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Because they are cheaper and there more OEMs pushing them out. However, Android tablet ecosystem sucks. Simple as that. I've had two Android tablets (Asus Tran
by akumen 13y ago
Because they are cheaper and there more OEMs pushing them out. However, Android tablet ecosystem sucks. Simple as that.
I've had two Android tablets (Asus Transofrmer TF101 and then a Nexus 7) ... Nexus admittedly a much better experience but I use my iPad mini so much more than both of those tablets put together. Higher quality apps and better accessory/device ecosystem provide for a superior overall experience.
- aroch 13y agoI don't know, I had a first gen Nexus 7 and the experiences was pretty disappointing. Google cheaped out on the NAND and using more than 40% of the storage would cause it to stall, lag and generally behave like a pile of poop. It's somewhat mitigated by TRIM in Kitkat but not totally. On top of that, I had to RMA my N7 3 times to get one that was physically functional to begin with. Overall quite disappointing
- ce4 13y agoThat's been fixed [1] by enabling TRIM for the eMMC as of Android 4.3 already. I wouldn't call the Kingston eMMC chips cheap, most of the time it's a buggy FTL (flash translation layer) that causes problems. Other manufacturers had more serious bugs that even caused data loss for the user (e.g. Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100/i777, Note n7000, etc. Cf. [2]). [1]: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nexus-7-eMMC-controller-fstrim-TRIM-garbage-collection,23751.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Nexus-7-eMMC-controller-fst... [2]: https://plus.google.com/+AndrewDodd/posts/2eEd95oN1ZP https://plus.google.com/+AndrewDodd/posts/2eEd95oN1ZP
- aroch 13y agoYeah, I know...I even mentioned that TRIM fixes it. Still doesn't mean it wasn't a shitty experience for the many months before proper TRIM support landed