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Have u noticed any lag?

Hey just want to know if there are any lag or jitters and how it feels as a tablet? Planning to buy one

Yeah. I get why. It was bad timing. But I still appreciate it

Enjoy it!

It depends. If your phone number is still active yes you can transfer it to metro or cricket. OR you can buy it unlocked. And put your sim card from your carrier in it. Any carrier will work. But if your phone service was cancelled, normally your phone number goes away too. They may give it like 30 days or so. But then that number gets recycled

Awesome! Glad to hear it. Well. Glad to hear that second part

Let me push back just a little bit. I will admit, for 399, that was a once in a lifetime type of deal. To get AMOLED at that price. Just remember though, that device had a lower refresh rate, that device had major Wi-Fi issues, even if you never noticed it. But if you use certain apps to test the Wi-Fi strength, simply covering up one of the corners of that tablet would cut off two bars off your Wi-Fi and I tested like 10 of these devices and proved it was an issue with all of them, on the S5e. That device had significantly worse RAM, worse, performance, no water resistance, Way less software updates, and I can go on and on. I didn't even mention no s pen, which is a $50 to $100 loss for a lot of people. It was a terrific value at the time. Because it did give decent performance for the money compared to other devices and it gave AMOLED. And a thin device. Those are the three things a lot of people wanted, so it satisfied a lot of people in the budget market. But you're missing some things. Quad speakers or not, the quality of the speakers on the FE I would say are directly on par with the S5e. You don't get OLED, but you get an s pen, you get a higher refresh rate. You get water resistance, the no amoled is already balanced out by new features EVEN in the mid-range. I get you would maybe prefer AMOLED, and again, that device really hit a sweet spot for you. I can 100% see why. But device makers all around, they are giving you other things for that value. The Google Pixel tablet was giving a speaker in the box, the OnePlus pad wasn't giving oled either, but it was giving incredible performance and a great price without sales. You have to remember that we have had massive inflation since the S5E too. So when Samsung is making that tablet, it was way cheaper for them to buy processors and other supplies. Whenever you buy a screen with a higher refresh rate, these other things, the costs go higher. My point is I don't think Samsung is penny pinching and I don't think they are making devices at a much lower cost than they used to. I think we are getting equivalent features just in a different way. But again, you have every right to not want to hire refresh rate and to not want an s pen. You have every right to prefer a headphone jack and an AMOLED screen. And if I were you trying to upgrade, I'd be frustrated if I had to compromise my AMOLED. Here's the good news, I just bought a Galaxy Tab S9 open box from Best Buy for like 500 bucks. Just only 100 extra bucks over what the S5e cost years ago. There are sales and open box excellent condition items that can get you what you need. Hopefully this rambling helps some lol

I know a lot of it comes down to preference and personal use, I just think it's ridiculous that a company that loves providing choice in their lineups is abandoning the one niche I happen to fall into and in which I know I'm not alone, when they used to serve it quite well. I have no interest in drawing or going swimming with my tablet so it's unfortunate my only options are to pay way more, go with a model that's a year or two old (and therefore has shorter support) or a refurb/used/opened device. I've consumed a ton of S9/FE content prior to my purchase and the vast majority of the display hype is about the colors/blacks. The refresh rate comes from many as an afterthought often only getting mentioned in the specs list. Media consumption isn't low on the list of popular uses for a tablet so I don't think it's a crazy ask for them to provide an option that caters to that without all the other bells and whistles. I do appreciate a high refresh rate and the fact people out there do want to draw and be able to drop their tablet in the toilet without it dying so it's great they have that option, but I wish Samsung would backtrack a bit with their "you have to buy everything if you want this one very popular thing for a very popular use case" marketing plan.

Yeah I don't blame you. That's why I would only look on the used market and try to find some type of insurance. It's risky and expensive. But fun

Enjoy it!

Maybe. Can't remember. It's been awhile to be honest. They aren't killer. Not the best I've heard. Just meh to average on both really

Definitely not. I would not recommend. It's strong but you can't just throw a case on it too. It will stay firm on it. And when closed it's very protected anyway. But yeah would not recommend. Didn't try but I just know. That's just too much

@AndroidDigest Thanks for the insight. I was thinking of getting those magnetic adhesive playe amd sticking it on the corner of a case. I really need my bumper protected. HAHA

Thanks for sharing. I agree

Yeah I'm with you. Excited for the future

I do agree 1000%

It's nice

Yeah but those aren't getting software updates. Much better off getting a Galaxy Tab S8 or an S9 FE

Yeah it definitely depends on what you're doing. Could be a glitch too. Go to the battery settings, see what apps are using the battery

I love that red

Yeah. That's a great deal. Best buy open box has been around $500 lately. A great deal

It has the oneplus 11 main cam which is very good too. Best speed for the money. Charging speeds. Biggest battery I've seen in a phone at this price. Very underrated

Good luck! Hope you enjoy it. It's quirky. Not perfect. But it can be fun

Yeah you'll need a case for that

You may need a factory reset but I'd say yes. Sometimes you need to rest here or there

Maybe try to do a factory reset. Start from scratch. It helped me immensely. I lagged a lot before that

Size. One camera. 2GB RAM in the base model. 6GB vs 8GB. Mainly just the size though. You pay for size with tablets

Thanks!

For sure 😂

I'm with you

Yeah it won't do much. It tries to use storage as a ram replacement. But then it's slow RAM. So it might lag more. It's not an actual replacement for RAM. Not worth using even imo. I turn it off

That's a good way to think about it!

Awesome. Glad it's meeting your needs!

mid 300s currently before shipping

Great deal!

Respectfully, you can keep telling yourself that. Groceries are way way more expensive than they used to be. Significantly more. The jobs report is indeed showing a gain in jobs, when you look at the details a lot of those are part-time jobs, because a lot of people are having to work two jobs right now. Everything is costing way more but wages are not going up at the same rate. Things are definitely stabilizing over what it was. But it crashed so bad, housing prices are through the roof and houses are now officially unaffordable. Which it was not four or five years ago. Bus statistics may look fine, because things have stabilized on the upper end. Things have stabilized for the rich. But if you look deeper into the reports, things have not stabilized for people like you me. This is not a political thing. It's just pure facts. At the time that I made this video, it definitely felt like the economy was continuing to crash. As of today, it is more stable than it was that day, but when prices were going up and up and up for years, and they were still going up even then, things are indeed crazy. This isn't just a media report or something or spun narratives. It's just basic facts if you talk to anyone who's trying to survive right now

Thanks so much