Reddit reviews ASUS Z380M-A2-GR ZenPad 8 Dark Gray 8-inch Android Tablet [Z380M] 2MP Front / 5MP Rear PixelMaster Camera, WXGA TouchScreen, 16GB Onboard Storage, Quad-Core 1.3GHz Processor, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi

Probably not the first gen as those are ancient and terrible.

The tab As are kinda low end and weak, with not a lot of ram or storage, but they're about what you can find for that price. I mean for a kid they're okay I guess but they might be a bit slow and stuff. Never used one but I do have experience with lower end tabs with similarish specs.

You might be better off with something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Huawei-Mediapad-Quad-Core-1-4GHz-Android/dp/B0746NMXXW/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1518901626&sr=1-2&keywords=huawei+t3&dpID=410UYcDEemL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Or this:

https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Android-Quad-Core-Processor-ZA2B0009US/dp/B07193VPNF/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1518901670&sr=1-3&keywords=lenovo+tab+4

Or maybe this:

https://www.amazon.com/Android-PixelMaster-TouchScreen-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B01FGCXUDU

i got my mom a ZenPad 8 at christmas. mind you it came out in 2015 i think, but its pretty zippy for $130 and pretty close to stock android.

No rush! Just let me know.

I do know that I have certainly seen mislabled tablets on Amazon before. For instance, I bought a Nuvision tablet a while back and Amazon said it had 1333mhz Ram, when it definitely had 1600mhz. Alternatively, is it possible that you're mixing it up with The Zenpad 8 (e.g. not "S 8")? That's 1.3ghz with 2gb of RAM, so it threw me off at first. Everyone on Reddit said the skip that Zenpad 8 and consider the S8. But my big question is still whether the S8 can handle newish games, or emulation.

EDIT: There's a refurbished Zenpad S8 on sale for $134.99 now, with Prime shipping. That might seal the deal...

The ASUS Z380M-A2-GR Zenpad is a 4.2 star tablet and would be a nice tablet for your choice, has a battery life of 8 hours, 2gb ram which is compatible with running those activities you mentioned, has one the latest operating system Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Found a cheaper one under 140 [ASUS Z380M-A2-GR Zenpad 8"] (https://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Z380M-A2-GR-Zenpad-WXGA-Quad-Core/dp/B01FGCXUDU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1473475636&sr=1-1&keywords=asus+zenpad+8+z380m&linkCode=ll1&tag=qt088-20&linkId=265093a292323e72f694de6644c02533)

yes, logged in the whole time. just noticed it says free shipping 4 days, maybe new years off days are impacting the delivery time frame?

https://www.amazon.com/Android-PixelMaster-TouchScreen-Quad-Core-Processor/dp/B01FGCXUDU/ref=sr_1_1?rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1483241934&sr=8-1&keywords=ASUS+ZenPad+8&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011

this is my suggestion

I haven't personally used it, but just judging by the specs.... The display is worse, but you should see similar performance with this as you did with your Nexus 7.

I bought this ASUS ZenPad for Christmas and it runs FFRK pretty well. Crashes occasionally (between menus usually) but not bad enough to worry about.

This tablet should run F/GO, right?

https://www.amazon.ca/ASUS-Z380M-A2-GR-Zenpad-WXGA-Quad-Core/dp/B01FGCXUDU/

Just want to make sure before I drop 200 bucks on something that won't run it.

What is your price range?

The lowest range I would say you could safely go would be the Galaxy tab A which goes refurbished for $144 on amazon

The Asus Zenpad 8 for $129 would also get the job done.

Now, those will definitely get the job done on a budget. They won't be useful for serious gaming, but plenty good enough for anki and looking up stuff or doing qbanks and watching videos. A little patience and you can go with lenovo, which I'll discuss below with more mid-range tablets.

If you want to step up to the $250 range, you could go with the Ipad mini 2, which I hear still runs great, but I don't like that there is no expandable memory.

Now, as far as the latest and greatest, you have a couple of decent options. If you can wait for the Lenovo Tab 4 8 or 8 plus ($100-$250 depending on which version you get), which come out in July, I would wait for them (I don't think they'll have spyware on them, but whatever.)

Personally, I can't wait that long because I have to travel before they are released, so I went with the $300 Huawei MediaPad 3 which has great stats and the update to Nougat and EMUI 5.0 has improved the interface a ton. It has the best speakers on any tablet right now, 4GB ram, a 2k screen resolution, and expandable memory. The only downside for me is there is no USB-C, but that's really not a huge deal for my needs.

After that you start getting into high end tablets that are basically laptops like the Galaxy Tab 3 or iPad Pro.

There are quite a few but since you are going under $200 i'll give yoy two options one near $200 and one far from it

The SAMSUNG Galaxy Tab E SM-T377AZKAATT
8.0" 1280 x 800
Quad Core Processor 1.30 GHz
1.5 GB Memory 16 GB Flash Storage
Front-Facing Camera 2 MP
Rear Camera 5.0 MP
8.35" x 4.96" x 0.35" 0.75 lb.
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)

or

ASUS ZenPad 8


Touch Screen 8" IPS WXGA (1280x800) 189 PPI
MTK 8163 Quad-Core 1.3GHz, 2GB DDR3L
16GB EMMC, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN, 2MP Front & 5MP Rear, Bluetooth 4.0
10 finger multi-touch support, Corning Gorilla Glass1
Anti-fingerprint coating

I think the samsung is the better of the two though

Aw, something like this only pops up the day after my girlfriend and I pick out and order tablets.

Would these do fine?