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meerkt wrote:I don't see much gain in going beyond 1920 on a 10" screen. Good for marketing bullet points, perhaps.
The ones I consider leading Chinese brands, at least from a western perspective, are Huawei, Xiaomi, ZTE, etc.
Lenovo I consider non-Chinese.
What, do you use a tablet with a second tablet as an extra monitor? How?
meerkt wrote:I don't see much gain in going beyond 1920 on a 10" screen. Good for marketing bullet points, perhaps.
The ones I consider leading Chinese brands, at least from a western perspective, are Huawei, Xiaomi, ZTE, etc.
Lenovo I consider non-Chinese.
What, do you use a tablet with a second tablet as an extra monitor? How?
meerkt wrote:I saw it, but I'm not sure non-standard Android is a good idea.
Also, maybe 2GB RAM isn't enough, especially long-term.
meerkt wrote:I wouldn't get a Windows tablet, but dual Windows/Android could be interesting. Problem is, I'm not sure it's easily possible to zap Windows if you want to give Android the whole space, and I'm not sure SD can fully take the place of native storage in all cases. I also think most of these would be x86, which is perhaps not the best for Android.
KingLear wrote:I got my Galaxy Tab A on Black Friday (it's coming up) so you may want to wait. I also picked up a 200GB microSD card so I got plenty of storage. I love it. I use it to read books and magazines, watch TV (HdHomeRun) and watch movies. The sound is not good so I bought a $10 Chinese bluetooth receiver that I connected to my stereo to get great sound. It has dual band wireless so I use 5GHz to get the fastest connection. I installed Talkatone (free) so I can use it as a phone. Very hard to hold so buy a case.
Vhalidictes wrote:KingLear wrote:I got my Galaxy Tab A on Black Friday (it's coming up) so you may want to wait. I also picked up a 200GB microSD card so I got plenty of storage. I love it. I use it to read books and magazines, watch TV (HdHomeRun) and watch movies. The sound is not good so I bought a $10 Chinese bluetooth receiver that I connected to my stereo to get great sound. It has dual band wireless so I use 5GHz to get the fastest connection. I installed Talkatone (free) so I can use it as a phone. Very hard to hold so buy a case.
I'm a huge fan of my Tab A, but unfortunately I use it mostly for web-browsing and once I open 20 tabs it starts to get really sluggish, which isn't a problem on my daily driver phone the Galaxy S5.
I don't know if it's more lack of RAM or processing power, but tab-management isn't fun. Otherwise, I agree it's great.
meerkt wrote:There are various Tab A models. Different years, different sizes. T280, T380, T550, T580...
meerkt wrote:Any suggestions for a decent 10" tablet?
I want it for web, email, games (adventure games and the likes). A must: SD card. Nice to have: removable battery.
Not looking to spend much, but I'd go beyond entry-level if there's a good reason.
meerkt wrote:It's not something that I would need, but what phone-tablet matching features do you mean?
meerkt wrote:Phone needs to be replaced and finding a suitable one is a problem as well.