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Wanted $100 Android tablet for sheet music and Google Drive
I am looking for a wi-fi tablet for singing from pdf sheet music on a shared Google Drive. The phone is too small of a screen.
In the past, tablets at this price are often junk, already end-of-life, and run so badly they are unusable (balky when simply scrolling). So, I am still using paper for now, afraid to buy yet another disappointing piece of junk despite not needing anything high end.
Any suggestions?
If you have a PC and are a bit tech savvy, the Amazon Fire tablets are the best bang for your buck when the ad-supported versions are on sale. You can remove the ads and Amazon bloat. I got the 10" Fire Plus and it's great for watching Plex.
It's a great route but make sure you get the larger ones. I had an 8" fire tablet and it's impossible to root without soldering but the 10 (and I think the same is for the 12) is apparently super easy to root and remove the ads. The 8" I was only able to use software to slightly modify it.
100 bucks is not getting you much. You either choose between random Chinese companies or Amazon fire tablets.
There are some decent one at 150 Would be better, you but use slickdeals there’s usually a lenovo or Samsung tablet on sale around that price.
But if it was me I would get the cheap iPad instead yeah you can more “powerful” tablets on android for the same price but from personal experience and people I have recommended tablets too, all the ones with the cheap IPad have been able to use it for longer than cheap android tablets.
I did some rudimentary research and found that Samsung has the "cheapest" respectable tablet that has what you need. It's a little over priced but I don't think you'll get what you need at your price point. Also, this tablet is also close to the end of it's lifecycle but it'll do what you need it to.
https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/tablets/buy/?modelCode=SM-T220NZAAXAR
I have this exact tablet (for a similar reason too – cheap tablet that I can use while cooking without having to care that much about it) and even with my rock bottom expectations it suuuuucks. It's glacially slow, even though I barely even installed any apps on it specifically to prevent that. Samsung just ships their stuff with so much bloat that you can't even use it bare stock without it freezing. In short I would NOT recommend the A7 Lite.
That's such a sad thing to hear. I was hoping it would work for them. I have a Tab S8 that I enjoy but obviously has a little more power behind it.
I have a Galaxy Tab I got a few years ago -- I can't remember the exact model/year off the top of my head, but I have to agree with @wowbagger that (at least the one I have) is awful. It's like those cheap free phones you get from a pre-paid cell phone service - I have essentially nothing on it (a browser and the Kindle app) and I can barely scroll on anything without it lagging, crashing, and running like junk. :(
I'll edit my post with the exact model type when I get home! :)
I hope to find a recommendation in here so I can upgrade to something actually usable.
Edit: it's a Galaxy Tab A (Model SM-T510)
Up it a bit and get the Galaxy Tab A8, 32GB for less than $200. It's an amazing tablet.
You could get an A7 Lite for a bit less and the only difference is the screen size. But anything at /lower than $100 is just. Going. To. Suck.