New Tablet

[ThePointblank]

Looking for a tablet to replace my Nvidia Shield K1 after it decided the battery would not charge, and replacing the battery was going to be too much hassle and expensive to try.

 

Currently looking at two very different options; I could go with either a Samsung Galaxy S3, or alternatively, a Microsoft Surface Go (the upper end SKU with the 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage).

 

I primarily use tablets as a highly portable device, primarily using it for web browsing, watching Netflix, and some light photo editing in Lightroom and Photoshop.

 

What's my best choice here? Another, this time, more common Android tablet, or go with a Windows-based solution?

[Shoe_Eater]

if you are wishing to do tasks like photo editing, an android based tablet wouldnt be the best option, but you could probably veyr easily go for a 2-in-1 since those normally have the benefits of a laptop in a tablet-ish form, also is there even a specific reason as to why you cant use a regular laptop? because regular laptops also normally still have better performance/battery life than a 2-in-1, which also has more battery life than what a tablet with the same performance would have

 

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if you did go for a laptop, you would get no portability in an old toshiba tecra a9, it is a thicc beast, even though i take it everywhere while it sticks out of the bag

[ThePointblank]

1 minute ago, Shoe_Eater said:

if you are wishing to do tasks like photo editing, an android based tablet wouldnt be the best option, but you could probably veyr easily go for a 2-in-1 since those normally have the benefits of a laptop in a tablet-ish form, also is there even a specific reason as to why you cant use a regular laptop? because regular laptops also normally still have better performance/battery life than a 2-in-1, which also has more battery life than what a tablet with the same performance would have

The issue is both budget, and portability.

 

I've got enough camera gear to haul around without having to add a laptop to the mix, and I don't have the budget to buy a higher end ultrabook. And frankly, I don't use a laptop enough to warrant getting a more powerful machine, as it only goes with me in a small messenger bag on a daily basis, or goes in my camera bag if I intend on being away from home for more than a day.

[Radioactive Snowman]

If you need a powerful tablet just get an iPad Pro (I'd recommend last years models)

[ThePointblank]

58 minutes ago, Radioactive Snowman said:

If you need a powerful tablet just get an iPad Pro (I'd recommend last years models)

The budget won't support a iPad Pro, and I'm not a fan of iOS in general.

[Darkseth]

Surface Go would more be a... slower performance Windows Notebook, that tries to be a Tablet.

But i believe, Lightroom / Photoshop work better on a full Desktop OS like Windows, than on Android.

[ThePointblank]

3 hours ago, Darkseth said:

Surface Go would more be a... slower performance Windows Notebook, that tries to be a Tablet.

But i believe, Lightroom / Photoshop work better on a full Desktop OS like Windows, than on Android.

My line of thinking is that editing on the tablet would be for more downloading from memory cards so I can clear them, and for more quick edits meant for uploading to social media. Full blown editing will be done back at a desktop PC.