I am after a Galaxy Tab but I keep switching between wanting a 10 inch and wanting a 7 inch. The thing is, I definitely prefer the screen size of the 10 inch. I saw someone on the train this morning with an iPad 2 reading a PDF on it and I could immediately see the advantage of the screen size for this. I have several technical PDFs which will be the first thing that I put on it.
However, I need to commute with this device and the 7 inch tablets seem far better due to their size and weight. They just seem more practical and I even question whether a 10 inch would fit in my bag (it should do but it'll be a tight squeeze). I've noticed that Adobe Reader has a text flow feature which seems to work reasonably well (but not perfectly) which helps with these large PDFs.
I suppose I am the only one that can really answer which one is best for me but I wondered if anyone went through a similar dilemma and what decision they made? Was it the right decision?
In a way, the 8.9 is probably the perfect compromise but they are way too expensive here in the UK. To qualify that statement, I can only afford a 10.1 by buying a manufacturer refurbished unit and there don't seem to be any 8.9 refurbs on the market.
you posted in a tab 7+ forum which is why you would mostly get biased anwers. anyways, i hate 10 inch tablets 'cause they're too big. but one time, i also considered buying the GTab 10.1. however, by reading the 10.1 forum, I've read a lot of negative feedbacks on how much it lagged, etc. Try visiting the General section of the GTab 10.1.
Also take a sneak peek at the GSMArena comparison here:
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4208&idPhone2=3894
Specifically look for the processor power. GTab+ has a Dual Core Exynos 1.2GHz while the GTab 10.1 only has a Dual Core Tegra 1GHz. You can also look around the web why Exynos is better and faster than Tegra 2. I think the only reason why Tegra is better is because of the Tegra Games which BTW can also be played on Exynos chipsets by using the Chainfire 3d app (FREE).
Now if size and weight matters, it would always boil down to your preferences. If you like heavy, expensive, large screen, not-so-thin tablets, buy the GTab 10.1. But if you adore the little, light, not-so-expensive, thin tablets, buy the GTab+.
You would be surprised how much this little thing can do for you.
Good luck!
10.1 isn't exactly expensive - since it's been around longer, you can find refurbs for less than the Tab Plus.
It's really a matter of preference - the Plus has a better CPU, the 10.1 has a better screen (higher resolution, larger size), although the "larger size" aspect of the 10.1 isn't always a positive.
I've never found my 10.1 laggy
Gunnzie said:
I am after a Galaxy Tab but I keep switching between wanting a 10 inch and wanting a 7 inch
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Honestly who didn't giggle and say in their head "THATS what she said..."
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So lately I've been looking into gigantic Chinese phones, and I came across this one, a 6.45 inch, 1080p behemoth that goes by a variety of names:
Orientphone Mega 6.5
iNew i6000
Actwell i6000
Firefly T65
Carpad V65
And probably some others. The cheapest I've been able to find was Mode edit: link to commercial site removed[/url].
Anyway, they're all gigantic phones with the Xperia Z U screen (?) but slower internal hardware, specifically an MT6589T quad-core 1.5Ghz processor and either 1 or 2 gigs of ram. They get an Antutu score of 14k-ish (for the 1 gig version), according to an earlier post on Gizchina.
Anyway, I'm thinking of getting one, and I wanted to ask if anyone else has one, or if any devs are thinking of getting one. They strike me as a much better buy than the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3, which has an inferior screen and is close to $300 more expensive. My biggest qualm is the fact that the operating system probably won't ever be upgraded, unless the XDA people get to it.
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Stock: http://www.filefactory.com/file/1ejjgtpjprzr/i6000_Stock_Backup.zip
I'm waiting to hear actual user feedback on these phones before I order one. Promotional videos from resellers don't really tell me if you need the 1 gig or 2 gig ram version. After hearing about the problems with the 1gig Huawei Ascend mate im a bit hesitant.
I would love to know more about this phone a I am considering it.
It looks lovely anyhow, especially the black one.
Definitely the black looks better.
laggy browsing?
I was ready to buy one until I saw this video. Look at it browsing the National Geographic from 1:17 onwards. I don't know if Adobe Flash has something to do with it but the performance looks poor. Also the screen and app drawer swiping looks to not be as instant as on my Nexus 4.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDffLX4nzMY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Look at the stuttering from 8:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccf1r5jaOLM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
the black looks better :laugh::fingers-crossed:
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I was ready to buy one until I saw this video. Look at it browsing the National Geographic from 1:17 onwards. I don't know if Adobe Flash has something to do with it but the performance looks poor. Also the screen and app drawer swiping looks to not be as instant as on my Nexus 4.
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Look at the stuttering from 8:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccf1r5jaOLM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I wouldn't be concerned about that stuttering as it looks like a youtube issue. I have seen plenty of videos of its hd playback which all looked fine. I'm pretty sure that getting the 2gb ram version would help with any slowdowns as well.
Well, I'm pretty sure that it's going to have more lag than the Nexus 4, which is a premium smartphone and also has a much smaller screen to power. Antutu scores I've seen have been in the 13.5k-14k range, whereas Google tells me that the Nexus 4 is 15k-ish, I think? That's actually a smaller gap than I thought it would be, especially given that the Antutu scores I've seen for the iNew have been for the 1Gb version. But anyway, yeah, these phones are not going to compete with the Nexus series for power, but they're also somewhat cheaper and, of course, have much bigger screens.
By the way, there is a new Chinese smartphone in this category: the Goophone S4 Mega. They seem to only come in the 2 gig variant, but can be found for just north of $300. The best price I've seen for the iNew was $265 after shipping, so there's about a $40 price premium for the extra RAM.
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Well, I'm pretty sure that it's going to have more lag than the Nexus 4, which is a premium smartphone and also has a much smaller screen to power. Antutu scores I've seen have been in the 13.5k-14k range, whereas Google tells me that the Nexus 4 is 15k-ish, I think? That's actually a smaller gap than I thought it would be, especially given that the Antutu scores I've seen for the iNew have been for the 1Gb version. But anyway, yeah, these phones are not going to compete with the Nexus series for power, but they're also somewhat cheaper and, of course, have much bigger screens.
By the way, there is a new Chinese smartphone in this category: the Goophone S4 Mega. They seem to only come in the 2 gig variant, but can be found for just north of $300. The best price I've seen for the iNew was $265 after shipping, so there's about a $40 price premium for the extra RAM.
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Good find on that Goophone mega. I'm sure its just another rebranding, but with 2gig ram standard for $309.00 from their webstore its a good deal.
I am not sure if these phablets represent value when you can buy the premium Nexus 4 for $350 from Google Play. The 2GB versions of the 6.5"Chinese phablets including delivery work out to a similar price.
At $250 for the 2GB version I might give them a go but not at the current price.
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I am not sure if these phablets represent value when you can buy the premium Nexus 4 for $350 from Google Play. The 2GB versions of the 6.5"Chinese phablets including delivery work out to a similar price.
At $250 for the 2GB version I might give them a go but not at the current price.
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A bit overpriced for china devices. I agree with your Nexus 4 point.
Wow I fan of gaint phones, but look like non of it have LTE or Wimax only 3g
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A bit overpriced for china devices. I agree with your Nexus 4 point.
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I agree, but you can't get a large screen device for a really cheap price. And the nexus 4 is a 4.7 inch screen and simply doesn't compare. If you want a similar chinese phone with a 4.7 inch screen you can get something that costs less than $200, as long as you don't need LTE.
Yeah, these phones are meant to compete with the Galaxy Mega, which is currently $500-ish and has worse specs. The Nexus 4 would definitely have better performance, but costs $100 more than the cheapest price I've seen for the 1GB version ($265 with shipping) and has a much, much smaller screen.
It's basically all about how much you want a giant phone. For me, the closest competitor is the first-gen Galaxy Note, which is about $200 used on Ebay and, of course, has better connectivity in the US (as with most Chinese phones, none of the vendors seem to be certain whether the iNew supports the 1900Mhz baseband) as well as basically guaranteed OS updates via Cyanogenmod.
Nothing else like it
if you're like me and want a real phablet, there's nothing else like this one.
1st - carpad t65 is something else. An older-gen-look (generic-looking) phone. The iNew is much better looking, has stereo speakers (chinese speakers are lousy so the carpad's single should be useless for speakerphone, let alone listening to music).
Goophone is not out yet. The demo pics are fake (you san see the samsung logo photoshopped out) and not too sure about the video. Maybe a Galaxy Mega 6.3 shown next to a 5.7, or maybe it's real - but not on sale yet.
The i6000 has the same screen as Sony's Togari phablet which is yet to be launched. Much better specs than the Galaxy Mega 6.3 or the much smaller Note 2. Also, FHD is a must on a screen this big.
And the Nexus 4 is tiny in comparison.
A good competitor would be the ViVo xplay - only it's "only" 5.7", pricier, and won't connect to the network I'm using.
I really want this phone - only problem is they're sold out on Black phones and 2/32GB phones, and I really don't want a 1/16GB white one. Will wait patiently.
Anyone can confirm what WCDMA band it supports? From the inew website it supports 850 and 2100 only, that means no 3G speed on AT&T and T-Mobile.
The Goophone S4 Mega seems to have a 2400mAh battery and for a 6.4-inch FHD screen that seems a bit on the small side.
I've asked several Chinese retailers when a black iNew i6000 2G/32GB will be available and I am waiting for replies.
Got mine yesterday (inew 1gb version) And I have to say. Quality seems good and performance in chrome beta is very good as well.
Color reproduction seems decent, screen has clear backlight bleeding and readability in the sun is do-able but not good.
No real issue so far.
Also good 3g performance here in Holland with Vodafone
Brilliant - actual user review.
Where did you buy it from? What other phone do you have/are you familiar with and how are you finding the overall performance compared with it?
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Brilliant - actual user review.
Where did you buy it from? What other phone do you have/are you familiar with and how are you finding the overall performance compared with it?
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I bought it via aliExpress
My previous phone was a note II. Compared to that the performance is a bit lower but mostly to aggressive memory management. (apps in the background close quite quickly).
I have not rooted it yet. I first have asked iNew how to factory reset it in case of a error first.
I see no reason for this. I have yet to find an Android tablet that has equivalent or better specs than say a Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy S 4, LG G2, etc.
It seems all these tablets have just 1GB of RAM on average (some have 2) and a dual-core CPU at most and are usually less than 2 GHz.
What REALLY bothers me is that tablets don't have 1080p displays. I fail to see the logic in this. Even the brand new Galaxy Note 8 or Tab 3 have 1280x800 displays. It is more expensive to shove 1920x1080 into a 5-inch or smaller screen than a freaking 7" to 12" screen. Also, would it not make more sense to add MORE pixels to a bigger screen to have a sharper image? These smaller phones that have 1080p displays are overkill because there is nearly no visible difference. I went from an S 3 with a 720p display to an S 4 with a 1080p and I see no difference. It seems these companies are doing everything bass-ackwards.
And how is it that they can't put a quad-core Snapdragon 800 into a tablet? Derp???
It's cheaper to make things bigger when it comes to silicon dies and chipsets.
Can anyone help explain this? Thanks. Ha.
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I think it's better to look at this in terms of business.
There is more demand for smartphones than there is for tablets because everyone needs a smartphone but not everyone wants a tablet because phones such as Galaxy Note have replaced tablets and combined the experience of having a large display and multitasking. So I think that manufacturers look to doing more research and development on smartphones due to demand.
However, this doesn't go to say that tablets can't have better hardware. Tablets can be as fast as phones and not only in terms of RAM memory, if you rationally look at the products you'll find that there also needs to be upgraded CPU, GPU and screens which obviously require more power. Conclusively all I can really think of is that businesses look to maximise profits with least costs and it's cheaper to produce smartphones than it is to produce tablets and there is also more demand in the smartphone market than there is in the tablet market.
Hope that answers your question.
The business perspective with supply and demand makes sense. Best answer I've found so far. Thanks.
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I need a good phablet for my father, a big one.
spec I want:
Screen: minimum FHD, 6-7 inch
Ram: minimum 2GB
Android: minimum Lollipop
CPU: 4 cores of minimum 2ghz or 8 cores of 1.7 minimum
Price: 180-300 USD
Brand: Any brand, but no the the cheap chinese phones (doggee, iPoan... you know what I mean)
Any ideas?
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I need a good phablet for my father, a big one.
spec I want:
Screen: minimum FHD, 6-7 inch
Ram: minimum 2GB
Android: minimum Lollipop
CPU: 4 cores of minimum 2ghz or 8 cores of 1.7 minimum
Price: 180-300 USD
Brand: Any brand, but no the the cheap chinese phones (doggee, iPoan... you know what I mean)
Any ideas?
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nexus 6
bweN diorD said:
nexus 6
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Thanks!
Isn't it a bit "old"? (so as the hardware)
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Thanks!
Isn't it a bit "old"? (so as the hardware)
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i doubt you will find something newer unless its off brand crap.
i have a n6, and imo, its a great phone.
you want something new and big with great specs, i doubt its going to come in your price range.
there isnt a lot to choose from in the 6+ range from the reputable manufacturers. thats why i havent upgraded.
i pretty much upgrade whenever i want, and i have thought that the majority of phones i have had were great, but this is the first time i have like a phone so much i dont want to upgrade.
bweN diorD said:
i doubt you will find something newer unless its off brand crap.
i have a n6, and imo, its a great phone.
you want something new and big with great specs, i doubt its going to come in your price range.
there isnt a lot to choose from in the 6+ range from the reputable manufacturers. thats why i havent upgraded.
i pretty much upgrade whenever i want, and i have thought that the majority of phones i have had were great, but this is the first time i have like a phone so much i dont want to upgrade.
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Thanks man, guess I'll get that!
Hi community. So this is my case after doing well with my LG G4 and preventing from his super dead boot-loop problem, I ended up selling it. So I get $300 to spend in a new phone and for sure without any kind-related death-trap problems like the one in the G4.
So after many research I'm willing to spend 300-350k for a new phone and I come with few options but dunno which one choose, here my options:
-Moto Z Play. Well the recently new Moto Z Play just came out and looks really good it would be better if came with a 650 or 652 SP but well the 625 do the job. But the most I like about this phone is his super awesome battery of 3510mAh which promise a really good autonomy. And the Moto-mods well proly I'll just could use the extra battery one and the JBL speakers not really interested in the rest.
-Lg G5. Recently it drops the price to my range 350-400k so it's a really good option too, no much to say SP 820 with 4GB DDR4 and 2k display it's a beast for a really good price. But dunno if it has many problems like the G4, you know: problems with screen (ghosting) someones says it also has problem with the Wifi dunno if it's true, and it having a really smaller battery just with 2800mAh but also dunno how well the 820 do the job with energy consumption, so it can equal to a 625 with a bigger battery.
-Galaxy A7, well a smaller cpu a SP 615, 3GB RAM and a decent battery and well it's "Samsung" dunno about this.
-Moto G4 Plus. Still a good one to from Lenovo Moto, a slightly better cpu 617 but only 2RAM DDR3 also being 28nm the 617 so it has a worst energy consumption and also many users have been complaining about screen ghosting too over the IPS LCD screen of the G4+, so dunno about it.
So asking to the wisdom of XDA what do you suggest me guys? Also any other option you could come with. Thanks in advance
Also honorable mentions:
ONE PLUS 3. Yeah if only available in my country it will be my dream phone for that price range, it is just PERFECT. But can't get it.
Galaxy A9. 4000mAh for a FHD screen it's just awesome! But also isn't available in my country.
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Hi community. So this is my case after doing well with my LG G4 and preventing from his super dead boot-loop problem, I ended up selling it. So I get $300 to spend in a new phone and for sure without any kind-related death-trap problems like the one in the G4.
So after many research I'm willing to spend 300-350k for a new phone and I come with few options but dunno which one choose, here my options:
-Moto Z Play. Well the recently new Moto Z Play just came out and looks really good it would be better if came with a 650 or 652 SP but well the 625 do the job. But the most I like about this phone is his super awesome battery of 3510mAh which promise a really good autonomy. And the Moto-mods well proly I'll just could use the extra battery one and the JBL speakers not really interested in the rest.
-Lg G5. Recently it drops the price to my range 350-400k so it's a really good option too, no much to say SP 820 with 4GB DDR4 and 2k display it's a beast for a really good price. But dunno if it has many problems like the G4, you know: problems with screen (ghosting) someones says it also has problem with the Wifi dunno if it's true, and it having a really smaller battery just with 2800mAh but also dunno how well the 820 do the job with energy consumption, so it can equal to a 625 with a bigger battery.
-Galaxy A7, well a smaller cpu a SP 615, 3GB RAM and a decent battery and well it's "Samsung" dunno about this.
-Moto G4 Plus. Still a good one to from Lenovo Moto, a slightly better cpu 617 but only 2RAM DDR3 also being 28nm the 617 so it has a worst energy consumption and also many users have been complaining about screen ghosting too over the IPS LCD screen of the G4+, so dunno about it.
So asking to the wisdom of XDA what do you suggest me guys? Also any other option you could come with. Thanks in advance
Also honorable mentions:
ONE PLUS 3. Yeah if only available in my country it will be my dream phone for that price range, it is just PERFECT. But can't get it.
Galaxy A9. 4000mAh for a FHD screen it's just awesome! But also isn't available in my country.
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What's your next smartphone / What should I buy by poseidon5213
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**DEVICE SUGGESTION THREAD** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here! by KidCarter93
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What's your next smartphone / What should I buy by poseidon5213
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**DEVICE SUGGESTION THREAD** -- Not sure what device to buy? Ask here! by KidCarter93
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Got it, thank you I didn't know those kind of posts were created.
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