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Save up to 19% on Samsung tablets on Amazon ahead of Prime Day
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Finding an affordable tablet that ticks all the boxes can be frustrating. You don’t want to spend the same amount you’d spend on an iPad. And you don’t want to buy a laptop for something you could use a tablet for. Your best bet? Finding a great tablet on sale. Right now, you can do just that at Amazon, this far ahead of the oncoming Prime Day sales event.
For less than $300, you can snag a Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, one of our favorite budget tablets, at Amazon. This tablet can do just about anything you need, with a lengthy battery life, a crisp and bright screen and a powerful processor to help you multitask. It’s now $41 off, down from its usual price of $330. Or save up to 19% on other tablets from Samsung right now.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite: $289 (12% off)
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Looking for a budget-friendly Android tablet that doesn’t compromise on quality? The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite is a compelling choice. It offers a great balance of features and value, and it’s on sale for an attractive price right now.
It features a vibrant 10.4-inch touchscreen display and runs on the Android 12 operating system. Thanks to an impressive battery life of up to 15 hours on a single charge, you can use it for long periods without worrying about recharging.
It works with the Google Play Store, so you can use any app your heart desires (if it’s available there) and comes with the included Samsung S Pen stylus that lets you take notes, sketch or navigate the device instead of using your fingertips.
Despite its affordable price point, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite doesn’t skimp on storage options, either. Even if you opt for the base model with 64GB of internal storage, you can easily expand it later using a microSD memory card, which supports up to 1TB of additional storage.
The tablet’s audio experience is equally impressive, with two built-in speakers and the ability to connect wireless headphones or earbuds via Bluetooth. It even includes a 3.5mm headphone jack, a feature that’s increasingly rare these days.
Don’t want to go bankrupt when buying a tablet? You’ve found the best option with the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite. And even better: Last time we looked, a few different colors were available.
2024 Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ 11″ Android tablet: $230 (15% off)
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This 2024 Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ is the perfect example. Right now, Amazon has it on sale for just $230, which is 19% off its usual $270 price.
The tablet offers an 11-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate, 128GB of internal storage and a quad speaker system. It’s able to handle multitasking with ease. It comes in a graphite or silver casing color. One of the things we love about Samsung tablets is that most have a microSD memory card slot built-in, so you can expand the storage capacity easily and whenever you choose.
This model offers a 7,040 mAh rechargeable battery, so it provides all-day battery life, as well as a quick-charge feature. It runs using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 processor and measures 10.12 by 6.64 by 0.27 inches.
2023 Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 11″ Android tablet: $749 (save 19%)
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This 2023 version of the popular Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 tablet offers enough processing power for average users. It offers an 11-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, 256GB of internal storage and runs using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor.
The tablet comes with an S-Pen stylus and is one of the very few tablets on the market that’s waterproof and dustproof (rated IP68), so it’s a lot more durable than most. We also like that the S9 offers a quick charge feature and a long battery life.
For a limited time, you can buy this tablet on Amazon for 19% off and pay just $749. It comes in your choice of a beige or graphite casing color.
2023 Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE 10.9″ Android tablet: $380 (16% off)
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This 2023 edition of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S90 FE tablet offers less processing juice than the company’s most powerful Tab S9 Ultra tablet, but this one is more than adequate for the average user. It comes with an S-Pen stylus and 128GB of internal storage.
One of the biggest selling points of the Tab S9 FE is that it’s waterproof and dust-proof (IP68 rated), which is not a feature any Apple iPad tablet can boast. This gives it an extra level of durability while being able to run the latest version of Android. Battery life is up to 18 hours. Thanks to its quick charge feature, you can fully recharge the battery in under 90 minutes.
Using the built-in microSD memory card slot, you can upgrade the tablet’s storage anytime. And the tablet’s multitasking ability allows you to run and switch between three apps at once.
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McDonald’s investing $100 million to lure customers back to the fast food giant after E. coli outbreak
McDonald’s is investing $100 million to bring customers back to stores after an outbreak of E. coli food poisoning tied to onions on the fast-food giant’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
The investments include $65 million that will go directly to the hardest-hit franchises, the company said.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that slivered onions on the Quarter Pounders were the likely source of the E. coli. Taylor Farms in California recalled onions potentially linked to the outbreak.
The E. coli outbreak has sickened 104 people in 14 states, federal health officials said in an update on Wednesday.
At least 34 people have been hospitalized, and four developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a serious condition that can cause kidney failure. An 88-year-old man who resided in Grand Junction, Colorado, died, as previously reported. The illnesses began at the end of September, and the most recent onset of illness occurred as of Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The Food and Drug Administration has said that “there does not appear to be a continued food safety concern related to this outbreak at McDonald’s restaurants.”
However, the outbreak hurt the company’s sales.
Quarter Pounders were removed from menus in several states in the early days of the outbreak.
In a statement Wednesday obtained by CBS News, McDonald’s said it had found an “alternate supplier” for the approximately 900 restaurants that had temporarily stopped serving Quarter Pounders with slivered onions.
“Over the past week, these restaurants resumed the sale of Quarter Pounder burgers with slivered onions,” McDonald’s said.
CBS News reached out to McDonald’s on Saturday for a statement regarding the reported investment.
Health officials said Saturday they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.
The person had traveled to eastern Africa and was treated in Northern California upon return, according to the California Department of Public Health. Symptoms are improving and the risk to the public is low.
Mpox is a rare disease caused by infection with a virus that’s in the same family as the one that causes smallpox. It is endemic in parts of Africa, where people have been infected through bites from rodents or small animals.
Earlier this year, scientists reported the emergence of a new form of mpox in Africa that was spread through close contact including through sex.
More than 3,100 confirmed cases have been reported just since late September, according to the World Health Organization. The vast majority of them have been in three African countries – Burundi, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Since then, cases of travelers with the new mpox form have been reported in Germany, India, Kenya, Sweden, Thailand, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom.
Health officials earlier this month said the situation in Congo appears to be stabilizing. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has estimated Congo needs at least 3 million mpox vaccines to stop the spread, and another 7 million vaccines for the rest of Africa.
The current outbreak is different from the 2022 global outbreak of mpox where gay and bisexual men made up the vast majority of cases.
