On Friday, 2 June 2017 8:07:04 PM AEST Craig Sanders via luv-talk wrote:
As an example a high resolution 10" screen uses a fair bit of juice, just reading a PDF for a few hours will drain some batteries. The brute force solution, more batteries, hurts your portability and blows out the cost.
most of the 9.7"/10"/larger models on the market advertise at least 10-20 hours of video-watching time. even assuming that's marketing exaggeration (i.e. a lie), reading an epub or even a PDF with WIFI disabled should get at least that much. i'd prefer longer, but that's acceptable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_Note_10.1_2014_Edition I've got a Note 10.1 2014 edition. I can't remember when I bought it, probably late 2014 or early 2015 as I tend not to buy things when they first come out and have the highest prices. Even so it was slightly expensive, around $600. Wikipedia says that you can upgrade it to Android 5.1, but I am running Android 4.4.2 with no updates being offered. Mine has 32G of built in storage and I haven't needed the SD storage much, but it does suppport 64G of SD storage which might be handy at some future time. Apart from running an older version of Android (with all the security issues etc) there's no reason why I wouldn't buy exactly the same device again. The screen is great. I can watch Youtube for a few hours even though it's far from new, I'm not really sure how long the battery lasts, it's never been an issue for me. Also I haven't had any problems with performance. I've got Skype and Hangouts always running in the background and I've used it for lots of other random things like TeamViewer and games including Pokemon Go and Ingress. I don't know how hard it would be to root it, I've never wanted to do that. https://www.ebay.com/p/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-2014-Edition-SM-P605-32GB-Wi-Fi-4... I can't understand why Samsung don't just keep making this. The above URL has some you can buy now, refurbished and second hand. There are so many new tablets on sale which cost more and aren't as good. http://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-tab-s3/ Above is the web page for the lateset Samsung high-end tablet which doesn't have as high resolution as mine from 2014. Seriously this sucks. There is absolutely nothing I want in my current tablet other than a newer version of Android.
My first kobo broke in my satchel when i tripped while running and also resulted in a broken wrist so that's forgivable. The second was from falling asleep reading in bed, which is totally unacceptable as that's SOP for me...so i got a nexus 7 - and i can't count the number of times i've fallen asleep reading with it (at a guess, probably over 50% of the last 5 years worth of nights, so over 900 times) and it ends up either under me or dropped onto the floor beside the bed....there's a few little dints in the plastic shell but the screen is still uncracked and works perfectly.
My Note 10.1 has been drop tested while in a case. I doubt that any 10" tablet is going to survive well if dropped from bed height to a hard floor without a case. But being dropped from bed height to a carpet floor without a case probably won't be a problem. The problem with a 10" tablet over a 7" is the extra leverage against it if you roll on top of it. If you rolled over while asleep and put your elbow in the middle of the screen that would be a real risk with a larger tablet.
Yeah, i've looked into the Lenovo Yoga. My overall impression is that it has seriously underwhelming specs for the price. The screen is larger than my Nexus 7, but the resolution is the same (1280x800) so will look blocky and ugly, certainly won't improve readability. it has double the RAM and a 10" screen but otherwise is no better than what i've already got (and at 16GB it has half the storage but does have a micro-SD slot). for just under $300. i'll pass.
Get a refurbished Note 10.1. So much better than that at a much lower price.
Their '10" BusinessTablet' seems better. 4-core 1.3Ghz (only slightly better than my Nexus 7), 2GB RAM (double the nexus), 32GB storage, micro-SD slot, and 1920x1200 resolution. $284 at JB. worth considering but i want something a bit better. cheaper and better than the Tab3.
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