Amazon.com : Lenovo IdeaTab A1000L 7-Inch 8 GB Tablet : Tablet Computers : Electronics

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Customers find the tablet decent for its price and appreciate its quality as a low-end device. The battery life and processor speed receive mixed reviews - while some find the battery life outstanding and the tablet super fast, others report it stops charging and is slow. The screen quality and durability also get mixed feedback, with some praising the picture quality while others note it's not HD, and while some find it sturdy, others report it breaking within days of use. The camera quality receives negative feedback, with multiple customers noting the lack of a rear camera.

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55 customers mention value for money, 51 positive, 4 negative

Customers find the tablet offers good value for money.

Is exactly as it's described. A good Android tablet for a great price. I would highly recommend it, especially for kids.Read more

...My daughter loves it! It's a good quality tablet for a reasonable price. In fact, I like it better than the Polaroid tablet I received as a gift....Read more

Excellent tablet, good price and access to many apps. Not a good camera and only one, but enough for general purposesRead more

Just what I needed. I enjoy this tablet. Good service, great buy. I would commend this product to anyone looking for good tablet.Read more

52 customers mention quality, 43 positive, 9 negative

Customers find the tablet to be of good quality, describing it as a great low-end device, with one customer noting it works well as an e-reader.

cheap price and good tablet.. got it for my son and tried it out for a week.. went ahead and ordered another for my two younger boys to share.....Read more

Excellent tablet, good price and access to many apps. Not a good camera and only one, but enough for general purposesRead more

This is a great tablet and the price is great too! It came out of the box ready to use. It was so easy to set up and start using!...Read more

Very good tablet and nice transaction. The only bad thing is that the photos are too dark, does not have much resolution camera....Read more

70 customers mention reliability, 32 positive, 38 negative

Customers report mixed experiences with the tablet's reliability, with some saying it works well while others mention it stops functioning and freezes or shuts down at random.

...It is good and OK. Now today, when I playing music , the screen went black and power off. Although i charge again cannot turn on....Read more

So far I love it Works great Lots of apps for the price hard to beat highly recommended for 1st tablet no complaints so farRead more

...The next day after charging all night, it would not turn on, only a black screen, with error messages, and testing messages, but NOTHING else....Read more

Purchased this item for my daughter. Works well. Nice display. Camera is ok for a kid. Its difficult to find a cover/protector for this item.Read more

28 customers mention battery life, 10 positive, 18 negative

Customers have mixed experiences with the tablet's battery life, with some praising its outstanding performance while others report issues with the device stopping charging and experiencing battery failure.

...4 of these for my kids, one worked for about a month before it stopped charging. I bought the warranty and got a replacement....Read more

My children love them. The battery life is longer than some of the other brands. They are light, easy to carry and have front cameras.Read more

The tablet just stopped working one month of use. No power in some way. I need to activate the warranty and I live in Venezuela....Read more

...Battery life is average, about 4 hours before it's dead....Read more

25 customers mention screen quality, 13 positive, 12 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the tablet's screen, with some finding the graphics good and picture quality great, while others report issues with clarity.

...It has an excellent battery life and a excellent screen that can be viewed nicely in any angle without the image fading....Read more

...Boxing = great Size= Just right Graphics= No retina display, but definitely not inadequate. Pretty solid Speed= So far, so good...Read more

...The scrolling and swiping are quick. The screen is nice and clear, great for YouTube videos. Gaming runs nicely....Read more

...Its very inexpensive compared to other tablets. The graphics could be better, on some apps the graphics tend to get choppy but for the price i find...Read more

19 customers mention processor speed, 9 positive, 10 negative

Customers have mixed experiences with the tablet's processor speed, with some finding it super fast while others report it being really slow.

...My only issue is that the processor is slow so when you click too fast it just closes what you're using and has a little thing pop up that says low...Read more

...this tablet on the other hand I like it feels really sturdy, it's pretty fast, although the front facing camera isn't the best it is a tablet I...Read more

This item was returned for inferior quality video, and processing power....Read more

...The A1000L is fast, doesn't weigh much, and runs all my favorite applications....Read more

16 customers mention durability, 11 positive, 5 negative

Customers have mixed experiences with the tablet's durability, with some finding it sturdy and reliable, while others report it breaking within two days of use.

Bought this as a Xmas gift and it's still going strong. Sturdy, nice graphics and sound. Have had no problems whatsoever....Read more

...It seems to be well built. I'd buy another one.Read more

...They previously had the Samsung galaxy tab which they loved, but screen got cracked. This tablet does not have the same feeling....Read more

...The case seems sturdy and decent (not the very cheep look) but not particularly attractive....Read more

17 customers mention camera quality, 3 positive, 14 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the tablet's camera quality, with multiple customers noting the lack of a rear camera, and one customer mentioning that the front-facing camera isn't the best.

...considering that most technology has bluetouth today and and no rear camera. The front camera is OK but not grate you need to be in well lighted areaRead more

...can use for kindle books. camera could be better. also depending on what you are viewing online, scrolling can stutter a bit....Read more

...Only can about this tablet is the camera quality plus it doesn't have a rear camera, only a front facing camera.Read more

I love it so much. I'm a little sad that it doesn't have a back camera but other than that it works amazingly. It runs really fast....Read more

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars Money Well Spent!

    Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2014

    What a fantastic bargain. I always wanted a tablet, but wanted to wait for pocket calculator prices (anyone who was a live in the 1970s understands, the rest, ask your elders). I lusted after some of the clones coming in from China, but some of the mail order houses had iffy reputations. A cheap tablet, from a name manufacturer on Amazon? This is the perfect storm.

    Another reason I wanted a cheap android tablet is Chromecast. I just bought one, and use it a lot, but I didn't want to wear out my phone as a remote control.

    The A1000L is fast, doesn't weigh much, and runs all my favorite applications. The Wifi connection is good and it holds on to the Chromecast connection much better than my phone did! As a reading device using the Kindle app it's fantastic. I have to wonder why this wouldn't be a better option than a Paperwhite!

    The scrolling and swiping are quick. The screen is nice and clear, great for YouTube videos. Gaming runs nicely. I also like using mobile apps like Facebook on the larger 7" screen.

    One thing that is missing (and seems to be from all of the new tablets) is a full sized USB port. I wanted to plug my Clear USB stick for mobile broadband in. However, I ordered a micro USB to standard USB female adapter and we'll see if that works (cost less than a dollar). Also there is no Bluetooth. I found this to be a problem after I bought a soundbar which could accept wireless audio. No doubt I can simply add a Bluetooth dongle.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Tablet

    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014

    My son purchased a generic tablet for me as a gift last summer. It was an inexpensive tablet. This is no slight against my son but the tablet was a nightmare from the beginning. It took forever to go online, apps crashed all the time, and soon I wasn't able to install or update apps. i mentioned that to say this, I recently purchased the lenovo Idea tab and it's day and night from my old tab.It's super fast, sleek, apps never crash and it goes online with lightning speed. If you don't want to spend money on an ipad or very expensive tablets, this is the way to go. It's a brand name tablet at a very affordable price. I feel this is my "first" tablet.

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  • 4.0 out of 5 stars Great Low End Tablet for the Price

    Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2014

    I bought 34 of these to take to Africa for a mission trip. I was able to set them up and deliver them with a sstandard image. The price point, performance and features were right on the mark. For us this was the long promised $100 African computer. I did have three of them go crazy during training they got in a diagnostic mode I couldn't get out of. I'm not sure that they did to kick into this mode. I never had this issue with the one I used for several months. However I let them run dead and then recharge them and they worked fine. We loaded them up with videos, audio files, images and PDF books. All this content was put on a 16GB micro SD card. The deployment went well and we were able to train all of the Africans to use them in about ½ hour. We will see how they hold up in harsh environments with poor power quality. I was impressed with the price point and overall quality. Keep up the good work Lenovo.

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Tablet

    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2014

    This is a great Little device. I purchased this tablet for work purposes. It is a simple tablet, nothing fancy, but it works great. I use this tablet at work for schematics and operations manuals on the go. I am an industrial electronics technician and I carry this everywhere I go. I pull up all my PDF files in seconds with the office pro app. It has an excellent battery life and a excellent screen that can be viewed nicely in any angle without the image fading. I don't really use it at home but I did test its video capabilities and it does an excellent job. I did have a Lil choppiness when viewing HD movies on it. I would recommend the Lenovo A1000 instead if someone plans on using it for streaming since it has 1 gig of ram for 20 bucks more. I would highly recommend this tablet, It gives you what you pay for and more. Keep in mind that this does not have a rear camera, the front camera is terrible, and it does not have Bluetooth. I have seen some bad reviews because of these 3 flaws I noted, but come on it's a 100 dollar tablet. From a reliable company. I hope my review was useful, and yes it has google play.

    16 people found this helpful

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  • 5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible Tablet Worth More Than The Price

    Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2013

    The product is as advertised. I bought two one for my mother and another for my sister both are computer illitrates so I wanted to load Magic Jack in this so that withoug much hazzle they can call my phone numbers. Unfortunately Magic Jack app don't work on this at all. When they call it rings but when I answer we both cannot hear each other at all. Other than that this is an incrible tablet worth more than the price.
    I may buy another one.

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  • 1.0 out of 5 stars Worked great at first, then quit entirely in less than 3 weeks

    Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2014

    I really liked this while it worked. I used it for taking notes in class, and I used apps that were required for class. I never allowed the battery to be fully discharged before recharging because I know that can cause issues. I had been studying with it, plugged it in at 14% power left, and went to bed for the night. It had been working up to that point with no issues. In the morning, I tucked it in my backpack and headed to class. When I went to turn it on, nothing. It would not turn on. I plugged it back in and charged it for another 24 hours, still nothing; it wouldn't even turn on. It's a good thing I always have "emergency" pen and paper, and send all my notes as an email to myself to be sure I can access them from more than one location.
    I am replacing this with a Nexus that hopefully does a better job of working.

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