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Walmart launches new budget-friendly Android tablets starting at $97

Walmart's Onn brand just launched a whole line of budget-friendly Android tablets that, all together, cost less in total than a single iPad Pro. As spotted by 9to5Google, the six new tablets ship with Android 16 and all but one cost less than $200. The little Onn Core 7 is the most affordable of the […] Walmart's Onn brand just launched a whole line of budget-friendly Android tablets that, all together, cost less in total than a single iPad Pro. As spotted by 9to5Google , the six new tablets ship with Android 16 and all but one cost less than $200. The little Onn Core 7 is the most affordable of the bunch at just $97, which gets you a 7-inch 1040 x 600 IPS LCD display, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage that's expandable with a microSD card, and, according to Walmart, up to 10 hours of battery life. A step above that are two larger Core tablets. The Core 8.1 costs $138 and includes an 8.1

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According to The Verge’s source item, Walmart launches new budget-friendly Android tablets starting at $97, Walmart’s Onn brand just launched a whole line of budget-friendly Android tablets that, all together, cost less in total than a single iPad Pro. As spotted by 9to5Google, the six new tablets ship with Android 16 and all but one cost less than $200. The little Onn Core 7 is the most affordable of the […] Walmart’s Onn brand just launched a whole line of budget-friendly Android tablets that, all together, cost less in total than a single iPad Pro. As spotted by 9to5Google , the six new tablets ship with Android 16 and all but one cost less than $200. The little Onn Core 7 is the most affordable of the bunch at just $97, which gets you a 7-inch 1040 x 600 IPS LCD display, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage that’s expandable with a microSD card, and, according to Walmart, up to 10 hours of battery life. A step above that are two larger Core tablets. The Core 8.1 costs $138 and includes an 8.1

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Walmart launches new budget-friendly Android tablets starting at $97The Verge - 2026-05-18T18:44:07+00:00

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