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Is there an Android tablet out there that is small (less than 9 inch), has an SD card slot, and has powerful specs? (reddthat.com)
submitted 4 days ago by ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Honestly the Android tablet market is so shit nowadays. I miss the Nexus 7.

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[–] tal@olio.cafe 11 points 4 days ago

My impression is that it's hard to find powerful specs alone on an Android tablet. That seemed counterintuitive to me

I'd think that the extra space would help

but I think what's going on is that everyone gets a smartphone, and they make that their primary mobile device. Then if they have the funds, they get a tablet, most-often for dedicated movie viewing. The market for that is pretty price-sensitive, so tablets don't generally cost as much as flagship smartphones. As a result, most tablets tend to have good speakers and a decent display, but unimpressive radios, compute capability, and most other things.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Lenovo legion y700 Gen 2 (2023). You can get em for a couple hundred bucks. I'm using one right now

Edit: here's where I got mine from: https://www.giztop.com/lenovo-legion-y700-2023.html

[–] Berlinblades@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Blackview has some great budget tabs with excellent specs.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago

Lenovo Y700 seems like it, I never used it personally though.

[–] drrodneymckay_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

https://intl.redmagic.gg/pages/redmagic-astra-gaming-tablet?_rtId_=mg7fm0ca_Aodg4rI3

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

How much less than 9" is acceptable? What about a large phone?

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

Have you tried this: https://m.gsmarena.com/search.php3?mode=tablet ?

[–] winni@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I recently ordered a lenovo legion tab just to find out that there is no gps built in. bummer.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

what's your use case? maybe you could share it from your phone over wifi

[–] winni@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

wanted to use it for car navigation, fits nicely in front of the in-built display as well as for reading pdfs. My favourite navi software doesnt even install, complaining device is incompatible

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I guess it depends on how you define "Powerful spec."

Samsung Galaxy Tab A?

https://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/tablets/galaxy-tab-a/samsung-galaxy-tab-a-8-0-2019-32gb-silver-wi-fi-sm-t290nzsaxar/

[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 6 points 4 days ago

Powerful specs as in a top of the line snapdragon chipset, a 120hz OLED display, at least 256GB of storage, dual or quad speakers, and a fingerprint sensor.

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Samsung Galaxy Tab A are not powerful under any definition.