Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2019)

Terrible performance – I use my tablet for my social media, some photos, email, Spotify, and a couple of basic Microsoft Apps. After about six months to a year after purchase, the tablet started crashing occasionally and it got more and more frequent. Have done two factory resets and formatted the 180 GB SD card I have in it. Still has not resolved the extremely… Read more

annoying problem. Happens at least twice every time I use it. Would not recommend this tablet to anyone. It's quite slow and often the keyboard can't keep up with the typing either. Most of the time I have it on to display a reference photo for drawing as I am an artist and it is fine sitting there, but if I try and use it, it gets itself in knots and crashes.

Great Tablet – I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy Tab A, I was a bit skeptical at first as most of my friend have I pads. When I got my tablet home and in boxes it I was pleasantly surprised it had a very nice look and feel to it. I have been using it for a few months now, it has never disappointed me The feel and look is great, it's really fast so I can have… Read more

things running in the background and it doesn't seem to slow it down. It has a phone card slot so I'm always able to connect to the internet. The screen quality is very good, even in bright sunlight you can see the screen, all in all I am very happy with my tablet. Thank you Samsung.

Have modest expectations – I bought 2x Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0" Wifi that were significantly discounted; one for my elderly mother who needed a bigger screen than her mobile phone to play WeChat games, and one for myself to read ebooks. The best thing about the tablets is their long battery life, even if they've been left in standby mode and not turned off. The build… Read more

quality is nice too, though the top and bottom bezels are a bit big at 1.6cm each. Screen resolution is at first disappointing when you're used to your phone's sharpness, but you get used to it and it's perfectly fine for reading. They're limited machines, so you can't overload them with too many apps. My mother only uses hers for WeChat mini games, which aren't that intensive, and still, she complains of lags/freezes every now and then. Most of the time though, it is working well for her purposes. For reading ebooks and playing audiobooks, I'm happy with mine. However, its performance for something as basic as browsing the internet is dissatisfying at times, with noticeable lag. Eg. when loading more items on certain shopping sites and scrolling. These tablets will suit kids and those with minimal requirements like us, but still, I can't imagine anyone would be too happy if they paid full price (over $200) for them.

FAST AND EASY TO USE – Just a quick edition to my review here, the Security updates are done regularly so far which I'm happy about, not sure how long that will last though, the warranty is also for 2 years not 1 or at least that is what Officeworks told me. I purchased this tablet in October 2019 and have had no problems with it so far. The tablet gets both security… Read more ·  1

and software updates from Samsung regularly and so far updating apps is no problem either.

I use the tablet mainly for emails and streaming some shows and reading news online. The screen is easy to see and very clear and I have no problems in working out settings although it is a bit different from my previous tablet I have managed to understand what the new wording means as Samsung call things a different name.

There are a lot off apps from Samsung on the tablet half off which I dont use and I have disabled but this does not stop them from updating themselves without my okaying it and there is no way to stop that unfortunately.

If you want a tablet with less apps from the manufacturer I suggest you buy a different one. Also Samsung insist on you using there own Internet anything that you want to look at from Gmail will automatically default to Samsung Internet not Google Chrome.

Can be slow but great for kids – My daughter received this for Xmas. It is a great tablet for watching and streaming and playing games. However when i use it with her to google something she is interested in, I find it lags a bit. Like I am typing way to fast for the keyboard to keep up. Which I'm not. Just a standard speed like most adults I guess. She doesn't have that problem… Read more ·  1

as she is still learning where all the keys are. Sometimes it freezes aswell if I try to jump between multiple screens or apps. As I said, Its perfect for kids and she LOVES it. But I wouldn't purchase it for myself. It just can't keep up.

Great for kids – The tablet is used for our 4 year old daughters video viewing on the YouTube kids app. It more than satisfies our needs playing smoothly with great sound, graphics, battery life. and smooth trouble free operation. It is a perfect size for little hands. The only complaint is that we found that a solid childproof case can be difficult to come across. Show details ·  1

Glitches so much I cannot use it – I purchased the tablet purely to play games on it. I don’t play ram intensive games such as pub g or something similar. It’s more puzzle and decorating games. The tablet even though connected to a 4g wifi network glitches non-stop. It’s not just in gaming I can’t even search in google it glitches and crashes. I have factory reset it, updated it… Read more

and still it’s horrendous. Please get something decent and not this. I went back to JBHIFI for a refund as it’s clearly faulty and it needs to go for assessment first. Every other place in Perth you can take an item back and get a refund when it’s faulty. Samsung make you send it for assessment hoping you give up and not get a refund. Absolute reprobates.

Absolute rubbish with no customer support – Do not buy this tablet or any Samsung products as they do not support their warranty. Tablet screen not working after 5 months with no damage to tablet. Sent away to Samsung who said the tablet had been dropped, even though no evidence or damage to tablet. Samsung then attempted to charge $260 to repair a tablet worth $198 even though it is under… Read more

warranty. Their customer service is extremely poor, we have 8 Samsung devices in our household which will now be replaced by other brands in future.

Black screen of death – Bought this last year as part of a bonus offer from Optus and because I have another Samsung tablet, left this in the drawer. Started using this early this year and after a few months, the past couple of weeks, it started flickering and now the screen is dead. When you push the buttons, it still makes the sounds but still black screen. Did the… Read more

normal factory reset and reboot, but because of the black screen, you cannot see anything. Googling for solutions, seems that this is a hardware fault. Messaged Samsung and they cannot help as they do not have any service centres in Melbourne.

Great cheap tablet – Good quality and reliable tablet. Battery life is great. I bought this mainly for reading watching movies or tv shows on netflix. Works well, however very slow if you are using it for anything typing-related. I highly recommend this if you need a cheap tablet for recreational use. I bought this for $249 back in December 2019. I wouldn't spend more for it though Show details ·  1

Endless moisture detected notification? Google before you buy! – Bought this tablet for my son 2 weeks ago and it works quite well for all his needs including playing games, It has surprisingly good sound too. The issue with this tablet is that it is becoming impossible to charge as every single day it has a "moisture detected notification while charging and is unable to charge. (swapping charge leads doesn't… Read more

help) Do a Google before you buy! Search "Samsung" and "moisture detected notification" and you will see the countless pages of others that have this painful issue with Samsung electronics. We have many phones and tablets in our household, all in the same environment which is not moist in anyway and the only one that has a problem is Samsung tablet. Currently the only way to charge it is to sit the tablet and the charge lead in front of a hair dryer for 10 min to heat it up. How are we ever going to charge this tablet in the car or camping without a hairdryer, it hasn't rained for weeks and is dry as bone here.

Value for Money – I mainly use my tablet for watching Netflix and Youtube. I also check emails and occasionally Skype and video chat with it. The apps are easy to download and work well on this device. In comparison to my previous tablet, a Kindle Fire the picture is not as sharp but it still does the job nicely. It is superior to the Kindle Fire due the fact… Read more ·  1

that it doesn't have 101 Amazon apps on it that use all your storage and can't be removed. The volume is not super loud but it is sufficient and so far so good.

Very nice! – Tablet is very affordable and performs well and is also well put together. Packaging is good. Easy on the eye screen with very good resolution. I have never used Bluetooth, Hotspot or WiFi so connecting by wifi took a little time to work out but eventually got there with grateful assistance from Samsung AU support. So far no problems. Has a lot of apps which at the moment I don’t use but I might later on down the track. Recommended. Show details ·  1