Tablets

[Frans Somebody]

Looking for advice on Android tablets. 7 to 10". Mid range price. Have not owned one before. Needs plenty of memory. Thanks.
Frans

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Samsung tablets would be the common response, but the good ones tend to be pretty pricey. If you want to try a decent one that's significantly less expensive, consider the Lenovo Tab 4 10". I have the 8", and it's a remarkably good value (although the 8" only goes up to 16 GB; the 10" is 32 GB).

 

[maordany]

Samsung tablets are very good, But if you want a relatively good product and relatively cheap I've discovered that LENOVO is not bad at all.

 

[tube517]

I have the Lenovo Tab 4 8 like bdiddy and my wife has the Tab 4 10 and they are both solid. Been very happy with both

 

[B. Diddy]

If you're still looking, woot.com has the refurbished Lenovo Tab 4 8 Plus for a measly $79! computers.woot.com/offers/lenovo-8-tab4-8-plus-16gb. This is better than the regular Tab 4 8 because it has a Snapdragon 625 (up from the 425) and a full HD 1920x1200 screen. Everything else should be about the same, and it was still updated to Oreo. At that price, I couldn't resist -- I just ordered one!
@tube517 you might want to check this out!

 

[B. Diddy]

Quick update -- I've since learned from other forum posts that this particular model (TB-8704V, which is the Verizon 4G model) did not get updated past 7.1.1, unlike the regular Tab 4 8, which got 8.1. Presumably this is because of Verizon (boo!).

 

[B. Diddy]

Another update -- DO NOT GET THE LENOVO TAB 4 8 PLUS being sold by Woot.com! I discovered after receiving it today that there's a well-described bug that causes wi-fi connection to be dropped frequently. There's a long support thread about it here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo...and/WiFi-issue-with-Tab-4-8-Plus/td-p/3986227 (wish I had seen that before I had ordered it!) No solutions offered by Lenovo. It sounds like it might be a glitch introduced by a system update which they never bothered to patch. Interestingly, this never happens on my Lenovo Tab 4 8 (the non-Plus version). I'm going to start the return process tonight.

 

[Frans Somebody]

Thanks all, I should have got back earlier, sorry. Have bought the Galaxy Tab A (2018, 10.5).
So far I am happy with it. No problems.