Tablet was nice, but not compatable with my Internet platform. Read more

I've been looking for something that seems durable, between a "rugged tablet" and a flimsy typical one in the android space. So far, this fits the bill. I'm already in the Samsung ecosystem, so most things are familiar. Do not want to switch to the other side. Battery is replaceable, which is good. Battery life is excellent so far. Although I haven't actually used it for a continuous 8 hours, I think it could do it. It has been on standby with occasional use over several days and more than 50% battery remaining. I have not used a Windows device that even comes close for battery life. It is inconvenient to actually turn off. It has been challenging to find apps that can actually do work, like Microsoft Office type stuff and PDF editing. This seems to be the drawback of trying to do stuff on a mobile android device vs a Windows based laptop or tablet by itself, without wanting to also move stuff from a phone to a tablet. There are many apps, but many are so so or worse. No shortage of apps for content consumption though. Has been mostly legible outside in sunlight. The "rugged" devices with claimed outdoor readable screens are many times the price of this one. The pen is also great. Being able to use familiar apps on a larger screen is a big deal for my purposes. The file structures are almost identical between the phone and tablet. I am finding ways to make it work for my purposes, so far, which is a big help. Hence the 5 stars. Some type of folio case with a keyboard would be nice. Read more

Pretty nice. Easy startup activation from my phone. Works great! Read more

I got the 6GB RAM WiFi only version. It took Amazon a whopping 3 weeks to ship to Alaska - for Prime member! That aside, first impression of tablet were very positive. However, I've now had it for a few weeks, and am less excited about the tablet. Many nice ideas, and nice execution on some, but not so much on others: the tablet is quite heavy. The separate ruggedizing case it comes with is a hard plastic shell. It is very slick and slippery, hard plastic, without rubberizing, texture or ribbing that helps holding the tapered (!) slick shape. Not easy to hold, and in fact I decided to order a different skin (RAM Mounts). The three physical buttons (Home, Back, Menu) are welcome but are black on black and very hard to see or feel. The fingerprint sensor integrated into the home button does not work for me most of the time (even though same type on my XCover 6 Pro works well for me). Maybe because of orientation or proximity to case ridge? The S-pen is way too small to be useful, especially when using gloves! It is too small, short, and the pen button cannot be seen (again black on black), nor felt (no relief). And finally, Bixby is just infuriating and difficult to completely deactivate and can't disable or uninstall all. For a while, I could not even figure out how to turn the tablet off without going through the freaking bixby routines. Overall, Bixby and Samsung UI appear more instrusive and annoying than on XCover, where I was able to deactivate it all. I do like to removable/replaceable battery, idea of S-pen (will probably separately buy a larger, older S-pen), and ruggedness (better with a different skin. Read more

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks Read more