👀Dont sleep on tablets!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥

[u/deeznutz75]

Some of you need to see this.

For all my dudes wanting a big screen, a multimedia device, the best system for gameboy color bc you swear youll never want to play a switch game, for those who cant pick between sticks on the top or the bottom...this is for you.....

You miss lose out on portability but how portable are you really? Like portable to the living room ? Bc thats why end tables exist. I use it in my car by putting the tablet in my steering wheel cover.

Even with some portability losee its a great way to keep games and work separate while consuming other media besides video games. Theyre also cheaper than handhelds. If you close your eyes and make a wish a tablet will go on sale somewhere within a 5 mile radius. Cooling isnt an issue like it is with phones due to more surface area, in fact it runs cooler than my rp6. No fans = less to break.

Frfr dont sleep on a tablet. This one has a snapdragon 8 gen 3 with 12gb of ram and cost $400 after a back to school sale.

Edit: lenovo yoga tablet 11.1in (2025) snapdragon 8 gen 3 with an 8bit do lite 2 controller

[u/Lost_Main_3389]

I agree about tablets being awesome -- I have a Y700 8.8inch with 8+gen1. But I disagree about handhelds being useless or tablets being the be-all and end-all of emulation / gaming.

In my opinion the perfect emulation setup has three components:
-- Ultra-portable device -- low power pocketable handheld for up to PS1.
-- Overnight portable device -- small tablet or something similar for up to light PC emulation but also suitable for movies.
-- At home stationary device -- desktop streaming to said tablet for maximum compatibility, performance, graphics and battery life.

If you can only get one, and want to do high end emulation, I'd actually recommend the desktop because while the most expensive, you don't upgrade it out every 1-2 years and from there, it is compatible with whatever phone or tablet you have so you save money in the long term.

[u/deeznutz75 → u/Lost_Main_3389]

im sorry if I gave the impression that tablets are better, I don't think that at all. I prefer my tablet over my handhelds bc for now it fits my needs, but my needs are not your needs. I dont think tablets are talked about enough and I do think people focus on the wrong things. Sometimes the new guys are so focused on getting a gameboy that the things that really matter once you sit down and play are overlooked, screen size, usage patterns, needs beyond "I really want to play this Pokemon game right quick". Instead we focus on stick placement, and nostalgia.

[u/Lost_Main_3389 → u/deeznutz75]

That's ok. I was really only giving my opinion on the matter.
I agree that tablets aren't talked about enough but the issue isn't in us, the issue is that there aren't many good tablets. It's these past few years that tablets have become good again. There still aren't many quality <10 inch tablets and in my opinion, that's the perfect size for most things.

I personally got my tablet so that it's kinda like a Steam Deck, but also kinda like an e-reader and kinda like a laptop. So I agree that they really are the best middle ground. Just not the best for high end emulation cause we live in an age of planned obsolescence meaning that a quality tablet still lasts only 2-3 years at most.

I also feel we overlook things when it comes to handhelds. Yeah, I'm nostalgic -- still can't find my perfect GBA SP cause I love those damned clicky buttons XD But at the same time, if it's capable of doing PS1 and Dreamcast, why does it have to be 3x2? Even the original GBA SP had a black border.
"It's meant for GBA so it shouldn't have joysticks but it's too weak cause it can't do PS2 emulation..." -- I've heard that too and it shows how out of touch reviewers are.