IPad vs. Kindle Fire HDX help?

[LordOfWaffles]

Alright lets be serious. They are both great tablets, but which do you guys think is best? I own neither, but have some money saved and want to buy one. I am kinda tempted by an Ipad just because.... It's an IPad. They've been around longer and apple is pretty respectable. I don't know much about the Kindle, so help me out here. I'm 19 so this will be for school as much as games and stuff, so I'm stumped. The quicker the better on feed back, the good sales start soon :) thanks guys! :yeah:

[Celtic.]

Kindle fire hdx. id never recommend a Iphone or Ipad just from the shear amount of problems ive heard MANY people have.

With Ipads its like you have to download an app for even very simple task. Plus when updates come out So many more issues such as crashing start

[fordgtguy]

nexus 7

[Ashthefox]

iPad, iOS is far superior to android. And it looks a lot nicer.

[Sugaree]

iPad, iOS is far superior to android. And it looks a lot nicer.

>iOS is a closed platform, meaning that, unless you pay a large fee, you won't get access to the tools to develop for it
>on top of that, YOU have to pay Apple a 30% cut of sales your App makes simply because it is selling on THEIR hardware and not on someone else's
>Apple is the only company that does this and no one has a problem with it; but if Microsoft did that on their Surface tablets, everyone would lose their shit

I love my iPad, but iOS has nothing compared to Android tablets. Android tablets are much more responsive, and given that Android is open source, and can run on a wider range of hardware than iOS can, I'm more inclined to go with Android for my next tablet purchase.

To answer the OP's question: Honestly, go with a Nexus 7 tablet. They are the best and most feature loaded out-of-the-box tablets out on the market right now (including a full HD display [which, mind you, is not commonplace for tablets right now], 9 hours battery life, and even surround sound which was made by Fraunhofer [a company I, as an audiophile, very much approve of!]). The 32 GB model only costs $269 (which is less than an iPad AND a new 32 GB iPod Touch!). Now, unlike an iPad, you won't get anything fancy like a Retina Display, Facetime capability, or any other Apple related stuff, but you will get the Google/Android equivalents, which are actually just as good, if not better. From my understanding, the Amazon Kindle family runs on a variant of Arch Linux, which is a totally different monster than Android. Go for the safe bet and get the Nexus 7 tablet.

[Ashthefox]

I don't think that the intent is to develop any software, its just to use the tablet. And while android may be more capable, I still hate it. Its not user-friendly at all and you have to pay to update it.

[Sugaree]

I don't think that the intent is to develop any software, its just to use the tablet. And while android may be more capable, I still hate it. Its not user-friendly at all and you have to pay to update it.

Actually, you don't have to pay to update Android software. All Android updates are free as long as both the device and service provider you have (for Android based phones at least) will support the update. Same goes for Apple updates; as long as the hardware supports it, they give you the update for free, no questions asked.

Where did you hear that you had to pay for Android updates? All updates my mother has had for her Android tablet have been free. Android has never been proprietary (read: paid for) software. Google never developed it to be that way, they only developed it to be used as an operating system for tablets and phones. The only thing you're really paying for when you buy an Android based phone or tablet is the hardware, not the software. If you were to buy an Apple product, you're buying both. Same goes for Microsoft products.

User friendliness...that varies from person to person. It took my mother a few days to get used to her Android tablet, but that's because she has cognitive problems. But compare that to me, who only took about 15 minutes to get used to an iPad. See, it varies from person to person; so what one person might not understand right away, another person might be able to pick up and just roll with. So the user friendliness argument doesn't really fly with me.

[Ashthefox]

Oh.. I thought you had to pay to upgrade to get like jellybean or whatever. And I'm not trying to argue its just my input. I think that its more user friendly, but thats just my opinion.