if someone is searching for a tablet, is there any reason not to go for an iPad?
also, do iPads all have 3.5mm headphone jacks?
also, do iPads all have 3.5mm headphone jacks?
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are Android tablets still a thing? If someone wants to buy a tablet, should they default to the iPad?
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Only the base iPad has a headphone jack, and rumors are they're getting rid of that with the next model.
As to the thread question? I tried my damnedest to make Android tablets work, but it simply isn't as polished or optimized as the iPads are. And this is from someone who only uses Android phones. I have an iPad Pro and no interest in trying Android tablets again.
As to the thread question? I tried my damnedest to make Android tablets work, but it simply isn't as polished or optimized as the iPads are. And this is from someone who only uses Android phones. I have an iPad Pro and no interest in trying Android tablets again.
I hear the HP Touchpad was pretty popular, but it isn't Android out of the box
The HP Touchpad doesn't exist anymore
The HP Touchpad doesn't exist anymore
I love my Samsung Tab Ultra. Massive 14.6" AMOLED screen. Fantastic for media consumption and more productive than my iPad Pro with magic keyboard thanks to Dex. I also use it with my Switch docked as a monitor and as a portable screen for my laptop. The pen experience is pretty good too though not as many apps that support it like the iPad.
Good for reading comics, manga and scripts. Books too if you don't have an e-reader.
Yes… my perfered way to casually browse the web, watch videos, read, remote play, look at pictures, read the news
Tablets have a variety of uses for both recreational stuff and work related stuff, and it's much more convenient than a laptop, especially for travel. So, yes, obviously.
They are still a thing, but iPad is the better tablet ecosystem by far. Way more apps tailor made to tablet usage and they're great devices in general. I have a cheapo one that I use as my character sheet for D&D and I still default to my 2018 iPad over it 9/10 times.
Still the absolute best for comics/manga.
Just googled it, 49 days on the market, that's quite the flop.
The Ultra is too big for my liking, but I love my base S8. I absolutely love the versatility that DEX provides.
Yup but then the remaining stock was sold cheap and there was a hack to run Android on it so it was a pretty good deal if you could find one
Theyre good as hybrid PCs not necessarily great for media consumption and casual use.
Yeah, iPad has more tablet optimized apps versus Android based ones.
If you want to buy a new one only the cheapest version of iPad has a 3.5mm jack.
The iPad's that do not have a headphone jack are the ones without a home button.
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We got a Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 recently for my son to play children's games on and it's been great, excellent battery life and performance. One of the key reasons we went with Android is Google Play Pass - it has plenty of great apps for kids to use and no need to worry about adverts or IAPs. Cheap too, the credit I make on Google Opinion Rewards mostly covers the cost.
Where i live I see more popel with android tabs than Ipads (Then again in a Non US Country Apple products are insanely costly so)
It's more a productivity device though. As an actual tablet it isn't great. That includes the Surface Go. It sucks as a tablet. Hardly any native apps on the App Store for tablet things like comics or the like. Super thick bezels on any side. It's very much a computer. And that just my experience using one for work over the course of 9 months before I begged for a XPS.
On top of that, I believe there was a trade in deal at Best Buy for it a few months later and I made like a 5 dollar profit on the thing.
I had an Amazon tablet. I barely used it and it quickly broke. Never again. Just trash.
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I mean, I have a Samsung one, if you don't have an iPhone it's nice to have a consistent platform between devices.
I'd rather have a drawing of a tablet on top of a used pizza box than an Amazon tablet.
If you're not going to view Apple TV on it, a Samsung Tablet is better: SD card, pen built in, bit cheaper, and offers ton of flexibility in general (side loading opens up possibilities).
I own both an iPad Pro 12, and a Samsung 12 inch tablet. Samsung has a 14 inch model this year, and Apple is going to bring out a 14 inch version probably later this year or next, as per rumours. Mostly next year.
Oh, the Samsung one is OLED and the Apple Pro has mini LEDs.
With how much Google (and others) have been dropping the ball lately, yeaaaaah.
My mom still uses the HP touchpad running Android. Good for reading and listening to music.
The results of my own tablet research lately can be summarized as "If you want the cheapest acceptable screen, get an Amazon Kindle. Otherwise, get an iPad. If you absolutely insist upon a more expensive Android tablet, Samsung is basically your only option."
IIRC, Google has been trying to make optimizations for tablets with the latest version of Android after years of basically ignoring them, so maybe things will improve soon, but it hasn't worked its way into actual products yet.
IIRC, Google has been trying to make optimizations for tablets with the latest version of Android after years of basically ignoring them, so maybe things will improve soon, but it hasn't worked its way into actual products yet.
There are a couple decent arguments for Android tablets still. It's way more economical to add storage to them if you want to keep a lot of media available for offline consumption, for example. The base iPad is really good though and isn't that expensive in most places. Most Android tablets that are worth buying cost almost as much as it, so unless you have a specific requirement that an Android tablet will solve for around the same price, I'd recommend an iPad.
I actually want to shout out 2 in 1 laptops. I love my HP Envy. I like it so much I think I might drop from high end gaming laptops and get one of those Asus gaming 2 in 1s.
I never really got tablets and preferred phablets.
Absolutely not. Amazon Fire Tablets are absurdly cheap on Prime Day, if you buy the lock-screen ad one especially, and someone able to follow basic instructions can get the Google Play Store on there with no issues. You also get to download any .apk you may want pretty much.
You might run into some apps not compatible, but for reading, it can't be beat.
You might run into some apps not compatible, but for reading, it can't be beat.
