# Doogee RK3562 Android tablet

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/rk3562-android-tablet/

5 people recommended Doogee RK3562 Android tablet in Hacker News comments and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 12 months, in 1 thread. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

5 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “I turned a $80 RK3562 Android tablet into a Debian Linux workstation”.

**Verdict:** People recommend this cheap Android tablet as less bloated than stock Android, and as a low-cost Debian Linux workstation.

Summary written by Claude from 12 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Smoother than stock Android (3 comments in the sample): "Performance is usable, especially compared to stock Android, because there is less background bloat." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48171653)) "it is still more useful to me than stock Android on this hardware" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172381)) "performance is definitely better than the Samsung" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48178420))
- Admired as a fun project (2 comments in the sample): "Thank you for this outstanding project!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175014)) "I think this is a cool project" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48175463))

## Other tablets people recommend

- [Apple iPad](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apple-ipad/): 176 recommend, 71 mixed, 277 criticize
- [iPad Pro](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ipad-pro/): 66 recommend, 24 mixed, 72 criticize
- [Apple iPad Air](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ipad-air/): 48 recommend, 13 mixed, 58 criticize
- [iPad mini](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ipad-mini/): 39 recommend, 13 mixed, 74 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Doogee RK3562 Android tablet", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rk3562-android-tablet/ (5 recommend, 0 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.