According to a story featured on Associated Press/Philstar.com, “the difference in screen size does not fundamentally change the nature of the machine.” The size of the screens may differ but all tablets can let you surf, check e-mail and run apps; others are better than others when it comes to doing certain tasks, of course. It’s like having different sizes of knife – they differ in length and size but they can all cut food.
So should you go for a big tablet or something that’s mini? According to the story, you should get a small tablet except in the following cases:
You have bad eyesight.
You like reading a LOT of magazines. Some publishers don’t tweak the design of their mags for tablets so they’re more challenging to read.
Your fingers are, well, fat. It’s easy to understand how some apps (or even the keyboard) are hard to use on the iPad mini as opposed to the iPad.
You give presentations. The bigger the screen, the better for displaying your illustrations to others.
You write a LOT of memos and e-mail. For starters, doing such tasks is really challenging when using a tablet, so the bigger the screen and keypad, the easier.
You’re tired of the PC. Switching from a PC to a tablet is very easy. It’s lighter than laptops, too.
You like playing video games. It’s always more fun playing a video game when the screen is bigger.
If you’re a big guy.
