Android tablets stink: Here's why

Android tablets stink: Here's why

Samsung announced some amazing Android tablets, but that’s not saying much. The whole world of Android tablets is maddening, in the opinion of one Iyaz Akhtar.

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50 Comments

  1. brian morales on December 14, 2020 at 9:48 pm

    Me with an iPad Air 2 😎



  2. plmbr6801 on December 14, 2020 at 9:49 pm

    Howdy. Amazon tablets have so much bloatware, it’s disgusting. I’ve owned various tablets over the years and love them. My Tab S6 LTE is fantastic 👏 and I bought it in June. Now I have the S7+5G. Talk about holy crap. What a piece of machinery. Thank you Samsung. Btw, I also own an 2018 6th gen iPad. That’s going to be a paperweight or getting sold. I didn’t like this video.



  3. Picchio Knossus on December 14, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    Can I add that the reason why android tablets suck is because they got caught in a viscous cycle? Google kept not giving them more features than phones, so less people were buying them, so less developers were developing, so less reason to have high end tablets, so even less people buying decent tablets….etc. Like now I have a tab s that I bought 6 years ago for 350€ and for that Money I would buy now a very similar tablet but with worse screen. Even the tab S7 costs 200€ more than it should, it shipped with an old processor, and with very little ram to begin with… And has no high end smaller sibling… Why would I buy it in the first place?



  4. Nishit Patel on December 14, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    2020 is coming to an end, and still most of the Android tabs have 2GB of RAM… While my phone has 10 more over it. That’s a huge spec gap.



  5. Wonkvii on December 14, 2020 at 9:52 pm

    All you do is compare it to the iPad. IPad and Samsung tablet are complete different things! They’re both amazing at their use. Idk why you get so toxic and willing to make a whole video about a GREAT tablet, and call it ‘stink’. The Samsung tablet has amazing screen quality, smooth movement animation and more awesome stuff.
    This tablet is good for artists as well. Just because it doesn’t have procreate doesn’t mean it isn’t good. Its comfortable and easy to hold too.



  6. Alford Lau on December 14, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    Thanks for giving me a heads up. Just sold my iPad Pro 10.5 hoping to buy a cheap alternative wishing hardware tech advancement in the past 2 years would have bridged the gap. I will scratch Android tablets off my list. I know that the new iPad Air is good but don’t want to pay that much. Any suggestions, anyone?



  7. Dhirendra218 on December 14, 2020 at 9:58 pm

    just because some android tablet is bad does NOT mean every tablet with android suck, Samsung tab is great, you just don’t understand it, We need android fan in this channel to rate android phone and tab



  8. D A on December 14, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    Is this video for real? i genuinely cant tell



  9. Marcello 42 on December 14, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    speaking of updates.. what about minor updates in particular security patches?



  10. Shawn Gross on December 14, 2020 at 10:01 pm

    Samsung galaxy s4 tablet sucks. the battery doesn’t hold a charge $500 down the drain



  11. Steve Parlatore on December 14, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    This Guy should buy one then do this.

    Or he can be a moron like he is lol



  12. rafikz77 on December 14, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    Facts



  13. Beetle Juice on December 14, 2020 at 10:03 pm

    Arrogantly ignorant like every other Apple fanboy….



  14. Family Hamilton on December 14, 2020 at 10:05 pm

    So bad anyone can get what they want



  15. Manik Desilva on December 14, 2020 at 10:08 pm

    Some good points here. Thanks



  16. Meb on December 14, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    ooh boyyy like : dislike



  17. Justin Bach on December 14, 2020 at 10:09 pm

    the tab s7+ is the best tablet 2020, change my mind



  18. Jorge Loza on December 14, 2020 at 10:10 pm

    I’m not using my laptop just to take notes in a meeting, in travels i prefer carring a tablet for watching movies or tv shows, What about kids? Givin them a laptop just to see some youtube videos? I use my tablet to read news, ebooks and comics and using a tablet for playing PS4 with the second screen feature is awesome too, reading emails at morning when I drink my coffee… tablets are useful, no matter if they’re android or iPads.



  19. A A on December 14, 2020 at 10:11 pm

    Have both
    Believe me ios is prison vs android freedom
    May agree on updates
    But s7+ is 👌👌 with samsung 3years updates
    Assurance



  20. aldon on December 14, 2020 at 10:12 pm

    this guy is comparing old tablet and new ipad



  21. Nirosh 0214 on December 14, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    Amazon is the best Android tablet LOL… Apple give so many updates over the years yet every feature that you guys give is already exists even in older Android’s. Ever heard of third party apps can you install them on apple. Let’s say there is NEW feature came right now to apple ( which never happen btw ) Android can get that feature to that device. Can apple do that? I install blackberry keyboard just to see how it work on mine and check how Nokia theme work try testing these kinda feature in an apple.



  22. Athena Perez on December 14, 2020 at 10:13 pm

    He obviously never tried Dex at all.



  23. Amlanjyoti Saikia on December 14, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    Laughs in Samsung Tab S7



  24. All out savage on December 14, 2020 at 10:14 pm

    Meanwhile I have my $1000 galaxy tab s7 plus and strongly disagree with your opinions



  25. Jayan Kalarickal on December 14, 2020 at 10:15 pm

    Just watched it on my tab S7+ and the colours look awesome, the sound is crystal clear , the device runs smooth…all this after selling my iPad pro 10.5, 2017 model and migrating to this. Now I have a free desktop screen that isn’t cluttered with all square app icons, just plug any external memory otg, watch hdr content on Netflix and youtube, use lightroom, extend memory if needed….I better stop here! Some apps are better designed for iOS, that’s the fact but if you know what you really want, and if flexibility is one among them, android is the only way.



  26. CreamSoduh on December 14, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    Stupid video. Glad I’m here before comments are disabled.



  27. christian isaias sabas rosales on December 14, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    Good video, valid arguments, interesting point of view, i still really want to get a s6 lite because of the s-pen and various other reasons, but this video made some really good points.



  28. Seronin Aran on December 14, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    This ‘review’ makes no sense whatsoever. It’s badly structured and the ‘arguments’ it brings forward are fallacious and at time simply fanciful.



  29. Sheraz Ali on December 14, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    android was developed by someone else not google s#!t#*|3



  30. Boggy Stefy on December 14, 2020 at 10:22 pm

    All Android tablets stink, to some extent. The expensive ones are too expensive and they go in ultrabook territory price anyway. And the cheap ones are laggy and good only for children. I mean SD439, Mediatek P22T, SD662, for 200-250EUR. With 200-250EUR I can easily get a phone with SD7xx (and with high refresh rate and fast charging, which is unknown territory for a budget tablet nowadays).
    So what, they put an S pen in the S6 lite (like somebody will care; buy a 150EUR tablet and an universal pen, if you want a pen so much). But, they put the same chip from last century, Exynos 9611. And they want 400EUR for it (wifi version in Europe). Lol. With that money I can buy a SD865 phone with 120HZ refresh rate.
    Not to mention all Android apps are done for phones initially and then just rescaled for tablets (which not all times works as it should).
    So yeah.. all Android tablets stink, when you compare them with how advanced the phones are in the same price category.



  31. jojo gonjalves on December 14, 2020 at 10:23 pm

    Android tabs are way better than anything. Its not like ipad that you Will not get after selling your kidney.
    Android tablets are providing opportunity for both rich and poor people to enjoy comfort of technology and internet.
    Can ipad be affordable for poor people ever??? And I am talking about globalisation.
    Well I found my android tab to be very much replaceable for my laptop. In fact I use less laptop and more tab.



  32. chocolatewheelchair on December 14, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    TRASH REPORT!



  33. guostudios 48 on December 14, 2020 at 10:26 pm

    0:05 talking about bad investments 🙂👍



  34. Kevin on December 14, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Android works for me. and million of others who wont ever write a comment or response to this vid.



  35. hugo costa on December 14, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    Get a real job ignorant,the Samsung tab s7 plus as better display,faster navigation and the best sound system ok



  36. Akib on December 14, 2020 at 10:31 pm

    He’s crying now 😂



  37. Šoća Đukžičić on December 14, 2020 at 10:33 pm

    Own Samsung tablet from feb 2016. Got 2 android updates and are still getting security updates.



  38. xlixity on December 14, 2020 at 10:34 pm

    "Suck" as they may, I refuse to buy an apple device only to never own it because Apple never let you even repair it via DIY/3rd party.

    That and the exacerbating amount of times they want you to pay money for everything, even ringtones… poor customization, and abysmal value for what you pay.

    Apple is more of a lifestyle brand than anything. No thanks.



  39. guostudios 48 on December 14, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    HAHAHAH ITS FUNNY SEEING THE DISLIKES COMPARED TO LIKES



  40. John Black on December 14, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    Had 2 Android tablets.. switched to Apple and there is no going back. Much smoother experience and apps are better. The price is high, but the experience is way better. I own a pixel phone, so no where near a Apple fanboy, but on tablets it’s not even close.



  41. SimsForever on December 14, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    I bought the ipad air 4



  42. Marshall Joseph on December 14, 2020 at 10:40 pm

    amazon is one of 5 reason androids stink



  43. aldon on December 14, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    did you even saw Samsung galaxy s7. if you hate it then why are you telling us.



  44. aldon on December 14, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    you loss 1 sub



  45. Baryula Biryelli on December 14, 2020 at 10:42 pm

    I found this outta nowhere, the name got my attention since I was using my android Samsung tablet right now.



  46. iyaz akhtar on December 14, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    You guys are too much. Thanks for all the comments



  47. Mike Upton on December 14, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    "The best Android tablet is the one made by Amazon." Oh… so this is satire. I’ll keep looking for actual reviews.



  48. Sid on December 14, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    Something stinks here…..



  49. Banica Georgian Vasile on December 14, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    Daamn… Give me my time spent back… This is so dumb and bias…



  50. Barbara on December 14, 2020 at 10:44 pm

    You were all over the place. I couldn’t keep track of what device you were talking about at any given time.