Lenovo Tab M9-2023 - Tablet - Long Battery Life - 9" HD - Front 2MP & Rear 8MP Camera - 3GB Memory - 32GB Storage - Android 12 or Later - Folio Case Included,Gray

My use of this tablet is not demanding. I do some internet activity as well as some simple games such as cards. It takes about 2 hours to fully charge from about 10% but will last me for many days. There is a learning curve if you are used to Android with the go back and recently used app area much different to activate and I did not notice instructions anywhere on how to do that but once you figure it out it works well. The go back is to swipe the screen from right to the left and to look at recently opened apps is a swipe from the bottom to the middle of the lower 1/4 of the screen.

I've used some sketchy tablets in my day. I did feel I could be gaining more experience with that when I picked this up on sale a few months ago. I've been quite pleasantly surprised. There are quite a few negative reviews out there. The storage space is tighter than I like, but honestly adding more applications and junk defeats its purpose. Other than that, I think reviewers are expecting $1,000 tablet performance and graphics. That's not what the tab m9 is. If they want that, they'll have to pay. Similarly, the camera is mediocre by today's standards, but I have a Pixel that has a fantastic camera. I don't need another. That's all I can think to say to knock it. I've watched movies, read stories, played logic games (nothing graphicly intense) although I don't really play computer games. Browsing the web and social media are pleasant experiences. I'm taking it travelling. I'll watch a movie or two on my flight. Resolution is great for the screen dimensions. I can VPN into work, use ssh, and get a shell on machines I manage if something comes up. It does everything I need and everything runs smoothly. I don't try to crush it, I just use it. Temper your expectations and enjoy this little tablet. It is a compromise tablet for the price point. I keep it updated, running android 13. It's a pretty good deal.

So after submitting 2 support tickets and one "help me" message from their app on the tablet, I finally got a response to the support ticket that they were sending a replacement "part". This "part" arrived and it was a new tablet. I wasn't sure a new tablet would fix this since it looked like a software problem, so I was skeptical. I moved everything to the new tablet and it IS actually working much better. I can run all of my apps, except the one solitaire app still gets killed by the tablet. But I found the same game by another developer and it works fine. So I can live with one app not working vs maybe 4 that weren't on my old tablet. Maybe there was indeed some glitch in the hardware somewhere. So I'm raising my rating for their willingness to send a new tablet, which fixed things to the point I can live with. ****Original Review**** Bought this tablet in June so I've had it 5 months. This tablet initially seemed great, especially for the money and the fact that finding a decent tablet in this size range is almost impossible. It was working great until it didn't. So now I have to give the tablet only 1 star. This is mainly for the software that Lenovo has installed and which you CANNOT see, uninstall or control. It happened after their latest update. The system has a built-in memory management app that you cannot see and cannot control. After the last update, this app has gone on steroids and is very aggressive. It will shut down apps while you are using them or sometimes even before they fully open. Yes, that's right. You click on the app, you see it starting, then boom, it is is gone. I'm not talking graphic-heavy gaming apps. I'm talking solitaire card games and match-3 games. If you google this, you will find many angry posts about this and Lenovo's responses have been the typical, "well, it is a system app so you can't do anything about it...too bad so sad." So some apps work and some don't. I've contacted Lenovo via their app on the tablet and twice via their warrant support website since my tablet is still under warranty. ZERO RESPONSES. Obviously, Lenovo has no intention of addressing this issue or even any warranty issues. So buy at your own risk cuz once you buy it, you are on your own.

I bought this as an e-reader and for the occasional streaming/light gaming. I use the app ReadEra (not a fan of Kindle) and I couldn't be happier. With the brightness turned to minimal (you don't need much for reading), I get 20+ hours easily. Streaming gets me between 3-6 depending on brightness. The included case is great quality for protection against scratches in your bag, ease of holding, and auto sleep when closed - but in no way is this going to save your tablet from a fall off the table. *This tablet is going to need a couple minutes booting to full speed when powering up. This isn't the case when waking form sleep mode - it's ready to go automatically. But expect some patience when cycling the power. *This tablet should be good for live android updates until at least next year, but runs great out of the box for the basics. *I've also dabbled with some low end retri emulation (GBA, SNES, and even PS1) - all working great especially when connected to power. The bluetooth pairs with a controller no problem. I'd buy this tablet again, especially if its on sale.

I love my Kindles, I've had several of them since they first came out. Still use the latest version daily but I needed either an iPad or a true Android device to run a couple of specific Aps. Couldn't get the aps to work properly on a "google play cracked" Kindle, didn't want to spend $500 on an iPad. Ordered this Lenovo based on reviews, research and recommendations. Exactly what I needed/wanted! Fast, light, cheap - couldn't ask for anything more. Came with a pretty good case but I upgraded to a "child proof" case since I use the tablet to do field recordings and carry it with me most of the day. Wanted to downsize from my current 11-inch Kindle and this is as small as I will ever go but the display is large enough with great color/resolution. Battery life seems to be fantastic, I use it to occasionally browse or check email or weather, but mostly to capture data transmissions via Bluetooth and I go 3-4 days before having to recharge it.. Picture is of the tablet atop my Kindle and work iPad and then laptop. Super light, small enough to slip in a jacket pocket. Haven't found a single thing to complain about in the 3 month's I've owned it.

for the sale price of $79 and some change, this is the snappiest media consumption tablet you will find. 9" tablets are fairly small now a days, but for something to download 10 Black Mirror episodes and podcasts to watch inconspicuously at work...this is perfect. Octa-core (2 cores at 2.2ghz and 6 at 1.6 ghz I think) is very good at this price point, 3GB of ram is mid, but you dont notice when surfing the web or watching videos, the 32gb of storage is what is expected, the system takes up about half of that but you can get a 128gb micro SD card for around $7-10 and you are Gucci. They do have a bunch of forced applications and games, but you can delete those as soon as its done updating. Don't expect an OLED screen and perfect color at this price, also don't expect 1080p, but at 9" you cant tell that its not 1080P. 8/10 Golden chestnuts or 4.5 stars

I'm updating the review... I had to get a new one under warranty. I ordered an lcd but they just sent me a whole new tablet instead... However... DO NOT BUY It took 1hr to set it up. 1 full charge to finish setting up. And the bloatware that they install fills up 100% of your space and it'll take you another 40min to go through and uninstall it all. ALSO when the thing 'updates".... it'll force reinstall the bloat apps... Theres now also many apps you can NOT remove nor even disable. 3gb ram, 32gb storage.... 10gb of that is android os, another 5 of that is apps you can't disable or get rid of, plus the 5-10gb of bloat apps you'll have to go uninstall. totally not worth the time or money... and Lenovo will ask you over and over randomly to "join us!".... for nothing but I'm sure to track your every move.. More after 9mo. I've had to have this tablet replaced by lenovo 5 times... and every one they send seems worse and worse.. Now. when you update it after turning it on. It'll take 1 battery charge, and 2hrs to finish. Because it begs and begs for hours to fill it up with bloatware apps and games. Over time the network stops functioning properly so wifi gets super slow and goes in and out all the time. There's no custom camera settings. You can't delete or disable half the useless apps it forces. even their lenovo trash. There's no actual customization options. They fill it up with apps, and you have almost no space left for your stuff. I can't say it enough.. DO NOT BUY THIS...

The tablet works fine and can take a bit of a beating. Holds a good charge. The case that the listing says it comes with was missing and I never had the time to make a complaint about it, so be sure to check what the listing includes!