I spent quite a bit of time comparing various android tablets before purchasing the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. The tablet is light weight and is easy to hold and use. I have only owned it for a few weeks, but have encountered no issues so far. The best feature for me has been the IR blaster. I have installed an app and now use the tablet as the controller for my entertainment system.
This tablet has amazing screen color/ contrast, best I have seen in a while. The sound is mono only, very small speaker size, you almost need headphones or a good bluetooth speaker to hear from this tablet. Physical power button is right above the physical volume buttons, very frustrating turning off the screen, when you wanted to change your volume setting. The three buttons on the bottom of the tablet are equally frustrating, the middle button is a nice physical button as your home key. But the two side software buttons, do not light up, very hard to see in any type of darkness. The plastic back covering on this tablet very,very slippery. A case will be needed just so you do not drop it, with every use.
Pros: Bright display, Inexpensive, Realistic color
Cons: Poor quality, Did not meet expectations, buttons for power and volume too close, software keys do not light up, does not play xcom: enemy within, battery drains fast
Excellent product, makes it a lot easier to read off of this rather than my smart phone. Only draw back I've seen with it is that it doesn't support a larger external SD card.
I love this tablet it does everything that my phone can'tbecause of this tablet I have replaced using a desktop all together and now all I have is my cell phone and my tablet it makes my life a lot easier a lot more manageable and especially because of the unlimited expansion with the expansion cards I can save as many documents as I want to transfer them wherever I want to along with the infrared receiver I can control all my devices
There are many pros and cons in this thin lightweight device. It runs slow at some times when multi-tasking and installing apps. When i play some games, the tablet doesn't like touch in some areas, the corners in particular. But after all of the things that it can do, it was all worth it because it has an IR blaster which allows me to turn on the tv and drive my rc helicopter. I recommend this tablet because of all of the features that it allows.