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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
There are plenty of large enough tablets good enough for PDFs at half the price of an iPad. No Apple Eco system or cloud needed. Just work as USB mass Storage. Get one 10" or larger with a decent LCD resolution and slot that takes AT LEAST 32G SD card. Most newer ones will take 64G. PDFs are often scans and very large. Similarly unless you want high performance for Web & Games there is no point in high end Samsung models. Not for PDFs.
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Apart from the Fire HD 10, what other high res 10" tablets are there that are still in production and in the $100-200 price range? There are plenty of things to dislike about Apple but I reckon you'd be hard pressed to find a tablet with hardware as good as the basic iPad in the $250-400 price range never mind half the price.
Also, for letter and A4, I believe the 4:3 aspect ratio of the iPad is better suited.
Display Dimensions -> Fit to Screen Size of Letter PDF
Letter
8.5" x 11"
iPad 9.7"
5.8" x 7.8" -> 5.8" x 7.5"
Android 10.1" 1920x1200
5.4" x 8.6" -> 5.4" x 7"
I know the difference doesn't look like much. However, I've owned an Asus TF700 and retina iPads and the disparity in size combined with the iPad's higher pixel density has made all the difference in legibility. I can read PDFs without zooming on the 9.7" iPad while the same documents often require lots of zooming and panning on the Asus. Videos though, the Asus was so much better.