Help with tablet choice similar to ACER Iconia One B1-850 8"

Paully232000

Thanks for reading.
I am wanting to buy my son a tablet to replace one he has had for a while. I have seen this one, and wondered what people though, and if there are any better options in peoples opinions.

It is an ACER Iconia One B1-850 8" Tablet - 16 GB, Blue, £99.99 in Currys and Argos.
I dont really want to spend much more than £100, and he is 7 years old and just uses the tablet for looking at youtube videos and downloading free game apps. I like the fact that it has a microSD slot as I can save some things for long car journeys onto it, so that would be good in any choice.
Thanks

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If I was buying a tablet for a 7 year old I would seriously consider a Kindle fire @£49.

sillygoose

This is great 8" tablet from a decent brand..

http://www.hughes.co.uk/computing/tablet-pcs/mdn-p8311-5m98c03264/product

I have it here now and its perfect. If you have a Hughes near you can pick up or free delivery. Be careful, price drop may not have reached a store, get them to check online and they will sell at lower price.

Made to measure case available here..

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01EY6FYSI/

bingo_bango

I got one from the Argos outlet on Ebay a couple of years ago (A1-810), and still use it daily. Comes with a 12 month warranty as well.

They have THIS ONE for £49.99 delivered. Also has 32Gb memory along with the micro SD slot.

sillygoose

bingo_bango wrote: »

I got one from the Argos outlet on Ebay a couple of years ago (A1-810), and still use it daily. Comes with a 12 month warranty as well.

They have THIS ONE for £49.99 delivered. Also has 32Gb memory along with the micro SD slot.

Slight problem is the one you link is a Windows tablet and the op was talking about an Android one which is what the child would need to get popular games.


Also its refurbished so could be fine, or could have been customer returned for an intermittent fault Argos won't have picked up in short testing.


For £10 more the op can a brand new tablet from Hughes with just as good a spec.

motorguy

8 inch Lenovo Tab 3 for £84.99

Great tablet

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5497797.htm

jshm2

If buying for a kid then a Tesco Hudl 2 beats the Acer and Kindle fire in build quality, screen quality and OS functionality.

If you travel a lot then get the Vodafone Smart Tab 4g instead as it has built in mobile broadband functionality and is same price as the Hudl.

In Windows tablets you can get a LENOVO Yoga Tab 3 or Linx 810b for around the same price. You can easily load up an Android VM/Bluestacks in them for when you want some Android goodness.

outofworksch

http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-tab3-7-tablet-16gb-1gb-ram-android-wi-fi-7-black/p2789257

My other half recently got the above and it includes a 2 year guarantee.

sillygoose

outofworksch wrote: »

http://www.johnlewis.com/lenovo-tab3-7-tablet-16gb-1gb-ram-android-wi-fi-7-black/p2789257

My other half recently got the above and it includes a 2 year guarantee.

I'm afraid warranty or not, £60 for a 7" low resolution tablet is pretty expensive, plenty of equivalents about for £45.

Voyager2002

Paully232000 wrote: »

Thanks for reading.
I am wanting to buy my son a tablet to replace one he has had for a while.
...he is 7 years old and just uses the tablet for looking at youtube videos and downloading free game apps. I like the fact that it has a microSD slot as I can save some things for long car journeys onto it, so that would be good in any choice.
Thanks

By the sound of things, the one that he has got is perfectly adequate. He would get more pleasure from a trip to the cinema, and you would have plenty of change for popcorn (and maybe some beer as well!).

Paully232000

Voyager2002 wrote: »

By the sound of things, the one that he has got is perfectly adequate. He would get more pleasure from a trip to the cinema, and you would have plenty of change for popcorn (and maybe some beer as well!).

The reason i want to get him a tablet is as the one he currently has is broken, so not so adequate.