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new tablet?

Jun 12, 2013 6:57AM PDT

hello everyone,

i'm going to buy a tablet soon but i just don't know wich one to choose. my budget is around 500 dollars. things that are important to me are a large memory (expendable via micro sd works for me too), a fast device, absolutely zero lag, a great screen and great looks.

at first i was thinking to buy the apple ipad mini 64 gb or the ipad 4 32 gb.

please help me out,
thanks

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All fail the zero lag item.
Jun 12, 2013 9:13AM PDT

I've yet to see any device with no zero lag.

Can you share why a tablet at all? It sounds as if you were shopping for a gaming laptop/tablet.
Bob

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Here's the top 10 today.
Jun 12, 2013 9:26AM PDT
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thanks for response
Jun 14, 2013 2:09AM PDT

hey,

i'm not buying a tablet for gaming and stuff as i already have a gaminglaptop. i'm just looking for a tablet with fast webbrowsing and short loading times for things like youtube, email, spotify...

the tablet will be used at home because i don't feel like booting my pc up every time i want to check my email. and with "zero lag" i do not mean zero lag, i mean the fewest lag possible (sorry for my english).

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The problem is now
Jun 14, 2013 2:13AM PDT

The tablet with the lowest lag will not be one we can discuss as even if I noted it here, it would be out of date by tomorrow.

The top 10 are all nice and I have one of those in the 10 and another model of another in the 10.

Why not one of the top 10 models?
Bob

PS. Correction. I don't own these. The office is porting apps so I get to use them a lot.

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thanks
Jun 22, 2013 12:07AM PDT

i decided to buy the ipad mini 64 gb.

just got it yesterday and i love it!
fast response and fine build quality, also a quick tablet overall.

the only downside is that is has no retina display, but the screen is still magnificent!

thanks for the advice!
bye

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thanks
Jun 24, 2013 9:42PM PDT

i decided to buy the apple ipad mini