I picked up both a Google Nexus 10, and a Samsung Tab Pro 12.2, when they came out. Google gave us a year or two more for software updates, but it was a grossl

I picked up both a Google Nexus 10, and a Samsung Tab Pro 12.2, when they came out. Google gave us a year or two more for software updates, but it was a grossly under-powered device - when it started to play up, I tried to install Cyanogen / Lineage on it, but determined it was actually a hardware problem. I think it lasted about five years. The Samsung promised more - bigger, faster, longer battery, the after market stylus was great - but they abandoned updates, and I think that whole product line, a short while later. (We all have a 'and I'll never buy from X again' experience, I'm sure.) Lineage works well on the device, still, and it's great for large-format book-reading if you don't mind the eye-strain. I experimented with bluetooth keyboard + mouse for a while, but latency of the device itself was awful. Graphics work with the stylus was okay, but not great. Audio suffered the same horrendous latency issue as every other android tablet. I think that's still not resolved - and was one of the compelling features of IOS, IIRC, which is where you had to go for the really good audio apps.