7" Tablet €59.95 Heatons

oldguysrip

My local Heatons in Bandon has these at 1/2 price, reduced from €119.
Disgo 7" tablet, wifi, android 2.3, 512mb, 4gb mlc micro sd to 32gb.imap x210, 1 ghz

eddhorse

oldguysrip wrote: »

My local Heatons in Bandon has these at 1/2 price, reduced from €119.
Disgo 7" tablet, wifi, android 2.3, 512mb, 4gb mlc micro sd to 32gb.imap x210, 1 ghz

Is that the 7000 model ?

Screen doesn't seem very good,
http://youtu.be/kVpWhjkDxC4

Here's another review, entry level tablet but again the screen is resistive :
http://m.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/tablets/disgo-tablet-7000-1057799/review

balfe1990

That's a piece of crap. Wouldn't have been good two years years ago.

Might as well invest a few more bob and get a quality tablet that will stand the test of time.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" 8GB for €189 with a free 8GB microSD card at Curry's. Could probably get it cheaper elsewhere.

You could try Amazon's price, £148(€175) and create a demand with Flubit for an even cheaper price.

That's a brilliant tablet and an absolute bargain. It's got Jelly Bean aswell, the tablet in the OP seems to still be rocking Eclair or Froyo i.e. it's been left behind and is completely outdated.

Seriously, it's worth spending the extra cash on a tablet that won't give you nightmares and headaches. I've come across cheap Android slates before and they're rarely anything but trouble.

EDIT: Though I will say it appears to have a mini HDMI which is quite handy. Not all tablets, even the good ones, have that.

Doodah7

The amount of false economies surrounding tablets is unbelievable. Sister-in-law got cheap rubbish tablet at Christmas notwithstanding me insisting for her to get a Nexus or Samsung. The yoke she got has an appalling screen and is unbelievably slow. Result: she now uses here laptop and never touches the crappy tablet and a lesson learned.

tallpaul

tallpaul wrote: »

The amount of false economies surrounding tablets is unbelievable. Sister-in-law got cheap rubbish tablet at Christmas notwithstanding me insisting for her to get a Nexus or Samsung. The yoke she got has an appalling screen and is unbelievably slow. Result: she now uses here laptop and never touches the crappy tablet and a lesson learned.

That's awful logic. Her tablet is bad because she doesn't know anything about buying tablets, not because of the price. You can get a tablet just as good as a Nexus or Samsung for a lot cheaper if you know what you're buying. What I hate more are people who buy a tablet because it is a Nexus or Samsung. "Oh it says Samsung on it, it must be the bestest!!!11"

Also OP the first thing you should check when buying a tablet is if it has a resistive screen. If it does, don't buy it.

bmaxi

Deleted User wrote: »

You can get a tablet just as good as a Nexus or Samsung for a lot cheaper if you know what you're buying.

No point in making a statement like that unless you can provide a link or reference. Lots of people can't tell what is or isn't a good tablet, laptop, PC etc.
If you know a good buy then tell us.

bmaxi

bmaxi wrote: »

No point in making a statement like that unless you can provide a link or reference. Lots of people can't tell what is or isn't a good tablet, laptop, PC etc.
If you know a good buy then tell us.

Bargain Alerts -> Search this forum -> Tablet

Or HotUKdeals

RobbingBandit

This one looks better for only €10 more at €69.95.

http://powercity.ie/?par=10-28-55109&pages=1&prod=55109&brands=SCROLL&image=

Hailhail1967

Deleted User wrote: »

Bargain Alerts -> Search this forum -> Tablet

Or HotUKdeals

Most of the "HOT" cheap tablet deals on their have nothing but bad reviews to be honest. I think if you want cheap buy a chinese model from ebay.

MOH

Deleted User wrote: »

Bargain Alerts -> Search this forum -> Tablet

Or HotUKdeals

In fairness, I got one of the Focalprice tablets from the Bargain Alerts thread. It was only because I went digging through it looking for some technical info that I discovered they'd switched it for a similar looking tablet, but with less storage, RAM, slower CPU. They accepted they sent me the wrong tablet, but then refused to replace it and tried to fob me off, ended up having to request a chargeback. I'd wonder how many other people got an inferior model but never noticed.

I'd agree you can get a decent tablet with paying for a brand name, but there are a lot of dodgy sites out there too.

Access

MOH wrote: »

In fairness, I got one of the Focalprice tablets from the Bargain Alerts thread. It was only because I went digging through it looking for some technical info that I discovered they'd switched it for a similar looking tablet, but with less storage, RAM, slower CPU. They accepted they sent me the wrong tablet, but then refused to replace it and tried to fob me off, ended up having to request a chargeback. I'd wonder how many other people got an inferior model but never noticed.

I'd agree you can get a decent tablet with paying for a brand name, but there are a lot of dodgy sites out there too.

Was that the approx €40 tablet from focal price MOH? how did you cop they had sent a lesser model... must have a look see to check if they did same to me... what do we look for?

(Also, on a side note... was pissed off like a few others when that thread was closed... it could have been a great place to find more info on that particular tablet and roms for it and what peeps did with theirs... but it was shut because the offer expired and also there were muppets ruining it with "where is my tablet and how do i track it" questions every second post!) :mad:

ted1

It would make a good digital photo frame

m4rkiz

ted1 wrote: »

It would make a good digital photo frame

not really - screens in cheap tablets have extremely poor viewing angles

actually choosing tablet is simple - if it has an ips screen and is under €100 it usually is a good buy, if they don't mention it is ips it isn't

or if you want to spend more than that €100 go for nexus or galaxy tab depending if you prefer better screen or more storage

RoverZT

I got the Ramos W28 for my sister for 70 euro, arrived on Wednesday and she loves it.

Found it thanks to lads below/

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056880990

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/ON-SALE-7-Ramos-w28-DUAL-CORE-IPS-Tablet-PC-1-5Ghz-CPU-1G-RAM-16G/716347597.html

Haven't tried it myself, but she reckons it's very quick and responsive.

Finds it a good upgrade over her smartphone Huawei G300.

Has great reviews.

Ramos W28 Dual Core is the latest 7 Inch Ramos Android Tablet PC.Ramos W28 adopts Dual Core AMLogic AML8726-M6 1.5GHz chip and strong Dual Core Mali400 3D GPU.Ramos W28 has 7 Inch 1280*800 IPS High-resolution Touch Screen.

B.A._Baracus

RobbingBandit wrote: »

This one looks better for only €10 more at €69.95.

http://powercity.ie/?par=10-28-55109&pages=1&prod=55109&brands=SCROLL&image=

Just been looking up on that tablet. Seems a better deal. Most reviews say the screen is more responsive than this Heatons deal.

RobbingBandit

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Just been looking up on that tablet. Seems a better deal. Most reviews say the screen is more responsive than this Heatons deal.

I am thinking of picking one up tomorrow if I do I will post a review.Some of the info seems to be bs on it online, if I get one I will test it out first before I post.

eamonnq

RobbingBandit wrote: »

I am thinking of picking one up tomorrow if I do I will post a review.Some of the info seems to be bs on it online, if I get one I will test it out first before I post.

See can you test it before you buy!!

MOH

Access wrote: »

Was that the approx €40 tablet from focal price MOH? how did you cop they had sent a lesser model... must have a look see to check if they did same to me... what do we look for?

It wasn't the original one in the first post that thread, it was mentioned as a better alternative a couple of pages in.

Don't want to hijack this thread, but I've details on the differences I found and how I found them in this Consumer Issues thread.

TerrorFirmer

Maplins have a tablet at the moment in Clearance for 50 euro, not sure on specs, but it is running Android 4.0.

MJ434

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Maplins have a tablet at the moment in Clearance for 50 euro, not sure on specs, but it is running Android 4.0.

Was it any of these : http://www.maplin.co.uk/productsearch.aspx?navigationCommand=Ntk:si_1|*|1|,Ro:0,Ns:p_price|101|1|,Nr:AND(8847)&menuno=8847&s=p_price+ascending

TerrorFirmer

Think it was that Scroll one, not re-furbs though, new ones.

RobbingBandit

Power city deal ended yesterday, back up to €80 now,I didn't bother with it.