Great Tablet for Simple Use or Productivity
I had a Samsung Galaxy Tab S2, which I purchased open box in 2019. I liked it a great deal. My previous tablets were various generations of the Kindle Fire HD. I needed a tablet to watch YouTube occasionally, maybe a movie, but mostly to read news and books.
This changed when I began being self-employed more and working for The Man less. I bought a wireless keyboard and used my Tab S2 for productivity. For most basic things, this was fine. But the tech was getting old and I wanted something better.
So I got the Tab S6 Lite and I am very happy with it. It is a little bigger than the previous tablet by about an inch, which takes a little getting used to. Facial recognition works well. Set-up is a breeze if you own Samsung products (I do), you can simply have them communicate and all the data is sent from one to another. Adding an SD card allows you to save apps and downloads to it, thus keeping space for updates on your apps which are on the internal storage. If I did have a complaint, it is there is bloatware on Samsung products. What is more frustrating is that Samsung has decided to get rid of their app store and use Google Play. So basically you are stuck with redundant apps.
Screen is lovely and sound is great, especially if you are using headphones. I have watched a few movies with it. I find the colour crisp with no aliasing.
I bought an Arteck HW192 wireless keyboard and it works well. I am debating whether to do pubwork with that or using my Google Pixelbook, which has a limited footprint. I use Google Drive and OneDrive, so I my work is limited to word processing and spreadsheets.
I have not used this tablet for gaming.
Battery life seems better than the S2. I have been giving it light and heavy use and I'd say I would get about ten hours of charge with heavy use. I use my Pixelbook 45W charging brick to charge it up. The included 5V charger is a mite slow. Uses USB-C connectivity.
Comes with an S-Pen, which is easy to use. You can write notes or mark up documents (great for me as I am an editor). Plenty of colouring book apps about to test the pen. I have no artistic inclinations, so I can't tell you how it works with Infinite Painter, et al.
Overall, I think it is a good tablet for lazy use or for work use. Since I own a Samsung TV, I can Smart Cast easily, using my TV in Dex mode and treating the tablet like a PC.
Base price is expensive. I bought an open box bundle which had the tablet, OEM cover, OEM charger and USB-C cable, and the S-Pen. If you were to purchase it through Samsung, it would be about 450USD. Open box will halve that.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned