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Oh you are amazing!! Thanks so much, thats exactly what I tried to see in the apple shop here in Cork.
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1. Oh I see, i just did little math to confirm how close above list is from 4:3 ratio, and all ipads are 4:3, but the 2 androids are not.. they are smaller in width than they should to be 4:3. 2. Seems the difference between iPad Pro 10.5" and the new iPad 9.7" (2018) is around 1cm extra in both dimensions.. so logically i would imagine its not worth to pay the double for the extra cm (and the other pro nice to have feature that screen adapts colors/brightness depending on ambient light) ? Last edited by emanueol; 03-31-2018 at 05:09 PM. |
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Thanks so much, for your great support and insights ilovejedd, I feel now Im fully aware of a-to-zed on this quest of mine "2018 need a new ereader" <3
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Just another point on this, as I was checking something in apple's compare page.. i suspect the sizes you provided are really the screens only excluding the around border right ? it looks so |
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Please note, those dimensions are just calculations I did based on Pythagorean theorem. Unfortunately, most device specifications just list the diagonal screen size and resolution or aspect ratio so one needs to calculate the physical width and height themselves.
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Ok decision time, heres the 3 devices that got my interest:
https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php...&idPhone3=8554 1. iPad 9.7" ( 2018) 2. Huawei MediaPad M5 10 (just released as well) 3. Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 9.7 As a long time android user, zero experience with ipad/ios, afraid it will be hard to replicate my current reading experience (android Caliber Companion + reader "Moon+ Plus Pro") in the ipad side of things (caliber companion ios project not as active as the android one, my reader moon doesnt exist for ios and my main reading interest are technical PDFs (like this one for example: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01...102/b14251.pdf ). Any last minute thoughts on my uses cases? Thanks very much to all being part on this quest of mine in deciding what new device shall I buy given my context. |
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Given your greater familiarity with Android, my vote goes to the Galaxy Tab S3. It's a better form factor than the Huawei for PDFs.
While I greatly enjoy my iPad, I'm sure as with most Android users, you'll find the lack of file system access on iOS to be terribly frustrating. Plus, the Galaxy has microSD slot so it's much less expensive to add more storage. |
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