On Tue, 29 Apr 2014 08:40:30 Paul Dwerryhouse wrote:
On 28/04/14 17:44, Russell Coker wrote:
For tablets with 16G of RAM the Nexus 7 is $299 and the Nexus 10 is $469. Currently the 32G Nexus 10 is out of stock so I'm mostly comparing the 16G Nexus 7 with the Nexus 10, if I choose the Nexus 7 then I'll think about whether it's worth paying for extra storage (probably will be given that there's no SD card support).
The Nexus 10 tablet is very old now, and I can't see how they can justify that price-tag on it (especially when there are newer Samsung 10" tablets selling for under $300). Admittedly, I've never actually used one, but a colleague at work who has one told me that he finds his to be fairly slow, and advised me to wait for them to come out with a newer model.
Thanks a lot for that advice! I already have a 10" tablet I got from Kogan a couple of years ago which I hardly ever use because it's so slow. Waiting for a new model isn't an option for me now. http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/google-nexus-7-2nd-generation-16gb-wifi/ http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/google-nexus-7-2nd-generation-32gb-wifi/ http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/samsung-galaxy-tabpro-t320-84-wi-fi-16gb-black/ Looking at the Kogan prices the Nexus 7 16G is $239 and the Nexus 7 32G is $299. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is $359 but it has a faster CPU (2.3GHz vs 1.5), better resolution (2560*1600 vs 1920*1200), a bigger display, and a SD socket. The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is clearly better value than the Google price for the Nexus 7 but the $239 Nexus 7 price from Kogan is appealing. http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/samsung-galaxy-tabpro-t520-101-wi-fi-16gb-black/ http://www.kogan.com/au/buy/samsung-galaxy-note-101-p605-2014-edition-32gb-4... The Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 costs $459. Compared to the Tab Pro 8.4 it seems to have just a physically larger display. So that means $100 just for a larger screen. The Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition costs $529. Compared to the Tab Pro 8.4 it has a physically larger display (same resolution), more internal storage (but with an SD socket that doesn't matter so much) and more RAM (3G vs 2G). It seems like $170 just for a larger display and the extra RAM. I'm prepared to pay for a larger display but $170 takes the device over the pain point and 3G of RAM isn't really necessary at the moment. The way Android works is that it doesn't use swap and applications are designed to be shut down when system RAM runs low. So when you get newer apps that take more RAM running on your old phone or tablet they start to exit when you switch between them. For example some time ago an update to Ingress meant that my wife's Galaxy S3 would exit Ingress when Google Hangouts was used, that made it quite painful to discuss Ingress on Hangouts as every switch between Ingress and Hangouts required an application reload (and downloading extra data over 3G). More RAM on Android devices can save you significant amounts of time in task switching and also money on 3G data. While I want more RAM (and a device with 2560*1600 resolution needs more RAM than devices with lower resolution screens) I'm not sure I'll be using the tablet much when apps become big enough to really need it. Of course when apps need 3G of RAM they might also need more than 16G of internal storage to run from. If I budget $0.50 per day for tablet use then the Nexus 7 should last for 16 months, the Tab Pro 8.4 for 2 years, the Tab Pro 10.1 for 2.5 years, and the Note 10.1 2014 edition for 3 years. If no-one drops it then I think each of those tablets should be able to last that long and still be usable. Does anyone know of other tablets I should consider? One thing I didn't mention before is that I'd prefer a resolution of at least 1920*1080, so that seems to rule out all the really cheap tablets. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/