Buying Advice: Tablet for my Ma~

From experience i can recommend the Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus

I still own some early-gen iPads that work perfectly, for what it's worth.
When it comes to ease-of-use and longevity, especially for non-tech savvy folks, they can't be beat IMO.

Sorry I don’t know about tablets but bump and early happy bday to your mom!

Hmm...🍎

To be honest, it's not the right time ...
The average price tends to increase 1.4 times in half a year.
Performance concerns for cost.
If you can't postpone it, it might be a good idea to look for second-hand goods, but I can't think of any recommendations.

I've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 that I really like.

i have an ipad right now to run Scrivener but before that i had a couple RCA tablets in two different sizes that were very good for their price AND both offered the SD slot for expandable storage that you're after. just get a good case to protect it so if it hits the ground just right it won't break (that's how my mother broke hers =__=) and it should last for a few years at least.

Why is Apple even a poll choice if 3/4 of your requirements are disqualifying?

S6 Lite meets much of your requirements 9.62” x 6.07” it is like a really thin 1 pound book. Decent specs and build quality for the price.

Lenovo cheap and good when i bought 1 for my mom ;) [she only uses it for whatsapp pics andlisten to music]

I bought an iPad about 2 years ago and it's the last thing I'll ever buy from Apple. Even though the hardware (espcially the display) is pretty nice, it's not very usable to me because Apple's software concept doesn't allow a proper storage management or file manager. Any file transfer from or to the tablet only works through itunes, which is the most clunky, slow and non-intuitive piece of software I've ever come across. The very idea to synchronize your tablet's content with a software that is made to sell content is idiotic to say the least.

I also own a cheap (€60) no-name tablet, which comes with factory-installed malware, a very bad display and a slow processor. Still, it's more handy than the iPad, because I can simply plug in a usb-stick and copy over some stuff. From that experience I would recommend anything but an iPad, unless your mother intends to use it precisely as Apple intends.

Samsung S6 lite comes with a pen included, and is decently priced. Just don't expect too much, at that price it's probably not the fastest or most intuitive tablet.

if money was no object id buy myself an ipad with the new m1 chip, got a great display, nice speakers and the chip has really great single core performance ... i'd really like to see what this chip is able to emulate but my problem with apple is, that it restricts my ability to do whatever i want with my bought hardware, can't sideload my stuff to test something like this without jailbreaking ... so my pick would be this one ... it is on the more expensive site but it comes with an oled display, 128gb storage + microsdxc up to 1tb, got one of the faster android soc and is around 10"5 inch with android os ... if you search something cheaper then i'd write where you're from and how much you are willing to pay :D

I don't have any specific model recommendations in particular but I do recommend not getting a very cheap one because they can be Really. slow so it's better to go with something recent from Samsung Galaxy (or maybe even some "old" models), I'd take it over Apple any day honestly

some samsung tab s or if you want to save some money then some huawei mediatab or some other from them depending on your preferences.

Have a bump!