Nextbook Ares 8A 16 GB, Quad-Core Processor, Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Operating System - Blue

Let me begin with, "You get what you pay for."I ordered 2 of these, one for each of my children, as their first tablets. They were Christmas presents and I purposefully did not order them high-end tablets or iPads. They're young boys and I am 99% certain these will not last them a full year. I also wanted the Android platform so it was easier for me to manage their usage from my Android phone and Gmail account.I received them quickly, either on time or maybe even a day early. I tucked them away and was planning on just wrapping them and stuffing them under the tree with everything else. Luckily, I decided to pre-stage them. I charged them both fully and decided to go ahead and set up my sons' accounts with Gmail and get some apps and games pre-loaded for them so that when they open them, they can turn them on and get to playing.I am glad I did. The first one turned on and I got it set up pretty quickly. The second one was Dead on Arrival. When I turned it on, I got a bootload error and some jargon that was above my technical acumen. Being mid-December when this occured, I did not trust the return process or shipping to re-order them. Thankfully Walmart had them in stock also (Sorry, Amazon).I got them at my local Walmart and brought another home. This one came out of the box with a cracked screen. What in the world? So now I'm 1/3 on viable tablets for Christmas. They were out of stock of the same tablets at this Walmart but I found another in an adjacent town and picked it up there.So, reliability, as a product, is about 50/50 since I had 2 of 4 arrive unusable.The working tablets are alright. They are kind of slow, but for the $60-80 range for a tablet I cannot really expect too much. They're right on par with what I would expect for this price, but are frustrating for my boys at times, who want to play games, as there are some serious latency issues even on some simple games. (think Angry Birds or Slither.io). The tablets will frequently freeze or crash the app/game they are trying to play. I am also very diligent about making them close their apps in the background before opening anything new to help mitigate this. These are not great for multitasking.The battery life is not amazing, but again, for $60-80 on a tablet I'm content with them turning on.They seem to be just fine for reading, browsing, or watching Netflix/Streaming videos.I am certainly not complaining, as they function on a base level, and are great 'starter' or 'practice' tablets for young kids that I don't want to entrust with a $500+ device.In conclusion, these are everything that you pay for. If you're just looking to stick something in front of yourself or your children to browse the web or watch Netflix, I recommend. If you're looking for something a little more sophisticated or something for older children and young teens to play games or use more complex apps on, I would recommend shelling out for something at least a tier or two above these.I am just getting around to the return process with the DoA tablet that I got at first. This is the first time I've had to return an item to Amazon so we'll get to test the Amazon customer service and return policies.

Purchased for my child to do distance learning during this global pandemic. This tablet is absolute garbage. While it has a large screen (the ONLY thing in it's favor so far), the battery discharges quickly and the tablet keeps freezing and crashing and even with the SD card in place, this piece of filth moves slower than a teenager asked to do chores. I have 4 weeks of this to tolerate. At the end of the 'school year', this thing is going in a drawer to collect dust, which it will probably do faster than it loads a webpage.

Not a bad tablet. Good value for the money

Didnt even last 2 weeks. Wont run now. Stuck on power screen. Dissapointed

It seems the touch screen is not working

It's so slow. I got this to use as an emulator/back up tablet, but it is so slow and heats up to unusable so quickly that it isn't worth even the small amount I paid for it.

After two weeks it's not booting up - just hangs. I'll let you know what happens.

Battery stopped charging after 27 days of ownership. I would not recommend this tablet.