So, i wanna get myself a Tablet to use for various things. Beyond "NOt an apple" (Because fffffuck apple), i'm a bit unsure what to be looking into. So speak! speak to me o forums of this subject!
I'm looking for something i can use for reading comics/books (So ability to run the Kindle and Comixology apps is a neccesary), general browsing, watching (So Disney+ etcera) and most importantly: I wanna be able to write and or doodle on the tablet. Which means it needs to be able to use a pen and be responsive to such.
What are my options?
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Although it looks like Lenovo currently has a good offering with the P11 pro, too. Stylus is not included though, but supported.
Tablet apps for Android compared to apple is the biggest downside I think.
... I'm sorry, you're probably gonna have to suck it up and buy an iPad. If you don't want to give apple money then get one secondhand but like... seriously. Everything else is an also-ran. The app experience is uneven, or obviously worse, or even just unavailable. Drawing is ass, pens suck, build quality is flimsy and cheap... literally everything about the rest of the market is disappointing at best. If you're dead set against apple, you can get a Samsung Tab 7 plus or even a Surface but word of advice... never, ever look at the iPad or let anyone tell you anything about it after you make the purchase because you ain't gonna like what you hear.
I'll say eink Kindles are terrible for comic reading.
Here's a Wired article that covers the basics of the latest Ms Surface models:
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-surface-buying-guide/
I don't doodle, but use mine for all the other stuff. Given the Tab S7 was several years more recent than the iPad 3, but was slightly cheaper, yeah, probably an iPad is better, but the Tab S7 has been fine.
My only complaint is battery life on the Tab S7 has been probably 25% less overall than the iPad 3, and the gap is growing wider as it ages.
It’s pricey and a bit overkill if your primary use is to read comics and stream movies, but my wife and I share a similar stance on Apple and she loved hers. She used one as her only device for 7 years (Pro 2 and later a Pro 5) with pretty similar use cases - streaming, comics, and doodling.
You can't give someone a pirate ship in one game, and then take it back in the next game. It's rude.
The Pro 2 had a vicious wifi bug that ruined about 40% of all the devices they made, but they've sorted it out and it's probably the 2nd best mobile computing platform with a touchscreen around.
do yourself a huge favor and buy a small laptop with a touch screen instead
Worked fine with a pen
Which leaves a Samsung of some kind - probably an S7, or a Surface Pro. Neither of which are cheap exactly, but it seems like for what i want, I'm better to invest the money in it than try and cheap out.
Thanks all so far!
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The only thing I found that might be an issue if you're looking at watching movies and stuff on is it was missing some certification or standard so netflix and I think other streaming sites wouldn't go above 720p, but on a 10" screen that wasn't a big deal for me.
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If you want to do serious drawing on a tablet, you might want to look at a tablet PC instead, of which there are several. Lenovo's Carbon series comes to mind, and there's Surface Pro. Both were mentioned here, the Lenovos have the advantage of having many iterations, all of which are cheaper second hand.
I find a tablet PC (13") to be about the size for reading graphic novels comfortably, a 7" tablet would be too small for that but is infinitely more portable.
The Apple pencil 1.0 is a bit less.comfortable than samsung's for me, lacks the convenient magnet.
I use mine to browse, take notes, watch stuff, it's fine. I have 0 interest in gaming or doing real work on my tablet, mainly use them both for note taking and reading, watching videos.
Agree on this. Or maybe a similar laptop from another company, one such alternative is possibly ASUS. Make sure to seek out reviews of the specific unit you go for.
I've been using a Surface now for a new years, mostly as a laptop but on occasion just as a tablet and overall the experience has been pretty good. It must be said though that it is a company unit so not one I paid for, with the one I use having lots of memory and storage it cost like someones first born. However prices have come down and it doesn't sound like you need max ram and storage so that should save you lots.
At this point I think I'm aiming for something in the Samsung Galaxy S7 line - it's got the features I want, and it's conceivbly at a budget I could make happen with some serious scrimping and saving
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If you buy stuff from Samsung.com and have a loose moral code like myself, the Employee/First Responder/Education discounts don't have any verification of your Employee/first responder/education status.
Or sometimes they do but if you refresh enough it goes away.
And once you've placed the order, if you cancel the order, samsung.com will offer you an additional 5% ($50 max) off the order to undo the cancel
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