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★★★★★
My successful attempt at a laptop replacement.
Coming from a 4yr old bogged down Toshiba laptop running Vista, this was purchased to be a laptop replacement. I plan to use it for email, internet, netflix, social, games, minor word/excel, etc. I wanted to get away from Windows, have something light and portable (this 12.2" weighs 1.61 lbs nearly what the original iPad (1.50 lbs) --3rd and 4th gens (1.45lbs) weighed which was never considered "heavy"). I wanted it to have multiple user support so my wife and I can have separate profiles. I wanted to get away from the larger laptop power supply.
Some of the features that allow this to be a laptop replacement:
12.2" screen that can allow 4 apps split on the screen
Large touch keyboard (likely will get Logtitech Pro Keyboard for occasional heavy word/excel usage)
Hancom Office
2yrs office link to my desktop
Things I like:
Beautiful screen
Split screen
Quick, snappy
Easily expands to 96gb with ~$35 64gb microSD card
Plays nicely with my existing Android ecosystem
$25 Google Play credit
Things I dislike:
Hancom office is great, but I've struggled with a few things in its version of Excel like moving a graph and their website is lacking at this time.
Wish more apps were available for multi-window.
Magazine UX still needs top allow more customization
Other comments:
I see a lot of negative reviews saying it costs so much compared to the competition (first off I think most are comparing to the Note vs Tab).
iPad Air 32gb - $599 (March 2014)
Tab Pro 12.2 32gb - $649 (March 2014)
You get a lot more for that $50 as well as a better operating system in my opinion.
To compliment this tablet, I plan to get the Logtitech keyboard case as well as a soft mount/stand for more comfortable use of the tablet on the couch.
**Update 3/22/14** With poor reviews on the Logtitech keyboard, I saved a bunch and am really happy with a $26 Anker ultralight and thin BT keyboard. The ipevo stand is great too. This combo is working better than expected as a laptop replacement!
**Update 6/20/14** This tablet is still working greats as a laptop replacement. With nightly use, I'm still getting 5-8 days on a charge! Android 4.4 is rather frustrating as it is restricts SD card access. I found this petition to bring access back. [...]
**Update 12/2/2014** I'm still quite happy with this. My wife and I use it daily and it does what we need. The only time I need to get the old laptop out is to do datalogs on car (requires Windows), or to do a Shutterfly Photobook which requires Flash. I've heard that the tablet will be updated to Android 5.0 Lollipop in 1Q2015, which should resolve the SD card access issues. This will allow me to automate some backups from SD to network.
**Update 9/9/2015** Still happy with this as it is now 1-1/2yrs old. Battery life with light daily use is still 4-8 days. Was hoping Lollipop update would have arrived by now. I have been using Kingsoft Office for Word/Excel style apps vs Hancom.
**Update 6/2/2016** Still working really well after 2+yrs. Would like a Marshmallow update, but current OS is working fine. Still good battery life. Envision using it at least another year or two.
March 2014 · Electronics · verified purchase