Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 Review

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 Review-In the case, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 bigger but not better. Although the 9.7-inch model shares identical specifications to the 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A, lackluster screen resolution looks better on smaller models than 9.7 inches. To his credit, the Galaxy Tab A 9.7 is a good tablet with stable performance and modern design. It even comes with some free software items, such as trial subscriptions to The New York Times and The Economist, as well as bonuses in the game for a few select games, such as The Hobbit: Kingdoms. The downside, as many tablets as Samsung, is its excessive price. At $ 299 (UK availability has not been announced, but the price of US converts to about £ 190).

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 LTE

Design

Plastic construction gives a little nuances cheap, but it does not look like a cheap piece of hardware that backpanel charcoal gray little sparkles in the light and smooth texture gives sleekly streamlined shape. A design of the Galaxy Tab 9.7 is very convenient. In addition to the fine backpanel be fun at your fingertips, rounded edges make the tablet comfortable gripping. On the right edge you'll find the power button below the volume rocker and microSD card slot several inches below it. At the bottom you will find the port headphone jack and Micro-USB sitting between the two speakers.

Features

Running Android 5.0 Lollipop, Tab A feature Samsung's TouchWiz overlay. The skin is user-friendly, easy to navigate and full of software goods. Appears full Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. This is a nice addition, especially for those interested in a portable workstation, but without the software keyboard is not convenient to utilize. As the owner of the new Galaxy tablet, you get some free allowances. "Galaxy Gifts" including attempted 3 months Evernote Premium, Audiobooks from Audible and The New York Times, as well as the 6-month trial subscription to The Economist and Blinkist.

There is also a bonus in-app for a few games and applications. If you already subscribe to the Samsung Galaxy, which SideSync 3.0 applications useful to streamline your device. This application reflects your phone's screen, so instead take your phone to respond to a text message, you simply do it by using a tablet. This is very useful when you are carrying around two devices, but only need to use one. A Galaxy Tab 8.0 also has a multiwindow function. For tablet is pretty basic, it smoothly handles run two applications at once. Not all applications are able to utilize the functions, but general, which is often used as the Google Play Store, Gmail and Chrome can.

Hardware

Samsung Galaxy Tab A has a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, 1.5GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage with a microSD card slot which is expandable up to 128GB. Other hardware features include Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS.

Achievement

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 features a 1,024x768-pixel resolution display with an aspect ratio of 4: 3. Unfortunately, the text can appear pixelated, although it does not make it difficult to read - it's just a reminder that fact that you're not really rolling with the best. This is unforgivable in an 8-inch models, but the 9.7-inch screen Tab A look unattractively worn. Fortunately, HD video still looks sharp and clear.

However, the weight of video watchers may want to think twice about taking this Samsung model; 4:3 aspect ratio add letterboxing (thick black bars above and below the video), which means that the video does not fill the screen, and speakers provide quality audio solitary excited. Also, because at the bottom edge, easy to block the speaker even though it was probably the best.