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There isn't a decent android tablet out there save for maybe the Tab S3 but it's pretty expensive and only 32GB. Everyone who wants an iPad already has one, and
by post_break 10y ago
There isn't a decent android tablet out there save for maybe the Tab S3 but it's pretty expensive and only 32GB. Everyone who wants an iPad already has one, and Microsoft is eating Apple's lunch with the surface line.
- valuearb 10y agoSurface sales are declining, and it's questionable whether they have yet been profitable (high return rates fir first two versions). Mac sales are increasing, and at their highest market share in 30 years, and Mac average purchase price is 2-3x that of the rest of PC makers. Apple makes around 75-80% of the profits in each of tablet, pc, and smartphone markets.
- digi_owl 10y ago(high return rates fir first two versions). That would be an interesting read.
- jbmorgado 10y agoThe NVIDIA K1 Shield is pretty nice and I really like its form factor. I have it flashed with Lineage OS though.
- greenshackle2 10y agoI have it and like it too but it's a few years old at this point, the performance and battery life are not amazing. I should put Lineage OS on it, it might give it a breath of fresh air.
- steinbiten 10y agoThe Lenovo Yoga tab3 plus released last year got a 9300 mAh battery and the rest of the specs are decent. Might be a good alternative. I'm thinking about buying it as the price is decent and my old Xperia tablet Z from 2013 which I'm still using more or less daily is starting to die on me.
- bluedino 10y agoSamsung is selling 2/3rds as many Android tables as Apple sells iPads... iPads aren't like iPhones where you need to replace it every two years, or at least your phone plan allows you to. I'm still using my Mini 3 just fine, and this past Christmas my parents finally decided their iPad 2 was too slow to keep using. And aren't iPads outselling Surfaces? Not that the two really complete.
- linkregister 10y agoThe Asus Nexus 7 was probably the best Android tablet for size, features, and value. I didn't buy a tablet this year because I couldn't find any Nexus 7s.
- maxxxxx 10y agoUnfortunately the Nexus devices went to high end pricing range after the first few versions. The Nexus 7 was great.
- sudojudo 10y agoBeing in the market for a tablet (to use as a document viewer when backpacking), I just looked it up on Newegg. $400-$600, for a device from 2013. Wow.
- gruez 10y agoprobably because the last nexus 7 came out 4 years ago.
- theparanoid 10y agoThe Nexus 7 was my favorite consumption device ever. Now it's either a crappy chromebook screen, a too small phone, or a too bulky laptop.
- douche 10y agoThe Kindle Fire isn't bad as a purely media-consumption device. I use mine all the time for in-bed reading and TV. Even better, when I picked it up, it was on sale for something like $40, so I would say it was well worth it - although I think Amazon has made up for it with the ebook sales they have gotten out of me.
- hiram112 10y agoI got the low-end Kindle Fire around Xmas. While I don't mind the hooks into all the Amazon bloat, the browser is atrocious on any site that isn't about as lite as HN. It just can't handle the typical 200 trackers and ads of most media sites - possibly too little ram. Consequently, the Fire sits unused.
- MikusR 10y agoIt supports sd cards.