Best 10-11" Tablet

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Good Day All

I recently bought a Surface Go 2 tablet and it works great just find it a tad slow sometimes, originally wanted a windows laptop/tablet but now open to android aswell as the Office, Outlook and other apps mostly work aswell. I am heading to the US where tech is generally pretty cheap so was hoping you guys had a few recommendations ?

Budget around $600 or R10k.

Thanks
 
I'd go for this... if you find it in the US.

www.giztop.com

Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro

11-inch 2.5K LCD display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Octa-core processor. 6GB/8GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB/256GB ROM. Rear: 13MP + 5MP cameras, front: 8MP camera. 8600mAh battery, 67W fast charging. MIUI 12.5 base on Android 11 OS.
www.giztop.com www.giztop.com
 
Dan C said:
I'd go for this... if you find it in the US.

www.giztop.com

Xiaomi Mi Pad 5 Pro

11-inch 2.5K LCD display with a 120Hz refresh rate. Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 Octa-core processor. 6GB/8GB LPDDR4x RAM, 128GB/256GB ROM. Rear: 13MP + 5MP cameras, front: 8MP camera. 8600mAh battery, 67W fast charging. MIUI 12.5 base on Android 11 OS.
www.giztop.com www.giztop.com
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That is pretty good, if the OP can get to a mircocenter or a newegg storefront..... They have some decent imports as well. The only thing I would be wary of if you do get a tablet with cellular is to make sure the bands work here.
 
wizardofid said:
That is pretty good, if the OP can get to a mircocenter or a newegg storefront..... They have some decent imports as well. The only thing I would be wary of if you do get a tablet with cellular is to make sure the bands work here.
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Spot on about the bands. I have no cooking clue what they mean :p

Maybe @cavedog can shed some light ?

4G: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/19
5G: n1/3/28a/41/77/78
 
L-Dog said:
Good Day All

I recently bought a Surface Go 2 tablet and it works great just find it a tad slow sometimes, originally wanted a windows laptop/tablet but now open to android aswell as the Office, Outlook and other apps mostly work aswell. I am heading to the US where tech is generally pretty cheap so was hoping you guys had a few recommendations ?

Budget around $600 or R10k.

Thanks
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Back when I had a tablet, I was usually too lazy to get up from the couch and get it as my phone was 90% as good for most things. It ended up being mostly unused.
My wife's Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 on the other hand is great. It's obviously not fast for a windows laptop, but I find it infinitely more usable than a tablet. As long as the weight won't interfere with your use case.

Other than that, while I am an Android fan, the iPad is supposedly just better.
 
Dan C said:
Spot on about the bands. I have no cooking clue what they mean :p

Maybe @cavedog can shed some light ?

4G: B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/19
5G: n1/3/28a/41/77/78
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Most of the popular bands supported including 5G.

Missing out on the highwr bands like b38 for Rain/Vodacom and B41 for MTN aswel as B40 for Telkom.
 
L-Dog said:
Wife has one it is awesome but I am too deep into the android/window eco system so its to late for me
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So leverage everything she has bought already through Family Sharing.

If anything the wife already having one is a pretty compelling reason to get one as well.
 
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That guy was R3999 as recently as yesterday.
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Grabbed 2 of these for home monitoring stuff. They are nice and snappy. Can recommend
 
Gudnews said:

Takealot.com: Online Shopping | SA's leading online store

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That guy was R3999 as recently as yesterday.
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Ahh thanks will check some reviews to check the specs and maybe get keyboard,

I see the Tab 8a is also on special - https://www.takealot.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-a8-x205-10-5-64gb-lte-tablet/PLID73815736
 
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under 15k just get an ipad(ipad 9 is crazy good value R4800 from FNB app)
between 15-30k then a galaxy S tab(better file management and productivity features)
if you need a windows then I would get a surface pro tab but they are bloody expensive and you might as well buy a laptop.
 
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