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Is the Samsung Galaxy Tab Eastward Worth It?

Android tablet makers had a valiant run at the iPad in its early days, but the contest has slowed down equally Chrome OS and Windows x tablets and convertibles are at present flooding the market.

Samsung, yet, all the same offers a slew of low-priced Android tablets, including the popular Galaxy Tab E. This budget tablet hasn't been updated in several years, but it'southward still worth your consideration at its current $150 price. However, at the right price, the similar Milky way Tab A is the meliorate buy.

	Milky way Tab E (nine.6-inch)	Galaxy Tab Eastward (8-inch)	Galaxy Tab East Low-cal (seven-inch)
Toll	$149.99 (opens in new tab)	$149.99 (opens in new tab)	$69.99 (opens in new tab)
Colors	Black	Black	White
Display	9.half-dozen-inch, 1280 x 800-pixels	8-inch, 1280 x 800-pixels	7-inch, 1024 10 600-pixels
CPU	Qualcomm Snapdragon 410	Qualcomm Snapdragon 410	Quad-core
RAM	one.5GB	1.5GB	1GB
Storage	16GB	16GB	8GB
Ports	micro USB	micro USB	micro USB
Size	ix.v 10 5.ix x 0.4 inches	8.4 x 5.0 x 0.4 inches	7.6 x 4.six x 0.four inches
Weight	1.2 pounds	0.8 pounds	0.vii pounds

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At that place are several versions of the Milky way Tab East being sold online. We're going to take a wait at each of the available models and so you don't spend your coin on an outdated production.

The easiest means to differentiate each Galaxy Tab E model is by their display sizes and Android- operating system version. The original 9.6-inch Galaxy Tab Due east was released dorsum in 2014, running Android 5.1. This larger version is powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 CPU and comes with 1.5GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. A microSD card slot allows you to aggrandize to upwards to 128GB of storage space.

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The viii-inch version of the Galaxy Tab E, released a year afterwards, has very similar specifications — a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 CPU, i.5GB of RAM and 16GB of storage — just it supports LTE connectivity for AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon networks.

Owners of either version of the Galaxy Tab E are happy with the tablets' performance and their display quality, based on thousands of reviews averaging betwixt iv.2 and four.vi stars on All-time Buy (opens in new tab) and Amazon (opens in new tab) . Conversely, some users took issue with the quality of their two- and five-megapixel cameras and poor speaker output.

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While the overall reception of the Galaxy Tab E is overwhelmingly positive, it's important to remember that this tablet was released iv years ago, when our demands for mobile devices weren't what they are today. Compared with modern smartphones and tablets, the Galaxy Tab Es' display resolution of 1280 ten 800 is poor, and their processor underpowered. Too, keep in mind that Google no longer supports Android v.one Lollipop, so you'll want to update to the latest Android 7.one Nougat Os.

The Galaxy Tab E is a solid low-budget tablet for everyday apply, but the Galaxy Tab A, an updated version of the 8-inch Galaxy Tab E, has twice the storage, a more powerful processor, and runs Android vii.i Nougat Bone out of the box. You can occasionally find the Galaxy Tab A on sale for around $150, making it a amend purchase than the Galaxy Tab E.

There is a third version of Samsung'southward budget tablet called the Milky way Tab Due east Low-cal. I advise yous ignore the enticing $70 cost and stay far away from it. The tablet runs an ancient version of Android — Android iv.iv KitKat — and sports a fuzzy 7.0-inch, 1024 10 600-pixel display.

Credit: Samsung

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