New tablet wanted

[Camalot]

Hey guys,

I'm in the market for a tablet. Something I can watch videos/movies on a plane journey, browse internet, use office 365 for work emails and may e light gaming.

I was keeping an eye on the new Pixel Tablet but don't think this will suit my needs for the price. I don't have much of a budget.

I had been looking at the A8, for around £160, which looks okay for my general needs.

Is there anything else you would recommend?

TIA

 

[Camalot]

Light gaming, things like legend of mir 4.

S6 lite from a quick Amazon search is like double the price of the A8, don't think I could warrant £350 on something I'm probably not going to use that much.

 

[Camalot]

Cheers all.

MIR4 is the correct game btw, plays fine on a OnePlus 6

I'll check the bay.

 

[Camalot]

Even while it's fairly old, the OP6 uses a Snapdragon 845 which destroys the Unisoc Tiger T618, especially GPU wise. Not to mention it's got twice the RAM (6/8gb). The SD 720G in the S6 lite does a lot better, although still a little behind the 845, but will be playable.

Cheers pal,

Bidding on a few on eBay around £200 mark, hopefully can pick one up cheap!

 

[Camalot]

The Samsung Dex is also appealing to me, not sure what Lenovo can offer in that respect.

I think I'm set on the S6 lite (2022) as a mid entry into the tablet world.

I've not owned a tablet since the Nexus 10!

 

[Camalot]

Just managed to grab an S6 lite P613 listed brand new unopened for £150 on the bay.

Seemed very cheap but can't see anything "off" with the sale page or feedback.

Hopefully grabbing a bargain and not a con!

 

[Camalot]

You will be more than happy with the S6 lite. It a world away from the A series. I had a tab A7 as I liked the smaller size, and it was Ok, but could get laggy.
Bought 3, S6 lites for the family during an Argos sale (£259 each) and could not be happier. Difference is night and day. Great tablet for the money.
Try and make sure you get the 2022 version.

Enjoy.

FWIW, Would not have a Lenovo tablet given to me. There software support is horrific, and some of the hardware is garbage. Burned once, never again.

Thanks,

The product code is the 2022 version (P613) and can see that code in the images provided. He also confirmed it's new, unopened and the 2022 version via PM.

Was listed for £160 so thought it was the 2020 version but upon inspection it's the 2022, so I did a best offer of 150 which was pretty much instantly accepted, bizzare.

Let's see what turns up lol!

 

[Camalot]

Got the S6 lite, from the bay brand new for £150!

Typing from it now with the case and keyboard, in dex mode, brilliant!

Looks like he got it free with a VM deal and not realised there was a 2020 and 2022 version, so i snapped it up really cheap.

Tablet is really good, games work pretty well, very happy !

 

[Camalot]

Thats a good price well done.. think i am going to order my mum the 128Gb S6 Lite with the free cover (That for some reason is supposed to be £60 )

Good deal indead, i was worried it wouldnt be as described. It's spot on though.

Got a USBC to USB adapter today and have my main wireless keyboard, mouse connected. Spotify going while browing the web and outlook open. Dex mode works decent enough for some WFH and a quick desktop experience.

i'm already hungry for a larger screen ha!

 

[Camalot]

If it's like my S5e you can also use a USB-PD hub with HDMI/DP out and basically use it as a full on desktop. Granted a lot of apps are still unoptimized for mouse/keyboard but Samsung did a lot of work to ensure their own apps works well.

Not sure the s6 lite can connect to external display?

 

[Camalot]

Huh it doesn't, would've thought being a newer model with the S branding it would have. Looking further it seems the S6 lite is actually a tier below the S5e (no OLED, USB 2.0 only, etc). It does however have better S-pen support.

I've managed to connect it to an external display via samsung smart.

It's okay for usual desktop usage.