Need help with tablet choice for study

abcdefghivjklmnop · September 1, 2023

Hello, my dearest Lithuanian tech tips,

I have got an offer for uni and accepted it, into comp science(hurray), I have a laptop but need a tablet for note taking and stuff.

My budget is below 250 USD/euro as I am in Europe and no baller.

The specs I need are:

A decent CPU, 6GB+ of RAM, 64GB+ of storage, over 9 inches , active stylus support?

The options i found are:

Realme Pad

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4

Lenovo Tab m10 plus but only 4gb of ram

Lenovo tab p11/plus

Honor pad 8

Xiaomi redmi pad

A blackview tablet(my dad had a blackview phone and it worked ages so its a decent brand)

I need active stylus support because I want to take notes obviously, but found out there are apps with palm rejection, which is essentially what I need, but the question remains, Do I need an active stylus if there's palm rejection involved in the apps themselves, like Nebo or can i choose the bottom 2 choices also as a potential buy and just buy a passive stylus?

Could thee help out in this question.

ChrisLoudon · September 1, 2023

26 minutes ago, abcdefghivjklmnop said:

Could thee help out in this question.

Hi there,

Have you considered going down the refurbished route?

I recently purchases a handful of Microsoft Surface Pro 4's, all for a smidge over £200 each including the detachable keyboard. Not sure how much the stylus's are but I'm sure you could pick one up from eBay for pretty cheap.

The specs I purchased were as follows:

Core i5-6300U

8GB Ram

256GB SSD

So not bad for 200 quid and it had a Win 10 Pro license. And the only visible damage was a few scuffs and some wear and tear on the keyboard.

I think the company was called backmarket but I am UK based.