You owe it yourself to check out the Windows Surface Pro 3.
Everyone loves to bash Microsoft and Windows, and certainly I have as well from time to time, but they really hit it out of the park with this one, in my opinion.
Though it is quite a bit more expense (as it is laptop as well as a tablet).
That’s fair. Its versatility does up the price somewhat compared to something like a Android tablet, especially. But it really works in both tablet and laptop modes. I bought one for my wife, and she loves it.
The previous generation isn’t expensive anymore, and you can still find them (the Pro 2 series.) They’re not as powerful in terms of performance as the Pro 3, but still very good.
I have a Nexus 7 2013 and love it; however, the last time I tried to upgrade to Android 4.4.3, it killed the tablet and I had to have it restored. So, that leaves me with a tablet I can’t update.
My husband wants to get me a tablet with wireless and I want to stick with Android. Verizon has the following available: Galaxy Tab 4 (8.0), Galaxy Tab S (10.5), Galaxy Note Pro, and the Galaxy Tab 4 (10.1). Does anyone have any experience with any of these tablets? (Ideally, I’d like to stick with the smaller tablet, but Verizon doesn’t have the Tab S (8.5) yet.)
Thanks, lSiddiqui, but that is more than I want to spend.
It depends on the model. A plain Nexus 7 2013 is Wifi-only, but the Nexus 7 LTE 2013 has cellular (as the name suggests). I have one, and the free T-Mobile plan Dr. Strangelove mentioned.
I’ve found the free plan sufficient for occasionally looking stuff up while on public transit, getting real-time transit info, playing online games, and so forth. But I wouldn’t try to update an app or watch a streaming video if I didn’t have a Wifi connection. In a year of use, I’ve had to pay $10 to T-Mobile about 3-4 times, when I went over my free 200 MB allocation for the month, mostly as a result of unintentionally visiting a web page with some big media on it.
I found the extra expense of the LTE model was well worth it.
Indyellen, my Nexus updated to 4.4.4 just fine, so it’s possible they fixed whatever update bug killed your tablet. You might consider trying to update again once Android 5 is available for your device.
Another fan of TMobile checking in. Power is out right now and a free connection for occasional use is great to have.
At $20-$40 for monthly service, you can spend more than the cost of a tablet in a short time. If TMobile is not good in your area, look for a pre-paid plan you can start and stop. I used to use Verizon, but only activated it when on vacation.