Skip to main content

Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us?

Cheap Tablet Alert: Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 is just $100, because Prime Day

Samsung
Best Prime Day Deals Samsung Deals
This story is part of the Digital Trends Amazon Prime Day Coverage 2024

Amazon isn’t the only retail giant having tons of sales going live on Prime Day. Keen not to be left out of the price-cutting action, Best Buy is kicking off its Black Friday deals on Prime Day. Be under no illusion, though: This is a Best Buy Prime Day deal, even if it isn’t branded as such. Get the

Samsung Galaxy Tab A

for only $100, down $50 from its usual price of $150. This is one of the best Prime Day tablet deals available, so don’t miss your chance to buy it now!

The 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A comes with 32GB of storage and an immersive high-resolution touchscreen. This tablet runs up to 13 hours on a single charge — enough to last an entire day at work or multiple class lectures. There’s also a fast-performing quad-core processor, giving you the ability to multitask and run multiple productivity apps at once. The Android 9.0 operating system will also keep up with you while you browse music, download e-books, or stream your favorite movies on Netflix and Hulu. You can even take your daily Zoom call straight from this tablet — the camera quality is not professional-grade but it’s decent enough to get the job done.

More Prime Day

This inexpensive tablet is also extremely light, weighing in at only about 12 ounces, so you can drop it in your bag and take it everywhere you go. There’s also a microSD slot if you need your tablet to have additional storage. The wireless connectivity is great, too — you won’t have any trouble connecting to both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi networks or any Bluetooth-enabled devices. The integrated speaker is decent as well, enough to deliver clear audio during your Netflix binge sessions. It also gives you above-average sound quality for a tablet in this price range.

Should you buy the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0?

With long-lasting battery life, an easy-to-carry design, and a streamlined quad-core processor, the 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A is an affordable tablet that packs a punch. This is one of the best tablet deals available right now, so jump on it quickly before stocks run out. You won’t get another opportunity like this anytime soon.

Nishka Dhawan
Former Digital Trends Contributor
Nishka Dhawan is a freelance blogger and writer. She loves writing about tech, entertainment, and style. Her biggest…
Forget Apple’s newest iPad — the Galaxy Tab S8 should be your next tablet
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 alongside the tenth-gen iPad.

For a while now, the tablet industry has been rather boring. That's not due to the lack of compelling devices, but because of lopsided competition. Apple’s iPads have reigned supreme, and with the arrival of iPadOS, Apple made it clear that it was serious at playing the tablet game.

The dominance has been particularly evident at the entry level, where the $329 iPad has been the default choice for an affordable, reliable tablet. That’s not the case anymore in 2022. The "entry-level" 10th-gen iPad now starts at $449. It looks fresh, offers USB-C nirvana, and comes with a new Magic Keyboard to sell its computing chops.

Read more
Samsung’s next foldable might be a ‘Galaxy Z Tab’ tablet
Samsung's split screen keyboard mode on the Galaxy Z Fold 3.

Alongside the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, Samsung might also be working on a Galaxy Z Tab. That's according to a report from a relatively new tipster, Ianzuk, on the Korean site Naver. This follows a GizChina report from last year which claimed that Samsung had been working on a triple foldable Galaxy Tab for a 2022 or later launch.

The as yet unnamed tablet, tentatively being called the Z Tab, would be the first of its kind. It is said to be a trifold tablet, which means it folds in three ways -- as a phone, tablet, and an even larger tablet — all blended into one device.

Read more
The Galaxy Tab S8 has renewed my faith in Android tablets
A Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 is held up on top of a desk.

Three weeks ago, I shut down my trusty Microsoft Surface 2-in-1 to embark on a daring experiment – using an Android tablet as my primary computing device. More specifically, I mean using the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 as my sole work machine. It might sound outlandish, but to my surprise, I came out with a mostly positive experience.

Yes, there were a few frustrations, but the Galaxy Tab S8 gave me numerous reasons to believe that Android tablets are not the lost cause that many out there think. The Android tablet experience is surprisingly strong in 2022, and I hope things continue to improve in the years to come. Here's how and why I stuck with the Galaxy Tab S8 for weeks without losing my sanity.
Where the Galaxy Tab S8 shines

Read more