Tablet Recommendations: Photo Editing & College Work

Chavways

Hi All,

Looking for Android tablet recommendations for heavy photo editing (Photoshop & Lightroom) on the road and also college work, typing up assignments and reading academic papers. Some definite requirements I have are below:

- Big screen of at least 10 inches.
- Compatible with a keyboard. Wireless or integrated into a case is sufficient.
- Includes a stylus for photo editing.
- USB C charging and ability to insert an external SD card reader through the port.
- Extremely fast user experience. Absolutely hate lag of any sort.

Budget would be around 500 or 600 euro. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 6 looks to tick all of my boxes but is a little over budget especially when I throw in the keyboard case. I'd love an MS Surface but I don't think there's any of them remotely within my price range. Thanks in advance.

bkeane

Just bought Huawei Matepad pro for £499 off Huawei.com/uk and came with free keyboard and cover combo and a stylus. No Google GSM on it though.
Happy with it.

Chavways

bkeane wrote: »

Just bought Huawei Matepad pro for £499 off Huawei.com/uk and came with free keyboard and cover combo and a stylus. No Google GSM on it though.
Happy with it.

Sounds like a good deal! I'm not fully up to speed with the Huawei-Google situation at all. Is there any Google support on them at all? I primarily use Google Drive for backing up on the go and would then also need access to the Play Store for various other apps.

bkeane

Chavways wrote: »

Sounds like a good deal! I'm not fully up to speed with the Huawei-Google situation at all. Is there any Google support on them at all? I primarily use Google Drive for backing up on the go and would then also need access to the Play Store for various other apps.

Nope - you can access via your internet browser. Apps can be got from Huawei store and other places.
Pain in the arse that way.

nedd

I haven't got much experience of Photoshop or Lightroom on a tablet, but would you not be better off getting a laptop for heavy photo editing?

gzoladz

Chavways wrote: »

Hi All,

Looking for Android tablet recommendations for heavy photo editing (Photoshop & Lightroom) on the road and also college work, typing up assignments and reading academic papers. Some definite requirements I have are below:

- Big screen of at least 10 inches.
- Compatible with a keyboard. Wireless or integrated into a case is sufficient.
- Includes a stylus for photo editing.
- USB C charging and ability to insert an external SD card reader through the port.
- Extremely fast user experience. Absolutely hate lag of any sort.

Budget would be around 500 or 600 euro. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 6 looks to tick all of my boxes but is a little over budget especially when I throw in the keyboard case. I'd love an MS Surface but I don't think there's any of them remotely within my price range. Thanks in advance.

I agree with the Samsung Galaxy Tab s6, I got my wife a refurbished one last week, 256gb, 8gb RAM from Amazon for about GBP540 (can't remember exactly).

That is 100% what I would get if I needed one. The S7 is 6gb RAM and LCD screen and the S7+ is Oled but also 6gb RAM. Both have 120hz refresh screen what is nice.

I have an s3 which is still going strong (same as you, photo editing and browsing, entertainment, e-mails).

dancingqueen

You get what you pay for and Samsung are one of the best. Maybe have a look at the Lenovo tablets too - they are very good quality and you have Android or Windows options

The Lenovo android tablets use low-end cpus compared to the top-end snapdragons in the Samsungs.

Chavways

bkeane wrote: »

Nope - you can access via your internet browser. Apps can be got from Huawei store and other places.
Pain in the arse that way.

Ah damn, that definitely wouldn't work for me so. Definitely need access to the Google Store.

nedd wrote: »

I haven't got much experience of Photoshop or Lightroom on a tablet, but would you not be better off getting a laptop for heavy photo editing?

I had a gaming laptop previously but that was much too big to be portable. I'm trying to keep everything light and portable. I've used Lightroom on my phone before and it was a decent experience. I'd definitely like to have a touchscreen so a 2 in 1 laptop would make sense but the cheaper ones available don't seem great at all. Speed is hugely important for me and I wouldn't fancy having to wait on a laggy laptop.

gzoladz wrote: »

I agree with the Samsung Galaxy Tab s6, I got my wife a refurbished one last week, 256gb, 8gb RAM from Amazon for about GBP540 (can't remember exactly).

That is 100% what I would get if I needed one. The S7 is 6gb RAM and LCD screen and the S7+ is Oled but also 6gb RAM. Both have 120hz refresh screen what is nice.

I have an s3 which is still going strong (same as you, photo editing and browsing, entertainment, e-mails).

Didn't even know the S7 was available. I hope that might drive down prices of the S6. That would certainly last me a few years.

Chavways

I've done a bit more research this evening and decided to go for a Samsung Galaxy Tab S4. 2 years old but still very high spec and ticks all my boxes.

gzoladz

Chavways wrote: »

Didn't even know the S7 was available. I hope that might drive down prices of the S6. That would certainly last me a few years.

Very good refurbished deals on Amazon! And the 256gb version has 8gb (vs 6gb in either S7/S7+)

Chavways

Chavways wrote: »

I've done a bit more research this evening and decided to go for a Samsung Galaxy Tab S4. 2 years old but still very high spec and ticks all my boxes.

new or 2nd-hand? getting it with the keyboard?

it has Dex which is good but the snapdragon 835 is getting on a bit. (2017 chip)

eglobal has the S7 for 580 euro and the s6 from 500 euro. both new

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/mobiles-tablets/tablets.html?dir=desc&limit=36&order=price&p=2

the S7 scores 3 X the cpu power of the S4 as a comparison

the surface go 2 (the one with the better cpu and storage, the lower model not advised) is on sale also for £530 right now

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Microsoft-Surface-GO-Inch-Tablet/dp/B08FMTXQ9V/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=surface+go&qid=1598622292&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExVlZMRURXRUdCTEJOJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDM3MDY2MlpHOTNJMFRDSU5aNyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwMzMxNTA0M0NWRDJSSDc4MU02TyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=

the keyboard can be hand from 78 euro or so on eglobal

Chavways

glasso wrote: »

new or 2nd-hand? getting it with the keyboard?

it has Dex which is good but the snapdragon 835 is getting on a bit. (2017 chip)

Amazon Warehouse in Excellent condition. I won't touch eGlobal after having a few very bad experiences with them in the past. I definitely want to get a keyboard and S-pen so I think the S6 and S7 are out of my price range.