Which Tablet to buy ???

ASH999

Hi All,

Back here for advice ! Not much clue about tablets/ghz android etc !!!

I have a 10 year old boy and would like to buy him a tablet, my budget is around 100 pounds but willing to go a bit more for the right tablet.

He will will use it mainly for games and surf net thought etc thought get decent one so he can use when he grows up aswell.

I was thinking about samsung tab 2 or 3 ,

or argos have the
Kindle Fire HD 7 Inch Tablet - 16GB. 99 pounds
(Is this for book only ? or can you surf the net and games etc ?
Is it android)

or Tesco have Hudl at 119 pounds

carphonewarehouse got a samsung tab 3, 99 pounds

pc world got some good ones aswell from 69.99

pls recommend me one.

Also need a cheap one for my 3 year old

Again want one for games only, I could buy a cheap one from pc world or get a used one from ebay.

pls pls recommend me one for him aswell.

Thankyou very much, Highly appreciated in advance

ASH999

Sorry forgot to add I wouldn't mind a 10 inch samsung tablet but prob out of my budget.

I could get a cheap one now and then give that to little one and get 10 inch in the sales ?

ASH999

Sorry forgot to add I wouldn't mind a 10 inch samsung tablet but prob out of my budget.

I could get a cheap one now and then give that to little one and get 10 inch in the sales ?

DCFC79

The majority of tablets out there are android, there's a few exceptions like the blackberry playbook and the windows tablets which are non android but yes the kindle fire is android.

Supatramp

The problem with Kindle tablets I understand, is though they are Android, it's a heavily biased version towards Kindke/Amazon/e-reading.

And in their natural state, they can only read Kindle format books.

coolagarry

Hi Ash. I would go for the Hudl, Its not quite as good as the Nexus 7 but is a great price and is a really good tablet. I think you are going to have a problem with getting a cheap one for the 3yrs old. Even a 3yr old will get no fun playing with a tablet that is slow and unresponsive. I would get him a Blackberry Playbook http://www.studentcomputers.co.uk/Cheap_BlackBerry_PlayBook_Tablet_Masssiv_1409314.html
Although a little aged it is a robust tablet that plays games, videos etc which should attract the little one,

pab3032

My Brother has 4 boys and each one has a tablet, they have tried the cheap ones.
In short they are cheap for a reason, poor battery life and can be very slow.
Blackberrry is a good choice for your youngest.
I have a Nexus 7 one of the 1st ones it is excellent. New ones are even better.
Just bought a hudl for my mother this is good for the money.

ballyblack

Ch 5 'The Gadget show' had an item comparing the

Nexus 7
Tesco Hudl
Amazon Kindle Fire

The Nexus was by far the best, with the Hudl Good value

The Kindle was disappointing because of the lack of apps


.

michaels

Can't the kindles be flashed to a more standard android?

I am put off Kindles and the Nooks by the lack of cameras for skype etc (I'm also buying for kids).

For Nexus there seems to a 2013 model which is very good but more like 200 quid or a 2012 model for 120 ish that is mroe comparable to the Hudl etc. The Samsung tab seems to be lower spec (but cheaper at 99). Also possible are the Asus memopad or Advent Tegra vega or a similar one that ebuyer are doing. For most there are various vouchers and discounts around to get about a tenner off and of course with the hudl there is the possibility of double tesco clubcard points.

Daz2009

As the OP is not particularly technically minded I'd suggest giving the Kindle a miss.What you want is a straight forward android tablet with play store access built in,the Kindle doesn't fulfill those criteria.
The Samsung Tabs are outdated in terms of spec/performance.

The hudl should do the job but even though it's quite well spec'd....it has a hdmi output so your son can plug it into a big telly if he wishes....it might struggle with the latest demanding games.

michaels

The advent vega at currys/pc world is now 99.99 with 10% off using code vega10