Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ Plus 11” 64GB Android Tablet, Big Screen, Quad Speakers, Upgraded Chipset, Multi Window Display, Slim, Light, Durable, Kids Friendly Design, US Version, 2024, Silver

Surprisingly snappy and nice given the price point. Usually, lower-end tablets tend to be laggy, have poor resolution screens, and/or low/slow storage, but this actually feels more premium than you'd expect. I don't plan on playing games on it, but it does play the few I've tried smoothly. The screen, while not IPS, is still quite nice. Plenty bright and doesn't look washed out as most lower-priced screens tend to be. And the 1920x1200 resolution is nice too. Text looks crisp and clear. Many lower-end tablets cheap out on the resolution and I think 1080 is the absolute lowest acceptable resolution on a screen this size, so 1200 is pretty good. I chose the version with 8GB RAM because I didn't want it to make up for lack of memory by using storage (many cheap tablets do this), which is slower than RAM and wears out the flash storage faster. But my daughter has the version with 4GB of RAM and it seems to work pretty good too. She hasn't really stressed it so I would suspect it would not do as well with memory-intensive apps, or frequently switching between many apps. The additional SDCard storage capability is good if you want to put a bunch of music and videos/movies for a trip. It will NOT use the SDCard to augment/add to internal storage though - meaning, you can't set it to install most apps to it. You CAN set the cameras to store to the SDcard though, so that'll help save internal storage space if you plan to take a lot of pics/vids. I put in a 256GB card pre-formatted as exFat and it read it fine. You can either have the tablet format a fresh card, or do it on a PC beforehand. My main purpose for this is a bedside e-book reader, and the battery management feature on this is a HUGE plus. Since it is plugged in pretty much all the time, the battery would sit at 100% constantly. Well, that's not healthy for a battery. But this tablet has an intelligent battery management that will automatically set the max charge percentage for you if it sees it being plugged in all the time, or allows you to manually set the max charge percentage. Mine is set to 80%, which is good for battery longevity. It also lets you disable fast-charging, which tends to stress the battery, so it's best to disable it if you don't really need it. My Samsung phone (s24) has these features too, but a phone sees much more off-charger use, so it's not as useful in my opinion. Another minor feature I find handy is the ability to double-tap the screen to turn it on. This saves wear and tear on the physical button. Most newer devices have this feature, so probably a minor thing, but my old tablet didn't have it and it's a nice feature to have. I honestly think the A9+ is the sweet spot between price, performance, and features. The price is attractive and you really aren't sacrificing or compromising on much. Sure, it maybe can't compete against a high-end tablet, but at less than half the price, that's fine with me. And if you *need* a high-end tablet, you might as well spend a few extra dollars for a full laptop.

I was looking for a tablet to study school material on that didnt break the bank and this fit the bill perfectly! Does everything i need, mostly downloading school workbooks and note taking. Having owned android phones for the last 20 years familiarity with this product was something I looked for since it was the same platform, setup was a breeze and synced with my Google account which was extremely convenient, took all the guess work out of it. Automatically connected to my wifi with out having to look for the router password, another thing I like about this table is the option to expand the memory with a micro sd card. Definitely reccomend!

I picked the WiFi version up in mid March 2025 for my 6 year old during a special after her tablet was cracked in an accident caused by her sister. I got this because its not exactly top of the line but it has a good balance power and performance, and I read many good reviews on it claiming the very same. When I gave this tablet to my daughter, she was excited. The first thing she noticed was the screen was almost 3 inches bigger than her previous tablet. She was so happy to have a tablet close in size to mine, and from the same company. lol (she's a daddy's girl and Samsung is my thing) She also noticed that her new tablet is so much faster than her previous tablet. She celebrated by downloading some of her favorite games from the google play store that her last tablet could not run without issue. I opted for the 12 GB ram model, which of you decide to pick one up, you should definitely do the same. It made the entire experience of this tablet so much better and smoother. The screen has amazing color richness for what I paid. I honestly figured for the price I paid, this was going to be just another washed out, low spec, disposable tablet. So many of the cheaper new tablets you see these days lack in some areas to justify boosts in others. Didn't take long to find out that this was not the case for this one. While you're not going to be playing games like Genshin Impact or CoD Mobile on ultra high settings, you can play most games on medium and a lot on higher settings with ease. My daughter does not stream movies on her tablet, so widevine support was not one of the specs I worried about when selecting this tablet. If you are into that and need your tablet to stream movies in high resolution, make sure to check the widevine level first. Low support could be a deal breaker for some people. Battery life seems to be quite good. On a full charge, she can usually get multiple days at a few hours per days before needing to plug in. She uses the tablet for everything from school work, light gaming, and her favorite thing.. searching for the definition of words she hears throughout the day and attempting to use them in sentences. Makes for interesting conversations.. lol Since this and many tablets and phones these days do not come with chargers, its best to find a decent one with multiple charging speeds starting at the lowest. Thats what I did and the tablet uses the fastest output that is needed for fast charge, you just need to be sure the charger you pick has multiple speeds if you don'tpick up a specific charger from Samsung. I used a 45w charger that clocks all the way down to charge low demand items, like my headphones. That charges my tablet at 45 An additional note: If you decide to get this tablet, be sure to pick up a fast, large capacity Micro SD card. I got myself a Samsung card directly from Samsungs site. I added a Samsung PRO Plus 512 GB microSDXC to my tablet and a 128 to my daughters. Now, the only thing I can honestly say i do not like about the A9+. The camera.. my daughter thinks its great, but she came from a tablet with a barely functioning camera to the A9+. She is just happy to be able to take pictures that don't look they were taken in the deep end of a swimming pool. lol Now if your thing is taking a lot of pictures at good quality, this really is not the device for you. But keep in mind, most of these tablets are not focused on camera quality like today's phones. They put most of their R&D into the hardware specs of the tablet and skimp on the camera quality. You want good quality photos in a tablet, you get a newer iPad or Galaxy S9 or S10 series (minus the FE). The S9 FE is a decent tablet, its just that Samsung spent most of that budget on improved hardware related to performance, not camera quality.

I like the operation of the tablet, the user interface, the wake/sleep function with a cover, and so far it runs smoothly on with all the apps I like. Switches quickly between apps, and the camera seems adequate but not as nice as the one on my Samsung phone. Charge isn't overly fast but holds the charge a long time. It was sending me a lot of non-urgent system messages that I don't need interrupting my day, but by plowing through configuration options, I got most of them silenced. It also wasn't recognizing punctuation during voice typing; the solution was to switch an option under voice typing from Samsung to Google voice typing so that it types "," when I say "comma." How well this stands up over time is really going to be the important factor to me... I'm really tired of replacing cheaper tablets with power buttons that fail, charging that stops, or other hardware failures that turn Android tablets into bricks. So we'll see. So far only my most expensive tablet purchase has lasted for years and properly aged into obsolescence. The cheaper ones die young. The main reason I'm knocking this down a star is the micro SD tray. It was infuriating. I actually bought 2 of these A9+ tablets from 2 different stores, and they both were the same in this respect. I've put micro SD cards into a lot of different devices, and I expected them to fit into the slot on the tray. Not these. Couldn't get my micro SD cards to fit or even lay flat on the tray. I did my best to put the card in, slid the tray into the tablet, and the device didn't recognize the card... I ejected the tray, and the tray came out leaving the card down in the slot. I fished it out (which is not easy) and tried again with same results. On the 3rd try doing exactly the same thing, the device finally recognized the SD card. I hope I don't need to replace it anytime soon. Same problem loading an SD card into the 2nd tablet, but I did manage it in the end. Just seems like very poor engineering.

I bought 2 for my children for Christmas. They were so thrilled with the large screen size. They both do art and loved these tablets. I like that you can also buy expandable space. These guys will have thousands art pieces. Very durable....easy to set up and the picture quality is fantastic.

/his is the third tablet that I have purchased. The first two were off-brand budget options. Those budget options worked fine for my purposes until I bought a bike computer this past summer. There is an app to download the data from the bike computer and upload to third party apps such as Strava. This app was only avaliable for one if the tablets (even though my phone has a newer version of Android than either tablet. Anyway, the app "works" on that tablet but not all features work. Between that app and the fact that neither budget tablet would update to a newer version of Android, I finally decided to get a name brand tablet. This particular model was more budget friendly than newer Samsung models and it came with a more recent version of Android. So, my hope was that it would run the bike computer app and allow it to fully function. First impressions? The touch screen is more responsive on the Samsung than the cheaper tablets. The screen is also brighter! I was surprised to see that the brightness level was actually set at a lower than I have it on my other tablets and yet it us brighter. In fact I increased it to full brightness to see how bright it can get and it gets uncomfortably bright. I wound up putting is a bit lower than it was from the factory. Setup was a breeze after I signed into my Google account as it asked if I wanted to restore from one of my other Android devices. I choose the tablet that contains the app for my bike computer. The apps downloaded and installed quickly. There are some things that are different on here versus my other Android devices. I was surprised to see that Samsung has its own app store. I am not sure why since it still has the Google Play store. The Samsung app store doesn't have a way to search for specific app or types of apps...not that I can find anyway. The selfy camera seems decent, though there are probably better ones out there. I have not checked the the main camera. By the way, I opted to get tge 128 GB version even though it cost more. I figured the cost was worth it to have the extra storage space. I don't know what tge more expensive Samsung tablets offer... maybe faster processors and a higher-end graphics chip? Personally, I think this one would be enough for MOST people unless they are a heavy gamers. I am not much of a gamer. I tend to like word games and games with simple graphics. As such, I cannot speak as to how it would run more complex games. I wish I had gotten a Samsung sooner!

I bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ because I wanted a tablet that could handle everyday life without acting like I asked too much of it. Turns out, this thing is way more capable than I expected. The 11-inch screen is fantastic. Big, bright, and perfect for streaming, reading, scrolling, or multitasking without squinting. It feels like a real tablet, not a stretched phone or an awkward mini-TV. Samsung nailed the size. Performance is smooth thanks to the upgraded chipset. Apps open quickly, scrolling doesn’t stutter, and it doesn’t lose its mind when you use multi-window mode. I can actually run two apps at once without the tablet acting personally offended. Now let’s talk about the quad speakers, because wow. For a tablet at this price point, the sound is loud, clear, and surprisingly rich. Watching shows or videos without headphones doesn’t feel like a downgrade, which is rare. It’s also thin, lightweight, and sturdy, which makes it easy to hold and easy to toss in a bag without feeling fragile. Battery life easily gets me through a full day of normal use without me babysitting the charger. Is this a flagship tablet meant to replace a laptop? No. Is it an excellent, well-rounded tablet that does exactly what most people need? Absolutely. The Galaxy Tab A9+ is a solid, reliable tablet with a big screen, great sound, and smooth everyday performance without a ridiculous price tag. If you want a tablet that just works, this is a great buy.

I have read mixed reviews on these tablets. But it looks like this is one of the good ones. I bought this one, as it has the expanded 8gb of RAM (4gb is just NOT enough). And the expanded 128 GB of memory. The expanded memory is sufficient for me, as I have a 512 gig memory card in it, and an app that lets me install other apps to the SD card. (Downloaded for free off the play store) (I very much recommend doing that if you're a gamer. The cache sizes in some of these mobile games get HUGE. I have a 318 meg game with a 23 GIGABYTE cache. And I don't always remember to clear that out.) - Cons first - > 1) HEAVY. This is one chunky monkey of a tablet! Cased, and with a keyboard, this is easily as heavy as some slim notebooks. If the weight is a concern, you're better off with the functionality of a slim laptop for the amount of what this tablet costs. > Cameras- If you are looking for the cameras that Samsung is known for, they aren't here. These cameras are lackluster and mid grade, at best. I wouldn't use it for doing my reviews. It doesn't come with a flash led either. The microphone I would rate just slightly higher. > The hard buttons- Literally everybody has the power button below the rocker volume now days. For whatever reason, Samsung opted to switch that around, putting it OVER the volume rocker. This is counter intuitive to muscle memory from our phones. And it's actually kind of hard to adapt to by feel. > Not compatible with S pen. Doesn't come loaded with the software. And it doesn't have the sensor for the S Pen tips. I'm not sure if the screen is pressure sensitive or not. It does however work with the common rubber tipped stylus that you can buy everywhere. How well it works, depends on how good the stylus is. I have several with large and small tips, and have had no problems using them with this tablet. - Pros- > The screen is good. It's bright, clear, and works very well. If you're just looking for a daily tablet, the screen is great. If you're a screen snob, the specs are not as impressive on paper. But the screen really does look good in actual use. > Apps- The only app that I have used that gives this device ANY problems, is using the Opera browser to watch YouTube. I'm not sure if it's because of the advert blocker in Opera, but watching videos on that browser causes stuttering and/or lag to the video. The higher resolution the video, the worse it gets. Mostly a browser issue, not a hardware issue. But throwing it in there. EDIT: DEFINITELY A BROWSER ISSUE. The VPN service for Opera was not caching videos properly, causing the issue. Turning the VPN service off fixed the problem and videos are running wonderfully now. I work with a LOT of GIF images. In a gallery app this puts a Lot of strain on phones and tablets. This guy handles them just fine with no excessive problems. > Battery: Speaking of a lot of gifs. Battery. Constant motion on the screen works the video processor a lot. Which works the battery a lot. The screen constantly making images move also works the battery a lot. I will say, the battery impresses me. I get 6-7 hours out of a 100% charge. That's with as many apps stripped out of it as possible, and doing all the motion work, editing, and video watching that I do. My previous 10" tablet was lucky to get 3 hours. > *The UI- I am REALLY liking what Samsung has done with their UI on this device. Multiple windows at a time (that you can resize and move about and even overlap, on the screen) combined with a movable task bar is an absolute game changer, that more devices need to incorporate. Starts to lessen that gap between tablets and laptops for doing tasks, work, and doing things while gaming or watching vids. Multitasking is soooo much better in this UI. I really can't stress enough how much of an improvement this system is, over stock Android. The drop down and slide out menus are also good. Easy to get to, but not in the way that I'm opening them up by accident. I usually use the tablet in portrait mode. The directional controls (back button, home button, and task button) are movable on the screen from left or right. With my settings they are easily reached with my right thumb while normally holding the tablet. > Speakers. The speakers are ok. Standard level, IMO. Decent range and volume. Better than in some tablets and phones. They perform well, but I'm a sound snob. Also doesn't include any software for sound improvement, so there's also that. Which I recommend downloading an app with a 10 band equalizer to help these speakers out. For better sound, use ear buds or a Bluetooth speaker. Sound output is actually pretty good. Pairing Bluetooth headphones, or via the 3.5mm jack (which is plugged in the corner of the tablet...?) I get good sound quality. Better than my Moto Stylus phone, which is not so great for headphones. > The Bluetooth range is good. It can stay connected if I walk all the way across the house, and even out the door. IF the connected device has a good Bluetooth system, of course. > Wi-Fi does not give me any connection problems. But my room is just down the hall from our router. > Boots fairly quick. Faster than my phone. > Comes loaded with Samsung Notes. Which is arguably one of the best mobile apps for notes. All said, it's a better tablet than some reviewers list it as. With the 8gb ram. It's a good machine, and I'm happy with the purchase.