I have been looking very closley at both the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.5" WiFi or Apple iPad 9.7".

What do you guys think--Let me Know

Also can anyone tell me why the DJi Go 4 app is:
99MB for the Samsung and 748MB for the Apple?

I would try something different, the DJI GO4 app on my 'Android' Huawei M3 Mediapad Tablet (10.1'') is 377MB - Perfect performance faultless video and cheaper than both of them you mention, what more can you ask for

This may help you.            https://forum.dji.com/thread-91138-1-1.html

DJI Go 4 is using 356 MB for the App' on my Nexus 7, and 506 MB on my iPad Pro 9.7 (2016). Plus additional for data which would be cached photos and video.

Overall the iPad might be less problematic, but there are certainly a few Android devices available that have been well spoken of.
One thing in the iPads favour is that DJIs GS Pro (Ground Station Pro) application is available. At present there is no Android release, but there are many other App's that could be used.

Aardvark Posted at 2018-10-3 13:08
DJI Go 4 is using 356 MB for the App' on my Nexus 7, and 506 MB on my iPad Pro 9.7 (2016). Plus additional for data which would be cached photos and video.

Overall the iPad might be less problematic, but there are certainly a few Android devices available that have been well spoken of.

So far some very nice choices: Versus.com

Aardvark Posted at 2018-10-3 13:08
DJI Go 4 is using 356 MB for the App' on my Nexus 7, and 506 MB on my iPad Pro 9.7 (2016). Plus additional for data which would be cached photos and video.

Overall the iPad might be less problematic, but there are certainly a few Android devices available that have been well spoken of.

Be careful.. Your DJI warranty will not be honored if you are flying with anything other then a DJI app (Litchi, etc.) and something happens... Just FYI

Edward J Smith Posted at 2018-10-5 09:33
Be careful.. Your DJI warranty will not be honored if you are flying with anything other then a DJI app (Litchi, etc.) and something happens... Just FYI

I believe they do give warranty cover for any of the App's using their SDK, GS Pro is specifically a DJI product so shouldn't affect anything. I think the difficulty in using Litchi for a claim, and perhaps others, is that they do not produce what DJI consider to be a valid flight log which may assist in establishing any cause of failure. Where the aircraft is recovered and data from the aircraft proves system failure then I think that is covered by warranty.

But I could be wrong, I've never had to test it out. Perhaps someone can verify that warranty is covered for third party App's.

Aardvark Posted at 2018-10-5 09:44
I believe they do give warranty cover for any of the App's using their SDK, GS Pro is specifically a DJI product so shouldn't affect anything. I think the difficulty in using Litchi for a claim, and perhaps others, is that they do not produce what DJI consider to be a valid flight log which may assist in establishing any cause of failure. Where the aircraft is recovered and data from the aircraft proves system failure then I think that is covered by warranty.

But I could be wrong, I've never had to test it out. Perhaps someone can verify that warranty is covered for third party App's.

You can take it for what it's worth..my info came from a few youtube videos so there maybe more to their story then told.

Edward J Smith Posted at 2018-10-5 09:56
You can take it for what it's worth..my info came from a few youtube videos so there maybe more to their story then told.

I based my belief upon statements made, and confirmed by DJI :-

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... id=90197&pid=746875

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... d=100062&pid=829966 (also post 6)

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... =164873&pid=1548138

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... id=96128&pid=797013

Aardvark Posted at 2018-10-5 10:10
I based my belief upon statements made, and confirmed by DJI :-

https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... id=90197&pid=746875

I chose the Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10. The DJi4 Go app is running at about 500 MB and the unit is working very nicely.

ATJ Posted at 2018-10-8 03:32
I chose the Huawei MediaPad M3 Lite 10. The DJi4 Go app is running at about 500 MB and the unit is working very nicely.

I've read some good things about the Huawei, looks like an excellent choice :-)

Aardvark Posted at 2018-10-10 13:09
I've read some good things about the Huawei, looks like an excellent choice :-)

Thanks Aardvark - a whole different world looking at a 10" screen.