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

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2012·$399
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#2 of 17
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

At 78/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2012 — 17 points above the cohort average.

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

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among mid-range phones of 2012 — 14 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSamsung Exynos 5 Dual
RAM2 GB
Storage16 / 32 GB

04Battery

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among mid-range phones of 2012 — 21 points above the cohort average.

Capacity9,000 mAh
Wired5 W

05Build

66/100

66/100 puts it above the 62-point average for mid-range phones of 2012.

06Value

64/100

At 64/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among mid-range phones of 2012 — 7 points above the cohort average.

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.
Cross-shop it against
Asus Nexus 7 (2013)
$229 · score 64/100

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 17-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .