Reddit mentions of Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition (16GB, Black) (Certified Refurbished)

This is a bit late, but here goes nothing:

Listen man, steer clear of the iPad in college. It can only do one thing at once, making it a total travesty to a busy college student. In my case, at least, I believe I found the perfect replacement.

Just last month I sold my 4th generation iPad because I found that I wasn't using it at all for my studies and it just sat there collecting dust. After some research online, I decided to get another tablet. This time I wanted one that could actually be useful in my college studies. Enter the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

I bought it refurbished off amazon for a good price, just to test it out and see if it was any good. It didn't take long for the new tablet to just outright replace half my backpack:

• I stopped needing to take my notebooks to my classes. The S-Note application paired with the S-Pen (mind you the tablet has a built in Wacom digitizer) is a beautiful writing tool (or even typing, if you prefer so), and everything can be exported to Evernote in PDF format for organization and accessibility
  
  
  
• The multitasking is a beautiful and crucial feature: I'm able to have a tutorial YouTube video, S-Note, and a calculator open all at once on the screen. I can have literally nothing on my table but this tablet and successfully teach myself just about anything. In addition, there's this feature where you can be looking at a picture on the browser, and you decide you want that picture in your notes. You can simply drag and drop the image into your notes and there it is.
  
  
• The battery lasts me about 9 hours of screen on time with HEAVY use (notetaking, videos, multitasking, vewing large PDF's or powerpoints) which is enough to get most people through the day
  
  
• I can just download the PDFs of my instructors worksheets and mark them up directly on the tablet, and then print out the solved worksheet. It's ridiculously efficient and saves me a lot of time and effort. If I make a mistake? Big deal; erase and correct it. Simple as that
  
  Aside from that, the tablet has a very large and beautiful display, making it a very good option for watching movies or Netflix in your downtime. Gaming performance is pretty beast as well. It is without a doubt, a college students best friend, and I highly recommend you at least check it out.
  
  I did, however, end up returning the tablet. Not because I wasn't happy, rather, the opposite. I was so ridiculously pleased with it that I just scrounged up whatever I have left in my allowance account to get the Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2. It's basically similar to the Note 10.1 in every way except:
  
  
• The display is significantly larger. It is about the size of a full 11x9 inch notebook, making it a lot more comfortable to write on. The display resolution is the same as the Note 10.1, but despite the extra screen real estate it is still clear as day with about 250 ppi
  
  
• It has a bigger battery, meaning it should be able to push me through the day and more
  
  
• The Note 10.1 allows multitasking by having 2 large applications open side by side, as well as a small collection of 'mini apps' that can hover on top of the applications (eg. Calculator or a YouTube video). The Note Pro 12.2 allows up to 4 large applications to run all at once plus those mini-apps.
  
  These tablets have shown me just how useless an iPad is as a college companion. Steer clear of it. Look at the Note. Best of luck in college!