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Samsung Nexus 10 review: The 2012 10" Nexus tablet with 300 ppi Retina-class display.

Item: Samsung Nexus 10
Rating: 58
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2012·$399

Overall

58/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

The 300 ppi Nexus tablet.

Nexus 10 brought a Retina-beating 300 ppi screen to Android tablets in 2012 — a landmark display tablet for its era.

01Display

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2012.

TypePLS LCD

Size10.1 inches

Resolution2,560 × 1,600 px (300 ppi)

02Camera

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2012.

Main5 MP

Selfie1.9 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2012.

ChipsetSamsung Exynos 5 Dual

RAM2 GB

Storage16 / 32 GB

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2012.

Capacity9,000 mAh

Wired5 W

05Build

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2012.

06Value

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2012.

What works

First Android tablet with 300 ppi display.
Front stereo speakers.
Stock Android.
Big 9,000 mAh battery.

What doesn't

Soft-touch back.
Heavy 603 g.
Wi-Fi only.
Slow 5 W charging.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .