CES 2012: Samsung Shows Off Galaxy Tab 7.0N Plus Tablet

Samsung has a new tablet for the German market, the Galaxy Tab 7.0N Plus that sports many of the specs of the non-N version but was redesigned so that Apple would no longer call it an iPad clone as happened with the previous version.

By taking just a quick look at the new Samsung tablet it becomes apparent that the most important design change made is the inclusion of a new forward-facing speaker.

A long awaited upgrade by some, this does nothing to subtract from its overall style and right beneath it stands a 7-inch PLS-LCD display which has a resolution of 1024x600 pixels.

Moving to the inside of the tablet, here we are greeted by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor that is paired with 16GB of storage space for your media consumption needs.

If that isn’t enough, a microSD card can be added, via the available port, to expand memory by up to 32GB according to bestboyz.de.

Also inside the Galaxy Tab 7.0N Plus case, Samsung has placed a massive 4000mAh battery, Bluetooth 3.0 and 802.11 a/b/g/n connectivity, a GPS, as well as a GSM and HSPA modem for taking voice calls.

All these are packed inside a case that weights no more than 345g (0.7 pounds) which makes it quite portable in our opinion.

This version of the 7.0-inch Samsung tablet will arrive later this month for a suggested retail price of 600 EUR, which translates into about $763 US. It’s worth mentioning however that this is one tablet that is not going to be made available outside of Germany.

As far as the operating system run by the Galaxy Tab 7.0N Plus is concerned, the slate will initially arrive with Android 3.2 Honeycomb, but later down the line Samsung will release an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.