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« on: November 10, 2014, 09:46:16 PM » |
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Was going to get the grandson a Hudl1 at the sell off price of £79 but they sold out. Ebay prices are holding around that figure but I begrudge paying retail price for something that I won't have any Sale of Goods rights on.
So, budget buy Android tablets? Sub £60 ideally, anyone got one, or have any advice on brands/suppliers please?
He'll mostly be playing Minecraft and Clash of Clans and watching YouTube videos of people playing Clash of Clans and Minecraft. Doesn't need to take a SIM card but decent wifi is obviously important.
Thanks Blondes.
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« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2014, 10:19:32 AM » |
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Archos is another budget brand with tablets that do everything well enough <£100
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« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2014, 10:32:47 AM » |
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« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2014, 10:34:41 AM » |
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I'd try and save the extra and buy a Hudl 2. I know it's more than you were willing to pay, but you are better of spending £120 on something useful than £60 on something useless, and I've heard that some of these super cheap tablets are practically useless.
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« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2014, 11:01:08 AM » |
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I'd try and save the extra and buy a Hudl 2. I know it's more than you were willing to pay, but you are better of spending £120 on something useful than £60 on something useless, and I've heard that some of these super cheap tablets are practically useless.
Got to agree with this, I bought my kids a cheap tablet from Currys and returned it within a day. Just got them the Hudl 2's for xmas and I've had a play with it while setting it up and for the money it's very impressive, nice size screen, easy to use, easy to set up parental controls. Highly recommend for the extra £69. Also if you have club card point you can use them and they are doubled up so you can end up getting extra discount. |
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« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2014, 11:48:18 AM » |
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I'd try and save the extra and buy a Hudl 2. I know it's more than you were willing to pay, but you are better of spending £120 on something useful than £60 on something useless, and I've heard that some of these super cheap tablets are practically useless.
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« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2014, 06:04:37 PM » |
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My 11 year old has a kindle fire recommended on here
I think it was £110 but that included a £20 gift card at Argos !
He loves it and it does everything he wants it to.
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« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2014, 09:12:09 PM » |
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9hKindle fire deffo way to go. Very good, decent price and size
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« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2014, 04:35:35 PM » |
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Would the Kindle Fire be suitable for a 5 year old?
I've got to get a tablet for my niece for Christmas and given the price tag this looks ideal as long as it's not too grown up.
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2014, 04:37:00 PM » |
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Would the Kindle Fire be suitable for a 5 year old?
I've got to get a tablet for my niece for Christmas and given the price tag this looks ideal as long as it's not too grown up.
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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2014, 04:39:12 PM » |
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Brilliant. That's Christmas sorted.
Thanks George.
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« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2014, 08:27:12 PM » |
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Yeah, what George said. Will be fine for a 5 year old. Might be an idea to get either a decent case/protector as they do get accidentally dropped at times
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« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2014, 09:12:03 PM » |
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I wouldn't buy a Kindle fire because it is Amazon's own special version of Android, not the standard one so it doesn't/won't have all the apps as it doesn't have access to the Google app store. For the same money get a proper Android tablet.
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