This $79 tablet deal solved an embarrassing personal problem for me

[Admin]

By purchasing this tablet, I was able to get my phone back.

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[Pemalite]

Only 3GB of Ram is going to make it a terrible experience.

You would have gotten way way way more bang-for-buck with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ 128GB model with it's 8GB of Ram, it will get years worth of updates and actually remain usable and responsive.

3GB and 4GB tablets even in the budget space need to disappear, that's half a Google chrome tab.

We also can't forget the Superfish debacle.

 

[DavidLejdar]

Hmmm... software exists, with which it is possible to turn the tablet into an additional screen. And the connection between PC and tablet can be had via USB or WiFi. In particular, Spacedesk looks like what I would try.

Could be used as a remote for the desktop, and would take less power than a regular second screen, for whichever one may want to have an eye on during gaming session, such as HWInfo, or while watching a movie.

Only 3GB of Ram is going to make it a terrible experience. ...

For several bucks more, would be an argument. For 2.5 times the price though, to just run an app or two... 3 GB should be fine. Or in my case, on travel better to read on, than on a phone - and at home mostly as screen extension (so whatever is displayed on the tablet, runs on the PC's RAM etc.).

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

Or the used market, pick up a second hand Galaxy Tab S6 Lite for about the same price.

 

[Pemalite]

For several bucks more, would be an argument. For 2.5 times the price though, to just run an app or two... 3 GB should be fine. Or in my case, on travel better to read on, than on a phone - and at home mostly as screen extension (so whatever is displayed on the tablet, runs on the PC's RAM etc.).

Even 4GB tablets exist for around the same price, if not slightly more.
25% extra Ram does make a difference.

I had a Galaxy Tab A7 a few years back and it was starting to struggle in the modern era as it just didn't have enough memory... 3GB isn't enough, even for basic tasks.

*****

Plenty of Chinese tablets with 8GB of Ram that sit in the same price bracket as that Lenovo like the Kadybe 2024 10" with it's Mediatek MT8183.

 

[Findecanor]

I think that 10" tablets are too large. The size of this tablet is almost pushing it.

How easy is it to put a directory tree of PDFs on it?
That is what I currently use my now ten-year old 8" Lenovo Windows tablet for. And it has higher screen resolution (280 PPI), built-in kick-stand and support for a stylus.
I have been wanting to get an upgrade for years but I've not found any that matched it — that wasn't an overpriced iPad Mini, with additional accessories. And I can't rsync my storage from my Linux PC to an iPad, can I?

 

[Willaaam]

I think that 10" tablets are too large. The size of this tablet is almost pushing it.

How easy is it to put a directory tree of PDFs on it?
That is what I currently use my now ten-year old 8" Lenovo Windows tablet for. And it has higher screen resolution (280 PPI), built-in kick-stand and support for a stylus.
I have been wanting to get an upgrade for years but I've not found any that matched it — that wasn't an overpriced iPad Mini, with additional accessories. And I can't rsync my storage from my Linux PC to an iPad, can I?

Sure you can rsync on an iPad, though I'd argue it's more logical to do it the other way around and rsync from your iPad. You can use that synched and nested folder structure from basically any modern app directly.

Not that I'm defending iOS as a workhorse, but it really isn't as stupid as it was years ago. I can use it as a python and node dev machine with git. I'm not saying I won't rather use my linux box, but I do feel iOS has too much of a reputation of being completely incapable.

https://acrosync.com/ios.html

--edit--

I think a-shell and iSH might include rsync as well, though not entirely sure.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/a-shell/id1473805438

‎iSH Shell

‎A Linux-like shell on iOS. You can edit files with sed and cat, move them around, and more! https://github.com/ish-app/ish/

apps.apple.com

 

[Notton]

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+

That's an 11", 500g tablet compared to the Lenovo M9, which is 9" and 350g.
And kids are not good at holding heavy tablets.
(Though I agree with you that the specs for the M9 are awful)

 

[Heat_Fan89]

You'd figure a tech writer would be able to figure out how to sideload Google Play on an Amazon Fire tablet. 😏

 

[Pemalite]

That's an 11", 500g tablet compared to the Lenovo M9, which is 9" and 350g.
And kids are not good at holding heavy tablets.
(Though I agree with you that the specs for the M9 are awful)

Then get the Lonovo Tab One with 4GB of Ram.
Or the Galaxy Tab S9 FE with it's 6GB of Ram.

There are a plethora of cheap chinese tablets with 4-8GB memory options using Mediatek chips like the lenovo.

The Lenovo is just a bad purchase with it's 3GB of DRAM not providing longevity and it's erratic performance.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

There's also the Lenovo Idea Tab Pro for as little as $290.

Lenovo's Idea Tab Pro is a near-perfect budget tablet

Aside from Lenovo's lackluster software support, the Idea Tab Pro is one of the best big-screen budget Android tablets we've ever seen

www.androidpolice.com