Customer Reviews for Samsung - Galaxy Tab 4 - 7" - 8GB - White
Customer Rating
5
TAB 4-7 IN. & 8 IN. has a lot of features .
on January 30, 2016
Posted by: ICHIBOB
from MINNESOTA
Expertise:Intermediate
BOUGHT A TAB 3, DECIDED I WANTED TAB 4 7.0" FOR SKYPE , LIKED IT WENT AND BOUGHT TAB 4 8.0" FOR MY RV. I USE THE TAB LET FOR E MAIL BILL PAYING SURFING , ANDROID IS FAST AND TEAMED UP WITH GOOGLE WORKS GREAT , INTERNET IS RIGHT THERE ANY PLACE IN THE HOUSE . .
I have enjoyed using my tablet over the past few months . For the value, it really does a great job of allowing me to check my email, organize my day and surf the Web without having to turn on my laptop.
I bought this as a replacement for my old tablet. This is very easy to use. I'm not very computer literate but I am able to do whatever I want on this tablet. The price was reasonable and it is very light weight. Easy to hold with my arthritic hands.
I got this tablet to replace one that wasn't living up to it's press, and up until today I was quite happy with it in most respects. My primary complaint with it was the lack of sensors, no compass or magnetic sensors in it. Up until today it was very peppy and rather quick, and did everything I needed it to do. Then today it started hanging up loading some apps that it had been running just fine. I uninstalled 2 of them, and it hangs up during the re-install. Downloads the apps just fine, but when it gets to the actual install, it freezes.
If I hadn't already had it past it's return date, I'd take it back to the store.
This product is good for basic reading and Web browsing.
on January 30, 2016
Posted by: Iluvreading
from Florida
Expertise:Intermediate
I love the familiarity of the Samsung UI. The 7", thin size are perfect for my needs. Positives are that the display is good for reading and streaming videos. After adjusting a couple of developer settings (search You Tube for ways to speed up the processing on this tablet), it's pretty quick, not gamer quick, but quick enough for web browsing. The biggest drawback is that onboard memory is only 8 gigabytes, 3.3 gb of which is taken up by the system. That leaves little room for Google books, for instance. Good news is that there is an sd slot for additional storage, keeping in mind that not all apps (again, Google Play Books is an example) transfer to the sd card. Downloading even one movie proved to be pretty much impossible. I expected better battery life. I had hoped by only turning on WiFi when needed, it would have been better. I charge it each evening at which point it's anywhere between 20% and 40% (I read a lot). All in all, this tablet is good of a kind and by minimizing the number of apps, and designating this as a reader only (with a few news apps), it suits my purpose. A thin, lightweight 7" tablet is getting harder to find, I think because they are so close in size to some mega phones. But size is where the similarity ends. Too bad. With a few tweaks, this tablet can go from good to excellent, and I wouldn't have needed to compromise so much. I do believe there is a more sizable market for this than Samsung and other manufacturers may realize.
Pros: Bright display, Durable, Lightweight, great ui, thin and compact. easy to stow in a purse.
Unwanted Galaxy pre-loaded apps are hard to remove, many---- one can only disable (but not remove) . One large "space hog" app just spontaneously downloaded and I could not stop it. I want control of my electronics and such apps are nothing more than forced spam. For this reason- I recommend paying the extra cost for an Apple-I pad. Takes weeks of use to figure out how to make the Galaxy tablet free of unwanted apps and their displays.