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The tablet space may be dominated by iPads and cheap slabs from Amazon’s Fire line, but Samsung’s recently revamped Tab S9s make the case for Android tablets, with the most widely appealing one on sale today. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 with 256GB of storage is selling for $799.99 ($120 off) at Amazon, and it comes with a free $100 Amazon digital gift card. Once you spend that credit, it’s like you’ve saved $220 on a very good 11-inch tablet with an excellent 120Hz refreshing OLED display.
The Tab S9 has some nice specs that may sound similar to the highest-end Galaxy S23 Ultra phone, including a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 12GB of RAM, and IP68 water resistance. It also includes the S Pen stylus, allowing you to do a variety of tablet-y things like drawing and note-taking in addition to all the usual app usage and content consumption but without charging you an additional $129 like Apple does on the comparable iPad Pros.
The 11-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 comes with a 120Hz OLED display along with an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance. It comes with a maximum of 256GB of storage and 12GB of RAM as well as a Galaxy S Pen included.
From one of the best Android tablets around to one of the best midrange smartphones. The Google Pixel 6A is on sale once again for its lowest price of $249 ($100 off) at Best Buy, Target, and direct from Google. Additionally, if ordered from Google, you can get up to $100 off a set of Pixel Buds wireless earbuds
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