Hey y’all,

There’s currently a sale on the Samsung S10+ tablet which I decided to buy out of curiosity. I am absolutely blown away by how good the screen is. I currently own a Pixel 9 so I’m definitely an AMOLED snob and the Samsung software has come a long way. Dex is also a great feature.

However I find it to be a bit too big and heavy with a case and the one accessory which solves the problem the official keyboard case, is 200+ dollars. I am considering returning it as it’s a pretty massive investment for what is essentially a YouTube machine.

I just wanted to crowdsource some opinions and see what my options are. I’m considering waiting for an S9 to go on sale instead but the S9 won’t be supported as long as the S10+. The pixel tablet is also on sale so it’s an option if I can live with a 60hz screen.

  • 9point6@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 day ago

    Not exactly what you’re asking, but here’s my 2 cents:

    I’ve had a couple of android tablets over the years and always buy android phones, but in my experience generally even a refurbished 3 year old iPad is a better experience than even the highest end android tablet.

    Unless something has drastically changed over the past couple of years, the biggest issue I found with android tablets is most of the apps are just enlarged versions of the phone app, with no real consideration for making better use of the bigger screen. This had the effect of not really adding much versus doing something on my phone. Nearly every app I use on an iPad is correctly designed for the screen size and consequently I make much more use of it.

    Google really dropped the ball on its tablet ecosystem and they’re not doing nearly enough to combat the issues.

    • arankays@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      4·
      1 day ago

      The iPad air is genuinely nice. Work gave me an M3 Mac and I’m genuinely impressed. The iPad Air is definitely a solid option. However I’m not in the Apple ecosystem so I didn’t find it to be worth the value proposition. However, I’m still willing to be swayed.

      Apps are definitely worse on the Samsung tablets. Like Duolingo forces a rotation to the portrait mode unless you enable force landscape.