Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1-Inch 32 GB Wi-Fi - Black (UK Version)

I honestly couldn’t imagine a better tablet for the money! The metal rear casing makes it feel much more premium than it’s price would suggest. The display is fantastic with brilliant viewing angles and rich colours, and the full lamination really helps with the contrast - the photos do not do justice to the quality. The speakers were a huge surprise, super bassy with a nice full sound. (I’m sure audiophiles would take issue with the overall tone, but for watching Netflix or listening to music they’re perfect). My only gripe is that both speakers are on the same side of the tablet when viewing in landscape, but I think it’s fine for the money. You occasionally feel the 2GB of RAM when multitasking, but it’s nowhere as bad as I had imagined. You can easily split screen apps, or use the new pop-up app view, with no lagging. Since others have mentioned issues with the tablet accepting MicroSD cards, I thought I should mention that I’ve installed a 200GB Sandisk MicroSD, and it’s working perfectly. After a week or so of owning the tablet I received the Android 10 update, and it’s a massive improvement. The UI feels much smoother and more responsive than before, and the tablet now loses zero battery overnight. If it’s at 100% when I go to bed, it’s still at 100% when I wake up…! Nuts. I’ve loaded up PUBG Mobile, and while the standard performance isn’t great, using the GFX app from the PlayStore I’ve managed to push about 40fps. If you’re looking at tablets in this price bracket I doubt you’ll find anything better.

Well what to say about this tablet other than its not a small shiny box of paracetamols; (excuse the poorly chosen joke or pun) currently sat listening to a bit of David Bowie as i download a couple of series onto my new shiny samsung. Ok so i’m more of a apple guy than an android user. But couldn’t quite bring myself to fork out the kind of funds needed to buy an ipad. Was initially going to get the new amazon fire Hd 10.1 tablet but found this samsung galaxy tab A 10.1 (2019) cheaper. Tho i do think the amazon fire HD tablets are good for the money you pay (had the previous model) but i liked the look of the galaxy tablet. Slimmer and lighter and much less bessel. Which was the deciding factor. Havent had the tablet for long. But it is a nice one; may not be high end but its far from being a bargain low end tablet. The screen is nice; watched a bit of the first season of swamp thing (so sad that there will be no season 2) i liked the screen; i mean its no OLED screen; but it is still brilliant quality; i also found the speaker to be better that the amazons one. I also found the tablet to be responsive. And i would highly recommend the samsung galaxy tab A (2019) To close it does what it says on the tin (ok the box) if your looking for a tablet that wont break the bank or cause you to spend a month ruffling through food banks like a crazed zombie. Then the samsung tablet should be the one for you. If your debating over this or the amazon tablet sadly i cant help you as this is more of a personal preference. But for me the samsung wins in many aspects; the back is not plastic so feels more high end and of course the camera is better. And its Android (though i did actually like amazons interface) happy hunting peeps; hope this was helpful.

Excellent tablet

Update: when I record with front facing camera it is back to front like a mirror effect. So when I did a review of DVDs it showed all the writing the wrong way around. I have yet to find out how to change this! So on unboxing it had 50% battery life and I soon charged the other 50. What you get is a brilliant Tablet, but I would suggest you order from Samsung and no third party. That way your booklet and set up will be in English. Camera is ace and takes perfect selfies and is not slow to respond. In fact nothing on this tablet is slow. Wifi easily picks up and screen is very responsive. You can add an external SD card and if you go into settings and tap on build number a few times you can enable developer options. From there you can change every aspect of the tablet including the place apps are stored. Haven't done it myself and don't intend to fill it will apps. Screen is lovely and bright and the display is ace. Don't play games, but do render videos which was really fast as was uploading to Twitter. My video editor was very responsive and no lag. In settings you can set screen time out as well as make it brighter when outdoors with a radio button. All in all very ace, durable, easy to set up and under 200 pounds. It does everything I want and more,

Being a bit of a techie, and reading other reviews I was a little sceptic about purchasing this tablet with low ram for 2019. But I should of known. The build quality and the screen are exceptional for the price. And having had most tablets in the past and finally taking a look at why I use a tablet(Which was browsing Internet, YouTube) Why do I need a fully specced tablet. I don't play games, I very rarely listen to music. So I went ahead and purchased it. Definitely the correct decision. You will not need anything else. If you wish to only use it for multimedia and Web browsing you will not be disappointed 2Gb Ram is more than anough for this. Well done Sammy. U gave us a bargain this time. 5***** Update 19/6/19 After using this tablet for a week, I have returned it. For one single reason, I tried several SD cards Inc. Two Samsung, could I get the tablet to recognise them. No matter what I tried nothing. So sadly then that's a definite no no.