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Is an expensive tablet really worth it?
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Depends for whom.
I got a 2-in-1 ThinkPad L390 Yoga, and for me, that's absolutely awesome. But the S10+ weights only 571g, this ThinkPad is 1.54kg. I personally don't mind the weight though.
And the keyboard is already built in. It kinda sounds like you're basically searching for a laptop.
Originally, I thought I wouldn't even use the touchscreen, I only took it as I heard that the yoga version has better display colors, but oh wow does it make sense on a portable device. Something like viewing a map makes far more sense, it's also better for scrolling and in KDE Plasma I also have gestures for nicer window switching.
And I can also just use it as a full on tablet if I flip the keyboard around.
Never have I thought I'd want laptop with a touchscreen, but now I don't want one without it.
Yeah. 2 in 1s are an option for me. But right now the best 2 in 1s are Windows devices. Which I'm not a fan of. I don't like windows in anything aside from desktops.
With the Samsung I'm getting android, with Linux via terminal emulation, and if I spend the money I can basically turn it into a laptop.
Proper 2 in 1s now have ARM chips and stupid copilot buttons. That's not compatible with Linux.
I use a Samsung Galaxy Book3 360 for uni. Very lightweight, high-quality unibody metal chassis, great battery, great display, great touchscreen, it has a pen digitiser allowing you to (hand)write with palm rejection. And all of its features are supported OOTB by the latest Linux kernels with no further configuration required. You can put your distro of choice on there and then install the DE that you like the most. I use the latest KDE Plasma due to its amazing touch support, but it looks very desktop-ey, of course, so not the best candidate for you. Maybe putting something like GNOME (or KDE Plasma Mobile?) on there would make sense for you.
But if you need specific Android apps for what you are doing, this is not a real option. Yes, there are things like Waydroid, but I would expect that to be too much of a hassle for regular use.