expiredyacare posted Nov 26, 2021 05:59 AM
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expiredyacare posted Nov 26, 2021 05:59 AM
32GB Lenovo 10e Chromebook Tablet: 10.1" 1920x1200 400-nit IPS, 4GB RAM
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I've been hemming and hawing whether to get the Kindle Fire HD 10 Plus, the Lenovo 10e or the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite 4gb version.
The only thing that originally stopped me with the Lenovo 10e was the terribly bad speakers. But at this price point, I'll deal with it. I have plenty of other devices around the house (including other PCs, tablets, phones and bluetooth speakers) if I wish to play something at a loud volume.
Here is my brief analysis should this help anyone in the same boat.
* The Galaxy Tab A7 Lite is 8.4" and arguably is easier to handle than the 10" Fire HD 10 and Lenovo 10e. But the Galaxy Tab A7 Lite uses a crappy 1340x800 resolution with poor viewing angles. Buyer beware that the A7 Lite does have a 3GB RAM variant as well.
* Kindle Fire HD 10 Plus (the 4GB RAM variant) was really, really tempting especially considering one can use Fire Toolbox to remove the ads & bloatware, sideload Google Play Store, and sideload a custom launcher.
* BUT Kindle Fire HD 10 Plus uses Android 9 as the underlying OS (already out of date considering Android 12 just came out). Not to mention Amazon is releasing a new (currently optional) OS update to version 7.3.3.2 that prevents Fire Toolbox from being able to do its thing. Not sure how I feel about being forever stuck on a previous version of an already outdated OS.
* I've read that the Lenovo 10e's ChromeOS is a bit hit-or-miss compared to Android (especially with app compatibility) but we shall see. I don't really do much on my current tablets besides catching up on news, perusing Reddit & Slickdeals and occasionally watching a show or TV on it.
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In Chromebook, you access everything you want through browser (which is chrome for this). If you want to watch Netflix, you type netflix.com in the browser address bar and watch. If you want to watch news (pick fox or cnn as your preference might be
On the other hand, Android/ios is meant for mobile device, which does not come with a physical keyboard. Though you have a browser, it would be difficult to type in the address in the bar; so the companies provided apps that would be specific to NetFlix, Bank of America etc. The workflow is controlled by the application in the manner relevant for the particular app.
Now the mobile device was small they came up with bigger version = tablet. The Android/ios interface carried over to that form factor
In the meantime, they added android support to chromebook for those who are familiar and interested in apps rather than use it through a browser
Now this chromebook is a smaller version of chromebook in tablet form factor.
Since this is a tablet, most are expecting to use it as an android device!
Personally, I am more comfortable to do everything through browser. For e.g I can open multiple related tabs and switch between them if I have to do some comparison or reference. Android app do not offer that option.
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