Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Review: A Fantastic Value By My Next Tablet

With prices, starting at just 230, the Samsung Galaxy tab a7, might become the most popular android tablet of the year compared to its predecessor. It has a faster processor, a new display for speakers and up-to-date software, but it's lacking most premium features, I'm Andre from mynextdevice. com and in this review you learn everything you need to know about the galaxy type i7 before we start don't forget to subscribe to this channel, I'm reviewing almost every tablet that gets released while the last couple of galaxy type, a tablet had a 10.1-inch screen the Galaxy Tab. A7 from 2020 is the first one with a 10.4-inch TFT display, I'm not sure if it's an IPS panel, but viewing angle is okay and colors. Looks fine! It has a resolution of 2000 by 1200 pixels, which means that the screen is not as sharp as of a galaxy type by 7, but certainly sharp enough. Overall, I think it's a pretty good screen for this price class.

It's similar in quality to last year's Galaxy Tab, a 10.1, but when holding them side by side, you can see that the new one is a tiny bit bigger. I compared it to the Galaxy Tab, s6 lite 2, which is a bit pricier mid-range tablet with an s-pen, and it has a 10.4 inch display as well. But while the resolution and sharpness are the same, the s6 light is a bit brighter. I also noticed that in direct comparison, the a7 looks a bit bluish. The screen is fully laminated by the way, and since the tablet has a wide vine level 1, you can watch Netflix and other streaming services with HD resolution.

That's not the case with all competitors. This tablet is pretty well suited for watching movies in general because it has 4 speakers 2 on both shorter sides. I think that's fantastic, because one of my few complaints with its predecessor was that it had two speakers on the same side. Only, but this time you can hear a real stereo separation compared to pricier tablets like cyber pro and Galaxy Tab. S6 lite, especially the bass, is not as strong, and it doesn't sound as pleasing, but for an inexpensive tablet.

The sound is good. The Galaxy Tab a7 does not support the s pen, so I can't recommend it. If you want to write down handwritten notes. Yes, you could get a generic stylus for capacitive screens, which are fine for little children that just want to draw a bit for fun or so, but compared to an active pen, they're terrible and if you're an artist or want to write down notes, you will be disappointed. This shouldn't be a surprise, because no tablet in this price range supports an active pen.

I'm not blaming Samsung at all, but people ask me hundreds of times which pen I can recommend for the predecessor and the answer are: there's none and I did try several kinds of pens: the Samsung Galaxy tab, a7 ships with a Qualcomm snapdragon 662 processors, that is supported by three gigabytes of ram and a 32 gigabyte or 64 gigabyte internal storage. LTE is an option too. I like that, we're getting three gigabytes of ram now, because last year a tablet like this had two gigabytes only, but I wish Samsung would offer much more storage options. I've gotten the 32 gigabyte version because it was the only one available at the beginning, and when you want to install lots of games, you will run out of space fast. A 128 gigabyte option would be nice because you can't install apps or games onto a micros here on paper.

The performance is fantastic in benchmarks like geek bench, 4 and 5. It is usually on a similar level as the pricier Galaxy Tab, s6 lite, and it's much faster than the Galaxy Tab. A 10.1 from last year. The graphics performance and benchmarks like 3d mark and the geek bench for computers is much better too, but for some reason it fails in the geek bench 5 compute test. I also wanted to render a video in Adobe Premiere rush, but once I try an error message, pops up, and it fails now.

Real life performance is very good for this price class. You can play PUBG mobile with balance, graphics, and it performs very well, but you can't select HD graphics, which is a bummer. On a positive note, I was able to play Call of Duty with graphics set to very high, and it runs smoothly. Other games like model combat car x, highway and Badlands brawl runs fantastic too. So, basically, you will be able to play almost every game on here, not always with the highest settings, but most games should run most, but not all.

I try to install Fortnite and even though there's an error message that this tablet is not supported. It does run. The performance is kind of acceptable, with graphics set to medium and good with the lowest graphics, but I was never able to finish a match because it continues to crash and sometimes on bad days. It runs with 1 fps. That's not a huge surprise, because Fortnite is very demanding.

In fact, I was surprised that I was able to install it on such a cheap tablet, but due to the questions, it's not fun. Of course, normal apps, like google, chrome, Netflix, Gmail, Microsoft, office, YouTube and Samsung notes performed very well. The performance of standard tasks like office work and surfing the web is good sure it's not as fast as a premium device. The Galaxy Tab, 7 or iPad Pro is much, much faster, but I think it's fast enough, especially for this price range. Simple multitasking works.

Fine, it's possible to have YouTube running on one side and chrome on the other. Without any major hiccups, you can even open a third app in a pop-up view. Above these two and as long as you're, not using very demanding apps, it will work. Fine too heavy multitasking is not possible, though, because the Samsung DEX desktop mode is not even supported. I think the Samsung Galaxy tab a7 looks quite nice with its slim black screen bezels, and it's mostly metal body, which is just seven millimeters thin.

It weighs 476 gram, which is okay, too. You can get it in gray silver and gold. Not everything is metal. There's a plastic part for the antennas and for whatever reason, there's a weird cutout for the headphone jack, which doesn't look nice. But besides that it almost feels as high and as pricier devices do on the sides.

We get a power button, volume controls, a headphone jack and a micro SD card slot. I wasn't able to install apps onto a micro SD, but you can store other files, of course between two of those four speakers. It's an USB c port. It's an USB 2.0 connector, which means you can attach lots of accessories, including hard drives and SSDs, but external monitors are not supported on the back. The tablet features an 8 megapixel camera that takes ok, photos and videos, nothing outstanding, but fine.

I, like the 5 megapixel front-facing camera a bit more. The quality is ok only but for times like these, it's nice to see that the webcam is placed in the middle and not on the sides when holding the tablet in landscape view. That's great for video sheds. If you want, you can use that webcam to unlock the tab a7 using facial recognition that works fine in good light, but not at all in the dark and since there's no additional depth sensor, it's not as secure, but since there's no fingerprint scanner. It's the only option.

If you don't want to use a password or a pin every time to activate the screen, we can just double tap it, which works great together with facial recognition. Samsung is shipping the Galaxy Tab, a7 running android 10 and one UI in version 2.5 out of the box. In the past, the Galaxy Tab, 8 tablets usually have gotten two major updates. So unless Samsung changes anything, it should get android, 11 and 12 in the future. But since I don't speak for Samsung, I can't promise anything.

Of course, with one your eyes. Interface is customized quite a bit compared to vanilla android, but I like it because it does not look as overloaded as it used to in the past. In fact, the interface looks clean and quite snappy, and the extra features that Samsung puts in can be very useful, at least for the most part. It's nice that you can open, apps and freely floating windows, for instance, even without a stylus Samsung notes is a quite useful, note-taking app that works great on here, and I also like that. The search of one UI can also search Netflix and Spotify.

There are lots of other features you can check out in the settings like a blue light filter, a dark mode and even a kids' mode. That's called Samsung kids. Some features that Samsung's premium devices are famous for are missing, though there's no Samsung DEX desktop mode. The air commands for the stylus are missing too, and there's no dock that you can pull out from the side like you supported on the tab s7 when streaming a HD video on YouTube at maximum brightness, the battery lasts 7.5 hours and when looping in HD video locally at medium brightness, it can last up to 11.5 hours. So that's end of my Samsung Galaxy tab.

A7 review. Can I recommend it? Yes, of course, I can, I think, the Galaxy Tab. A7 is a fantastic value, just as the predecessor has been last year. Sure it's not perfect, and many premium features like fingerprint scanner, Samsung, decks or official keyboard docks, I'm missing, but for a price tag of just 230 dollars. We do get a good performance, a decent screen, up-to-date software and even four speakers again, if you're expecting a premium device, you will be disappointed, of course, but I think you will be happy with it if you're looking for an inexpensive tablet for surfing the web and watching YouTube and Netflix, most games should run fine too, and I think it's also a decent tablet for video chats.

Let's check out some alternatives. If you're willing to spend a bit more money and want an active pen, you should check out the Samsung Galaxy tab. S6 lite, the performance is very similar, but the screen is a bit brighter and the s-pen is included and works fantastic. The Apple iPad 8 is an interesting alternative, to sure it's more expensive, but its performance is much better. If you're looking for a gaming tablet that one is the best overall value, but if you factor in the Apple Pencil and the official keyboard, it gets much pricier.

So it's not a budget option. Now, if you want to save some money, you can check out the Amazon fire HD 10. , its screen is quite similar, and the performance is weaker, but fine for some gaming too. Depending on the deals you can find, you can probably save about 50 or more, but you will have to install the Google Play Store yourself. The Samsung Galaxy tab, 8 10.1 from last year, continues to be a decent tablet too. Of course, if you own that one, it probably makes no sense to upgrade this year and if you can find a good deal, I still think it can be a good choice, but from now on, I think the Galaxy Tab a7 is the best value when you're looking for a budget tablet.

Alright, that's enough! My review of the Samsung Galaxy tab a7! If you have any questions, write them down below I'm Andrei from mynexsilver. com. Thanks for watching and see you next time, you.

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