Ipad 3 16gb or samsung galaxy 16gb wifi 10"

blondie21

I dont know which one to go for there is quite a difference in price ? Its just really to browse and download a bit of music or the odd film.Is the samsung as good as the ipad ?

Forwandert

Just wait a little. There will be the nexus 10 announced this coming week, the pricing of that may have an impact on other android tablets in the run up to Christmas so you could see some bargains. The display specs for the nexus 10 look like they will be a very good contender for what you want to use it for. Also the nexus will be made by Samsung.

bluesnake

both work well and very similar.

I (for me) would by the samsung/nexus?/transformer. Because no iTunes, generally more open to explore, less tied down and expandable external memory.

Apple, well some people like iTunes as one central package, less buttons, more plug and play load of support and warranty, can be hacked, has a bigger WOW factor, more of a sheltered community, than a rogue device.

Check the applications they buy the device around the applications, but for films, both should be ok.

Suggest you speak to a friend whom has one and have a fiddle. Birds of a feather and all that

Forwandert

Just clarify the Nexus has no chance of expandable storage. Nexus (Google) do not produce devices with sd card slots.

blondie21

Sorry but i'm none the wiser ?????? so dont get a nexus then ?
argggggg

DCFC79

Forwandert wrote: »

Just clarify the Nexus has no chance of expandable storage. Nexus (Google) do not produce devices with sd card slots.

Although saying that i did read an article where it said you could use an sd card as external memory, dont have a link the moment but i cant see if i can remember where i found it tomorrow.

bluesnake

don't you need a plugin adapter for an ipad to read sd cards and apple is not expandable?

I've got a samsung Note phone (5" tablet with a phone:)) and my friend a samsung galaxy II phone, and both take 64Gig cards, but they do have to be formatted slightly differently.

even so 16g amount of films and music is quite a lot.

How about an ultrabook instead 17.6mm thick?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-series-5-np530u3c-13-3-ultrabook-ivy-bridge-i5-6gb-ram-usb3-500gb-hdd-windows-1337568

Forwandert

DCFC79 wrote: »

Although saying that i did read an article where it said you could use an sd card as external memory, dont have a link the moment but i cant see if i can remember where i found it tomorrow.

Nexus devices just simply do not have external memory. It's not actually a bad thing Google see cloud storage as the future so instead of having 16gb memory and say a 16gb memory card you use other options. You have your 16gb internal and x amount of cloud storage. You don't necessarily have to use Google's cloud storage there are loads of other storage options. I have a Dropbox account which I can stream videos stored within Dropbox straight to my phone/tablet/comp or any device I log into my account from. Same with any other media I have stored on there, or obviously I can download from Dropbox instead of streaming.

Recently my 2 yr old destroyed my laptop with a cup of juice absolutely destroyed it, screen/keyboardin pieces and whatever else the liquid destroyed inside. I didn't have a back up as such (same as most consumers nobody expects their laptop to be in one piece one minute and 15 the next) but it didn't make a difference as everything important was in Dropbox and still fully accessible, straight away through cloud storage.


To the OP the nexus announcement has been delayed anyway due to hurricane Sandy so no ones sure when it will get announced now.

digp

apple ipad is better for apps.
android is a bit of a joke these days, seems to be getting worse and worse by the day

thescouselander

digp wrote: »

apple ipad is better for apps.
but ios6 is a bit of a joke these days, seems to be getting worse and worse by the day

Just corrected that for you. Since the latest ios came out apple devices have been seriously crippled through lack of a decent mapping app and no proper youtube app (on ipad at least). I'm seriously considering getting rid of my ipad now - apple have ruined it imo.

bluesnake

digp wrote: »

apple ipad is better for apps.
android is a bit of a joke these days, seems to be getting worse and worse by the day

C'mon guy, don't troll. Don't turn it into a hater thread. They are very similar, but you do get the one here and there which does not have a niche covered.

Blondie21 just needs mp3 and video and I'm sure both side have loads of apps for that.