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Jun 01, 2021
Great Tablet for Simple Use or Productivity
2 of 2 found this helpful I had a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, which I purchased open box in 2019. I liked it a great deal. My previous tablets were various generations of the Kindle Fire HD. I needed a tablet to watch YouTube occasionally, maybe a movie, but mostly to read news and books.
This changed when I began being self-employed more and working for The Man less. I bought a wireless keyboard and used my Tab S2 for productivity. For most basic things, this was fine. But the tech was getting old and I wanted something better.
So I got the Tab S6 Lite and I am very happy with it. It is a little bigger than the previous tablet by about an inch, which takes a little getting used to. Facial recognition works well. Set-up is a breeze if you own Samsung products (I do), you can simply have them communicate and all the data is sent from one to another. Adding an SD card allows you to save apps and downloads to it, thus keeping space for updates on your apps which are on the internal storage. If I did have a complaint, it is there is bloatware on Samsung products. What is more frustrating is that Samsung has decided to get rid of their app store and use Google Play. So basically you are stuck with redundant apps.
Screen is lovely and sound is great, especially if you are using headphones. I have watched a few movies with it. I find the colour crisp with no aliasing.
I bought an Arteck HW192 wireless keyboard and it works well. I am debating whether to do pubwork with that or using my Google Pixelbook, which has a limited footprint. I use Google Drive and OneDrive, so I my work is limited to word processing and spreadsheets.
I have not used this tablet for gaming.
Battery life seems better than the S2. I have been giving it light and heavy use and I'd say I would get about ten hours of charge with heavy use. I use my Pixelbook 45W charging brick to charge it up. The included 5V charger is a mite slow. Uses USB-C connectivity.
Comes with an S-Pen, which is easy to use. You can write notes or mark up documents (great for me as I am an editor). Plenty of colouring book apps about to test the pen. I have no artistic inclinations, so I can't tell you how it works with Infinite Painter, et al.
Overall, I think it is a good tablet for lazy use or for work use. Since I own a Samsung TV, I can Smart Cast easily, using my TV in Dex mode and treating the tablet like a PC.
Base price is expensive. I bought an open box bundle which had the tablet, OEM cover, OEM charger and USB-C cable, and the S-Pen. If you were to purchase it through Samsung, it would be about 450USD. Open box will halve that.
Jul 27, 2014
Pair This with a Fruity Reisling
1 of 1 found this helpful I bought this simply because I wanted to watch Amazon Prime content somewhere other than my laptop. My Android phone has all my Netflix, Hulu+, Crackle, Showtime, HBOGo, etc. And that is fine. But, no Amazon Prime. (True, a lot of the content overlaps various sites.)
But, like all things, I didn't want to go blowing $300 on a new Kindle Fire HDX.
I think the Kindle Fire HD I ordered is about two years old and it rocks. The picture is disconcertingly good. If I had a complaint, it is that navigation can be a mite trying. Everything is swiping and sometimes it is difficult to scroll because if you land in the wrong spot and go to swipe, it misinterprets it as a choice and goes to the page and then you have to hit the back arrow. I do wish there was a way to eliminate the carousel on the home page also. Especially how they always put your last use on there. So if you were checking out five Kindle Books in your library, they will all be in the carousel. Oh well.
There is no YouTube app for Kindle, but you can get to it through the browser. Obviously, Google products aren't going to have apps on a non-Android product. (I have never used an Apple tablet or phone so I am not sure if a gmail app is available on there.)
The OS runs fast. Set-up on the device is a breeze and highly intuitive.
Do get a stylus though. It makes things so much easier and you avoid smudging your tablet. However, the stylus will cause more "errors" as when you try to swipe or scroll, it'll often open the window where the stylus touched. Fingers are better for navigating.
Seriously, I know there are other Kindle Fires out there and I am sure they also rock. But if you don't feel like breaking the bank, this is fine. The screen is beautiful, it runs fast, there is plenty of content available even if you don't have Amazon Prime. Obviously, shopping on Amazon is easy. It is basically a shopping platform.
Oh, I forgot, the speakers are exceptional for something so small. There are left and right speakers and they do not sound tinny at all. The Dolby sound through headphones is really good also.
If you get one with "special features", which means ads, I can say they are not obtrusive. When the device is turned on, you will get an ad based upon your searches or shopping. Nothing crazy.