I’m looking for a midrange android tablet, exclusively for taking notes with a stylus in Obsidian. It doesn’t need to be powerful, but just take good notes. The ideal size is anything 11’’ and under. I would also appreciate if it isn’t too bloated, and behaves similar to stock android. I have looked mostly into the Pixel Tablet as well as the Lenovo M11, P11 and K11. Other suggestions are welcome.
let me know if they’re worth the price, been looking for an ereader tablet that has a long lasting battery - currently have a oukitel rt7 titan, the thing is a fucking BRICC (something like 2.3kg I think) but hey, its battery lasts literally weeks (28ish hrs ScreenOnTime, but thats about 17days of usage for me)
I haven’t had an android tablet in ages, but I miss mine! I’d say check out what Samsung is selling, they are the only company that seems to be putting out good tablets in the last 5 years.
I’m not sure why Android tablets have struggled so much compared to the iPad, but I wish we had more competition.
Have a look at Teoh on Tech on YouTube. The man does solid reviews ona a tonne of android tablets. Gives his findings up front, then watch if you want to know more.
I refuse to buy a Samsung phone or tablet because they’re usually overpriced and bloated as hell. But you’re right that they’re one of the few OEMs actually bothering with Android tablets.
All I want is an Android tablet with good performance that’s supported by LineageOS for a few years.
My previous tablet was a POS from Lenovo. Garbage from day one, but it was supported by Lineage for a few years and let me consume media, which was what I wanted it for. Now I’m on the lookout for something else.
Offtopic, but: what bloat is on Samsung phones these days? Last I checked they didn’t come with much, maybe a calendar or a clock app. They don’t even ship their own email app these days, that’s all Gmail and Google now.
Been a while since I’ve looked honestly. But the fact that they’re either hard or impossible to flash with custom ROMs (on top of being expensive) in my experience just means I’ll never bother with them.
Hopefully someone else can chime in with more recent experience than me.
There’s a ton of junk - Bixby, the Samsung cloud apps, I have one I have to keep stock for work and another i have Lineage on and the difference is very noticeable, battery drain for one
I’ve seen a coworker use one of those Remarkable tablets and they’re easily the best device I know of for taking notes. It won’t show you Netflix or Youtube, but the e-ink makes its battery last ages, the texture on the screen is excellent, and the responsiveness is pretty great.
I find them a bit expensive, though. I think there are a few Remarkable knock-offs around these days, maybe those will deliver a better bang-for-the-buck, you’l have to look for reviews.
I recently got a supernote, same idea but a bit cheaper, they offer a smaller one, and it runs an android fork instead of a Linux fork. Great for notetaking, haven’t used obsidian but you can side load almost any android app with mixed success
Nice to see options, I hadn’t heard of them before. Looks like the SN 10.7in is basically the same price as the 10.3in RM2. The smaller SN’s price does make it a nice option for giving it a try. I will bookmark both to see if any sales pop-up. Do ebooks and manga look better than a Kindle? Been thinking of getting something more open than my Paperwhite 2 without the need to jailbreak. I would imagine that tablets like SN or RM would look great since they can have precise fine-point note taking.
As far as I’ve seen/read they don’t really do sales ever, but sell open box good condition items at a decent discount.
I have the smaller one, and text looks a lot better than my Paperwhite from 2015, but I haven’t spent a lot of time with a newer Kindle for comparison or looked at manga on either. Even with a magnifying glass you can’t see individual pixels on the SNs though so I would think graphical content would look good?
My Paperwhite is also the 2015 model. Not seeing individual pixels with a magnifying glass is awesome to hear. I certainly think that it would look good for manga or other black and white format comics.
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Get your servants to take notes for you
have you looked at the color e-ink tablets? A cursory look reveals the boox air3, which might be a good fit for your use case
I forgot about those! checking them out now, looks like I can use obsidian, so this looks like a great option! Thanks!
let me know if they’re worth the price, been looking for an ereader tablet that has a long lasting battery - currently have a oukitel rt7 titan, the thing is a fucking BRICC (something like 2.3kg I think) but hey, its battery lasts literally weeks (28ish hrs ScreenOnTime, but thats about 17days of usage for me)
I did an entire math course on my BigMe Inknote Plus. It cost too much, but came with a good pen and worked really well for math.
I haven’t had an android tablet in ages, but I miss mine! I’d say check out what Samsung is selling, they are the only company that seems to be putting out good tablets in the last 5 years.
I’m not sure why Android tablets have struggled so much compared to the iPad, but I wish we had more competition.
Have a look at Teoh on Tech on YouTube. The man does solid reviews ona a tonne of android tablets. Gives his findings up front, then watch if you want to know more.
Thanks! OP should check this out too
I refuse to buy a Samsung phone or tablet because they’re usually overpriced and bloated as hell. But you’re right that they’re one of the few OEMs actually bothering with Android tablets.
All I want is an Android tablet with good performance that’s supported by LineageOS for a few years.
My previous tablet was a POS from Lenovo. Garbage from day one, but it was supported by Lineage for a few years and let me consume media, which was what I wanted it for. Now I’m on the lookout for something else.
Offtopic, but: what bloat is on Samsung phones these days? Last I checked they didn’t come with much, maybe a calendar or a clock app. They don’t even ship their own email app these days, that’s all Gmail and Google now.
Been a while since I’ve looked honestly. But the fact that they’re either hard or impossible to flash with custom ROMs (on top of being expensive) in my experience just means I’ll never bother with them.
Hopefully someone else can chime in with more recent experience than me.
There’s a ton of junk - Bixby, the Samsung cloud apps, I have one I have to keep stock for work and another i have Lineage on and the difference is very noticeable, battery drain for one
It’s hard to decide what’s overpriced when there’s no competition hahaha
Was your Lenovo tablet better than Samsung tablets you’ve used?
I think for people who don’t want to install custom ROMs / or lineageos then they probably do just fine.
Also getting them used is probably the pro move to save money. Unless you need high end but then you’d probably go with iPad sadly
Nah the Lenovo was absolute hot garbage. And most of my hatred for Samsung is aimed at phones more than tablets.
Like you said, for the average person the tablets are fine, I’m just full of shit about it.
Agreed on getting used or going iPad if you wanted more as well.
I have a OnePlus Pad 2 and it’s a brilliant tablet. The stylus is good and I use it with Obsidian and Excalidrae for notes
I know it’s not strictly Android but my wife has had her remarkable for a couple of years now with daily notes and she absolute loves it
I’ve seen a coworker use one of those Remarkable tablets and they’re easily the best device I know of for taking notes. It won’t show you Netflix or Youtube, but the e-ink makes its battery last ages, the texture on the screen is excellent, and the responsiveness is pretty great.
I find them a bit expensive, though. I think there are a few Remarkable knock-offs around these days, maybe those will deliver a better bang-for-the-buck, you’l have to look for reviews.
I recently got a supernote, same idea but a bit cheaper, they offer a smaller one, and it runs an android fork instead of a Linux fork. Great for notetaking, haven’t used obsidian but you can side load almost any android app with mixed success
Nice to see options, I hadn’t heard of them before. Looks like the SN 10.7in is basically the same price as the 10.3in RM2. The smaller SN’s price does make it a nice option for giving it a try. I will bookmark both to see if any sales pop-up. Do ebooks and manga look better than a Kindle? Been thinking of getting something more open than my Paperwhite 2 without the need to jailbreak. I would imagine that tablets like SN or RM would look great since they can have precise fine-point note taking.
As far as I’ve seen/read they don’t really do sales ever, but sell open box good condition items at a decent discount.
I have the smaller one, and text looks a lot better than my Paperwhite from 2015, but I haven’t spent a lot of time with a newer Kindle for comparison or looked at manga on either. Even with a magnifying glass you can’t see individual pixels on the SNs though so I would think graphical content would look good?
Open box might be tempting!
My Paperwhite is also the 2015 model. Not seeing individual pixels with a magnifying glass is awesome to hear. I certainly think that it would look good for manga or other black and white format comics.