Astro Tab A924-9" Quad Core Android 5.0 Lollipop Tablet, 1GB RAM, Google Play pre-Loaded, 8GB Storage, Dual Cameras, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1024x600 9 inch HD Screen, HDMI

Yes, this is a budget tablet and most of the components aren't quite up to par compared to other name brands with name brand parts. They did do the best they could for the price and the relatively unknown Actions processor does perform surprisingly well considering what a low cost solution it is. It is much faster and capable than the processor in my first generation Kindle Fire HD , by the way. This is my second Android tablet not including the Kindle Fire. My first Android was an Orbic tablet I got for free a few months ago. I needed something better than that since the dual core processor would barely chug along.The screen looks fantastic, it's almost as good as the Fire HD and much better than the Orbic. The screen is very touch responsive. The build quality is far from the Fire HD but much better than the Orbic. It won't break unless I were to do something stupid like drop it on a hard surface from a good height. The battery life is also incredible. I've been getting about seven hours which I'm pretty sure is way longer than most budget tablets.There is one concerning problem I have with both android devices and that is the amount of storage available for apps. The storage in the Astro is split up in such a way where there is only 1.8 gigs available for apps. The space available for them is actually way less than that though, about 1.4 gigs is used out of the box and you really can't get rid of much taking up space. That means you have about 300 to 400 megabytes available for use. That's not a whole lot of wiggle room. Once you're done doing the required updates to use certain google apps you are left with almost nothing. If you update all the google apps you will have nothing and some won't even have enough space to update. Most non google apps can be moved from this storage to what they call the sdcard which is actually just another partition on the internal storage but they have to be downloaded to the internal storage first. You have to move them to the sdcard manually as well every time you update or download a new app. Basically this leaves downloading a large app such as a real nice game out of the question since there isn't much memory on the internal partition to begin with. However, I'm sure this tablet is more than capable to play most games, you just might have a hard time getting the space to put it. If they would of even allocated a half gig more to the internal partition we would be in business. I'm guessing this is a common problem with budget Android tablets in general since my Orbic is the same way.This is a great tablet for me and should last me a couple years, I just have to carefully manage my apps and clear the cache often. I'm using my tablet right now by the way and I love it for the most part, and especially the price I paidUPDATE: The new firmware update fixes the memory issue by pretty much just making one large usable partition for everything. I will not have to baby sit my apps anymore. I added another star, it is now an almost perfect budget tablet nowUPDATE 9/29/2015This is still in my opinion the best option for a very cheap lollipop tablet. It's slower than the specs would have you believe but it's not bad.If this is for a child be absolutely sure to update the firmware or they will likely be very frustrated with the performance because of some minor and major problems that are not fixed in the shipped firmware. If you don't get the instructions and download links by email go to astro queos website and email them and ask for it. I don't know why they just don't put the firmware and instructions on their website. I'm guessing they're just too small and don't really have someone to take care of the website.I wouldn't give it to a child under 12 or 13 because they might be upset with the performance. This is best for an older child or an adult that is on a budget or just cheap. If you can spend a little more and want a lollipop tablet the Asus ZenPad 7 could be good(I don't own it) or for ten bucks less you could get the new Amazon Fire (I don't own that either, at least not yet). The only thing wrong I could see with the Fire is possible app incompatibility problems and the lack of google services. If you don't mind being in Amazons ecosystem it is probably going to end up being the king of budget tablets.UPDATE 4-15-2016I'm giving up on this tablet. This thing is just too slow even after re-installing the firmware using the actions firmware tool on the PC and doing several restores on the device itself. The thing just malfunctions in many ways and I'm pretty sure they all behave this way. It's just kind of a junky tablet. It takes at least three minutes just to boot and much longer if you do a forced shutdown. Then every several starts it does "android is upgrading" for about 25-45 mins depending on how many apps you have on it. It should only do that after an OS update but it does it all the time. It did it ever since I had it, I just thought it was normal. It's embarrassing for me to give a product a glowing review that probably never was that good to begin with and now just realize I got what I paid for or less.I picked up one of those fifty dollar Amazon fires and the difference is night and day. Heck even my old first generation Kindle Fire out performs this. I probably just forgot how good these Amazon tablets were since I hadn't picked up mine in a year. I am now pretty skeptical that there is actually an A9 based processor in here. The mediatek A7 in the Amazon fire can out perform it several times over.The Fire also doesn't have the Astro Tabs glitches and performs as a Lollipop based tablet should. On the Astro Tab the SD card becomes unreadable after certain actions such as taking pictures or moving files a certain way and requires a reboot which takes ages. There are many other things that don't work correctly. My suggestion anymore is to avoid any of these no name tablets. What they say on the box is not what you get. You have to go with a tablet from a manufacturer of PCs or at least a really known mobile name such as LG. I would suspect any of the HPs, Lenovos, Asus are fantastic tablets. When my Amazon tablets batteries give out including my new one I'll just go with Amazon again or possibly an Asus or other PC brand. In my opinion no one needs to be settling for these cheap kind of electronics anymore.

My first Astro Tab A924 - 9" Quad Core Android 5.0 tablet had to be returned as it malfunctioned and crashed every few minutes., As soon as it was available again, I reordered it. The replacement seemed to work just fine after I upgraded the Flash ROM per instructions provided to me by the support staff . I also ordered for it the SanDisk Ultra 32GB UHS-I/Class 10 Micro SDHC memory card to take advantage of the provided card slot. When I look under Settings/Storage I find that the Removable SD Card is indeed recognized by the system with 28.75 GB Total and Available space on the card. This is where the problem with the unit is. No software supplied on the unit accesses this card to use it. Nor have I found any aftermarket software that will work to access this or even transfer apps to it. When I contacted support about this the responded in just under 30 hours with this: "Moving apps to an external SD card is not supported under Android 5.0. The primary function of the external SD card is for the storage of pictures, video, music and documents." This is RICH, as I can connect the tablet to my computer and transfer pictures, video, music and documents to the card without any problems and maybe even fill it up, BUT through the tablet I can not access any of it. For over 35 years of working with micro computers (TRS80, Tandy, Timex/Sinclair, Apple, HP, IBM, my own build, etc.) and software and some programming, I have always been able to find answers to help me solve a problem. Unfortunately, consulting with many blogs and "experts", it appears that in Android 5.0 that if the manufacturer turns off the support for the memory card it doesn't matter what the software maker says it can do, it will not do it. So it appears that until the Astro Tab manufacturer corrects this or somebody else "roots" this tablet, you must be satisfied with the limited amount of internal memory. I have loaded about 40 apps (large and small) into the internal memory. This does not allow much room for keeping pictures, emails, or documents. I have hook up an HDMI cable to 2 different TVs and viewed streaming movies. I have hooked up a keyboard case with no problems. I have printed to my network printer with the appropriate drivers. I have set up my email, web browser, cloud drives, Microsoft Office, Netflix, Kindle, Pandora, Audible, Crackle, Dish Anywhere, Quicken, and many others without any problems. I just wish the memory problem would be looked at and fixed then it would be 5 stars.