Five Reasons to Choose an Android Tablet Over an iPad

February 10 by Julie McCormick | 65 comments | Technology |

An early technology adopter, I purchased the iPad on the first day it came out. I also got the original iPhone on the day it came out, and the first Google Android phone, the T-Mobile G1, within a month of its release. Google even sent me their first unlocked Android phone, the Nexus One, to review when it came out. I like new toys and am not tied to any specific company; the one with the coolest or best features is the one that wins me over.

Unfortunately, my iPad was stolen less than a month after I bought it. Insurance covered the loss, but I did not rush out to buy a new one right away. I got my chance to play with the iPad and while it was pretty cool, I found it to be more of an entertainment device than anything and it was lacking some key features – for example, a camera. Apple will probably add some of those features with the upcoming release of the iPad 2, which some say is to be announced this week, but I’m sick of their game of intentionally leaving out features that consumers want and introducing it on a subsequent version so you’ll buy their product again. I want all the features I want right now. Sure, I’ll probably buy another similar device in a year or two, but by that point I expected the features to once again be something new and cutting edge, not a feature that you opted not to include but most others did.

I am still in the market for a new tablet, and it’s a great time to be ready to acquire one. The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show last month was dominated by a slew of tablets, the new must-have device. Tablet computers have been around for some time, but they were never as sleek, pretty, functional, and in-demand as they are now. The launch of the iPad last year can be credited with bringing the tablet mainstream, but one year later you’ve got a whole lot more choice.

The top competitor for the Apple iPad right now is any one of a number of Google Android-powered devices manufactured by the likes, of Motorola, Samsung, Dell and others. HP Palm announced a new webOS powered tablet yesterday, but I think they still be a minor player in the -tablet arena. I’ve done my research and played with a few of the new Android tablets and at this point have decided that an Android tablet is a better choice than the iPad. Here are my top five reasons to choose an Android tablet over an iPad:

Dell Streak 7. Photo courtesy of Dell.

1. Choice of Size

The Apple iPad is closest in size to a 10×8 picture frame with its dimensions at 9.56 x 7.47 x .5 in. There are no other size options for the iPad, unless you’re of the opinion that the iPad is merely a giant iPhone, and in that case the iPhone could count as a smaller version.

Unlike the iPad, the various Android tablets come in a range of sizes. The sizes include 5-in. (Dell, Acer), 7-in. (Dell, Samsung, Acer), 9-in. (LG, Panidigital), and 10-in. (Motorola Xoom, Acer) tablets. The 5-inch tablets are admittedly just slightly larger than popular touchscreen smartphones, which tend to top out in the 4-inch range. But if they make them, there’s obviously some kind of market for them. You can go bigger or smaller than the iPad with an Android. Personally, I’d like to go bigger and would love to see an 11-inch tablet come out in the near future. It’d be the exact size of a piece of paper.

2. True Multitasking

Apple has avoided true multitasking on the iPad primarily due to battery life and performance concerns, the reason they always leave off features on their new iPhones as well.

There are already some Android tablets running off dual-core processors, which have more than enough power to handle true multitasking. Android 3.0′s new multitasking panel is also easy to bring up with a single tap on the screen, and provides full previews of running applications. The multitasking panel is also extremely easy to navigate.

Apple should have figured out how to deliver true multitasking. Perhaps this will be a feature included in the second-generation iPad.

3. Cameras

Apple made a huge mistake in not including a camera on the iPad. At the very least it should have included and outward facing camera, but if it really wanted to be a winner, it would have also had a second, front-facing camera that users could use for video chatting.

Most Android tablets have 2 cameras, an outward facing one and a inward one for video chatting. Google’s native camera app also has some nice features that will let you alter your image, without having to download and edit it on your computer.

Apple iPad. Photo courtesy of Apple Inc.

4. No Syncing Required

Whether you own an iPod, iPhone, or an iPad, you must sync the device with iTunes using a computer to transfer downloads purchased on your computer to the device. It’s a royal pain, but it’s Apple’s way of keeping their users coming back to iTunes. It’s also a very slow process.

With the Android Market Web Store, you can buy apps on your computer and send them to your device without syncing. Brilliant!

5. Replaceable Batteries

One of the things that irked me most about the iPhone and the iPad was the battery. It’s not removable, and if it goes, you have to get a whole new device. If yours breaks and still happens to be under warranty, Apple will send you a new one — for a fee. For the iPad, if the battery goes, you can send in your old one and they’ll send you a new one for $99. Oh, and make sure you synced it before it died because when they send you out the new one it won’t have any of your apps or personal information on it. If you forgot to sync, you’re S.O.L.

Android devices have their own batteries which are replaceable. If the battery goes, you just buy a new one. Or if you’re under warranty, the manufacturer can send you a new one without having to bother with taking your entire tablet.

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Julie McCormick is a freelance writer, and co-owner of The Cleveland Leader, a Technorati Top 1000 site. She married and is the mother of two young children. You will often find her playing around with the latest tech gadgets, messing around with code, or writing up a storm. She holds a Bachelor's degree in visual communications, and spent nearly a decade working in one of the largest public libraries in the U.S.

http://twitter.com/Gekonn Jiří Zlatohlávek

I kinda see only 4 reasons, with numbers 1,2,3,5

Julie McCormick

Oops. Inserting the photo ate my #4 header. Fixed. Thanks for the heads up!

garymeehan

The debate continues and the arguments are weak. It isn’t one over the other it’s personal preference. For the ‘geeks’ (meant in a complimentary way) may prefer Android because they can tweak etc. I’ve been hearing these same arguments for over two decades – except it used to be be Mac vs PC. Here’s the point, Apple has remained true to their approach to computing (read user friendly for the regular non- tech person) and lo and behold they have now surpassed all companies in size and profitability – they must be doing something right.

I own all kinds of tablets because my company develops custom apps for companies. There’s nothing wrong with droid except the ‘freedom’ many of you speak of equals lack of standardization, increased development costs and more. Apples system may be closed but we freely develop apps, distribute them ok the app store and they all work flawlessly. Therefore I have trouble seeing this lack of freedom – if it doesn’t exist I can build it – easily.

I’ve had droid users try to show me why that OS is better – without fail I have been able to counter every point and in most cases turn their perspective. But I should note – these are people who USE the device. What makes it work is of little concern – they simply want a stable platform they can rely on.

It’s easy to throw darts at the leader – get over it – if you like droid, fill your boots, but enough of the drivel that tries to position android over iOS – It’s simply not true

anna

I’d like to know how well it works data-wise, is it faster on 3G/4G than the iPad?
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Andy

#4 isn’t really a valid reason. You can purchase apps & iBooks directly from your iPad. Several apps allow for transfer of media (movies, ebooks, pictures) via a ftp server (no wires). On windows you can see your iPad as a drive and pull/add pictures from it.

As a replacement reason, I’d offer that iPad has no real external input/output features. Something like Notion Ink’s Adam device offers HDMI output jack and USB, SD inputs – which would be very nice to have whenever you reach the storage limit and wanted the ability to expand (say if you have a movie library that wouldn’t 100% fit on device)
Anonymous

Another good reason may be Andorid App Inventor. You can make your own app with the App inventor.
Lagerbaer

Another important point is that Google will not dictate or censor what you can use on your Android device. Apple wants you to live a Walt-Disney world of happiness, and they’ll occasionally censor even a political cartoon.

Mrdowntown

Porn freak!
http://twitter.com/asefati Alireza Sefati

Agree but google giving you all that freedom because they like to collect all the data they can for their advertising purposes!

Anonymous

It’s like China VS the Free World on the web stance.
China screws the populace by filtering all of it, where the freeworld (atleast the USA) likely makes a file on you, or snoops on you, or basically parasitically looks at everything you do and collects data to sell you more crap.

Potato potahtoe, or screwed … screwed over… Same difference

http://www.facebook.com/lordtrini Lester Jones

Can anyone point me to a tablet that is better than the ipad that is one sale right now… No you cant.
1. The choice of size is a down fall because apps are not consistently designed to take advantage of a standard size of screen real estate.

2. Multitasking on the ipad works… … Its only true nerds like us that know what real multitasking is. more ram would be nice as well.

3. the camera this was a let down… I cant defend that….

4. With wifi you only have to sync when you are doing system updates…….

5. I am happy with 10 hours battery life. And if you have see the size of the ipad battery then lugging another one around do that i can can get 20 hours of use does not make sense.

Also it the developers. Developers Developers… Show me the tablet platform with t highest quality of apps and will show you the winner….

Last point. .. The data plan…. I have unlimited data for 30 a month. Whats the plan on the XOOM… 10 Gigs for $80

Peace….

Mrdowntown

Yeah Baby!!!!!!!
android!

and your dp is an android. LMFAO !
Mason

You do have to sync even if you do have wifi! What about game saves? What about book marks? Email data? Documents? Settings? Pictures imported from camera? Android has this awesomeness where everything syncs with googles servers. Yeah, apple can suck it. I have an I pad anda xoom. I’m writing this on my xoom because it makes my I pad look like child’s play.
Sam

Competition in the Android Tablet market will yield more optimum results for people who prefer choices and for creativity in development. This is definitely visible in the cell phone market. Apple’s business strategy is smart for short term thinking because they have the “ITunes market” cornered, but people will eventually get tired of that just like they are with Microsoft.
Sam

Competition in the Android Tablet market will yield more optimum results for people who prefer choices and for creativity in development. This is definitely visible in the cell phone market. Apple’s business strategy is smart for short term thinking because they have the “ITunes market” cornered, but people will eventually get tired of that just like they are with Microsoft.
Anonymous

Why are you using an Android pic, Apple is a self-contained company that makes 1-way products. If you enjoy being able to add your OWN memory on top of what’s installed your tablet then Android is the way to go. Apple will never allow it. Every time a new tablet is made, they always swing for the fences giving you options along the way. AT&T is the worst company to go with for a data plan. AT&T does not have an unlimited plan. T-Mobile plans are $40, $50 and $80 and Verizon is $60 grandfathered in or if new to Verizon its $30, $50 and $80 plus $10 to $30 per overage your plan. So your fantasy plan does not exist. Multitasking does not exist on the iPad first gen. Still NO flash player media on iOS. The best Android tablet is the Samsung Galaxy. Now they have the Galaxy 10.1 and the Asus Transformer 10″ with both having duo core processors.

http://twitter.com/patrickverheij Patrick Verheij

Apple is delighting their fans instead of everybody. That’s why they came out with a succesful tablet way befor anyone else did. I do not give a damn about the lack of a cam on my iPad. I know these kind of devices have a relatively short life span. That’s why I also do not care about the irreplaceable battery. Within half a year a new version of the iPad will be released which *may* have more functions. I hope the size will remain the same because it’s perfect. It would be nice if they can strip off a bit more weight.

I agree with one point though: iTunes is the biggest crap ever designed. It’s lame and *almost* a reason to migrate to Android devices.
Ifloyd

This list really feels more like you’re just looking for reasons to choose android over apple, and these are the same reasons most tech people prefer products that you can do absolutely anything with over products that work well.

Users are stupid, they don’t know what they want. Apple provides the experiences that work most effectively and that limit the users ability to mess it all up.

AndPad … IDroid

…. that IS the title of this post… Also, did you want an IPad after seeing its first commercial? cause you really sound like you’ve been brainwashed “Users are stupid, they don’t know what they what.” haha, I don’t know what I want, so I am gonna let some big corporation that wants all of my money tell me what I want because the sales rep said he would help me find something that fits MY needs, and it will save me the non-biased research cause who wants to screw with that.

I’m just messing with you, but seriously… think about it

http://www.productiveorganizer.com Kyith

you guys got to agree the new webOS HP Tabletpad looks very very competitive.

its got a much more productive oriented UI compared to iPAD. By no means is the software market up to date.

the ability to manipulate using cards is very very appealing

http://www.productiveorganizer.com/webos-ecosystem/webos-has-a-very-productive-centric-user-experience/

font9a

It’s evident Apple has analyzed the usage scenarios real people are performing to refine the hardware+software stack for iPad2.

It’s pretty clear people are using iPad to make music, edit photos (now movies!), as well as access terrific entertainment. As much as I like Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on my iPad I’ve never had the occasion to actually use them to be productive. Android evangelists all say that Android tablets are more productivity-focused… But where is the software? Vaporwhere or in the Google, requiring wi-fi or paid access — that’s where.

http://incometaxcalculatorblog.com/ income tax calculator

lot of good points in the comments
Pepper

1 big point you missed expendable memory! That’s what sold me on my galaxy tab. I cannot wait for the next galaxy tab which is supposed to be released this March.

font9a

I loves me some expendable memory! What the hardware giveth the software taketh away.

http://twitter.com/Urlel Guiom Roobin

Julie, sorry to ask but please cut the BS: what tablet are you using on a day to day basis right now ? Relevant reasons or not, what can we expect when comparing your dream tablet (vaporware) to something you barely had time to play with before it got stolen?
Like 99% of similar blogposts -Android vs iOS, iPad vs ?- yours just tell me one thing: most blogwriters are unable to adopt alternative mindsets before posting their personal thoughts and labelling them as “reasons”. IMO, this is just pointless but hey I ended up reading your post so I guess my comments are also pointless. Welcome to the void.

Droooooid

I like how you bashed her for posting her personal thoughts and then went to say “IMO”.
Go finish paying your offering to your Apple god
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android

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http://ARMdevices.net/ Charbax

How about price. Archos 70 Internet Tablet is the best and it’s only $269. It’s half the weight of ipad, thinner, better designed with kick-stand and has HDMI/webcam/usbhost/microsd/fullvideosupport which are not in the ipad.
Kel

As others have pointed out, the iPad absolutely does not need to be hooked up to iTunes on your computer to buy apps. And the nextgen iPad is rumoured to have a camera. But I’m surprised no one has mentioned the lack of Flash support on the iPad. Steve Jobs will have a tough time weaning the internet off Flash, and the iPad is crippled as an internet device without it. He should have sorted this out with Adobe a long time ago.
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Stephan

I think you are totally missing the point for the iTunes sync. It allows to save all data that are on your iPad. That means that if your iPad is stolen or damaged you can transfer all your apps, music, videos and contacts to your new iPad. What Steve Jobs understood before everybody else is that the future (the present?) of computing is integration. That means that I can access my musical library from my iPhone, iPad or computer ; and also for all the apps I use on a daily basis (Twitter, Facebook, Toodledo, chess.com)
Anonymous

ok, everything is useful until you tried to sound ‘hip’ and presumed that every reader should know the meaning of SOL

foo

SOL is pretty commonly known and not really hip to say as much as it is dated.

kermit

iPad’s screen size is just perfect.
Anonymous

this is waste of money, buy multi touch tablet pc, best quality , brand new,
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http://www.newagethinker.com/ David Rahimi

The most important thing for me in an Android tablet over the iPad has got to be having the ability to see flash embedded content in the browser. That’s the one thing that I really wish the iPad had. I love android, and have used it since it first came out with the G1. But I have to say that when it comes to stability, the iPad wins out. I think in the future though when devices have much faster processors and RAM, Android will be able to edge out the iPad. Especially when Android 3.0 comes out.
ADude

I am waiting for the ipad 2… None of the argument presented are convincing me to go towards android…
Anonymous

Flash?
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Anonymous

Polish shortened version of the article available: http://lifehacker.com.pl/pl_lh/?p=172
http://www.hdflvplayer.net/ Flv Player

“I agree with one point though: iTunes is the biggest crap ever designed. It’s lame and *almost* a reason to migrate to Android devices.” – Patrick! good to mention about this point here, appropriate……… But i like tablets as well as iPad, both has its own individual distinct features. Julie good post, Thanks:)
http://www.barcodesaustralia.com David

Do you have any thoughts on the Ipad 2?
font9a

1) Choice of size. I think you nailed this one. Apple gives you a choice of size: iPad or iPod touch.

2) True multitasking. I’d like to hear a multitasking scenario that you can perform on any other tablet that you can’t do on iPad. And also why it’s not as good on the iPad.

3) Camera. Kinda a moot point now that iPad2 *has* a camera. But seriously, an edge case. Are you really gonna whip out that 10″ device to take a snapshot of the Eiffel Tower?

4) Syncing. Well, yeah you do have to transfer purchases bought on a computer to the iPad via iTunes. But you don’t have to buy stuff on your computer — I buy stuff on my iPad all the time… Movies, apps, music… If you think syncing over USB is slow, try syncing over wireless: I’ll bet you find USB is faster.

5) Replaceable batteries. Your information is wrong. If your battery fails on iPad and it’s covered by warranty or AppleCare it gets replaced. For free. Maybe you’re harping on the battery issue because Apple gets 10 hours of heavy use on a single charge. Most Android tablets are struggling to get more than 3.

admin99

you could use a camera if you had one. if you don’t, the grapes ARE sour sweetie !
the question is not about apple giving a choice. it’s about the TABLET giving a choice. get your facts right !
too late if you already bought an ipad…you don’t have much of a choice. so go ahead and defend it, while the rest of are happy with a sensible choice instead of lame defence
Anonymous

One of the thing that I was disappointed with on the Ipad 2 is the quality of the front facing camera, I don’t expect it to be as good as my desktop but its really poor – I found it difficult to use for skyping.

http://twitter.com/Electronicdealz Andy Smith

Android OS is better than Apple’s. Android is gaining market share and is more compatible with other software than anything Apple has. Apple has a reputation for being a closed system and they will suffer in the long run. Would definitely go with an Android tablet.
FesterNscab

Android is for people who want to be free and make choices. Not stuck in iTunes prison for everything you need to do.
Paul Wolf

My friends have I-pads. To level the field…
You can still play with low-end Android 1.0 devices that have no 3/4G and guess what! There are residences out of any cellular range that may help make these low-end devices a real consideration.

I’ve never felt right with THE applemart marketing strategy and for those who have… even despite shortcomings …Bill Gates got rich too. But, THIS is more of a Google/I-pad rather than another IBM or Microsoft/Apple adventure. My point is Apple didn’t learn to hand-off in the last big automation battle. So what’s to convince us things will be much different this time? These low-end devices can be found to lack cameras, FLASH, and other I-pad failures but these even have phone-memory optons, off-I Tune marketing, lower cost too! Sure you CAN buy Android I-pad that is only Wi-Fi capable but they may not be low cost enough to consider for rather destructive 12-year-olds to use. I for one have not seen my friends’ I-Pads print anything. Would that be an easier on I-Pad option? Now what I personnally love on I-pad is viewing pictures — I-pads make half-way phone photograghy absolutely breathtakng!

The still a toy concept, equal lacking of features, underdeveloped 3G/4G field, apps marketing, model/memory options and business visions of these manufacturers really give you pause to consider that Android. technology may be able to win over the long haul. Displays on Android’s will improve. There is one of the oldest laws of computing that we can count on-”If it can happen it will.” A hint to prognosticate by… ( ANDROID 1.0; ANDROID 2.0;ANDROID. 3.0; … / I-Pad 1; I-Pad 2;…/ see there? DOS 1-5, Windows, yeah Vista I hear ya but still it gets better and better on a more open market and they are doing it again!)

http://twitter.com/Abdul__B Abdul Buhari

What.the.fuck? I didnt understand a thing in your whole post.

http://pendowski.com Pendowski

I don’t get the reason #4 – there’s no more syncing required with ipad. If you bought sth on iTunes just go to the AppStore on your device, go to the same app and install it – it won’t charge you twice – it will even show you a big popup saying that you’re downloading it free of charge.
#5 – so it’s bad that they can give me a new ipad for $99 instead of replacing my battery? Hmm.. I get the point with the replaceable battery (it’s not that important but I get it) but you went too far with this syncing problem etc. Plus I’m pretty sure you will be informed at least once in the process to be sure to sync your device before sending it.
#3 – you’re comparing a first generation device that started this whole tablet business for good with deviced which just came out and have cameras. ipad 2 has 2 cameras (the second one is still stupid for me but I saw people making pictures with 10” devices so maybe there’s something in this idea). If you’re saying that they at least should include outward facing camera instead of front-facing one – you’re crazy.
#2 – I rather use my device whole day than deal with apps running somewhere, somehow in the background. Tablet devices are not laptops – they are mostly one-job-at-a-time devices and are crazy good for those tasks. You want/need more – buy a laptop – it will be cheaper, more powerfull and will give the the true multitasking, because it’s still not true multitasking if you can’t do the same things which you could on a laptop (like more than one app window on screen at the same time). Android has different multitasking, doesn’t make it any “truer”.

At the end of the day – that’s your choice and it’s never better to buy one product or another for everybody. You need features that only Android tablet has – buy it, you need things that Apple gives you with an iPad – buy an iPad – but don’t read anyones “articles” about how product X is better than product Y.

Guest

I don’t buy Apple products anymore because they randomly quit working and there is no chance of syncing so it doesn’t matter how many times they remind you to sync it before sending it in. I have to agree that the automatic syncing of Android is much better. I do wish there was a better way to sync music with android devices, but I don’t think ITunes or Zune or any other application is the answer. I just want software that will connect with my device and allow me to add/remove stuff easily. The transfer software for Creative MP3 players works well. I want that for my Android!

http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeol-Mark/100002890370377 Jeol Mark

More info about androids can be found here http://techworld-today.com/2011/09/cheap-android-tablets-arnova-coming/
http://www.queentorrent.com Queentorrent

I prefer Android over IOS due to the flexibility and expandability and
such. I dislike closed systems in general. I also dislike Apple’s
arrogance in banning certain apps, and trying to fanatically control
what the end user can or can’t do. However, I will say this, Apple
products do have a nice sleek design, are very intuitive to use, and
their stuff is incredibly stable. With the first Android phone I bought,
the OS crashed like five times a day, apps would hang or crash, things
would slow down to a crawl, etc. The benefitis of Apple maintaining
such tight control of the apps, means less buggy and better tested apps.
A closed system has its benefits in stability and in being solid, don’t
fool yourself if you think otherwise. Having said all that, I still
prefer Droid over Apple stuff because of the arrogant and Nazi-like
policies of Apple, and the fact the Droid is an open platform.
Danny

First of all, the fact that you lost you iPad is your own responsibility, not apple’s. The new iPad2 is MUCH better than an android tablet, believe me i have an iPad 2 and a Samsung galaxy tab 10.1. I get very bored in the samsung g.t because there is almost no fun apps, (apart from angry birds etc). While with the ipad, i can do twice what i can do with the samsung g.t. The size is your own opinion, the samsung g.t is just has a longer display than the ipad, yeah it may be lighter and maybe a better resolution, but its not that you gonna die for lifting up three more grams or 100 pixels less. Android has many companies with different tablets, thats why the sizes may vary, while theres only one tablet with ios, which is the ipad. The ipad’s multitasking works well, and its not very different, the ipad2 has a dual core processor using the a5 dual core 1ghz CPU, 512MB(which is the best engine room in any tablet.) The ipad 2 has two cameras, maybe with the best resolution, but it includes face time, which is the easiest way to do a video call. icloud is know working in almost every aplle device, so you just tap the cloud, and thats it, no sync required! itunes is the biggest music, movie, tv show, etc market in the world with about twice of what the android market has. if your ipad’s battery dies, yeah you have to pay a fee and that stuff, but it is ovious that if you dont save an information an any electronic device and it dies, your gonna loose the information, even with an android device. By the way, the app store has more than 65,000 apps for the ipad itself, without counting the iphone ones. There is also ibooks, which is a very easy way to get books in an electronic device. so go ahead, stay with the crappy android systems which still need a lot of time to catch up to apple, without counting that apple owns 60% of all tablet owners that means that every ipad sold in the world is more that any android tablet sold. just one thing to say to android: GOOD LUCK!

Superunknown9270

Your argument only goes as far as the product usage by the target consumer. For people who generally know how to use a computer (in the very basic, rudimentary sense) and like to be led by the nose by which functions they are allowed to proceed with, in a program or even an OS, then stick with Apple. As for developers and people who like to think outside of the box, whereas having the freedom to take a look and modify, and enhance open-source code, and even troubleshoot and bring the tech community together to reach a higher standard… and just basically cut the crap when it comes to technological confinement, then open your eyes and broaden your horizons with the compatibility of Android OS. Also, what I’m trying to get at is the point that you can spend a good chunk of your paycheck on an IPad with a closed door on Do-It-Yourself repairs (IE spending your money on a money-hungry warranty run by a corporation with only their ideals in mind), or save yourself the hard earned cash by buying an Android Tablet that has a much friendlier price-tag and… for those of us who have put our physical work into upgrading the hardware AND software of our personal tech and have the know-how or even just the yearning for knowledge of how the hamster makes the wheel turn… prosper with the Android Tablet.
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I have never had a problem with my Android’s devices they have had their usual spills with falling off a counter or missing my pocket while i was walking, and they have all survived no damage I had the most recent ipod and it fell on the floor in my house and the screen completely died completely a waste, you can stick with your “Superior Apple products” superior is a good way to put it seeing as how they are superior in price by alot and ill stick with my 1,000 apps short android that is few hundred dollars cheaper then your apple products and more durable and way easier tech fixes..

also you should spell check as should ALOT of other people.

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my dad wants to buy me an adroid tablet or ipad
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Does anyone know if the MID 806 Android 8” tablet is good?
matthew hsu

it just noting but stupid recommendation, only regrade but nothing else to choose andrio, just a very cheap made material, and no after sale service at all for your drio people. i would feel most luck if my i-devices got anything wrong, i have no headache just make a next day appointment with genus bar to fix it. drio??? i don’t know where the hell you guys going to!
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Where can i buy a cheap android ipad with a screen around 8 inch? Ive been to all the top shops and they only stock the ipads with very small screens and are over priced for such a small screen
garymeehan

It’s easy to poke t the leader. Apple has stayed true to its course since I bought my first Mac in the mid 80′s. This all reminds me of the Mac vs PC argument I used to hear about. I own all types of tablets because my company develops custom apps – android is a pain in the rear because there is no standardization.

In the end it’s about personal preference. But let’s cut the drivel from those of you that can’t seem to get over the fact that it’s how we use the device that matters most. If you need to tweak and enhance and improve after the fact then that should answer your question – IPad comes out of the box ready to go, has a stable rock solid OS – and out if all the tablets I own – its the one I reach for first – because it’s what gets what I need to do best.

There’s a reason Apple is as successful as it is – because they’ve stayed true to their approach and really don’t care about those that lack an appreciation for the elegance, ease of use, aesthetic beauty and reliability their devices offer.

Others have made some nice tablets for sure. But what is it they say – imitation is the highest form of compliment – or something like that. Everyone else is an also ran and your article adds confusion – want something that just works – get an iPad.