With so many options available to customers looking for a Samsung tablet - from the stylus-equipped Galaxy Note 8.0 to the simply stellar Galaxy Tab S - it takes a lot to stand out from the crowd. The Galaxy Tab4 is a serviceable slate, but lacks the pizzazz to justify a purchase in lieu of one of its flashier relatives.
While CNET liked the nice, compact size of the Tab4, they found the plastic construction a bit cheap, and PC Advisor noted it lacks a premium finish. However, CNET says it offers a textured finish that is both simultaneously smooth and grippy, and HotHardware thinks it’s an improvement over the glossy casing of the Galaxy Tab 3. The screen is also a bit of a mixed bag - not quite bad, but also not very flashy. HotHardware says it offers decent color and viewing angles but in the end it’s only passable given that many competing tablets offer higher resolution displays at the same price.
On the inside ChipChick says it can do pretty much anything your standard smartphone can do, and even PC Mag enjoyed features like the split-screen multitasking. One thing they didn’t enjoy was the battery life, with the Tab4 clocking in at around six hours - a disappointing result given the Tab4’s lower end specs. But ultimately battery life depends on the user, and ChipChick found the slate lasted two weeks.