gjd_100
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Re: New crop of Android tablets
CAcreeks wrote:
gjd_100 wrote:
Every Android tablet (3 of them.. Two Lenova and a Samsung) broke after a little over a year. I realize the OS has nothing to do with hardware reliability, but it left a bad taste...
My 10.1" Samsung Note 2012 delaminated and has been glued three times now.
Interestingly, Yahoo Mail allows watching NFL games (broadcast in the area) using my phone, but not my tablet, because the screen is too large I guess.
My cell phones have always been Android and have all been great.
Yup, love my Moto One.
For my tablet "needs", I bought a cheap(er) HP 13" 2 in 1 (360/convertible) windows laptop. No more tablets for me.
What model is it? The Spectre x360 is quite expensive, so I assume you bought a "cheap(er)" Envy 13. They should call it a 3 in 1: laptop, tent, tablet. Nice alternative.
The 15" Envy 360 costs less than a Galaxy Tab S7+ and has numeric keypad. The 13" might feel more like a tablet. Probably I could run Linux on a x360 and do everything an Android tablet can do. Netflix works in Google Chrome browser, correct?
I mis-wrote. I bought a 15" laptop. Yes. It is the Envy 360 15.6". I always liked HP pc's. I still have my 15 year old HP laptop. Always felt the build quality of HP's were better than most (can't speak for apples). The envy is very thin and light ... but that is compared to my old HP... which is a beast. Im a big guy, so using a 15 " as a "tablet" works for me.
I use it for photo editing (Lightroom/photoshop) so appreciate the larger screen. Its a mid to higher level Envy trim ( ordered directly from HP) and it cost a tad over $1k. Full size SD card slot which is nice...
From a size perspective, I would think a 13" 2 in 1 (360.. what ever they call them) laptop would be a very viable alternative to a tablet...
But yea... if you want a lower end Envy 13"... they are around $699.00 ish...