Reddit mentions of Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, 32GB (Wi-Fi), Black

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!

Looks great, but as a professional drawing tablet I'd say it's poor compared to Microsoft's Surface Pro. While it is definitely heavier than the Note, the Pro is an ultrabook with a full installation of Windows 8.1--which means that it can run everything that a desktop Windows computer can, such as the full Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc) as well as mobile apps like Sketchbook Pro.

And the Surface Pro also has a wacom digitizer, plus the pen it comes with even includes a functional eraser.

If you compare the two, the Surface Pro (not Surface Pro 2) is even cheaper on Amazon:

Surface Pro

Galaxy Note Pro

They both make decent drawing tablets, but the Surface Pro is definitely a better option for anyone looking to do professional work.

Galaxy Note Pro 12.2" is probably the closest you can get to the Note phone. Not sure if they're coming out with a new version soon or not.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-Wi-Fi-Black/dp/B00HWMPSK6

There's also the Note 10.1 as other users have suggested.

Not helpful for your situation, but I was also looking for a tablet similar to my Note that I could take notes with. Landed up getting a Microsoft Surface 3, and have absolutely loved it.

Ninja edit: the issue with the newer Samsung tablets, such a the galaxy tab you mentioned, is that they don't have an s pen. The Note Pro and the 10.1 do have an s pen. So see if that is important before making a decision.

The five androids with ppi ratios are as follows:
[Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01824VVPI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dimz04-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01824VVPI&linkId=0d46f197360a79d2676909529d428529)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8.0] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DXVKQU6/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dimz04-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01DXVKQU6&linkId=cbcd112ba8bd285925289361ad52f827)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab S] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KHA5G6G/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dimz04-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00KHA5G6G&linkId=b80c169f2be57c279f5571e361e49a19)
[Dell Venue 8 7000] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S7YFSK8/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dimz04-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00S7YFSK8&linkId=a59eed762095e5bf253513de9c20ae88)
[SAMSUNG GALAXY NOTE PRO 12.2] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HWMPSK6/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=dimz04-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00HWMPSK6&linkId=13b8a8d422f1514e26efcf40d03ae8a2)

I am replacing a Nexus 10 that is becoming problematic and slow, requiring a factory reset every few weeks to keep it from becoming too slow to use. I already attempted to solve this cheaply myself with an RCA Maven Pro 12", and the screen is god awful and it's slower in its best state than the Nexus 10 is when it needs a factory reset. Other things about the Maven Pro make it attractive, but it's truly a piece of junk to be avoided.

So, my usage for this tablet will consist of:

• Video consumption, 1080p 60fps. Youtube/Netflix/Plex/Twitch.tv
  
• Chat in hangouts / twitch streams
  
• Control of ssh terminal to remote systems
  
• VNC control of remote systems
  
• eBook reading
  
• Reddit via sync for reddit
  
• Web Browsing
  
• SDR Applications for RF monitoring
  
  
  Although the screen on the Maven Pro is awful, the size is just incredible. It allows for the device to truly act like a tiny laptop and the media consumption experience is far better than even the 10 inch screen it replaces. Normally, availability of recent versions of android is top of my list of requirements, but at larger screen sizes that tends to just not be possible. The options that I have not already tried in the 12"+ size category that I am aware of are:
  
  
• Galaxy Note 12 Pro - Expensive, outdated version of android, but it has a very fast processor and the screen is reputed to be worth killing babies for. Very strong contender, especially since there is a very nice OEM keyboard option for it and it seems that there is some LineageOS support for this device as well.
  
• Chuwi Hi12 - Cheap as hell, very very nice IPS screen, limited LineageOS support (which may be going away due to drivers no longer in mainline kernels). Keyboard from OEM is reported to be absolute garbage, so an alternative keyboard solution may be needed, but at this price, it wouldn't be too bad. Performance is reported to be mediocre at best, but it will be better than the RCA Maven Pro. If Lineage OS support continues, I would expect performance to increase. Also includes windows 10, which would be an interesting bonus, as well as the option to run ubuntu instead of windows or android. Another negative: touchscreen accuracy is awful when using any sort of screen protector (shitty digitizer).
  
• Virgin Mobile TellyTablet - Perfect form factor to go along with media consumption use case. I can't seem to find one in the US, so I may have to get it shipped from the UK. ROM support may be spotty, so thats another negative, and portability will be iffy as well. Pretty much an unknown for me, as I've never seen one in person.
  
  
  What other 12 inch or larger tablets are there that run android? I'm pretty flexible on most parameters, so long as the screen size is 12 inches or larger and doesn't have craptastic viewing angles like the Maven Pro. Hell, if I could pay to have a decent processor and IPS display put in the Maven Pro, I'd do it.
  
  Thanks in advance!

• $449.99 Newegg (ebay) *your link
  
• $499.99 Tiger direct
  
• $585.97 Newegg (store)
  
• $599.00 Amazon
  
• $599.00 Bestbuy
  
  
  I see refurbished for 1 dollar cheaper than the newegg ebay store. So if your link you posted is in fact "new" I think you found the best deal. Of course.. who knows what deals might pop up in the next 24-48 hours.

Ah, light box & loupe is what I try to use my tablet as. It isn't quite there [I use this one for that purpose] yet so I get to see all kinds of artifacts, be subjected to low-res web-sized jpeg irritation and possibly suffer from the systemic color calibration problems. Maybe in the foreseeable future we'll probably have something that can re-create the light table&loupe&large format transparency experience. Somehow screen size and that it is a tablet rather than a monitor makes a qualitative difference.

Got you covered: https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-Wi-Fi-Black/dp/B00HWMPSK6
12.2" screen
if you actually need to call someone just carry a fliphone or something

If the only issue with the Galaxy Note phone was the size, then you could get a Galaxy Note tablet

Note there is a 10 and 12 inch.

I have one and love it.

I can heartily recommend my Galaxy Note 10.1, though there are probably much better options now to choose from. Microsoft's Surface for example also features pressure sensitive pens and would let you run Photoshop (if you bought a copy) or the GIMP.

Addendum:
Looks like Samsung has a 12.2 version out now which is far better than my tablet. Right now going for $512 US it looks like. If you have the money, tablets are wonderful day to day things.