Android

27941 readers

190 users here now

DROID DOES

Welcome to the droidymcdroidface-iest, Lemmyest (Lemmiest), test, bestest, phoniest, pluckiest, snarkiest, and spiciest Android community on Lemmy (Do not respond)! Here you can participate in amazing discussions and events relating to all things Android.

The rules for posting and commenting, besides the rules defined here for lemmy.world, are as follows:

Rules

1. All posts must be relevant to Android devices/operating system.

2. Posts cannot be illegal or NSFW material.

3. No spam, self promotion, or upvote farming. Sources engaging in these behavior will be added to the Blacklist.

4. Non-whitelisted bots will be banned.

5. Engage respectfully: Harassment, flamebaiting, bad faith engagement, or agenda posting will result in your posts being removed. Excessive violations will result in temporary or permanent ban, depending on severity.

6. Memes are not allowed to be posts, but are allowed in the comments.

7. Posts from clickbait sources are heavily discouraged. Please de-clickbait titles if it needs to be submitted.

8. Submission statements of any length composed of your own thoughts inside the post text field are mandatory for any microblog posts, and are optional but recommended for article/image/video posts.

Community Resources:

We are Android girls*,

In our Lemmy.world.

The back is plastic,

It's fantastic.

*Well, not just girls: people of all gender identities are welcomed here.

Our Partner Communities:

!android@lemmy.ml

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

MargotRobbie@lemmy.world

Rooki@lemmy.world

Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world

L3s@lemmy.world

_MoveSwiftly@lemmy.world

Kids Tablet recommendations. (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by cynar@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world

43 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I need some advice, and the amount of marketing spam had made sorting the wheat from the chaff annoyingly difficult. Hopefully you can help.

I've a young daughter, who uses an old tablet of mine to watch netflix etc. unfortunately, it was old in the tooth when she was born, and it's now become extremely annoying to use.

She currently has a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016). The size (10") works well, but it's gotten slow as sin, and only has 16Gb of internal memory.

Preferences wise:

10" screen (±2")
64Gb+ storage.
Long expected lifespan (inc security updates).
Headphone socket (adapters are asking to get broken, Bluetooth go flat)
Decent WiFi (more than just 2.4Ghz).
USB C charging preferred.
Wireless charging would be very helpful but not required.
Lower budget preferred (£200 range).

What would people recommend?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am not condoning data collection in any way, especially not on kids devices but, direct quote:

Oh, and parents, if you have a child please don't create a Samsung account for them.

There, all this if you create a Samsung account for them. So just... don't? Not saying its right to collect all this, but the workaround is not to register with Samsung, you can still use the device, just not Samsung services.

[–] nailoC5@lemy.lol 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes, but that's from the privacy policy for their Samsung account specifically. Mozilla already says in the article that finding the relevant info on Samsung privacy policy is a nightmare. So, you need to keep in mind that you'd still be using Samsung flavor of Android and some of their apps. If I remember correctly even something as simple as their calculator app has close to 100 permission.