Because at every price point other than $100 throw away/kids tablets they are the best option.
Even the cheapest iPad runs like and feels like a premium product.
You get years of software support, apps do just work and battery life is great.
The last Android tablet I had was a 2015 or 14 Samsung Note 10.1 it was awesome for the time but it only received updates for like a year and despite the pen and the rest it never felt more than a large and within 6 months laggy phone.
I don’t know if Android is better now but back then they had no fucking idea what to do with tablets.
You could download an app and you would have no idea if and how it would run, this is something I’ve never experienced with an iPad.
Quick search in EU and I can't find any ipad in the 100-200 Euro range, from big retailers maybe something 2-3 years old basic model on 250 Euro. Maybe a EU thing
In any case I wouldn't buy my children a device costing twice as much as a respectable Samsung tablet that will last them 3 years at least (counting security updates: https://security.samsungmobile.com/workScope.smsb ) like Tab A7
No it’s not just an EU thing tho it might be a bit worse there (I’m in the UK myself) hence why I put the other than the entry/kids tablet price range in the beginning.
New iPads start at around $300(or £/€ since regional pricing is just the unit of account change these days) directly from Apple and at around $200 for a officially refurbished 1-2 year old device.
If I was looking for a £200 tablet I would get a refurbished 9.7” (2018/2017) iPad of Amazon. The 10” 2021 iPad is/was on sale on Amazon for £320 and that’s probably the best bang for buck you can get as far as tablets go these days unless you really need a large onboard storage.
And that’s a brand new device.
This is the problem with generic questions, you write "best bang for buck" but for which use ? As I wrote, for a kids tablet, no thank you. For entry level user maybe, for someone wanting more again probably not.
But this is a problem with generic questions/statements, there is no "one size fits all" thing
It’s not a generic statement since I’ve literally stated in the first sentence other than for kids/throw away use.
If you are looking for a device that might end up in a dishwasher or covered with acrylic paint and glitter glue get an Amazon Fire tablet on sale, these are £/€60 new without adds and often go on sale below that.
Amazon also has dedicated “Kids Edition” tablets that start at £/€100 which comes with a kick stand and a protective case. These as far as I know come without ads and have parental control feature that are easy to use.
The latter btw is another reason to go for iOS devices if you are able and willing to spend the extra cash as Apple has actually decent parental controls for both the device itself and the content.
Isn't it generic to state "other than $100 throw away/kids tablets" or "the best bang for buck you can get as far as tablets go these days" ? There are different categories for sure:
* kids/don't care use
* generic use
* artists
* keyboard users
* etc.
You are also making generic statements of feature set, even within EU not all features are available on the parental controls for the same device. But I think now we are a long way from the OP question
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Because at every price point other than $100 throw away/kids tablets they are the best option.
Even the cheapest iPad runs like and feels like a premium product.
You get years of software support, apps do just work and battery life is great.
The last Android tablet I had was a 2015 or 14 Samsung Note 10.1 it was awesome for the time but it only received updates for like a year and despite the pen and the rest it never felt more than a large and within 6 months laggy phone.
I don’t know if Android is better now but back then they had no fucking idea what to do with tablets.
You could download an app and you would have no idea if and how it would run, this is something I’ve never experienced with an iPad.
Quick search in EU and I can't find any ipad in the 100-200 Euro range, from big retailers maybe something 2-3 years old basic model on 250 Euro. Maybe a EU thing
In any case I wouldn't buy my children a device costing twice as much as a respectable Samsung tablet that will last them 3 years at least (counting security updates: https://security.samsungmobile.com/workScope.smsb ) like Tab A7
No it’s not just an EU thing tho it might be a bit worse there (I’m in the UK myself) hence why I put the other than the entry/kids tablet price range in the beginning.
New iPads start at around $300(or £/€ since regional pricing is just the unit of account change these days) directly from Apple and at around $200 for a officially refurbished 1-2 year old device.
If I was looking for a £200 tablet I would get a refurbished 9.7” (2018/2017) iPad of Amazon. The 10” 2021 iPad is/was on sale on Amazon for £320 and that’s probably the best bang for buck you can get as far as tablets go these days unless you really need a large onboard storage. And that’s a brand new device.
This is the problem with generic questions, you write "best bang for buck" but for which use ? As I wrote, for a kids tablet, no thank you. For entry level user maybe, for someone wanting more again probably not.
But this is a problem with generic questions/statements, there is no "one size fits all" thing
It’s not a generic statement since I’ve literally stated in the first sentence other than for kids/throw away use.
If you are looking for a device that might end up in a dishwasher or covered with acrylic paint and glitter glue get an Amazon Fire tablet on sale, these are £/€60 new without adds and often go on sale below that.
Amazon also has dedicated “Kids Edition” tablets that start at £/€100 which comes with a kick stand and a protective case. These as far as I know come without ads and have parental control feature that are easy to use.
The latter btw is another reason to go for iOS devices if you are able and willing to spend the extra cash as Apple has actually decent parental controls for both the device itself and the content.
Isn't it generic to state "other than $100 throw away/kids tablets" or "the best bang for buck you can get as far as tablets go these days" ? There are different categories for sure: * kids/don't care use * generic use * artists * keyboard users * etc.
You are also making generic statements of feature set, even within EU not all features are available on the parental controls for the same device. But I think now we are a long way from the OP question
The iPad is a better device on every one of these points at pretty much every major price point beyond throw away devices.