As expected, the new and improved '10.1''tablet Galaxy Tab II goes on sale at a price of $ 499 for 16 GB version and $ 599 for 32 GB version. For the same price as the Apple iPad 2, whose screen has a much smaller diagonal. In U.S. stores tablet will appear on June 8, but only in WiFi-incarnation.

The same "second" plate, which we mentioned in passing above, will be a "little brother" of the first. He will have at its disposal 8.9''display and will be released in two versions with different amount of internal storage – 16 GB and 32 GB.

The price is very low-end model will please those who are ready to buy "the pill" without a big budget for all sorts of Xoom'y: 8,9''Galaxy Tab will cost just 469 and $ 569 (for 16 GB and 32 GB respectively). In the sale will go well this summer.

Why 8.9''? Samsung claims that it is – the largest form factor that fits easily into a pocket usual business suit.

Both the tablet will be equipped with 1 GHz dual-core processors, and will be thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. The thickness of the Samsung devices will be 8.6 mm, while the thickness of the iPad 2 is equal to 8.8 mm. With regard to weight, 10,1''Galaxy Tab weighs 595 grams, whereas the 8.9''model weighs 470 grams. Weight iPad 2 is 601 grams.

But the price, weight and thickness of the surprises do not end there. Samsung claims that another remarkable piece of novelty is the battery. Tab 10,1''equipped with a 6800 mAh battery, while the 8.9''model will get 6000 mAh battery. Both the tablet will provide 10 hours of video playback, like iPad. However, the battery life here can affect the presence Samsung'ovskih devices support Adobe Flash 10.2.

Both the first and second version of the Galaxy Tab 2 is equipped with a slot microSD, 3,5''audio jack and a connector for SIM-card.

Both the tablet from Samsung will be equipped with front-megapixel camera (the iPad 2 camera can shoot only in the resolution of VGA), and 3 megapixel rear camera, able to shoot HD-video format 720p. In this case, both the tablet is easy to cope with playing HD-format video 1080p on their displays with 1280 x 800 pixels.

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In addition to the iron company has demonstrated a new user interface, TouchWiz 4.0 "Live Panel", which displays a half-dozen "living" panels of data on social, news, mail and other services.