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Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by bdz on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:07PM (#17863716)
I bought a Xiaomi Mipad 4 recently and honestly it's incredibly good https://www.mi.com/mipad4/

Snapdragon 660, 6000mAH battery, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage. The display is so-so 1920x1200, not the best but still good. And that was $180 from Aliexpress (The iPad Mini is $399)

Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by haser_au on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:14PM (#17863757)
Ditto. I bought the Mipad 3 from gearbest, and haven't looked back. Awesome little device for plane rides and keeping our little fella occupied during long car trips.
Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by compostable on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:24PM (#17863830)
Android is a deal breaker though for many people. For example, I don't want to worry about whether I have Ice Cream Cookie, Yogurtland, Lolly Pop, etc. I don't want to have to run Norton Antivirus on it. In fact, I don't want to be forced to think about security at all. I want an app store with trusted apps, not hackers.
Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by vxNsr on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:09AM (#17865533)
While all the points you mention do bear some credence, I think the biggest argument for iOS tablets over Android is the lack of first party tablet app support on Android. I;m not saying there are no tablet apps, just they're a lot less common vs iPad apps, which often are a lot more than just scaled up iphone apps.
Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by Krasnol on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:47AM (#17866200)
Where is the exact problem there? I never came upon an app that would cause a problem on my Android tablet because it's not a "first party tablet app".

Especially nothing that would justify the immense cost of an iPad.

Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by vxNsr on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:36AM (#17868496)
I guess it's a question of convenience, if all you're getting is a big phone app, it's not always gonna work very well, I'm not sure what you mean by "would cause a problem" but I've often come upon apps that simply aren't nearly as easy to use on a tablet compared to a phone.
Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by Krasnol on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @05:41PM (#17872320)
Well then maybe we're not understanding each other since I don't have a clue where the convenience problem may even be.
Re:A Kindergartener’s Best Computer Is About to Die by sanitizer on Thursday August 30, 2018 @01:20PM (#17878589)
For me, it's not a convenience problem, it's a trust problem. After all the bad press I've read, I can never trust my family's data to Android. The premium I pay for Apple products lets me sleep at night.