Budget tablet for reading/netflix/youtube

baby and crumble · 21-06-2017 02:39PM #1

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone has a particular recommendation for a budget friendly tablet? I'm coming from an ipad mini, want to go up in size (probably to the 8inch size, no bigger than 10 or so though for ease of carrying around) but can't afford the pricetag, especially as all I really need it for is reading and annotating PDFs via Dropbox, reading ebooks via Kindle and watching Netflix/youtube occasionally. I had an android phone years ago and hated the OS but it seems to have improved since.

My price is probably max 160, could push to 200 if something amazing jumps out at me. I was looking at some of the Chuwi range (that dual boot into Windows 10/Android) but there's such mixed reviews I dunno if I want to risk it.

Xterminator · 21-06-2017 03:43PM

i have reccomended kindle for tablets to a few people, everyone who got them is happy.

when you look at value, eg bang for buck, and ease of repair etc, i've rarely seen a better deal.

kindle fire 8" is 80 quid sterling.

baby and crumble · 21-06-2017 04:20PM

Thanks. Hell of a price jump to the 10" model though- £179. Still I get that's a good price for a 10" quality tablet with no big question marks as to quality etc. I need to look more into it about whether dropbox and pdf annotation with adobe will work (it'll be used for reading books and papers for college so those 2 features are a must!)

Heraldoffreeent · 22-06-2017 01:39AM

Got one of these back in January:
http://consumer.huawei.com/en/tablets/mediapad-m2-10/index.htm

Its a bit dearer than your budget (€249 in PC World at the moment) but its well worth it, the screen is really beautiful for watching video, its also pretty fast and responsive.

My only complaint is that 16 GB ram is too small, I'm sorry I didn't buy the larger one, although mine has an SD card slot, so I can download a lot of Netflix for when I'm travelling.

Here it is on the PCWorld Irish site:
http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/huawei-mediapad-m2-10-tablet-16-gb-silver/331364/398.1.0

Its also on sale on their UK site @ ?189, which is €215 plus a couple of euro to Parcel motel or addresspal

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/huawei-computing/tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/889_7550_70700_32969_xx/xx-criteria.html

Atlantic Dawn · 22-06-2017 01:54AM

Lenovo Tab 3 10.1 is reduced at the moment in Argos to 126.49. 10 hour battery life, supports up to 64GB MicroSD

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6779469/Trail/searchtext%3ELENOVO.htm

fritzelly · 22-06-2017 01:59AM

Lotta stuff on adverts
For what you want just stick to Android - cant think of any reason to dual boot to Windows!

I got a Galaxy Tab 4 10.1" for about 240 a few years ago - can probably get it a lot less now if you shop around

IRCA · 22-06-2017 01:10PM

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Lenovo Tab 3 10.1 is reduced at the moment in Argos to 126.49. 10 hour battery life, supports up to 64GB MicroSD

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/6779469/Trail/searchtext%3ELENOVO.htm

Nice tablet - word of warning though the Lenovo power connectors have a tendency to become loose - had a couple of the 7" tabs that eventually needed to be repaired, but the repair cost was more than the cost of a new tablet!

Budget tablet for reading/netflix/youtube

Comments