Tablet for Child Help

Potential-Monke

The sister has a 9 year old Autistic son, and she wants to get him a Tablet. It will be mainly for games and autism related apps. She currently has a CnM booked in Argos, but i'm not quite sure of the spec. She doesn't want to be spending too much, as he can get a tantrum and throw the tablet down when he can't figure something out. (Rubber cover will be a purchase)

I was looking at other tablets, but for the same price, they all seem to be the exact save the name. One that stuck out though was a GoTab GBT9.

Then i was looking at a slightly more expensive one, a Prestigio 5580, and for an extra €25 odd, it seems to be considerably better (dual core ARM Cortex-A9, 1.5ghz).

Now, i'm asking, as i'm still not great at the aul tablet specs. I know, obviously, the better the processor the faster the tablet, same with RAM. But i was hoping someone more in the know would let me know what they think of the above 3, or any other suggestions. Needs the Play Store though.

Atomic Pineapple

Whats the absolute max budget?

Potential-Monke

draffodx wrote: »

Whats the absolute max budget?

I reckon €180, but i could convince her to go to €200. She doesn't want to spend too much as there is a high probability of it getting broke.

Atomic Pineapple

Potential-Monke wrote: »

I reckon €180, but i could convince her to go to €200. She doesn't want to spend too much as there is a high probability of it getting broke.

Is size important? Can she wait until next Wednesday? There are rumours that there is a new Nexus 7 being unveiled at Google I/O and that the current Nexus 7 will drop in price, if true its highly likely the Nexus 7 will drop into her price range making it an ideal candidate.

As said it is just a rumour though and she may need the tablet asap?

Potential-Monke

draffodx wrote: »

Is size important? Can she wait until next Wednesday? There are rumours that there is a new Nexus 7 being unveiled at Google I/O and that the current Nexus 7 will drop in price, if true its highly likely the Nexus 7 will drop into her price range making it an ideal candidate.

As said it is just a rumour though and she may need the tablet asap?

I'll say it to her, his birthday is coming up next week i think. I was thinking the Nexus 7 would be better, the niece has one and it's a great little tablet. Cheers for the info!

b318isp

The CnM is good option for bricks and mortar shop.

The 10.1 " is a better option though. It has a better screen, better processor, better memory, better battery and HDMI.

The reviews on the Harvey Norman models is not generally good.

Proxy

I bought this a few months back and I'm really happy with it - http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/12804340/art/zenithink/c93-10-1-cortex-a9-dual-c.html

Potential-Monke

Proxy wrote: »

I bought this a few months back and I'm really happy with it - http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/12804340/art/zenithink/c93-10-1-cortex-a9-dual-c.html

That one looks good, and i've Pixmania before so all good. Heard they can be complicated with returns though, should anything be wrong.

b318isp

I have been burnt before on a tablet, so that's why I went with Argos. A good bit dearer than on line, but I can walk back in to a big company customer service desk if it goes wrong. Vital factor for kids, me thinks.