Samsung Galaxy A54 and a decent tablet? Advice sought

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Sundr0p

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#3076429 15-May-2023 16:52

The A54 is a great choice, im using one now, was meant to be a temporary device leading up to a fold 5 ... but i think im going to keep it. i cant even see too many reasons to move to a S23+ :/

Sw side its only missing bixby and expert raw

HW is a lesser CPU ( but just fine for everything i do with it) , no wireless charging, slightly different lens setup ...

other than that .. you have a phone thats barely different to the flagship.

just make sure its the 8GB ram model

gzt

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#3076458 15-May-2023 18:09

Galaxy A54 is around USD$450.

She is also living in North America…

Asuming a similar spend on USA tablet that gives a wide range to choose from. Samsung might be the way to go for familiarity and local support especially so if store bought. Depending on USA carrier plan and intended use a Samsung LTE 4G might be useful. Samsung offer nearly all tablets with mobile data option. In USA her telco online store could be worth a look for options.

everettpsycho

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#3076473 15-May-2023 19:56

gehenna:
Android tablets have come a long way in the last few years, mostly driven by Samsung's OneUI and some enhancements to the underlying Android OS. Based on Google I/O the other day, even more tablet focus is coming, and I would expect the functionality to surpass iPad in the near future. There's already way more customisation available to have the home screen how you want it, compared to the iPad. But as usual with the iOS/Android debate it comes down to how much of a tinkerer you are vs how much you just want a lowest common denominator experience that works out of the box for the masses.

One thing I struggle with on Android that I gather apple does better is it just isn't set up for you to have multiple devices on one account. The sync of things like notifications just doesn't exist, if I get one it pings on all the devices and then needs manually dismissing on each device. Emails aren't so bad but things like YouTube or Facebook don't clear across the board. I've ended up turning off a lot on my tablet purely to avoid this but ideally I'd like them on both then when remove it from one it clears in both, I'd be more inclined to pick up the tablet for tasks that isn't just watching videos of that worked.

I hope your right they will get better but small things like this have existed since android 2.1 and google already tried with the nexus 7 and 10 then the pixel slate and each time abandoned the market with little change. I hope this time it's different but I'm just not optimistic it will be given their track record of this sort of stuff.

For the op if integration isn't a be all and end all requirement an alternative for simple use is the Amazon tablets. They are a good bang for buck and get the job done pretty well. They don't come with the play store out the box which can limit your app choice but adding it on isn't that hard and despite being a bit intimidating the steps are really easy to follow to side load it and make them a proper android powered tablet.

gehenna

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#3076478 15-May-2023 20:43

The notification claim is false, at least across oneui devices. I dismiss on my watch, it goes away on my other devices, and vice versa.

Handle9

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#3076547 15-May-2023 23:17

gehenna:

Android tablets have come a long way in the last few years, mostly driven by Samsung's OneUI and some enhancements to the underlying Android OS. Based on Google I/O the other day, even more tablet focus is coming, and I would expect the functionality to surpass iPad in the near future. There's already way more customisation available to have the home screen how you want it, compared to the iPad. But as usual with the iOS/Android debate it comes down to how much of a tinkerer you are vs how much you just want a lowest common denominator experience that works out of the box for the masses.

I'll believe in Android tablets when they start being sold in volume by someone other than Samsung. I've heard the Android tablet story for the last 10 years and it hasn't happened outside of budget devices.

Tablets are comparatively niche with the rise of bigger phones (sub 2% forecast market CAGR) so it's pretty mature at this point.

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