Would appreciate some recommendations because Reddit is of course infested with China Bad brain worms and will insist anything Chinese is E Waste.
However, I also know fuck all about tablets. The only important things I’ve noted so far is that it:
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Needs more than 4GB RAM. 6-8 is noticeably better.
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Root accessible to debloat it (if necessary)
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Good keyboard compatibility.
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Small. Its to replace the bulk of carrying a laptop around, so I’d prefer iPad mini sort of size.
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Long lasting + reliable (not E-waste).
Those seem to be my only requirements really. Its main use would for writing/researching on.
I’ve got a Redmi phone that I’m very happy with for how cheap it was, pretty much always worked flawlessly, good battery life, shite camera (don’t care about that anyway), does everything I want it to do. Could do with debloating but I never bothered.
Used Thinkpad Yoga 2-in-1 meets every bullet point except small.
I still don’t really believe in the non-laptop tablet form factor, myself.
Me neither, which is why I want to get something cheap that I won’t feel bad about when it collects dust lol
Used thinkpads tend to be pretty cheap because companies upgrade and get rid of them by the hundred well before they’re used up.