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Easy cheap tablet for pensioner new to internet

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  • System
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    My neighbour, in her 80s, wants to use a tablet to

    -Skype
    -listen to the radio
    -email
    -general browsing

    Can anyone suggest which one to get, that is not expensive. She has organised herself BT Broadband (which I am currently trying to help her set up) and needs something cheap, easy to read and straightforward to use

    Thanks for any suggestions

    If money is important then she could get the Amazon fire hd 8" for £80

    or

    Amazon fire hd 10" for £180

    If family all want to chip in then she could get the iPad for £340 :)
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  • Robisere
    Robisere Posts: 3,237 Forumite
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    john22 wrote: »
    If money is important then she could get the Amazon fire hd 8" for £80

    or

    Amazon fire hd 10" for £180

    If family all want to chip in then she could get the iPad for £340 :)

    OP says the neighbour has now got the Lenovo. At 72, I have the same tablet in 8" format and found it to be a better picture than the 10" my neighbour has. Same resolution, same hardware & software, but more pixels in a smaller area.
    I think this job really needs
    a much bigger hammer.
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