Hi there,
My daughter starts High-School next year and she grabs my Surface go 2 m3 more often i'd like (which is my main device at home - docked or not) - also because her Galaxy Tab A with Pen has gotten old - performance- and sizewise.
Now the big question is, if I should get another Surface (uprade for me probably 😁 and pass the go2 to her) or an Android/iOS device - and which one.
She's way more familiar with Android devices - than "old and complicated" Windows.
I assume they will start to do some presentations, text, and spreadsheet-work at high school (at least there's ICT on the timetable), although her school doesn't give out any device recommendations.
She likes to draw on the devices, so we'll continue with a penabled device.
She started playing some online-games on the Roblox-platform and wow, that drains the go2-battery like nothing.
iPads seem to have become the standard sketching/drawing-device for young people, but I'm not very keen to buy into the Apple-universe. ...although they're probably best for battery-life and the best alternative to EMR (to me the surface go2 pen behaviour is so-so and i'd love to go back to an EMR-device).
Ideally i'd like to find a good used device at 300 € max.
Any recommendations?
Dale gives good advice; my guess is that your daughter's new scholl has a preference for one particular brand / OS. She will be best served if she's part of that ecosystem.
However... I in the event that it's the Wild West at her school, I reluctantly recommend Apple (because it mostly just works and is very popular), then Windows (because Office 360 is still the go-to business app) and lastly Android.
Before doing anything check on what her high school may be using. My grandson is in a high school that is Chromebook only (furnished by the district) and so whatever she is using needs to mesh with that easily for her sake. I detest Google Docs,, etc. but once you are stuck submitting homework in those forms better to stay with it at home.
I have to concur, the Samsung Galaxy S10, or S9 series with S-Pen would be ideal. I have a Tab S8+ I'm still using and it works perfectly fine. Pen Performance will be night and day better then the Surface Go 2.
FYI Go 3 and Go 4 use the same crappy pen tech as the Go 2.
Definitely a Galaxy Tab by the look of it.
The S6 Lite will be too limiting, so the S9 FE would suit her great. Though if you can do so, the S10 would be better. Almost twice the price better? No, so only if you have the money to spare.
A used or old new stock S9 will have full Dex, so that's an option. An S8 would be pushing it, and I wouldn't recommend an S7; the battery will be too worn (even old new stock) and software updates won't be up to snuff.
Thanks all, my daughter is really happy with her S9 FE. we'll see if she'll miss DeX one day.
If everything she needs can be done on Android, a new Galaxy tab of some sort would be worth it.
I'm a digital artist and I have 2 iPad Pros, which are nice for art, but iPadOS is a pain compared to Android, and the s-pen is objectively better.
If she were to pursue a career in art, the iPad might be the slightly better option because it has a few more professional options that can help to learn early, but otherwise, Android is better.
Also, why does it need wired connection for a screen?
I haven't researched the S9 FE much, but it has Dex, I'm pretty sure with USB or wireless connection. Would be strange if it didn't support it with usbc connection.
Can you stretch the budget a bit?
Samsung - Galaxy Tab S9 FE - 10.9" 128GB - Wi-Fi - with S-Pen
is available for $350 at Best Buy.
(I've been considering getting one from Verizon which would be quite a bit more, but nicer to use when traveling than cabling my phone to my Book 3 Pro 360....)