Oh No... My Mom Needs a Tablet - Budget Tablet Roundup

I needed to get a tablet! Cheap! So we scoured the bargain bins to find the best budget tablets and we hope you like these ones!

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:27 Walmart Onn 10.1 Tablet (2024)
3:16 ALLDOCUBE iPlay 50 Pro Mini
5:21 Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+
8:21 Lenovo Tab Plus
10:53 iPad 10th Gen
13:06 Final Recommendations

[jajssblue]

Thank you for calling out the confusing branding of the Samsung tablets. Its even worse on Amazon because they carry older product SKUs. I had to do way too much research to buy my parents a simple tablet to allow them an easier bedtime reading experience.

[panagiotispappas]

NEVER get old people cheap tech. Learning to use the thing is hard enough, now imagine pressing something and nothing happens for 10 seconds. Not only it’s infuriating but very confusing!

[EVILBUNNY]

It’s actually incredible to see how far tech and manufacturing processes have gotten to the point where you can feasibly manufacture and sell a tablet for less than $100.

That Walmart tablet would’ve blown minds 15-20 years ago, now it’s some cheap device we take for granted

[originalgamer]

One important factor to remember is what they're using now, if they already have an iPhone, just get them an iPad, familiarity will save you a lot of pain in tech support

[requiem]

10:30 I hate stuff like this where you have to install it to delete. it makes it so apps like that have the number next to them say 300 million+ downloads which says nothing about the apps quality lol.

[SustainableUser]

0:12 My cousin recently got tab S9 fe under 300$ and those out there wait for Samsung deals. Since, tab S9fe is year old you could get it more cheaper at year end sale or next year sales.

[KyleDavis]

The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE went on sale for $300 on Black Friday (and is on sale again right now on Amazon), and I like it quite a lot. S-pen included, 128GB standard, with microSD support, 1440p display, Wifi 6, IP68, works with most Tab S9 compatible accessories, and has a pretty good battery life (anecdotally, used it on a trip streaming Plex for long periods of time with the battery still in good shape at the end of hours long sessions). The only downsides I see are a lack of headphone jack (which at this point I'm used to...) and it uses an Exynos 1380 instead of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 that the regular Tab S9 uses. I haven't had any issues with it so far, but I'm definitely wary of Exynos SoCs after previous experiences with other budget Samsung phones and tablets.

[CoolTrap]

"Tab A7 lite is dog shit"
**Me whatching this video on the SamsungTab A7 lite**

[SolrOnYt]

LINUS PLEASE GO PUBLIC ABOUT THE HONEY SCAM

[the]

I got my grandma an iPad mini 5 years ago and it’s still working great for her. Most definitely worth the price

[tf]

Colton Potter Cosplaying as Dolores Umbridge.

[arpitsingh]

I got Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 fe + for approx 250$ on sale. It comes with a stylus and 12.4" screen. I'll definitely recommend it above anything else. Just wait for a sale and credit card offer.

[TuxikCE]

Damn, Linus's mom reveal is wild 💀.

[WillowDeaf]

Lenovo Tab P12 for best large screen android tablet at around $300 (depending on accessories bundles and seem to be often on deep sales). I managed to snag one WITH the keyboard case and pen for only $350 (including taxes and shipping at the time). That same sale is running right now. It ended up being so useful for me as a deaf person since the mics on these was surprisingly a lot better than I expected, aiding the Google's Live Transcribe feature that allows me to stay involved in meetings and whatnot in real time :) One nice thing about this is that Best Buy also sells them so It was a great way for me to double check how I liked the form factor and the software before pulling the trigger (slowly losing vision so had to double check the accessibility features first). Ordered it online instead of via Best Buy for that accessories bundle sale.

[epytaf]

I picked up a Lenovo Tab Plus for $198 on black friday, and for listening to podcasts, watching youtube in the kitchen, and playing music AS a bluetooth speaker, I think it's wonderful. Highly recommended.

[TG_Truth]

I went to Best Buy and got 2 open box 10th gen iPads I don’t regret it at all!

[satanclaws]

Also something worth keeping an eye out for is clearance at stores. A store my buddy works at had a mega clearance sale for “old” iPads (M1) for more then 50% off and I showed up and got a 5th gen 12.9 inch iPad Pro for a little over $400 before tax. iPad Air M1s were sub $300 during the sale. Spec-wise, The m2 is a very incremental upgrade over the m1 and the m4 is only a little under a 50% improvement in power and you still get the 120 hz screen with this pro (also he told me that the same thing happens for Samsung tablets)

[erkinyldrm]

I got tab A9+ and I am loving it. As an engineering student it replaced my laptop for lecture video playback and pdf viewing. With geforce now and cloud based computing you can even do gaming and complex computing.

[ThatGuySquippy]

My ADHD ass kept getting distracted by the yule log TV's "mute" icon popping on screen every few seconds

[VULTURESAINTCOMING]

Got my iPad 10th gen during Black Friday for $249.99; as a lifelong Samsung phone user, the iPad is definitely an awesome tablet.