Samsung’s latest premium Android tablets are coming this month for $649 and up. But the company also has a more affordable new tablet on the way.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 features a 10.4 inch LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor, quad speakers, and 3GB of RAM.
While there’s no word on the exact price or release date yet, it seems like a safe bet that this tablet will be cheaper than the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7 and S7+, which feature AMOLED displays, S-Pen support, and faster processors, among other things.
Still, the Galaxy Tab A7 looks like a nice step up from a similarly-sized budget tablet like the Amazon Fire HD 10. First of all, Samsung’s tablet comes with the Google Play Store pre-installed, no hacking required. And second, the specs look pretty decent:
| Display | 10.4 inch 2000 x 1200 pixels LCD |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 4 x Cortex-A73 CPU cores @ 2 GHz 4 x Cortex-A53 CPU cores @ 1.8 GHz Adreno 610 graphics |
| RAM | 3GB |
| Storage | 32GB or 64GB + microSD (up to 1TB) |
| Cameras | 8MP (rear) 5MP (front) |
| Battery | 7,040 mAh |
| Speakers | 4 x with Dolby Atmos |
| Wireless | WiFi 5 Bluetooth 5.0 4G LTE Cat 13 (select models) |
| Security | Face unlock |
Samsung will offer the Galaxy Tab A7 in three color options: dark gray, gold, and silver. The gray and gold models have black bezels around the screen, while the silver version has white bezels.
I don’t know why someone should take an Android tablet such as this these days… no OS updates after 2 year and no security updates after 3!
A much better choice is something like the Lenovo Duet (more memory, more storage), keyboard bundled, pen supported with Chrome OS with Android Apps support and updates until June 2028 (8 years!)….
I was at Costco yesterday and they had the S6 Lite with 64 GB for $299. I wonder which is a better tablet and better deal. Probably the S6 Lite?