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SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019) review: Affordable tablet.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2019·$150
Overall
62/100
Class rank
#4 of 4
Tier
Tablet
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Tab A 8.0 (2019).

Tab A 8.0 (2019) is Samsung's family tablet — 8" + 5,100 mAh at $150 for kids/media.

01Display

64/100

64/100 is one of the weaker display results among tablet phones of 2019 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD
Size8.0"
Resolution1280 x 800

02Performance

50/100

50/100 is one of the weaker performance results among tablet phones of 2019 — 16 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon 429
RAM2 GB
Storage32 GB

03Camera

56/100

56/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for tablet phones of 2019.

Main8 MP
Front2 MP

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for tablet phones of 2019.

Capacity5,100 mAh

05Software

68/100

68/100 is one of the weaker software results among tablet phones of 2019 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works
  • $150 tablet at 8".
  • 5,100 mAh — all day battery.
  • Compact 347 g.
  • Kids mode.
What doesn't
  • SD 429 weak.
  • 2 GB RAM.
  • WXGA low-res.
  • 2 MP front cam.
Cross-shop it against
Apple iPad (6th gen, 2018)
$329 · score 76/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 4-phone cohort of tablet devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .