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linkinpark875
22-10-2013
So I read Android is catching up with Apple but who can buy a cheap £100 tablet and be happy with it? I have tried them in he shops and the user experience is terrible. Might be selling well but I bet there's a lot of them sit unused.
alan1302
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“So I read Android is catching up with Apple but who can buy a cheap £100 tablet and be happy with it? I have tried them in he shops and the user experience is terrible. Might be selling well but I bet there's a lot of them sit unused.”

Not all Android tablets are £100 though. Why compare an iPad to a cheap tablet?
scooby1970
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“So I read Android is catching up with Apple but who can buy a cheap £100 tablet and be happy with it? I have tried them in he shops and the user experience is terrible. Might be selling well but I bet there's a lot of them sit unused.”

Some Android tablets are better than any iPad I've got, even the new Tesco Hudl is a stellar performer and can do things my iPad can't right out of the box.

The days of Apple machines being better than Android machines are long over.

Mark
Zack06
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“So I read Android is catching up with Apple but who can buy a cheap £100 tablet and be happy with it? I have tried them in he shops and the user experience is terrible. Might be selling well but I bet there's a lot of them sit unused.”

Android has more market share than Apple in the tablet market. I also think the Nexus 7 is an excellent device, the new iPad mini has only just caught up with it now.
Stuart_h
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“So I read Android is catching up with Apple but who can buy a cheap £100 tablet and be happy with it? I have tried them in he shops and the user experience is terrible. Might be selling well but I bet there's a lot of them sit unused.”

wow. just wow.

I sense you have returned to your Apple ways now after posting thread after thread slating them - for about a week
IanP
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by Zack06:
“Android has more market share than Apple in the tablet market. I also think the Nexus 7 is an excellent device, the new iPad mini has only just caught up with it now.”

And the Mini Retina is still 60% more expensive than the Nexus 7 2013.
Voynich
22-10-2013
Me. I'm happy with my Nexus 7 thanks!
Anika Hanson
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by Zack06:
“Android has more market share than Apple in the tablet market. I also think the Nexus 7 is an excellent device, the new iPad mini has only just caught up with it now.”

Hasn't it surpassed it now
fluffed
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by Anika Hanson:
“Hasn't it surpassed it now ”

They are pretty similar spec wise; Apple's has the different form factor, as it had previously ofc.

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple...ad-8.3_id48566
linkinpark875
22-10-2013
Originally Posted by Stuart_h:
“wow. just wow.

I sense you have returned to your Apple ways now after posting thread after thread slating them - for about a week ”

I just don't see the appeal in other tablets. They lack all what's good about ipad.
clonmult
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“I just don't see the appeal in other tablets. They lack all what's good about ipad.”

What, a locked in system and a terrible user interface?

The iOS interface is just not good. Its overly simplified and designed for idiots. It has absolutely no flexibility or design flare.

I fail to see whats so much better in iOS over Android. I have the original Nexus 7 and an iPhone 4S, so have real world experience of both. There is absolutely no way that iOS is inherently better at anything than Android.

Apart from crashing. iOS 7 is absolutely brilliant at crashing and needing a reboot. I've not once had such an issue on the Nexus 7 ....
John259
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“They lack all what's good about ipad.”

Would you like to give any examples of those features?
Stuart_h
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by Anika Hanson:
“Hasn't it surpassed it now ”

Depends what you are classing as surpassed ?

The new iPad mini (from what I have read)-

- has caught up with the latest Android screens (surpassed the N7 perhaps by 3 pixels per inch if you are into that degree of willy-waving )
- is still heavier than the N7 (in fact its heavier than the previous mini isnt it ?)
- performance - i guess we will wait and see
- raw functionality - iOS is still behind Android in features but thats the os rather than the tablet

which parts do you think have surpassed ? (genuine question )

All this for a unit that is hugely more expensive ?

I did notice they have kept the fingerprint thingy as next years upgrade Apple do like to keep their tablets one step behind their phones. saves innovating i guess
fluffed
23-10-2013
The Mini totally surpasses the N7 in levels of shininess!
jonner101
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by clonmult:
“What, a locked in system and a terrible user interface?

The iOS interface is just not good. Its overly simplified and designed for idiots. It has absolutely no flexibility or design flare.

I fail to see whats so much better in iOS over Android. I have the original Nexus 7 and an iPhone 4S, so have real world experience of both. There is absolutely no way that iOS is inherently better at anything than Android.

Apart from crashing. iOS 7 is absolutely brilliant at crashing and needing a reboot. I've not once had such an issue on the Nexus 7 ....”

For tablets I prefer the simplicity of iOS. As a shared device the customisation that you can have with Android is of no benefit. Basically with a tablet you just need a simple touch friendly app launcher. It's all about the apps really which is where iOS has the advantage in the tablet world still.

I've had plenty of random re-boots on both the Nexus 4 and 7, both excellent bits of kit but they have the capability to crash, especially if you run a lot of different software.
John259
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by jonner101:
“As a shared device the customisation that you can have with Android is of no benefit.”

Android now allows multiple accounts so each user can have their own customisations.
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“Basically with a tablet you just need a simple touch friendly app launcher.”

In what way is Android lacking in that respect?
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“It's all about the apps really which is where iOS has the advantage in the tablet world still.”

That was true several years ago but not now.
sy278
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“I just don't see the appeal in other tablets. They lack all what's good about ipad.”

Originally Posted by John259:
“Would you like to give any examples of those features?”

Yeah, come one, give some examples. Every half decent android tablet (Nexus 7 and Hudl) I have used I find out performs every iPad I have tried.
Evo102
23-10-2013
I'll buy an ipad when it has:-
[LIST][*]Built in USB with the ability to export as well as import all file types (without the need to jailbreak).[*]Built in HDMI[*]SD/MicroSD card slot, again with import and export ability[*]16:9 or 16:10 display, 4:3 is so 1990's![*]Ability to connect to an external keyboard which doubles up as an additional battery and provides additional ports.[/LIST]
Until then I will stick with my ASUS Transformer Prime.
John259
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by Evo102:
“I'll buy an ipad when it has:”

Can I suggest an addition to that list:
- When the price is comparable to that of the Hudl.
BKM
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by sy278:
“Every half decent android tablet (Nexus 7 and Hudl) I have used I find out performs every iPad I have tried.”

Every half decent android tablet I have tried might outperform an iPad in some respects BUT has totally failed to match its overall user experience!
John259
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by BKM:
“has totally failed to match its overall user experience!”

Would you care to list at least some of those factors?
BKM
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by John259:
“Would you care to list at least some of those factors?”

No! I am going to stick with "overall user experience" rather than try to break it down for people to snipe at!
John259
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by BKM:
“No! I am going to stick with "overall user experience" rather than try to break it down for people to snipe at!”

Can't you even think of one thing? Not one?
omnidirectional
23-10-2013
I'm more than happy with my Nexus 7 (2012 and 13). I'm not really sure why anyone would be dissapointed with a tablet of that quality for £199. Perhaps it just isn't expensive enough or not as "cool".
linkinpark875
23-10-2013
Originally Posted by Evo102:
“I'll buy an ipad when it has:-
[LIST][*]Built in USB with the ability to export as well as import all file types (without the need to jailbreak).[*]Built in HDMI[*]SD/MicroSD card slot, again with import and export ability[*]16:9 or 16:10 display, 4:3 is so 1990's![*]Ability to connect to an external keyboard which doubles up as an additional battery and provides additional ports.[/LIST]
Until then I will stick with my ASUS Transformer Prime.”

SD/Micro SD is fading format even some phone are going or internal memory and sim cards like Micro sims like Iphone. Plus some Android phones don't have removable batteries now.

I know some people want a keyboard I had one for muy Ipad but generally it's a pointless idea as a tablet is not a PC.
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