Can someone help me find a used Android tablet on eBay?

[GoodEnough]

Last night, after getting tired of looking at my Nexus 7 (2012 1st gen) running KitKat 5.1 sitting on my desk,
I fired it up, and decided to try to read one of my bookmarked articles. Guess what? It worked pretty well.
Not perfectly snappy, but I realized my only need is to read long articles.

I am going try using it over the next few days, again.
Let the article load, and keep nothing loaded in RAM except that, and then just read.

So, maybe I don't need to replace my tablet after all.

 

[GoodEnough]

Friend is using a Samsung Galaxy tab 4
Says it's still working well.

 

[GoodEnough]

Used the Nexus 7 (2012) tonight to read a long article.
Works just fine. Not liquid smooth perfect, but 90% fine.
Only real use is to read long text webpages, so I think I am all set for a while.
When this option becomes unusable, I will just pick up a Samsung.

 

[Channeledbymodem]

I recently sold both a Samsung Pro 8.3 and a Dell Venue 7000. The 1440p resolution made everything much too small and both tablets had serious lag. I highly recommend the LG G Pad X 8.0 I bought on Swappa new for $160. T-Mobile had a promotion on these that ended up with the tablet being free so there were a lot if unused units available. On paper the specs are nothing special: Snapdragon 615 soc and 1080p lcd. But the tablet shipped with Marshmallow, is easily rootable and has zero lag. I'm *very* happy with it.

OP: it does have 2GB of ram and micro sd. The only drawback is that the stock os is large and the 16GB rom fills up. I find I have to clear the cache often to make space for updates. But I do have a lot of apps installed.

Sent from my LG-V521 using Tapatalk

 

[GoodEnough]

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
I am sure it will only get cheaper.
For now, my Nexus 7 (2012) seems to be acceptable for reading one article at a time,

 

[GoodEnough]

Never moved on anything.
Thoughts on Asus ZenPad 8 ?
16GB for $130
Runs Marsh 6.0

 

[ClockHound]

I like the Zenpads. Not the fastest, but definitely a stepup from 1st gen Nexus.

 

[GoodEnough]

How does ZenPad8 compare to Galaxy S/S2 ?

 

[ClockHound]

Can't really compare...because AMOLED vs IPS. At least in my mind. The ZenPad is great for the price. The S/S2 are great for the stunning screens. ;-)

 

[RossMAN]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZTE-Trek-2-...998395?hash=item58e9860c7b:g:IFIAAOSw-0xYNQKo


Direct link to deal.
admin allisolm

 

[desura]

Don't ever get a Samsung tablet.

I have one. It has a great screen for movies but everything else sucks about it.

For an android tablet, I would get the Nokia N1

 

[GoodEnough]

Thanks RossMan. I'll take a look.

Nokia N1 seems out of production and out of budget.

 

[RossMAN]

Thanks RossMan. I'll take a look.

Nokia N1 seems out of production and out of budget.

You're welcome, I look forward to your excuse feedback on whether you bought one or not.

 

[jhansman]

I got my Galaxy Tab A (7") for about $130 and it does everything I need quite well. It replaced my Nexus 7, which I loved, except I could not expand my storage, hence the Tab A. If you can, find a Best Buy and play with a few. Plenty of affordable choices out there.

 

[GoodEnough]

You're welcome, I look forward to your excuse feedback on whether you bought one or not.

https://slickdeals.net/f/9866020-16...blet-62-free-shipping?p=97809056#post97809056

 

[RossMAN]

https://slickdeals.net/f/9866020-16...blet-62-free-shipping?p=97809056#post97809056

I don't feel like reading all the posts but it looks like you may have avoided a huge hassle. Good job!

 

[GoodEnough]

http://tabletmonkeys.com/new-samsung-galaxy-tab-s2-sm-t713-sm-t813/

I finally have decided to buy a Tab S2 (2016) SM-T713
3GB RAM
32GB
8.0 screen (no need for 9.7)
Android 6.0

Looks like it's $300 new.
Will see if I can catch a discount on Ebay.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ZTE-Trek-2-...998395?hash=item58e9860c7b:g:IFIAAOSw-0xYNQKo


Direct link to deal.
admin allisolm

I bought this. The tablet is snappy and great for reading on. Enjoyable on the couch for playing games instead of my phone. The 1280x800 ZTE is much better than my 1024x600 Fire Tablet for everything I've done. 8-core, 2GB ram, 16GB space, microsd card... Not really seeing any flaws compared to tablets priced double or triple.

https://slickdeals.net/f/9866020-16...blet-62-free-shipping?p=97809056#post97809056

There were scammers trying to get in on an items hot deal search. This happens for EVERY hot deal on ebay.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

http://tabletmonkeys.com/new-samsung-galaxy-tab-s2-sm-t713-sm-t813/

I finally have decided to buy a Tab S2 (2016) SM-T713
3GB RAM
32GB
8.0 screen (no need for 9.7)
Android 6.0

Looks like it's $300 new.
Will see if I can catch a discount on Ebay.

I'll just be frank, anything near $300 is a rip off on a tablet like that. In 6 months I guarantee that specs of cheapie tablets will be near this. Mobile depreciation is happening faster than desktop computing ever did.

 

[GoodEnough]

If that's the case, what was being sold 6-12 months ago?
I will just buy that used.

 

[GoodEnough]

Ended up getting a Tab S2 (2016) for about $200 used.

 

[GoodEnough]

About 1.5 years later, this Tab S2 still seems to sell for about $200 used.
I'd say this was a great buy. I don't use it much, but it works flawlessly.
It's now updated to Android 7.0

 

[Oyeve]

About 1.5 years later, this Tab S2 still seems to sell for about $200 used.
I'd say this was a great buy. I don't use it much, but it works flawlessly.
It's now updated to Android 7.0

Nice. My Tab Pro 8.4 still works perfectly and even tho the screen is not OLED it looks gorgeous. Too bad it never went past 4.4.4.

 

[GoodEnough]

Maybe not going past 4.4.4 is a good thing.
Ain't broke.

 

[Zaap]

Maybe not going past 4.4.4 is a good thing.
Ain't broke.

Heck, my Note 12.2 is still on 4.4.2. But there's not a thing I need it for that it doesn't do perfectly fine.

There was a 5.0 update way back when, but I didn't see where it added a single thing, and users on xda reported some negative issues with it that I never really saw reported resolved. Also it may break custom hacks I've done with it.

I love a new OS update when it actually does something useful, or provides some badly needed new feature, otherwise, long as everything works that I need, who gives a flip what version number the OS reports? In my experience, adding a few apps that provide real functions and cosmetic changes, trump a ho-hum update.

(For example, I'm a huge fan of building my own Kustom Live Wallpaper themes for my devices- insanly functional and letting me do stuff no update ever could.)