Technical advice on a tablet please.

[coco69]

Hi I have 2 sons 12 and 14, would this be ok for them...I know its not a £400er but needs must.

http://www.play.com/stores/123discountshopuk/listing/697031036

 

[fossyant]

It's a good price for a 9" tablet. Android 4.2 is upto date and the processor is OK.

If you are looking for a 'named make' tablet then you are talking about £150 each !

 

[DWiggy]

Apparently Tesco are going to do one that for the price is quite good around the £119 mark I think

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24203271

 

[Chromatic]

Take two with water after food.

 

[coco69]

It's a good price for a 9" tablet. Android 4.2 is upto date and the processor is OK.

If you are looking for a 'named make' tablet then you are talking about £150 each !

ok I am rubbish at the tech stuff, would you say it is reasonably quick

 

[ColinJ]

The Maxtouch tablet's spec is ok, but not super. The screen and camera resolutions are disappointing, but for the price, you shouldn't complain.

That Tesco Hudl tablet's spec is a lot better, but it does cost £50 more, though that price can be reduced if you have any ClubCard vouchers.

 

[fossyant]

It should be ok. I have a Samsung Tab 2 7" with a dual core 1ghz processor, the one you point to is single core 1.5GHZ

The resolution is a little low for a 9" and the ram is 512 where many are 1gb (excluding the 8gb expansion).

It's probably worth a punt at that price though.

Get some more views before pressing buy.

 

[fossyant]

The only thing that is a little sketchy. It says 8gb storage and it has a Memory slot. Now if it's 8gb built in with an additional memory slot then great. If it's just 8gb card installed already, then it's a little low on storage and you'll want to upgrade the cards soon enough. Kids tend to put loads of apps on, or make silly videos and these start to eat space quite quickly.

My tab has 1gb RAM, 8gb storage and an additional 8gb memory card, which is more than enough.

 

[coco69]

ok thankyou all for replying I am trying to get 2 for £150 you see, any others you think would be ok

 

[PpPete]

I bought a similarly priced 7" from Maplin which was adequately speedy....but it went back because the WiFi reception was catasprophically bad. No signal at all in next room from router (where other devices were still showing "excellent").
I'd suggest checking the performance on that score out before handing device over to young 'uns.

I might take a look at the Tesco one.

 

[tadpole]

Jelly bean is ram hungry so I'd say too little ram for the OS

 

[coco69]

ok thanks I will keep looking

 

[Hacienda71]

They are ok and certainly would be fine for a 12 and 14 year old. They are not all that robust partuicularly around the usb and charger ports so make sure they are careful when plugging in and unplugging chargers etc.