FEASIBILITY REPORT ON TABLET BRANDS BY ZACHARY CORLEY, CALEB ELSON, AND BIANCA LAWRENCE
INTRODUCTION AND RECOMMENDATION We reviewed the most popular tablets from 5 different brands Samsung – Galaxy Tab edition Apple – IPad Air Lenovo – Think Pad Tablet 2 Google – Nexus 10 Microsoft – Surface Pro 2 Based on the data we evaluated, we recommend the Samsung Galaxy Tab edition as top choice in terms of hardware and pricing.
METHODS To support our recommendations, we evaluated the feasibility of each option using five criteria: Processor Speed RAM (Also known as system memory) Depth (assuming a smaller depth is preferable) Display Resolution Price (assuming the least expensive model) In order to gather this information we used the tablets official webpages, Amazon, and review sites such as CNET.
SPECIFICATIONS – SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB EDITION Processor: 1.9 GHz Quad Core GHz Quad Core RAM: 3GB Depth: 7.9mm Display Resolution: 2560x1600 Price: $549
SPECIFICATIONS – APPLE IPAD AIR Processor: 1.4 GHz A7 chip RAM: 1GB Depth:.29in (7.366mm) Display Resolution: 2048x1536 Price: $499
SPECIFICATIONS – LENOVO THINK PAD TABLET 2 Processor: 1.8 GHz Intel Atom RAM: 2GB Depth:.4in (10.16mm) Display Resolution: 1366x768 Price: $699
SPECIFICATIONS – GOOGLE NEXUS 10 Processor: A15-1.7GHz RAM: 2GB Depth: 8.9mm Display Resolution: 2560x1600 Price: $399
SPECIFICATIONS – MICROSOFT SURFACE PRO 2 Processor: Intel i5 1.7GHz RAM: 4GB Depth:.53in (13.462mm) Display Resolution: 1920x1080 Price: $899
RESULTS The different brands were compared against each other and ranked 1-5 in each of the different criteria, 5 being the highest score, and 1 being the lowest. These scores were then totaled and ranked based on their total score.
RESULTS ProcessorRAMDepthDisplay Resolution PriceTotal Samsung Apple Lenovo Google Microsoft Final Ranking: 1.Samsung’s Galaxy Tab Edition 2.Google’s Nexus 10 3.Apple’s IPad Air 4.Lenovo’s Think Pad Tablet 2* 5.Microsoft’s Surface Pro 2* * Although Lenovo and Microsoft scored the same, Microsoft’s Surface’s price is significantly higher
FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS We recommend the Samsung Galaxy Tab edition as the overall best buy due to its impressive 1.9GHz quad core processor and screen resolution at a reasonable price. We must note that the different operating systems on each of the tablets make significant impacts on their performance and usability as well. For example, although the IPad Air’s A7 processor is significantly slower than the Galaxy Tab’s on paper, the performance and speed of both tablets would likely be similar due to the operating systems they run on.