Lol. Look at the Samsung pen lag while drawing. And this is an official video.
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Samsung Launches New Galaxy Tab S4 to Compete With iPad Pro
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I don't mean to imply that they are the same. That wouldn't be ironic, it would be hypocritical. I'm just pointing out the humour in the fact that one group wishes they could get updates, and another group gets them regularly but avoids them. One man's trash is another's treasure.
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That's the kind of usage that you don't need such a high-end expensive tablet for anyway. That goes back to an earlier comment I made that there should be more tablets in the class of the 2018 non-pro iPad. Now everything is a super premium tablet that is supposed to be a "computer" or a really cheap Amazon tablet that's just a simple media consumption device.
I have never seen an iPad in doctor's office. They all use PCs. If they used iPads, the typing would take forever and the cost of medical care would skyrocket. Educational sector has long switched to Chromebooks (and you have not noticed). People in the coffee shops use phones. Nobody brings a tablet with them just to drink coffee. Peak iPad happened in 2014, its sales have been declining ever since.
Personally I still find tablets useful but for limited purposes - Internet browsing and some (limited) media consumption.
I would actually says that’s more accurate of desktops and laptops now. Backed up by another article on macrumours saying this.
Tablet should be really poorly designed if it needs an "ecosystem" to be useful. I have never seen a tablet used with any accessories (which are not a case).
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Samsung was making 10.5" tablets long ago. Galaxy Note Tab 2014 had this form factor.
Universal like ignorance.
To make it clear for you: in case of iPad there is something to be affected, i.e. performance. What we can not say about the Android tablets in question that don't get an update for years, thus becoming unusable - amongst others - because of the incompatibility of applications.
There is a big difference between iOS and Android in this regard. Most old versions of Android (except for like 10 year old ones) can run the latest apps.
You don't have to explain anything to me. I was just pointing out how different users feel about their platform of choice's update situation, justifiably or not.
The tablets in question ran Gingerbread (2.3). Applications either updated, but would not run under 2.3 or could not be updated at all because of OS incompatibility.
When the most important applications were affected in the manner described above time came to give up on the tablets.
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There was no intention to explain to you anything, but to point out the irrelevance of a statement.
Wrong. Android app compatibility isn't nearly as bad as iOS. Android 5.x Lollipop from 2014 runs virtually everything. For comparison, iOS 7.x from 2014 won't run a lot of apps.
You should've scrolled three lines. Surprisingly post #86 contains important information, i.e. the OS in question which is Gingerbread.
This thread is so full of negative comments... it almost strikes me the wrong way, as though people here are in denial. I think Samsung has delivered a quality tablet for their customer base, of which I'm not a member of. I recently purchased an iPad that runs our second retail store, and will be upgrade our first store to the iPad-based checkout system later this year. 
Tablets have their place, and definitely not just for media consumption or "play".
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That's more to do with streamlining to 64-bit app, dropping support for 32-bit apps. Yes, there are some victims in that process, but in the long run, it's better for everyone.
Tablets have their place, and definitely not just for media consumption or "play".
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That's more to do with streamlining to 64-bit app, dropping support for 32-bit apps. Yes, there are some victims in that process, but in the long run, it's better for everyone.
Still wrong. Google Play Store no longer supports it but you can still sideload and run more apps on 2011 Android Gingerbread 2.3 vs 2012 iOS 5.1.1 that's also no longer supported by Apple App Store but can't sideload apps and even if you can majority aren't compatible.
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I use my ipad pro 13 inch daily. It's been handling all my media consumption. I look forward to the new version.
When I had a jailbroken iPad I used a mouse with it for text editing... so much better... wish Apple would just offer this option, selecting text with a finger is slow and annoying
This thread is typical of so many device discussion topics on this site.
“I don’t use it, it’s not a relevant technology and so yesterday.”
Followed by ; “ What are you, blind?”
The reason tablet growth/sales is flat is people can hold on to them for 3-5 years and don’t upgrade every 12 months with an unlimited plan.
However I see no productivity uses for an Android tablet but Samsung makes damn nice displays on their devices.
“I don’t use it, it’s not a relevant technology and so yesterday.”
Followed by ; “ What are you, blind?”
The reason tablet growth/sales is flat is people can hold on to them for 3-5 years and don’t upgrade every 12 months with an unlimited plan.
However I see no productivity uses for an Android tablet but Samsung makes damn nice displays on their devices.
I bought a Samsung 10.1 inch tablet one year. It had just been released and it was their higher end tablet. I had to replace it after a day as the case kept clicking when I picked it up.
Next one was ok. However it kept getting g bogged down. I kept checking for an OS Update. About a year later, there was still no updates. The OS it had was now two versions behind the current release. I kept checking and checking. The one day I see an update, the tablet, after 1 year was no longer supported. I now no longer even think of Getting something other than apple. All the other companies are about worthless in my opinion.
Next one was ok. However it kept getting g bogged down. I kept checking for an OS Update. About a year later, there was still no updates. The OS it had was now two versions behind the current release. I kept checking and checking. The one day I see an update, the tablet, after 1 year was no longer supported. I now no longer even think of Getting something other than apple. All the other companies are about worthless in my opinion.
No interest in any tablet running Android, but I do like the optional mouse support and capability of USB-C. I think the iPad Pro should add those at this point. Especially when the entry level iPad is so good now.
There are apps that don't work on lower level API.
Google Play Services does not support Gingerbread since 2017.
It is a known fact. Anybody provided wrong data in this respect?
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There was an article some time ago about this. Maybe this site had an article about this too. At least on iPhone X it's not an issue.