynos

Processor frequency:1.2 / 1.6 / 2

Processor Model:7870 / APQ8016 / MSM8953

Processor special features

Intel Anti-Theft Technology:

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology:

Intel Identity Protection Technology:

Intel My WiFi Technology:

Intel Rapid Start Technology:

Intel Small Business Advantage (SBA):

Intel Smart Connect Technology:

Intel Smart Response Technology:

Intel Turbo Boost Technology:

Intel vPro Technology:

Intel Wireless Display (WiDi) Technology:

Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT):

Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology):

Intel® Identity Protection Technology (Intel® IPT):

Intel® My WiFi Technology (Intel® MWT):

Intel® Rapid Start Technology:

Intel® Small Business Advantage (Intel® SBA):

Intel® Smart Response Technology:

Intel® Turbo Boost Technology:

Intel® vPro™ Technology:

Intel® Wireless Display (Intel® WiDi):

Software

Operating system installed:Android / Android 6.0

Operating System Version:5.0 / 6.0 / 6.0.1

Platform:Android

Storage

Card reader integrated:Y / Yes

Compatible memory cards:MicroSD (TransFlash) / MicroSD (TransFlash), MicroSDHC / MicroSD (TransFlash), MicroSDHC, MicroSDXC / MicroSD (TransFlash),MicroSDHC / MicroSD (TransFlash),MicroSDHC,MicroSDXC

Internal storage capacity:16

Maximum memory card size:128 / 200 / 256

Storage Media:Flash

User memory:10.5