Initially announced in April, the Samsung Galaxy Tab A is a mid-range tablet that was expected to hit retailers in the United States. And right on cue, the said tablet is already available.

The list of retailers are headed by the likes of Amazon.com and Office Depot among others, where two variants of the said tablet can now be purchased. It is available in two variants, an 8-inch display tablet which runs for about $229.99 and the 9.7-inch variant that costs about $299.99.

Do take note that these affordable tablets do not necessarily have the most powerful specs. Hence, this mostly justifies why the tablets are reasonably priced.

Both tablets come with pretty much the same specs. Among the features that they carry include a Qualcomm APQ 8016 quad core processor that is clocked at 1.2 GHz, 1.5 GB of RAM, and both running on Android 5.0 Lollipop. The tablets will also come with a 5MP rear camera and a 2MP front-facing camera. Despite the difference in display, both carry the same resolution (1024x768).

As far as storage is concerned, both variants will have 16GB of internal storage. That can however be expanded up to 128GB by way of the microSD card slot. Both tablets are available in three different colors, namely White, Titanium and Smoky Blue.

The 8-inch variant will bank on a 4,200 mAh battery while the 9.7-inch variant will make use of a slightly larger 6,000 mAh battery to help account for the larger screen display.

These should be tablets suited for people seeking a reliable and cost-friendly device, particularly for the workers and yuppies.

And while these cost-friendly devices are already available, it seems that there could be another one coming on May 17. The said variant is a 9.7-inch tablet which will reportedly come with S Pen, something said to be priced at about $349.99.