Customer Ratings & Reviews

It is the first android tablet for me, and I like it

It's a perfect tablet for my kids at the right price

Bought it for my 8 year old granddaughter she loves it

This Tablet is SLOW once you put a few apps on it. I gave it average because compared to other similar tablets it performs ok, but not by much. I intend on getting the iPad mini because I want an 8" tablet that actually works.

Great tablet! Great customer service from the start

Purchased this for my MIL and is easy to use for her.

Perfect for a small business without a huge price.

The description does not state it is a kid version and it does not have cast or screen mirroring. I got it for Christmas to use my Bible and Kobo Reader app and i hesitated to return it, kept changing my mind. I missed the return date.

Great tablet, easy to use. Would recommend to others.

I got this for my mom for Christmas and she like it.

Eh. I was forced to get an 8 inch tablet for 1 year of nursing school while working in the hospital. My 3 options were between this, the new iPad mini $400, and the Amazon Fire Tablet. I immediately crossed off the Amazon tablet as I heard students had connection issues with the app store and apps we needed. So it was between a crazy expensive iPad and this. For what I use it for (1-2 hours each week) it's fine I guess, but the thing is aggravating. I dropped it once with a case on it and sure enough the glass cracked. The device in general is slow to work. If there had been a decent sale on the iPad I would have surely gotten it. I do not recommend

Touch sensitivity is very shotty. Have to touch just right and in just the right spots or you're tapping for 5 minutes before it registers. Good for kids maybe or when on a deal for just scrolling through social media and reading.

OK tablet. The resolution is the big problem. 1280x800. I am used to 1080P. When serving web, it is laggy. When watch YouTube via APP, it is ok. Because resolution is low, u need to get used to big font / pixels

This is the second one I have ordered this year. No problem with the first one. This one turns off as soon as I turn it on. Not all of the time just once in awhile. Also when playing games the screen freezes and I have to restart.

I love the Galaxy Tablet. It's exactly what I wanted it to be. The brightness is good, it holds its charge well and its easy to carry with you.

The first Tab A 8" (2019) setup screen was almost pitch black, WiFi was unreliable, constantly going from 30Mbps down/10-12Mbps up. Then it would very often go to 1Mbps down/512Kbps up. Both tablets also freeze often while watching a YouTube video, or playing a simple 2d game app with no other open apps. Samsung has also taken away the ability to move apps to the SD card. Samsung, or any tech site reviews made this known. I would never have purchased this tablet if I knew you couldn't move apps to the SD card. I enabled moving apps to the SD card in Developer mode; it didn't work.

I am very disappointed in this Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2019) 8" SM-T290 tablet! I have 6 other Samsung tablets including 3 Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2019) 10.1" SM-T510 tablets that work great. The SM-290 must have a different processor or firmware or something because it is not possible to view apps like The Weather Channel radar in a horizontal mode. The app begins to launch in horizontal mode then instantly flips to vertical mode. In addition, it is a nightmare to try to show icons for many apps on the homepage. I have tried everything that I can think of regarding rotation of the display with no success. Plus there is no native command like the Smart Stay setting with the SM-T510 tablets that keeps the screen alive and not go to sleep.

The tablet is fine - review of Best Buy purchase experience not so much. Ordered tablet on line. Specifically ordered for wi-fi and cellular. Picked up the box and did not pay attention. Transferred info from old tablet - easy process - took to cell provider to transfer service - no go - device not cell compatible. Went back to BB. Cust Serv said yes you did order wifi and cell and yes they sent the wrong one and by the way we don't have any more of these that are cell capable and we will only give $30 less than you paid (went on sale that day). said no thank and kept the wifi only device. Not real pleased with BB.

Pretty slow, but what was I expecting for the price? The touch screen could be more reactive, but the size is convenient, and it gave me perspective for my next purchase.

Within a month of purchasing 10 tablets, they started to freeze. Others wouldn't even turn on. It was past the allowed return date so we were unable to return them.