Acer Iconia Tab Black & Gold 10" WIFI Tablet 32GB Storage

This is my second Acer tablet. My first was the Iconia Tab A500, their first Android tablet, which I used daily for six years before it needed replacement. I am very pleased with this one. Very clear, crisp, and sensitive screen. Works great for games, Skype, and YouTube. The only minor fault is that the speakers are very poor, but since I use it with headphones most of the time, this isn't an issue that I find distressing.

Had to buy this to replace the similar Lenovo that I dropped. Good points are the SDcard socket takes up to 128gb it also has an HDMI socket. Android 6 runs well enough but I prefer Android 4.. That's just me. Sound is good but a bit bright. So I added an equaliser app to roll the bright top, of a bit. Video is very clear. You must use the supplied charger and usb lead for a fast charge, other similar chargers are slow, took me a few charges to twig this point. Bad points: Compared to my old Lenovo S6000 the battery life is poor, I reckon I only get 7 or 8 hours max.. the Lenovo always did 9 - 10. In my case its about 1 day less before I have to charge it but I do use it 3 - 4 hours every day, web browsing, listen to music and reading via the Kindle app. I have changed the background to plain black and turned the brighness right down which as helped a little. Also find 2.4 ghz wifi setting as opposed to the 5 ghz seems to help as well - despite similar signal strength in my home. It is a good tablet nicely built, slightly heavier than the old S6000 and a similar size. I did buy this one as I needed the HDMI output and 10 inch screens with this are rare or have poor reviews.

To be honest, I expected more. I'd intentionally chosen a more expensive tablet than the base-line Chinese-brand ones hoping for an acceptable Android experience. All I can say is that I was disappointed.If all you want is a very basic tablet that is at least functional then this is OK. However, compared to my 4 year old HTC phone, the operation is worse. Slower and jerkier graphics when opening apps, moving between pages etc. The display is poor, sound is very poor. Too much bloat that you can't remove. Also, some fairly important apps such as Google Maps don't actually work.The unit is reasonable solidly built but is a bit awkward to hold. One major gripe is that the unit seems to turn on randomly when you pick it up. I'm not sure if it monitors the touch screen when off or if there was a fault but just moving it could turn it on. Battery life was also fairly poor, using it for 2 or 3 hours would flatten the battery unless it was fresh off the charger.

Looks and feels great quality, especially when compared to other tablets on the market of a similar price range. It works well and is easy to use. Would recommend to others.

For all it's good points (display, sound and price), the tablet has an appalling battery life. The problem (on mine at least) is that it does not sleep when in standby (screen off); so charge it up, leave it unused for 30 hours and it then wont turn on as the battery is completely flat. Mines been back to Acer for repairs twice, but unfortunately they never bother to read my explanation of the issue, despite the fact that I've given them screen dumps from GSAM battery monitor, showing that when the tablet is meant to be sleeping the CPU is being held awake (wake lock) and consuming power (about 3% per hour). The first time they changed the battery, the second they just tested the battery and said no fault found. I suspect it may well be a software/firmware (android system/kernel) fault - you get the problem with no apps installed, rather than a particular hardware fault on my tablet, so it might be fixed in a future OTA update. For the moment I'm either leaving the tablet plugged into the charger when I'm not using it or fully powering down between uses.

I originally bought this product on the strength of other acer products bought. Disappointed in this one, settings sloppy, battery bad and bad charging facility.It looks good but has too many technical faults.

I'm happy with this. The battery life is fine, but then it depends what you use it for. If you're gonna use it for simple browsing and watching a couple of films/a few vids this will be fine. The wi-fi occasionally loses connection, and you need a memory card to allow you to update the system hence the 4 stars but otherwise I have no issues with this tablet. The screen is clear and the sound works fine. I even got a case with mine which was a great bonus (I bought a reconditioned tablet).

I have bought 3 tablets in as many years and this one has been the best yet. It's easy to use and works fast considering it only has 1Gb of ram. Most of the apps that come with it are very good, some I have been able to stop, rather than been able to uninstall, but I have not found this a hindrance. Making it save to external sd is a doddle, unlike some reincarnation of Android I've had. And best of all the price. Not sure how Acer have crammed onto this package what they have for the price, but it has encouraged me to remember to look at Acer again (had an Acer lap top many years ago and was never particularly ena

I wouldn't but this again.. It's not good value. Can't cope with the most simple of tasks and really doesn't compare to its competitors.