Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought this tablet knowing its not going to perform as well as the Galaxy Tab S2 or the iPad air and that this tablet only has a screen resolution if 1024 by 768 but that does not mean this tablet is a bad buy. I love this tablet I cant say it enough. This is my second Android tablet within 3 years and I am very very happy with. It does everything I need it to do without it slowing down or giving me any problems. I love how Samsung has really optimized touchwiz ( The user interface ). Touchwiz works very fast, looks clean and looks nice to. I honestly like Touchwiz more then stock Android. Samsung also did not install much bloatware on the tablet if anything the things that came installed I actually use! One of the things that came installed is called SMART MANAGER which is a application that tells you how much memory you have free, how much free space you have, how much battery is left and security software. Really cool how Samsung made this software to give the user good information about the device. The other software that was installed was the basic google apps like gmail, chrome, play books, ect. Microsoft office also came installed on the tablet which is great because its the full microsoft office so I can edit documents and create documents. Even though I dont use office on my tablets its nice to have just in case I do need to check a word document. This tablet I bought does have the pen with it but I cant really say anything about the pen since I did buy a otterbox for my tablet on day one and the otterbox I bought does not have a flap for the pen unfortunately but the main reason I bought the tablet with the pen is that it comes with 2GB of ram instead of 1.5 GB of ram. I think since the tablet I bought does have 2GB ram that it will help it to last longer since it has a good amount of memory. My tablet also has 16 GB internal memory which is ok but I wish it would of had at least 32 GB memory. Its not enough to make me regret buying it because it does have a SD card slot able to take up to 128 GB and the tablet performs very fast and fluid overall. I did buy a 64 GB samsung evo micros SD card for the tablet, it works as its suppose to. The SD card only cost me $20.00!! Wow thats a great price. I know a good amount of information about computers in general I remember when 16 GB micro SD cards were like $15.00 and now you can buy a 64 GB micro SD cards for $20.00. Anyways the Galaxy tab A 9.7 inch tablet I bought has not given me any problems so far I have had it for almost 3 weeks its been working wonders. Like I said earlier the screen resolution isnt the best but if you think about it like I did. Your getting a 9.7 inch tablet with 2GB ram, a fast quad core processor, decent cameras, bright screen, duel speakers that sound good, amazing battery life, (almost as good as the iPads battery) and something that is pretty light. Its not the lightest tablet or the fastest tablet but for the price you are paying I think its a reasonable price. I really like the 4:3 screen ratio much more then the 16:10 screen ratio like the galaxy tab 4 10.1 inch. The 4:3 screen ratio is great for tablets because it dont feel awkward when I hold my tablet vertically or horizontally whereas the galaxy tab 4 10.1 inch feels weird holding it vertically. The batter life on here is great. With a full charge and casual use I easily get 2 days even 3 if I dont watch much videos. I mainly use the tablet to go online, check my bank, watch youtube and play a few games here and there. I have used this tablet to take some pictures. The pictures dont come out great but they are fine with a good amount of light, I am fine with that because it is a tablet so I dont expect the cameras to compete with my iPhones camera. Overall I am so happy I bought this tablet. This is my second Android tablet I have had. I am someone who mainly uses Apple devices. I am impressed with the overall usability of this tablet. I think it is a much better value then the iPad air since you can expand the storage and you dont have to spend $500.00 on something that ONLY has 16 GB of storage that you CANT expand. Dont get me wrong I do like Apple a ton and will still be buying Apple devices but I am now more interested in Android devices now then I was a year ago. Sure this tablet isnt made out of nice aluminum BUT that dont mean this tablet is cheaply made either. The plastic they use feels nice and sturdy and it dont dent or scratch like aluminum. Below I will list the positives and negatives about this tablet and weather I think its a good buy. Things I like 1. Screen ratio is a 4:3 ratio 2. Great battery life (about 10 hours of real use) 3. SD card slot, 2GB ram (Only 2GB ram with S Pen model!) 4. Nice build quality for the price 5. Touchwiz defiantly has improved 6. Very little bloatware if any 7. Nice loud decent duel speakers Things I dont like 1. Only 16GB internal storage 2. Sometimes it can be hard to read small text 3. Uses micro usb to charge instead of usb c 4. The only color that uses the S Pen is brown Conclusion This tablet is a great tablet for the price. No you may not be getting something as fast as a iPad air 2 or something that uses aluminum but the things you are getting out of this tablet is usability. The user interface looks great it feels very fast and physically looks nice to. The apps that come preinstalled are good apps that normal people use, they are apps that are well known. Its no slouch by any means, your getting something that has a good build quality with mid range specs for a good price. The one thing I am not so sure about is Samsung Knox. If someone could please tell me what it is and if its a good idea to activate it I would appreciate it:) P.S. The otterbox for this tablet is great. Even though it does not have a flap for the S Pen I like knowing that my investment will be protected for a long time. The otterbox is made out of nice material that feels good to hold in the hand for long periods of time.