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:

  1. Needs more than 4GB RAM. 6-8 is noticeably better.

  2. Root accessible to debloat it (if necessary)

  3. Good keyboard compatibility.

  4. Small. Its to replace the bulk of carrying a laptop around, so I’d prefer iPad mini sort of size.

  5. 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.

  • Chana [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I’d look into a small touchscreen laptop that folds (like some Lenovos) or uses a detachable keyboard (like some Surfaces), given the intended use case. Then you’ll be able to use Windows or Linux. Android and iOS are pretty bad at laptop tasks. If you plan on using Linux make sure to look up installation guides for specific models first because some may be either impossible or severely hampered by kernel support.

    Sorry I can’t give you a specific recommendation because I haven’t thought about buying a laptop in like a decade (ThinkPads are sturdy, yo).