Without context the idea of a $140 tablet is a little frightening. That price should be attached to an el cheapo knockoff device from a company you’ve never heard of, and one that either comes out of the box already fully bricked or is just days away from that inevitable ending.
Once you see the Samsung tag, though, all those worries can be fully put to rest. With another Galaxy Unpacked product unveiling event just days away, Amazon is cleaning house to make room for the next generation of Samsung tech, and this Galaxy Tab A9+ is taking a massive 36% price cut to help make it happen, all the way down to just $140. For reference, that’s more than $200 under the price of Apple’s entry-level 11th Gen iPad.
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Unlike many competing tablets that constrain you to the storage space you get out of the box, the Galaxy Tab A9+ is exceptionally expandable. The microSD card slot is ready to boost your storage all the way up from 64GB to a full terabyte for documents, photos, and video files. The video and photo storage will be of extra importance, because the 11-inch screen on the Tab A9+ displays with a 16:10 aspect ratio and a very respectable 90Hz refresh rate for streaming. Four integrated speakers with Dolby Atmos sound enhance the entertainment value of the A9+, and it’s all driven by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor for smooth operation at all times.
You can put the processor and the display to the test at the same time with the multi-active windows of the Galaxy Tab A9+ — multiple apps can run at the same time in the foreground of the same screen, saving you from having to toggle back and forth from the internet to your email and back, and letting you keep a running screen going for entertainment as you work.
Fast Charge, Long Life
A Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ fully loaded with photos and videos is going to get passed around quite a bit at a gathering of family and friends, and fortunately it also comes with a 7,040mAh battery that charges quickly via USB-C and lasts for hours, even when it’s running video playback. That long battery life also makes it the perfect road trip companion, especially with Samsung Kids preloaded to accommodate smaller hands and eyes and younger minds.
There’s so, so much more than $140 of good stuff packed into the Galaxy A9+ tablet that it almost feels like you’re taking advantage of Samsung and/or Amazon during this deal. But score one for the consumer on this deal — the Galaxy A9+ tablet undercuts the entry-level iPad by over $200 while delivering far more performance than the tiny price tag indicates.