My take on the reviews is to take them for what they are, biased opinions that someone is pushing an agenda one way or another. They may not be doing it intentionally, or even know they are doing it but everyone has some bias in them. I am also tired of the BS attacks on TW being laggy all the time. I have owned plenty of Samsung devices and have not noticed any lag, if it is there is so minute its barely noticeable to me. The verge dings it over price, how about trashing the overpriced ipad and the mini. The GN10.1 at least comes in 16/64GB options (64GB is MIA in NA) AND has microSD expansion which is where you will put your media so you use the internal for apps.
I am getting mine next week and won't be dissuaded by these opinions.