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welcome back to Android Q&A my name is Jace and today we cover things like what are your best mid-range tablets - how big can a phablet get before it's too big and you just look like a douche bag hello yeah but it's not just the place where you come to get your Android questions answered it's the place where we help you help other less tech-savvy people amongst us the tech challenge shall we say I have a little bit of experience with this mother this Nigerian prince who emailed you does not love you he's not real do not send him money first up Sam asks what is the best mid-range tablet well right at the top of that list Sam has got to be the Nexus 7 no it does not have a stellar camera or a microSD slot but for the price point it is fantastic you get stock Android you get updates almost as soon as Google has them up and from a day-to-day performance perspective it's not that far behind more expensive tablets next up is the Kindle Fire HDX and although many other Kindle Fires were considered underpowered and they really do use a forked version of Android this tablet has power to spare if your primary use for this tablet is media consumption or you're considering buying this as a gift for a less tech-savvy user then this device deserves serious consideration in addition the Mayday support has been receiving very positive reviews thus far and finally we have the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 and although it does have poor battery life as has been tested here an Android authority by Josh it has been by some been referred to as the Swiss Army knife of Android tablets because it does so many things reasonably well and if you're a fan of the TouchWiz add-ons and the s-pen provided by Samsung this may be the tablet for you alright second question came from be godly and be godly was experiencing a little bit of buyer's remorse after leaving his iPhone for a new Android phone and it was a little bit of a steep learning hey hey hey hey hey hey hey no need for that he is not a sheep you are neo you have taken the red pill and gone down the rabbit hole to the Wonderland of Android but you do need some help so I provided some links below your name is now neo be godlie neo there is some links in the show makes the show notes below for you the first one is a video series and for beginners it's going to just walk you through basic Android operating system and the second one is a video series on an app called tasker and Tasker is an extremely popular app on my android users you mentioned some tasks problems within your comments good luck neo the third question that came in was when will my note to get KitKat well you should know the note two just got jellybean back in April and that means that the s4 and the note three have to get kicked out before you you were like two stages behind realistically spring if we're you know that's a optimistic view maybe even the summer it really depends I mean I it was announced that my Galaxy Note was gonna get jellybean last December and it took till May to get it so you never really know and the final question that came in was with regards to phablets how big can a phablet get before it's just too big good question I have some personal experience with this I think the question is not just how big is too big but what other devices do I use on a regular basis so for example when I left the iPhone a couple years ago and came to Android I got this and I got this it was the note was the biggest you know Android phone you could get at the time because it was my primary device I mean this is the only thing I had it didn't have a tablet and so this was acting as a tablet and a phone I was reading on it for long period of time gaming that's great science or two thumb gaming you know watching movies for an extended period of time and as a phone it was everything but then I got this and this became my primary media device I did everything I still do everything on this I read watch movies you name it I go everywhere with it and this is regulated just two things phone calls and navigation when I'm driving GPS because this doesn't have GPS if is how GPS I might use this so I would be better served to get something smaller and nimble now I have above-average hands right I can use this with one hand but it's it's a stretch I have to strain a little bit and my hands are a little bit of average for you know man of my size I'm almost 6 foot so I think the question is not how big is too big but how many devices have you have if I only had this yes stick with this it's fantastic I loved it but if you do have tablets and I suspect many of you do get the small phone and nimble and use it as a phone and this is your media device thanks so guys one last thing before we go I read all the comments thank you very much but one of the most common questions is something like when does my version of my phone get KitKat and I think we might do well to go deep into the idea of why Android is as fragmented as it is why manufacturers can't update all at the same time like Google does how and why does that happen if you'd like to go into detail that let me know in the comments below that might be an interesting video to do I shall see you next week on the next Q&A this thing on