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Other reviews of this tablet are pretty accurate actually, but you have to put it in perspective. Here's my take on this tablet. 1) No, the screen isn't as bright as a Surface RT. I've had a surface RT and the screen was astonishingly bright. The Tab A 8.0 screen is merely adequately bright and I have no complaints. Turn off Auto Brightness. 2) No, it isn't a blazingly fast processor on paper, merely a quad core. It has, however, done everything I need to do with no lag or hesitation. It is faster than a 10" Tab 4 I used to have. 3) No, it doesn't have a real loud speaker. I have loud speakers on my desk and also headphones. No complaints. 4) no it only has 1.5 GB of ram. Have not had any issues though. 5) No it doesn't have a 10 inch screen. This is a 8" tablet, that would be impossible. I've had no issues with the screen resolution. It looks bright and vibrant and is not pixelly at all. Looks very good actually. 6) No, it isn't an iPad. This is by Samsung, not Apple. And it's a fraction of the price. 7) No it isn't extremely light. In fact, it's much heavier than my phone. Because it's bigger than my phone. That's the point. This tablet was obtained for only one sixty five and I have loaded it up with everything I can think of and I successfully used it on an IT service call as a laptop replacement. I also got a fintie keyboard case for it and a smays ethernet adapter/usb hub. This tablet literally does everything I need my laptop to do. VPNs, remote desktop, keyboard, mouse, ethernet, network scanning, you name it. I also use it for surfing the web and some games. I have put in a SD card. I can attach flash drives and external HD. It supports OTG. It updated itself to android 6.0.1 immediately on powerup out of the box. Now, full disclosure, I was looking at a 10.1 with the Pen but someone decided that being in a wish list meant I was willing to suddenly pay a hundred more for it. I would buy the Tab A 8.0 again and heartily recommend it as an excellent android tablet.