Thread: Need a Tablet, please would you give me some advice?
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Old 05-24-2018, 01:16 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by martienne View Post
Hi! I'm actually quite new to tablets, I've never really wanted one until now. .
Now I want one though! Unfortunately I'm quite picky. I totally trust the members of this forum - I had so much good advice here - so I want to ask your advice

My preferences
  • Large! In the region of 13 inches.
  • Both wireless and sim card options needed.
  • Should be possible to use lightweight keyboard with it, included or added.
  • Not Apple - it's just too unfamiliar and I don't want to learn it.
  • Good performance but it doesn't need to be a killer. I'm unsure how much RAM and processing power is actually needed to get a tablet to perform reasonably with let's say 5 standard office type applications open, and maybe a film or some music.... I'm not going to do things like video editing or Photoshop on it...
  • Android (because I prefer Open Source on principle) or Windows (because I know it inside out).
  • Definitely not locked down, i.e. moddable.
  • Paying over 2000 Euro/USD/GBP, just sounds too extravagant.... I don't want to be totally gutted if I lose it, or it breaks. So it's ok if it's expensive, but there IS an upper limit.

Really grateful for some recommendations to check out.
no disrespect, but i think your requirements are unreasonable given what is currently in the market. you want large screen with cellular access. and you don't want apple. but the apple ipad pro 13" is the only viable option. there may be 13" android tablets out there (samsung used to market a 13" tablet). but there was no cellular option.

there are a few other android tablets out there with cellular access. but they don't meet your screen size requirement. most of these are 7" to 8".

there may be some unknown chinese branded android tablets that meet your requirement. but generally, they are hard to find and they use older android and they don't last or they are really under powered.

maybe you can just get a large android tablet from a well known brand (samsung, asus, etc.) and purchase a wifi hotspot with a data plan to compensate?
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