How to Choose a Tablet PC in 2014 (Part 2 – Size and Operating System)

Here's something on the cost.

When I buy my next iPad was going to go through my provider, which for an extra $10.00/month I would have internet excess. Now through my company I get an additional 17% off through Verizon. But I was going to go with the family plan for other member of my family. My girlfriends daughter was on, and my girlfriend had to wait till her other contract expired, but was hesitant...... so I got stuck with approx. $200.00/month bill (her daughter covered half. (of course it was with the new phone deal)

In the meantime, her daughter found a cheaper so when her contract expired she dusted and went to another provider that was cheaper, I called to cancel and they talked me into just suspending the line, (lasts for 6 months)..... I figured they did not want to lose a customer yet I was paying $135.00/month. I called up and told them to cancel, the line, and the reason was I have to cut cost, she asked when she left I told her Verizon is too expensive........

Well they instead tried to sell more product until I told them no Cancel the one line, and I have to cut costs, and if I can't. when my contract expires in about 45 days, I'll be gone.

Low and behold I'm down to about 70 dollars/month with my iPhone, (not including my 17% company employee discount) with the same package, I may just up grade my I pad and get the line for it for an extra $10.00......... bastards just sold me more product......... but at least I'm paying less.

A note about operating systems: When deciding between iOS and android, you're respectively deciding between an operating system that was built specifically for the device it runs on, or an operating system that was re-worked/modified/trimmed in order to work on the device. Granted, there are android devices that run pure AOSP, but they are uncommon and it certainly doesn't guarantee a much better experience anyway. What most people are given on their android phones is an OS that may have started out as AOSP, but the phone manufacturer puts their "enhancements" in there, then the carrier gets their hands in the mix too. This fragmentation of the OS makes for a very difficult time trying to push updates. That would explain why it takes so long to get updated versions of android for some devices, when another device released around the same time could have gotten the update.

The hardware and the software are designed to work together from the start. iOS is just inherently more stable than android for that reason alone. Apple has an astonishingly better track record of keeping its products up to date, compared to android device updates.