This tablet comes with an anti-scratch film pre-applied on the screen, which I love, and it comes with a very nice and functional plastic case to protect the body. You *do* have to remove the case to install your microSD and SIM card, but it isn't that hard to do if you're careful.
The screen is big, bright and clear, though on a tablet this high-end I would have loved to see a real "HD" display and not just an acceptable 1280x800 pixels. The screen is bright and clear from even the most sideways angles, it does always look great even when viewed not head on. Touch was responsive to all gestures without delay, no problems there. With 8Gb of RAM and 8 processing cores this thing is considerably more powerful than even my laptop, and in terms of performance it absolutely flies, it never stutters or makes you wait for anything at all.
The camera is the tablet's only other weak point, 8Mp front and rear is serviceable, but even entry-level phones have closer to 13Mp these days, and on a phone as powerful as this tablet is you may often see 40Mp and up. The pictures this takes are quite good, but don't expect to use this to snap your vacation photos when your phone's camera is still probably better.
I installed a 128Gb microSD card and an active SIM from Mint Mobile, and I could easily load tons of media to the storage and make and receive calls and texts as well as browse the web on here, just like my phone. I kind of want to get a secondary phone plan just for this now, because having all of that right at my fingertips was a fun experience versus dealing with my old WiFi-only tablet!
Battery life on this is amazing, it's definitely good to go for your whole day if you want before charging again. Even on maximum brightness and with data on I easily got 8 hours before I had the battery close to dying.
This also has a PROPER headphone jack, and isn't "Bluetooth headphones only", which is great. The only port is USB-C, but that did work with charging, transferring files to PC, a mini keyboard and flash drive I tried.
Without a doubt, this is the best tablet I have ever owned. If not for the so-so camera I might even ditch my phone to use this exclusively. I also wish the screen resolution was "HD" in the 1080p range at least, because this has enough power for tablet gaming, but the screen is more media-device quality than what hardcore "gamers" would be impressed by. I am happy with this, even impressed in a few ways, but I'm giving it 4-stars for solidly "good" while falling short of "excellent".
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