Samsung - Galaxy Tab A (2016) - 10.1" - 16GB with S Pen - Black

I love this tablet, especially the S-Pen. I bought this tablet for OneNote, and so far it's been amazing. Writing in OneNote using this tablet is as good as on my Surface Pro 4, if not better. The other tablet with pen option is the iPad Pro, but it cost more than twice as much and you can't insert the pen in the iPad like you can with this tablet. The downside with this tablet is that it is a little on the heavy side (old iPad heavy), 16 GB of internal memory is a joke, and no LTE option currently available. However for the price (try to get the Black Friday price, Best Buy price matches), there is nothing like it currently on the market if you are looking for the latest and greatest tablet with built in pen. The tablet is also fast (it's Samsung latest and greatest A tablet, but make sure you buy the late October 2016 model), screen is very sharp ( no pixels visible), battery life is amazing (Second day of use and I am at 81% battery), stereo speakers are OK.

I purchased two Galaxy Tablets, one for me and one for my 92-year old Mom. She lives in Florida. I live in Pennsylvania. I bought the one for myself so that I could help her through any problems she experienced, and do so over the phone. I gave her a tablet 5 years ago, but it went bad 6 months ago. No email, no Skype, no traveling to exotic places via browsing through the Internet. She was a a bit down in the dumps. So I gave her the Galaxy Tab A (w/S Pen) as an early Christmas present a couple of weeks ago. And I was amazed at her response, her ability to pick up on the new Android features, and how easily she navigated through the various pages, setting up her bookmarks, downloading her favorite games through the Play Store, and dictating her email messages to her friends. When I showed her how to dictate her messages in french to her Canadian friends, she was even more amazed! She easily mastered taking still and video pictures. She even figured out how to take pictures at night time and crop them into wallpaper shots. She also figured out how to download and play some of her favorite music and old time radio programs on the extra memory added to the tablet. So, how do I feel about the Galaxy? It has become my mom's new companion. And, giving her a much appreciated boost to her spirits! Well done, Samsung! Rd

Wow, Samsung is a confusing company with no rhyme or reason for naming their products, especially their tablet line. Currently there are 2 tablets made by Samsung with the elusive s pen. This version of the tab a is really good. So I don't go on and on, do yourself a favor, search "9.7 tab a with pen vs. 10.1 tab a with s pen" on Google. The first page of the results will have a side by side comparison of the specs. The 10.1 version is way better with regard to screen resolution, aspect ratio, processing speed, RAM, software, and s pen functionality. I usually do not write reviews but I thought it prudent to help because I am sure there are confused consumers. Bottom line, spend the extra cash, you won't regret it!

this is the best tablet I have ever used. this tablet with s-pen, I bought it for $249. The specs and for that price I cannot complain more. Using the S-pen is easy and comfortable and I paired it with a bluetooth keyboard and it almost works as a mini laptop. The tablet works like a fluid due to octacore processor and 3GB ram. The best part of the tablet is battery life, 4hours of heavy usage everyday it lasts about more than 4 days.

I love that the S Pen works even if your hand is resting on the screen. I wish that it allowed you to convert math problems into text.

Great buy. 16gb memory on the low side but Samsung didnt load it with junk apps so it offsets. Go to Galaxy Apps & download: Scrapbook, Music & Video. Thats all you need. Performs excellent! Love S Pen.

Tablet is pretty speedy for the price. Very nice big screen and moves goes through apps pretty fast. The pen is what really makes this thing shine. Love the pen. This pen lets you draw on the tablet with a surprisingly good level of accuracy. Makes games like drawful and you don't know jack a lot more fun.

I bought this tablet specifically for the S Pen functionality since I have a Samsung Note 5 and wanted to use S Note between my phone and tablet. When I set it up, I discovered that S Note was replaced with Samsung Notes. I found that I couldn't download S Note from the Google Play Store on the tablet since it says it's not compatible with the Tab A. There is a workaround. I backed up the S Note APK using Astro File Manager from my Note 5 and installed it on the Tab A. Now I have a nice, fast tablet with the same great S Note app as my Note 5. I highly recommend this tablet for media consumption. No complaints.