Android Small / Mini Tablets?

KAKAN

KAKAN

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What are the options if we want a small tablet, somewhat in the iPad Mini range?
Closest one with good specs is Lenovo Legion Y700, but not sure if it ships to India.

Another option I'm seeing right now is Redmi Pad SE, but its quite big at 11 inches. Redmi Pad Mini is also small, but the hardware sucks.

What other options do we have?

Updated: 25-04-2024

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KAKAN said:
What are the options if we want a small tablet, somewhat in the iPad Mini range?
Closest one with good specs is Lenovo Legion Y700, but not sure if it ships to India.

Another option I'm seeing right now is Redmi Pad SE, but its quite big at 11 inches. Redmi Pad Mini is also small, but the hardware sucks.

What other options do we have?
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There is one from Samsung right? 8.7 inch screen. I absolutely love the iPad mini form factor and own iPad mini 6.
I was trying to find android one too but at that time couldn't find anything that fit my requirements and moreover since I already am into apple ecosystem, i chose iPad mini.

For android please I request don't buy anything randomly. Check if Widevine L1 L3 is supported. Many tablets don't so streaming in official apps will be bad and restricted at HD or less resolution.
 
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I locally run Jellyfin, so Widevine is not really an issue. I just want a bigger screen that I can still carry around for quick Google Docs/Sheets or notes.

As for Samsung, if it's from the A-series, the specs are kinda… bad. 3/4 GB RAM like they give in older A series is not enough at all, coupled with mid-range, old Exynos processors, and they're almost unusable OOTB.

www.samsung.com

Galaxy Tab A9+ Wi-Fi Blue 64GB - Specs & Features | Samsung India

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ Wi-Fi Dark Blue with 5100mAh Battery, 4GB RAM+64GB Storage, 22.05cm (8.7") LCD display & more. Know more features visit here.
www.samsung.com www.samsung.com

It's cool that they provide such an option, but it's severely lacking. Looks like only the iPad Mini is a good solution, but I want to stick to Android if possible.
Man, wouldn't it be great if the Legion Y700 were sold here...
 
KAKAN said:
I locally run Jellyfin, so Widevine is not really an issue. I just want a bigger screen that I can still carry around for quick Google Docs/Sheets or notes.

As for Samsung, if it's from the A-series, the specs are kinda… bad. 3/4 GB RAM like they give in older A series is not enough at all, coupled with mid-range, old Exynos processors, and they're almost unusable OOTB.

www.samsung.com

Galaxy Tab A9+ Wi-Fi Blue 64GB - Specs & Features | Samsung India

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ Wi-Fi Dark Blue with 5100mAh Battery, 4GB RAM+64GB Storage, 22.05cm (8.7") LCD display & more. Know more features visit here.
www.samsung.com www.samsung.com

It's cool that they provide such an option, but it's severely lacking. Looks like only the iPad Mini is a good solution, but I want to stick to Android if possible.
Man, wouldn't it be great if the Legion Y700 were sold here...
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I too use local jellyfin server so it doesn't matter to me but it is good to have L1 support. Btw i dont use jellyfin On browser / app and directly use 3rd party player like nplayer to watch my content on iPad mini.

I don't know if any other premium small android tablet.
 
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I absolutely love the Tab Active 5 without the case, but it is no match to the Mini6. If Samsung released an 8inch tablet in the tab S series, with a earpiece speaker like on the Tab Active 5, (keeping the S-pen) I will absolutely be the first to buy it.

That said, Tab Active 5 is decently priced, and works well. Though, after having used the S series for so long, I find it lacking.

Do not Buy lenovo Tabs at all!
 
soulweaver said:
Do not Buy lenovo Tabs at all!
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What's wrong with that?
I think Legion tablets are a bit more cared of than P-series?

That said, I'm definitely not leaning towards Lenovo. My pick would be Samsung or Xiaomi, but none of them have good small tablets. Lenovo's offering is at least looking really good, spec-wise :p

Are there any other tablet maker that I should keep note of? Perhaps some obscure Japanese companies that still makes touch tablets? :D
 
I do not know about Legion tablets, but the regular ones have super bad software. Not well optimised. There are no updates. And they come out of the box with outdated OSes anyway. Especially after using Samsung, and Apple, and to an extent even Xiaomi, Lenovo looks and feels very dated. And then, if you also use the pen, FFS you will want to throw things at people. Especially after coming from Sammy.

Please note, that I am not a big fan of vanilla Android, and lenovo usually serves to make it worse than it is. After four attempts at giving my parents Lenovo Tablets, I have given up, and decided that peace of mind coming from giving them Sammy or Xiaomi cannot be measured by money!
 
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I can only hope that this will prompt Sammy to launch a small sized Tab S. A Tab S mini or Tab S 8.0. I hate lenovo tablets and their subpar software optimization and non-existent updates. But let's hope you are happy with the purchase. And if you do buy it, please keep us posted!

I will be hoping for a Samsung 8-incher with pen support!
 
raksrules said:
I guess we should stop expecting this now that everyone has moved on.
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Tablets have no reason not to provide it. And a good IEM/earphone/headphone can make a lot of difference.

soulweaver said:
I can only hope that this will prompt Sammy to launch a small sized Tab S. A Tab S mini or Tab S 8.0. I hate lenovo tablets and their subpar software optimization and non-existent updates. But let's hope you are happy with the purchase. And if you do buy it, please keep us posted!

I will be hoping for a Samsung 8-incher with pen support!
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I'd really love to buy from a more well-known brand, too. Tab S Mini would be so cool, or an updated iPad Mini.
But yes, I'm not going it buy it ASAP. I hope there would be more reviews of this device coming up. I'll make a decision after considering stuff-to-price ratio, of course. :P
 
I've been putting off my iPad Mini purchase because they'll update it *any day now* but of course they haven't. And none of the Android tablets are any good, especially the small ones. In the Android realm, small = cheap apparently.

Hopefully the Lenovo "gaming" tablet will launch soon
 
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m1tr said:
I've been putting off my iPad Mini purchase because they'll update it *any day now* but of course they haven't. And none of the Android tablets are any good, especially the small ones. In the Android realm, small = cheap apparently.

Hopefully the Lenovo "gaming" tablet will launch soon
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Depending on your usage, hopefully only video watching, you have option of getting Fire 8 by some means from US. But i guess thats what it is only good for, not powerful at all and not much.
 
m1tr said:
I've been putting off my iPad Mini purchase because they'll update it *any day now* but of course they haven't. And none of the Android tablets are any good, especially the small ones. In the Android realm, small = cheap apparently.

Hopefully the Lenovo "gaming" tablet will launch soon
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Do you think they will launch by end of September
 
Following up with the same Lenovo Legion Tab news:


July 19th, on Flipkart. ₹29K for base model with 12G RAM & 256G storage(*?)
Another notable thing would be inclusion of 2x Type-C ports and a headphone jack, probably putting it on par with Macbook Air in terms of I/O (/joke, guys. Chill)

Pretty promising, ngl. If Samsung or Apple give up on any good mini models, might be a good choice for some of us, I suppose.
 
No news or reviews of this product after its "launch". Also, the price has gone up to 40k within days. Something doesn't sit right. I was really looking forward to buying this :disrelieved:
 
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m1tr said:
No news or reviews of this product after its "launch". Also, the price has gone up to 40k within days. Something doesn't sit right. I was really looking forward to buying this :disrelieved:
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Search youtube for "Lenovo Y700 tablet", it's the same hardware. And wow, that pricing makes it a really bad deal lol
 
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KAKAN said:
Search youtube for "Lenovo Y700 tablet", it's the same hardware. And wow, that pricing makes it a really bad deal lol
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I usually see a couple of Indian reviews just to get a feel of the product as it's launched. But yea 40k for a 2 year old CPU won't cut it. Especially with no bundled accessories.
 
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