Tesco 7inch tablet £119/€140 or €70 in vouchers?

dowtchaboy

Goes on sale Sept 30th in UK. Will be eligible for 2x "Boost" for Clubcard vouchers.

http://www.androidcentral.com/tesco-unveils-119-hudl-tablet

Specification detail:
· 7” 1440 x 900 HD screen
· Android Jellybean 4.2.2
· 16GB storage which can be expanded to 48GB with microSD cards.
· Quad-core 1.5GHZ processor
· 9 hours video battery life (Conditions may vary dependent on video format and content, audio volume, screen brightness and processor load)
· Micro-HDMI port
· Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
· Dual band Wi-Fi for a more stable connection
· Access to over a million apps via Google Play™
· Comes in 4 colours: black, blue, red, purple
· Wi-Fi only

· Sleek, high-quality design, with a durable, matte, soft-touch back for better grip
· Scratch resistant touch screen
· ‘Getting started’ app that offers tips and guidance

beauf

Your link doesn't work. Who makes this thing?

kn

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/supermarket-launches-tablet-computer-244057.html

On general sale for €141 or €119 for Clubcard holders.

It also comes with in-built apps, including YouTube and Google Chrome.

maximoose

The supermarket giant hopes the colourful Android-operated gadget, priced at €141, will attract customers who might not have been able to afford one before

So....they price it higher than similarly specced budget tablets

snubbleste

maximoose wrote: »

So....they price it higher than similarly specced budget tablets

It's all about the brand :P

Macy0161

maximoose wrote: »

So....they price it higher than similarly specced budget tablets

It is a saving of a whole €8 compared to what they were selling the Nexus 7 16gb a few weeks ago.

Having said that, wouldn't be the worst for children if (like me) you weren't into rooting the imported budget tablets, and it was running 4.3 (with the restricted user option). Obviously it's not running 4.3 which is a bit of miss.

Cantona's Collars

£60 in UK with clubcard. Specs are excellent for this tablet.

messinkiapina

What is a qualifying clubcard member? I presume you can't just sign up for a clubcard one day and get the tablet at a reduced price the next? Anyone have more specific info about the CPU, GPU and RAM?

cfeeneyinterior

Looks good http://www.androidcentral.com/tesco-unveils-119-hudl-tablet

danjo-xx

wifi only:(

fl4pj4ck

e100 - maybe
e144 - not a chance

Barr

If its €70 in vouchers its a decent deal. Seems to have good spec.

melekalikimaka

1gb ram

kinda becoming a bit limiting if looking at this as a long term investment

touts

Barr wrote: »

If its €70 in vouchers its a decent deal. Seems to have good spec.

Who has €70 in clubcard vouchers lying around? Most people spend them as soon as they get them.

Also the Irish Examiner just took the UK price and multiplied it by last night's exchange rate for Pounds to Euro (£119 x 1.18540) and got €141. I'd wait to see the official Tesco price with the "Paddy Tax" added.

whiteshorts

Why don't Tesco in Ireland do the same as Tesco in UK and have a
2 for 1 offers with Clubcard vouchers when buying electrical items?
So if you have £20 of Clubcard vouchers in the UK, you can get £40 worth of goods.
Would be better then the current offers they do here.

fl4pj4ck

you must be new in this country

mondeo

whiteshorts wrote: »

Why don't Tesco in Ireland do the same as Tesco in UK and have a
2 for 1 offers with Clubcard vouchers when buying electrical items?
So if you have £20 of Clubcard vouchers in the UK, you can get £40 worth of goods.
Would be better then the current offers they do here.

We Irish are use to being shafted.

beauf

The problem with cheaper, tablets (and phones) is usually not the spec but the quality of the screen and how responsive it is. Also if its gets updates of the OS.

_Whimsical_

Barr wrote: »

If its €70 in vouchers its a decent deal. Seems to have good spec.

That's UK vouchers, doubt they'll accept ours for it.

chavezychavez

beauf wrote: »

The problem with cheaper, tablets (and phones) is usually not the spec but the quality of the screen and how responsive it is. Also if its gets updates of the OS.

You can be sure there will be Android forks out almost straight away for this. Get rid of the Tesco influenced OS.

eamon234

Highly unlikely this will be available in Ireland anytime soon due to licencing issues similar to Kindle Fire.

beauf

eamon234 wrote: »

Highly unlikely this will be available in Ireland anytime soon due to licencing issues similar to Kindle Fire.

Isn't that a different issue to do with the licensing of content rather than the hardware.

Chris Dolmeth

Ah well. If you want one it'll be a UK one, guys.
I contacted Tesco Customer Care and got this reply:

I have checked with my Business Support Team and unfortunately we are not currently stocking the Hudl in any of our Republic of Ireland stores.

dowtchaboy

Chris Dolmeth wrote: »

Ah well. If you want one it'll be a UK one, guys.
I contacted Tesco Customer Care and got this reply:

Well it doesn't go on sale in UK until Sept 30th so it's unlikely to be in stock here for a while.

eamon234

beauf wrote: »

Isn't that a different issue to do with the licensing of content rather than the hardware.

No - the Hudl will be supplying content through Tesco's Clubcard TV and Blinkbox Movie service which isn't licenced here.

beauf

Wasn't the Kindle locked to a Kindle branded store for apps/content. Going by the reviews thus far, the Hudl seems to have access to the vanilla android app store. Is that not quite different? If not why not?

dowtchaboy

eamon234 wrote: »

No - the Hudl will be supplying content through Tesco's Clubcard TV and Blinkbox Movie service which isn't licenced here.

AFAIK Clubcard TV and Blibkbox will work here, even if not supposed to.

You can sign up at

http://www.clubcardtv.com/

Just put in your Tesco ClubCard number and address - it's supposed to be UK only but if you put say BT11AA as your postal code it will work fine. It does not seem to be intelligent enough to do geo-blocking. For pcs it need SilverLight though.