{"id":9407,"date":"2018-02-05T00:01:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T08:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=9407"},"modified":"2018-02-03T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-03T22:02:19","slug":"i-bought-the-latest-android-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=9407","title":{"rendered":"I Bought the “Latest” Android Tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought I could live without an Android tablet. When my Pixel C died, I figured that I’d just wait until another Pixel came out or the next Galaxy Tab. I could wait no longer!
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\nNews is leaking rapidly about the Samsung Galaxy X phone, which folds its screen. I’m excited to see it (and potentially write a book about it). No word yet on a new Galactic Tablet, however, which is concerning given how long-in-the-tooth the “latest” model, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, has become. Even so, I bought one.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I miss having a tablet. I thought I could do without one, but I’m kind-of addicted. I like the larger screen, which is great for playing games and watching video. I also prefer having the tablet play music because its speakers are better placed and of better quality than my phone.<\/p>\n

So, recklessly and impulsively, I bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3.<\/p>\n

I was not disappointed.<\/p>\n

Like my Galaxy S8 phone, the S3 (shown in Figure 1) uses the latest Samsung interface. I was instantly used to controlling the device. The screen is excellent, which is what I’ve come to expect from Samsung. It still has a physical Home button, which the latest phones lack. And it’s missing Bixby, which is fine by me. Beyond that, the device has proven capable and I’m enjoying using it.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. My new Samsung S3 tablet.<\/p><\/div>\n

Samsung has their big roll-out event in a few weeks. It’s my hope that we see a new tablet from them at that time, or at least an announcement. I’d also like to see another Google tablet, like the Pixel C. I know they’re pushing Chromebooks now, but tablets still have their place, at least in my office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finally broke down and purchased the most current Android tablet, which is almost a year old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-9407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main","tag-android"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9407"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9422,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9407\/revisions\/9422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}