I really want to get a tablet and have about 400 dollars to spend. I'm leaning towards the samsung galaxy tab s 8.4 but I wanted some different opinions. I also weighed in the Nvidia shield tablet greatly because of the gaming performance but it's rather bulky and geared towards serious gaming whereas I just want to run games off the android app store (which I heard the tegra k1 isn't really meant for). I also considered the nexus 9 with the tegra k1 but due to the lack of microSD card slot I quickly ruled that out. Likewise, I ruled out the iPad line for the price tag and no card slot although it would go well with my mac. I don't have a smartphone so continuity would not matter although I do have a macbook pro. If any of you have a samsung galaxy tab s 8.4, please let me know with your experience and if there are other tablets, please let me know. Thanks in advance!!
P.S. I heard the galaxy tab s has a beautiful screen but lags sometimes so I would like to know about the performance of the galaxy tab s 8.4 especially while gaming
You can pick up a 32gb iPad Mini 2 for $350, which is the same price as the 16GB Galaxy Tab S 8.4. I don't really see anything outside of the iPad line worth buying besides the Nexus line or the Shield Tablet.
Wait... so is the samsung tab s 8.4 not good? I thought the reviews and features were really good and I love apple products but I feel they are more overpriced and don't include microSD. Also, I guess I kinda want to try the android platform. In addition, is the shield tablet good? I would prob only use it for games from the play store but I heard that most apps can't take advantage of the tegra k1. Thanks a lot for the response!
Honestly after dealing with anything Samsung id rather deal with an Apple product. Touchwiz is garbage and so is their love of hardware buttons. They are over priced and mediocre. A good semi cheap tablet I would go for is either a Nexus 9/Nexus 7. Since you want expandable storage though your SOL for the nexus line. You dont do much gaming on it other than facebook like games. So on all of that i would suggest either what Taco Bell said with the Jolla tablet or What i think is a semi decent tablet for the money and what you would do with it an LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition. Just my two cents :)
How about a Chinese Windows tablet? This has full fledged Windows 8.1, not RT. The CPU is comparable to a Snapdragon 800/801, the screen is IPS and highres, it has enough storage and USB OTG. Plus, it's cheap. It can even run Rise of Nations. Battery life isn't great, but for this price you should just buy a Xiaomi Powerbank 16000MAh with it.
Not to be snide but I could throw around 'first-party' tablets all day within the price range. All completely and some even more capable, and above all, proven.
Unfortunately the concept of full windows on a tablet just hasn't been perfected yet. It's not the tablets, it's windows, for what it is, almost anything now a day can be done on an android tablet in a much friendlier experience.
I would absolutely recommend the the Dell Venue 8 7840, that thing is actually pretty damn cool. First tablet in a long while to impress me. However gimmicky, it is the 'worlds thinnest tablet' which makes it very easy to handle. The 2560x1600 OLED screen looks stupidly good as well as the bonus of front facing speakers and 3D camera on the rear. To wrap it all up is that it's running nearly stock android, which means really quick updates and smooth experience.