Decent Android tablet that isn't made my Samsung

[Short Round]

I just read the thread title and answered the question.

 

[ArizonaJeeper]

LG.

 

[abqtj]

Get a six pack of the fire one. Nets Down to $41 per that way and you'll have plenty of spares.

Gotta wait for the holiday sales though

 

[themonk]

I've thought about getting a $50 for the 9yo. But she wants a laptop too so...

 

[BrandonM7]

Get a six pack of the fire one. Nets Down to $41 per that way and you'll have plenty of spares.

Gotta wait for the holiday sales though

That's neat to know. The wife and I still use our original Fire tablets - I put generic android on mine for a while (you can easily root it, make it pretend to be a nexus 7, then install whatever the hell you want) but ended up going back to the stock rom. It was fun and functional as a generic android tab, but I decided that since I really only used it for web surfing, facebook, a few games, and reading kindle books the original OS was perfect. Of particular use is the built-in sleep/hibernate functionality amazon put in place - if you sit a bare android tablet down and get sidetracked playing with the dog and forget about it, that sucker is dead the next evening when you try to turn it back on. With Amazon's built-in OS it goes into a deep sleep and still has damn near the same battery life the next day.

 

[themonk]

f particular use is the built-in sleep/hibernate functionality amazon put in place - if you sit a bare android tablet down and get sidetracked playing with the dog and forget about it, that sucker is dead the next evening when you try to turn it back on. With Amazon's built-in OS it goes into a deep sleep and still has damn near the same battery life the next day.

Pretty sure my Nexus 7 does similar. Granted I don't use it hard constantly but i do go days without charging.

What version of Android were you on when you did that?

 

[Brock]

$50 fire tablet. /thread

 

[BrandonM7]

Pretty sure my Nexus 7 does similar. Granted I don't use it hard constantly but i do go days without charging.

What version of Android were you on when you did that?

Some subversion of 4/KitKat IIRC. I could tell it to sleep or shut down manually, but if I just sat it down without doing anything it would just turn the screen off, go into mild sleep, and still kill the battery. Could have been a setting I just didn't **** with, who knows.

 

[themonk]

Some subversion of 4/KitKat IIRC. I could tell it to sleep or shut down manually, but if I just sat it down without doing anything it would just turn the screen off, go into mild sleep, and still kill the battery. Could have been a setting I just didn't **** with, who knows.

Maybe Lollipop would work in that case.

Tempting to get one anyway. Have to discuss it with her mom.

 

[Brock]

Maybe Lollipop would work in that case.

Tempting to get one anyway. Have to discuss it with her mom.

That fire kids version is $99 and has a two year replacement warranty. It has preapprived age appropriate material, so she can lots of content for her age.