Samsung Galaxy Tab A9 review – Wieldy entry-level tablet with GPS, LTE and 4 years of update

As far as specs go, the Galaxy Tab A9 definitely offers interesting features for mobile use. The device comes with a 3.5 mm audio jack, Bluetooth 5.3 and a 4G dual SIM option including eSIM support. There are a total of four models available:

Galaxy Tab A9 Wifi | 64 GB | 4 GB RAM | €179.00

Galaxy Tab A9 LTE | 64 GB | 4 GB RAM | €219.00

Galaxy Tab A9 Wifi | 128 GB | 8 GB RAM | €229.00

Galaxy Tab A9 LTE | 128 GB | 8 GB RAM | €269.00

Our Wi-Fi-only variant has 64 GB of internal storage. But after subtracting the space used for the operating system, only about 43 GB of usable storage is available. If you need more space for videos or photos, you can make use of accessories (e.g. thumb drives) via USB OTG or insert a microSD card into the hybrid slot. An external storage device can be used to store media files (videos or music) but not applications.

As you might expect, Samsung has only given the Galaxy Tab 9 a sluggish USB 2.0 port that doesn’t allow for high data transfer speeds or video output via a cable. During our copy test performed with a M.2 SSD drive (Samsung 980 Pro), transfer speed was around 29 MB/s. The device supports exFAT as well as NTFS (preferred by Microsoft systems). However, the latter can only be used for read operations.