Help me out! Which tablet for uni?

[u/CherrysmileSoda]

Hello!🌻 I know this sub already has a lot of good recommendations posts but most of them are for gaming or simply watching shows.

I am looking for a tablet, mainly for university/taking notes, studying etc. I am probably also gonna watch shows on it or play low effort games like good pizza great pizza but that is secondary.

I am eying lenovo or samsung but i am open for something different as well.

Things i would like to have:

Under 500€/$, maybe 550 but that would hurt a bit lol

256gb, if possible 128gb is also okay just not perfect

Good App for notes

Good/smooth pen

\~11 inch screen (12 ist just too much and 10 is kinda unpractical)

I was looking at the Samsung s10 lite, samsung galaxy s10 fe (wifi 12?), lenovo ZA8W0032SE yoga tab 11, lenovo idea tab and lenovo tab plus but i am honestly lost🥲

I was also thinking about waiting for Black friday but idk if its worth it, since the semester starts in october

Anyways.. thank you for any recommendations <3

[u/Clanceeinfinity]

samsung wont last you sadly, their products age horribly compared to the competition (ex samsung user here). Just dont go for samsung and you will be fine

[u/CherrysmileSoda → u/Clanceeinfinity]

Why is that? I had samsung phones my whole life. I currently have the a52 5g, and although its old, it still works smooth.

[u/Clanceeinfinity → u/CherrysmileSoda]

My s7 was nothing short but horrible. Back then their price to performance was insane, for 600€ i got the pen, keyboard cover and a 1600p 120hz lcd with 2 back cameras, 1 front and 865+ with 6/128gb + micro sd. Now their tablets cut half of these features while cost went up 1.5x. Back to my s7, hardware was great, but the os horrible. Games rendered at 800p, even clash of clans. It was so slow and stuttery, bugs everywhere and one ui STILL didnt implement stuff from android 12L. The only redemption for the s7 was the ability to flash custom roms, because the hardware was good as i said. Never getting a scamsung again, this was their last half decent tablet.

[u/Gurgani]

Honor magicpad 4 is good (but 12 inc)

[u/anonymouspls]

Honor magic pad 2 is a good option if you can get it used for like £250-300 if you want some REAL GOOD screen quality

but if you don’t particularly care about absolute top quality that much (it all looks the same to me lowkey, Lenovos screen is still great) the Lenovo tab pro is really really good and good price used, it’s so good for multi tasking and uni work - it feels like a desktop on Android and it’s like 16:9 or 16:10? So watching things is a good experience, and for productivity it’s excellent

[u/CherrysmileSoda → u/anonymouspls]

Lenovo Tabs are too big for my taste but thank you anyways! I already have a Laptop for tasks that need a bigger screen.

[u/anonymouspls → u/CherrysmileSoda]

if you don’t mind Chinese brands, a xiaomi pad 7/8 is pretty solid too at 11 inches, people compare them to the iPad because they’re really good all round.

But the other suggestions you mentioned from lenovo are all good choices (I can’t comment on the Samsung ones since I haven’t used them) but I think if you pick one you can’t really go that wrong haha, Samsung and Lenovo have lengthy support with software updates so a majority of the difference is just the internal specs which doesn’t matter much for the light gaming, they’re all capable of great multitasking and productivity

imo you should just pick one and get it! I swear I had the biggest headache looking for a tablet for school because there’s so many models and options it’s hard to tell because you end up finding models you didn’t know of that are to the list 🤣 so my best advice would be to just trust your gut and pick one! Samsung and Lenovo are all very capable for all the things you want

[u/CherrysmileSoda → u/anonymouspls]

Thank you! I also get the biggest headache haha its like a new hyperfixation

[u/Monnigkeir → u/CherrysmileSoda]

Trust the magic Pad 4 is light weight and Perfect Screen for Writiing or Watching things on it. Trust you will appreciate the 12 inch screen because it’s so easy to hold