I didn't want a cell phone either, and I held off until three years ago, when I got very ill and the doctors practically demanded that I get one. A relative gifted me a mobile dumb-phone with a pre-paid plan that lapsed recently because I hadn't refilled for over a year.
These past few days, I have been very tempted to get a Asus VivoTab 8 on a sale, as a smaller successor to my netbook.
It is a 8" tablet with the big features are that it runs an Intel CPU, real Windows 8.1 and has a Wacom stylus like the Surface 2 Pro. Unlike on iPads, phones and most Android tablets, the stylus is detected separately from touch and it is precise enough that it allows the use of proper desktop apps for which touch isn't very usable.
The big drawback with it (and all other 8" tablets I have seen) is that it has only one tiny USB port ... for charging
and peripherals - so I wouldn't be able to use a wired keyboard while charging, which is f**ked up.
The built-in stylus is small, though. If you want to use it often or for painting, you should buy a larger Wacom stylus which would cost at least $40 - and you must be very careful to get one that is compatible. There are lots of cheap styli that only emulate a finger tip, and you absolutely don't want any of those.
Another drawback is of course that there aren't many touch-oriented apps for Windows.
I was actually thinking of getting an Amazon Fire 6"
Android is not just one OS. It is a jungle, that you need to learn about and then choose direction in. Amazon's OS is based on Android but then there is lots of stuff on top.
(Disclaimer: I don't have any Android devices, but I keep up to date by reading about it on the web...)
1. First, there is free, open-source Android... which no device has.
2. Then there are open-source Android with vendor extensions, like on Blackberry, OnePlus One etc. These can normally not access Google's app store.
3. Then there is Google's Android with apps that can access their "Play store" and services. Devices with this are the ones branded "Google Nexus" or is a "Google Play Edition". These can get frequent OS updates, and allow you to run the latest version of Android.
4. The majority of Android devices run a version of Google's Android with lots of vendor-extensions: bundled apps, branded skin, special OS features etc. Most vendors do this. However OS updates can lag behind, more or less and are even nonexistent with some vendors/models.
I am not sure which variant of these above that Amazon's OS is... Be sure to find out before you choose.