Manufacturer Samsung Electronics Type Tablet computer | Product family Galaxy Tab
Galaxy A | |
Also known as Regular Model:
SM-T550 (WiFi)
SM-T555 (3G, 4G/LTE & WiFi)
S-Pen Model:
SM-P550 (WiFi)
SM-P555 (3G, 4G/LTE & WiFi) Release date 1 May 2015;
22 months ago (2015-05-01) Operating system |
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 is a 9.7-inch Android-based tablet computer produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics. It belongs to the new high-end "A" line of the cross between the Samsung Galaxy Tab and Samsung Galaxy A series, which also includes an 8.0-inch model, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0. It was announced in March 2015, and subsequently released on 1 May 2015.
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History
The Galaxy Tab A 9.7 was announced together with the smaller Galaxy Tab A 8.0 in March 2015.
Features
The Galaxy Tab A 9.7 is released with Android 5.0 Lollipop. Samsung has customized the interface with its TouchWiz software. As well as the standard suite of Google apps, it has Samsung apps such as S Planner, WatchON, Smart Stay, Multi-Window, Group Play, Multi-user mode, SideSync 4.0. The S-Pen models are also equipped with the S-Pen suite found in the Samsung Galaxy Note series.
The Galaxy Tab A 9.7 equipped models are available in WiFi-only and 4G/LTE & WiFi variants. Storage ranges from 16 GB to 32 GB depending on the model, with a microSDXC card slot for expansion up to 128 GB. It has a 9.7-inch TFT LCD screen with a resolution of 1024x768 pixels and a pixel density of 132 ppi. It also features a 2 MP front camera without flash and a rear-facing 5.0 MP AF camera without flash.
Software
The Galaxy Tab A was released with Android 5.0.2 Lollipop.
Unlike the smaller 8.0 inch model, the rollout of the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow Update started in May 2016.