Tablet - Android vs iPad

darkgen · 19 Feb 2014 at 20:38

Wanted a nexus 10 r2 but that never showed, however I'm off to the states next month and are seriously considering the galaxy pro 10.1 or 12.2.

airwave99 · 19 Feb 2014 at 20:49

If you're wanting a 10" tablet and not sure which one to get, the Nexus 10 is a good choice. Great hardware, flexible and easy-to-use OS, and no 3rd party apps out-of-the-box.

shadow_boxer · 19 Feb 2014 at 21:01

I've always been an android person but last year was given an iPad. Didn't think I'd get on with it to be honest but for browsing the internet etc it was a pleasure. Very good for productivity etc too. Liked it so much I went an bought an iPad air recently. For phones though I much prefer the customization android offers.

elh_2009 · 19 Feb 2014 at 21:02

shadow_boxer said:
I've always been an android person but last year was given an iPad. Didn't think I'd get on with it to be honest but for browsing the internet etc it was a pleasure. Very good for productivity etc too. Liked it so much I went an bought an iPad air recently. For phones though I much prefer the customization android offers.

I think i might do this, as pepp77 said, best of both worlds.

shadow_boxer · 19 Feb 2014 at 21:05

I totally agree. Instead of a a high a end phone I've just got a moto g which I'm very happy with then the iPad for browsing and what not.

Freefaller · 20 Feb 2014 at 07:56

shadow_boxer said:
I've always been an android person but last year was given an iPad. Didn't think I'd get on with it to be honest but for browsing the internet etc it was a pleasure. Very good for productivity etc too. Liked it so much I went an bought an iPad air recently. For phones though I much prefer the customization android offers.

You see... I have an ipad 4 from work (or whatever the one with the flash connector is). It's a 32Gb one with 3G.

The screen is nice and everything, I have pages and numbers and a few other mind mapping / notes tools etc...

I never use it other than for checking my email or browsing the net or playing games. I find it VERY hard to be productive on it. I prefer a pen and paper, and then using my desktop when I can. I know it's double handling work, but I miss out on too much whilst the ipad autocorrects or screws up the formatting or deletes a useful bit of information - I find a pen and paper much more useful

Using the other apps etc it's just not easy to me - it's too fiddly and the screen is too small to be productive - you lose a lot of the screen with the keyboard etc...

Maybe I'm a dinosaur and can't keep up with the cool kids!

However for me a tablet is good for showing pictures/slideshows in a portable format, accessing documents, and doing emails, games and internet browsing. Anything else I just don't find them useful.

Cosimo · 20 Feb 2014 at 08:23

Samsung Note 10.1 2014 is the way to go. The performance and screen make it a clear winner.

J1nxy · 20 Feb 2014 at 09:10

Cosimo said:
Samsung Note 10.1 2014 is the way to go. The performance and screen make it a clear winner.

Apart from the iPad Air and Surface Pro deliver almost the same experience, just with a different OS...at the mid to top end there is in reality almost nothing in it, the apps, screen and performance are very very similar it comes down to personal preference.

Thats why I'm still deciding on which of the 3 to keep...

newbiejim · 20 Feb 2014 at 14:31

Cosimo said:
Samsung Note 10.1 2014 is the way to go. The performance and screen make it a clear winner.

Not sure if this has been fixed but there was loads of reports of lag with this, £400 for a laggy tablet that invalidates your warranty if you flash it, and samsungs terrible record of OS updates put me off this one. It does have great hardware and shouldn't have performance issues.

J1nxy · 20 Feb 2014 at 15:02

It only invalidates the warranty if you flash it with non-stock samsung firmware. If you use a different regions firmware it works fine. The one I had once I'd flashed it with the US firmware worked great apart from I had a duff screen.

elh_2009 · 20 Feb 2014 at 17:26

Its nice to know others cant decide either, i think i may just go for a iPad and after using a work colleagues iphone 5s today...... get a android phone again when my update is due.

newbiejim · 20 Feb 2014 at 18:24

J1nxy said:
It only invalidates the warranty if you flash it with non-stock samsung firmware. If you use a different regions firmware it works fine. The one I had once I'd flashed it with the US firmware worked great apart from I had a duff screen.

Which makes u still wait for OS updates.........I`m not being difficult, rather frustrated at having no real Android tablet contender, I looked at this closely and wanted to buy one but all things considered I feel its not the flagship it should be.

J1nxy · 20 Feb 2014 at 20:52

newbiejim said:
Which makes u still wait for OS updates.........I`m not being difficult, rather frustrated at having no real Android tablet contender, I looked at this closely and wanted to buy one but all things considered I feel its not the flagship it should be.

To be honest though, what do these new updates bring that make such a difference to the OS? Understand if it was a 4-5 type update but the 4.x updates don't bring loads of new features or functions, they are incremental updates at best.

Having updated my android phone from 4.3 to 4.4 can I see much difference honest answer is not really...the odd thing looks a little shinier but mainly its the same old %$£^...different point release.

Finally made a decision and kept the Note 10.1 2014, just charging so lets see if this one has a screen that works right. Surface Pro whilst brilliant as a device, was poor for battery life to the extent that it wouldn't last my train journey I do twice a week.