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Not sure at this point what could conceivably _more_ convenient and info-dense as a pocket-sized tablet.

A little over a year ago, my wife and I had decided to upgrade to Android smartphones.

A friend suggested that we find Phablets to use as phones and as tablets. My wife’s need was to be able to text and make a few calls each day to friends and relatives and receive calls with texting as a priority. She wanted at least a 5 inch screen phablet. I just wanted something to access the internet with wifi and link to sites like FR and be able to make phone calls and receive them without going to my home office. I fly fish and kayak, need a small cell to fit in a waterproof pocket.

We could not find phablets to meet our needs. I gave my wife an Alcatel 5.5” Android Tracfone. I got an Acer 8” tablet and a small LG Anroid Tracfone. We got the above for Christmas last year.

I had been using the Chrome Browser with my desk pc and my wife also had a GMail acct with her old Tracfone. So we were able to set up our new Android phones and my new Android tablet with minimal hassle.

I offered to buy my wife an Android tablet, with her fairly
large screen on her Alcatel, she didn’t want another device.
She texts with her Alcatel and makes phone calls at home on our wifi and 11 months later is very happy with

She accesses Google and other sites and is able to remote print with with Google print on our HP envy. She uses MySMS premium for texting and a lot of Google approved apps from weather to local tv news. Some of her friends have bought the same Android and are happy with it.

I use the MySMS texting app with my tablet and new Acer Chromebook via their linking app to my little cell phone. This works great as long as I link my cell phone to their cloud link each day. My use of my little cell is very limited to basically having it available for emergencies and allowing my wife or family members to call me when I am out of the house. I may upgrade to a waterproof android with a larger screen.

We can’t afford Iphones nor have any need for them. However , we have younger relatives in key management positions, who need to be in contact with people in their corps at home and in the field. One uses the larger screen new I phone and no longer needs his portable laptop. The other uses the smaller size new I phone as he has an active management role and is often out of the office doing his thing.

Last week we had dinner with some friends. Two of those attending had the new I Phone’s with the big screens. One is a commercial property manager, and he uses his Large Screen I Phone instead of a laptop to keep in contact and for his people to contact him. He has a chronic disease and has the Apple watch to monitor heart rate and ? with his I phone.

The other big I phone guest has her own business in graphic design and uses her large I phone for recalling her designs from her office Mac and other business needs when she is away from her office.

Like our younger relatives, they enjoy use large screen I phones instead of laptops when away from their offices.

At the end of the dinner, the women scheduled the next dinner on their I phones and my wife with her Android. One of the women will order the phone like my wife’s to replace her old and expensive to use I phone. She has zero need for the newer I phone like two of the other guests at the dinner.