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I generally like Android devices if they're close to stock, without any manufacturer customisations that are "different for the hell of it".

My tablet is a Huawei running Android 9, it fell foul of the Google/USA
export restrictions, so never got any major version updates, just fixes. Anyway it's showing its age.

I've always thought Samsung Galaxy Tab devices were too expensive, I
don't want an S-Pen, or a clip-on keyboard, or even a camera on a
tablet, so haven't ever considered them ... but thinking about a Galaxy
Tab S9 FE (maybe even the S10 FE, but not the + versions, or the S11).

Anyone have one, does the UI feel "too Samsungized"? Suppose I should
go take a look in a shop ...
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On 9/27/2025 4:10 AM, Andy Burns wrote:

I generally like Android devices if they're close to stock, without
any manufacturer customizations that are "different for the hell of
it".

I recently bought this DEZLTID Android tablet. I Apparently got one of
the last ones from Amazon (now no longer available) but it's probably
available elsewhere. It works great as a basic standard Android tablet.

<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB38NG7J>

My tablet is a Huawei running Android 9, it fell foul of the
Google/USA export restrictions, so never got any major version
updates, just fixes. Anyway it's showing its age.

Dunno about frequent updates. Its last security update was 3/5/25 but
since I don't keep anything sensitive on it that's not a problem for me.
YMMV. (I use my Chrome OS tablet/stuff for that as they get very
frequent security updates.)

I've always thought Samsung Galaxy Tab devices were too expensive, I
don't want an S-Pen, or a clip-on keyboard, or even a camera on a
tablet, so haven't ever considered them ... but thinking about a
Galaxy Tab S9 FE (maybe even the S10 FE, but not the + versions, or
the S11).

Don't give up on the no-name tablets. All I've had have worked as well
as my more expensive Samsungs (some better).

My most recent toy is an ONN 7" tablet ($50 US). It uses the Android "Go Edition". That's apparently for under-powered tablets like this one. So
far I've not noticed any difference from regular Android and it runs all
my regular apps just fine.

<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0839KPC4Z>

Anyone have one, does the UI feel "too Samsungized"? Suppose I
should go take a look in a shop ...

My local places like Best Buy have a limited tablet supply to choose
from. But Amazon makes things so easy to return if I don't like them...



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AJL wrote:

I recently bought this DEZLTID Android tablet. I Apparently got one of
the last ones from Amazon (now no longer available) but it's probably available elsewhere. It works great as a basic standard Android tablet.

<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB38NG7J>

Dunno about frequent updates. Its last security update was 3/5/25 but
since I don't keep anything sensitive on it that's not a problem for me. YMMV. (I use my Chrome OS tablet/stuff for that as they get very
frequent security updates.)

For my phone, I do replace it whenever it outlives manufacturer support,
but for tablet, it basically plays youtube, runs firefox and controls
lights and smartspeakers, no email, no banking/wallet etc on it.
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Andy Burns wrote:

I recently bought this DEZLTID Android tablet. I Apparently got one of
the last ones from Amazon (now no longer available) but it's probably
available elsewhere. It works great as a basic standard Android tablet.

<https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB38NG7J>

Dunno about frequent updates. Its last security update was 3/5/25 but
since I don't keep anything sensitive on it that's not a problem for me.
YMMV. (I use my Chrome OS tablet/stuff for that as they get very
frequent security updates.)

For my phone, I do replace it whenever it outlives manufacturer support,
but for tablet, it basically plays youtube, runs firefox and controls
lights and smartspeakers, no email, no banking/wallet etc on it.

I bought two Samsung tablets from Costco, one for my wife and another for a relative, so if you need me to check anything in particular, let me know.

Offhand, I don't know the model of my wife's year-old Samsung, but I can
check "stuff" if you have a specific thing you want me to check on it.

As for going from Pixel to Samsung, you'll initially deal with "One UI",
but I changed my Galaxy A phone to the last known good version of Nova.

You'll certainly notice that the native Android menus will be bastardized,
to a small degree, by Samsung. Samsung also tries to get you to create a Samsung account, but I asked over on XDA and there's really no value to it.

Apparently, Samsung adds extras to native Android like:
a. Samsung DeX (desktop-like mode)
b. Multi-window multitasking
c. Edge panels and gesture tweaks
But I use none of them.

Is this your tablet?

14.1" 2K IPS (2000��1200), 60Hz
Included stylus, basic functionality
8-core 2.0GHz CPU, 36GB RAM (12+24GB virtual)
256GB + microSD (up to 1TB)
11,580mAh
Metal body, rugged design
Android 14, generic UI
8MP front, 13MP rear
4 stereo speakers, Dolby Atmos
Split screen, GPS, stylus, keyboard/mouse bundle
~$250�V$300 https://www.amazon.com/DEZLTID-2025-Tablet-Android-Tablets/dp/B0F21MJJG5 https://www.ubuy.co.in/product/QKO2EFK9K-2025-tablet-11-inch-android-15-tablets-with-keyboard-stylus-mouse-2k-ips-tablette-2000x1200-36gb-256gb-2tb-tf-gray













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Andy Burns wrote:
I generally like Android devices if they're close to stock, without any manufacturer customisations that are "different for the hell of it".

My tablet is a Huawei running Android 9, it fell foul of the Google/USA export restrictions, so never got any major version updates, just fixes. Anyway it's showing its age.

I've always thought Samsung Galaxy Tab devices were too expensive, I
don't want an S-Pen, or a clip-on keyboard, or even a camera on a
tablet, so haven't ever considered them ... but thinking about a Galaxy
Tab S9 FE (maybe even the S10 FE, but not the + versions, or the S11).

Anyone have one, does the UI feel "too Samsungized"? Suppose I should
go take a look in a shop ...

Looking in the shop is always the best bet!


This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=696693989#696693989
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Marion wrote:

As for going from Pixel to Samsung, you'll initially deal with "One UI",
but I changed my Galaxy A phone to the last known good version of Nova.

I saw a couple of videos of Samsung devices running One UI 8.x and it
didn't look a million miles from Android16+ME3

You'll certainly notice that the native Android menus will be bastardized,
to a small degree, by Samsung. Samsung also tries to get you to create a Samsung account, but I asked over on XDA and there's really no value to it.

Apparently, Samsung adds extras to native Android like:
a. Samsung DeX (desktop-like mode)
b. Multi-window multitasking

Those two are new features in Android 16 I believe, I ought to try
connecting my phone to the laptop's Thunderbolt dock ...

c. Edge panels and gesture tweaks
But I use none of them.

Is this your tablet?

14.1" 2K IPS (2000×1200), 60Hz

No, current one is Huawei MediaPad M5, but that one's around the minimum resolution I'd want, preferably in a 7-8" screen, not many manufacturers 'copy' iPad Mini these days

Maybe see what Oct/Nov bring for the Xiaomi Pad Mini with HyperOS3?

<https://9to5google.com/2025/09/26/xiaomi-android-16-list-schedule>

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Andy Burns wrote:

Xiaomi Pad Mini

Not for sale in UK/USA, I had to grey-import a Nokia N1, can see me
doing the same for one of these ...
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The Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit has been a whirlwind of information this
week, and surprisingly, some of the biggest news has nothing to do with
phones. Just a couple of days after we heard from both Google’s Rick
Osterloh and Qualcomm’s own CEO that the Android and ChromeOS merger was
real, but we were still left with two massive questions: how and when?
Well, in a different product announcements keynote, Google’s head of the
Android Ecosystem, Sameer Samat, just gave us the answer to both, and it’s
“something we’re super excited about for next year.”

If Sameer Samat’s name sounds familiar, it should. He’s the very same Google
executive who stirred the pot back in July with his statement that ChromeOS
and Android were “combining into a single platform,” a comment he later had
to clarify. But this time, there was no ambiguity. Speaking on stage at
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, Samat gave us a much clearer statement on the
future of Google’s computing platforms.

Obviously, we want our devices to work seamlessly together. We have
different devices, and you want your AI to work across all of these—that’s
the new area we are driving toward.

If you think about the laptop form factor, we’ve had ChromeOS for a long
time and we’re super committed to that platform and it’s been really
successful for us, we’ve learned a lot from it as well. We also have
Android tablets that have been super successful, they’re becoming more
productivity machines all the time. So I think the opportunity for us that
we see is how do we accelerate all the AI advancement that we’re doing on
Android and bring that to the laptop form factor as rapidly as possible,
and also have the laptop and the rest of the Android ecosystem work
seamlessly together.

So what we’re doing is we’re basically taking the ChromeOS experience
and re-baselining the technology underneath it on Android. So that
combination is something we’re super excited about for next year, and we’re
working with yourselves [Qualcomm] and others on it, and we can’t wait.

How the Android and ChromeOS merger will actually work

Based on that quote, it sounds like we’ll get the user interface and
experience we know from ChromeOS, but it will all be running on top of a
foundational Android base. Samat explained the reasoning behind this
massive undertaking: to “accelerate all the AI advancement that we’re doing
on Android and bring that to the laptop form factor as rapidly as possible”
and to make the entire ecosystem “work seamlessly together.”

This isn’t ChromeOS running Android apps in a container anymore. This is one
unified platform, bringing the best of Android’s technology to the laptop
form factor with the ChromeOS user experience on top.
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The hardware is already on the way

And it’s no coincidence that this announcement was made at a Qualcomm event.
We’ve been tracking the development of the first Snapdragon X Plus-powered
Chromebooks for months now, with devices codenamed ‘Quenbi’ and ‘Quartz’
looking to be the first of this new wave of powerful, efficient machines.
These devices would be perfect launch vehicles for this new, merged OS.

Since November 2024, when the merger rumors first started popping up, we’ve
been sharing our thoughts on how this might work and what it will mean for
all of our ChromeOS fans out there. Now we have a timeline and a bit of a
technical roadmap. Needless to say, we’re excited for 2026. It is shaping
up to be the most transformative year for Google’s computing platforms we
have ever seen.

<https://chromeunboxed.com/its-official-google-says-the-android-and-chromeos-merger-is-coming-next-year/>

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