Which tablet? Cant make my mind up.

[hijack]

Ive been looking for an android tablet. Something not to small to work with, more a mini laptop than a mobile, and not expensive as I have limited funds.

So I had a look on FT, thought I would get a bargain and found linkhsd-1006-10-1-ips-quad-core-android-4-1-jelly for just over £100 which is about the most I could afford.

Then I looked on fleabay and found these 32GB-10-1-INCH-A31S-ALLWINNER-ANDROID-4-4-2-KITKAT-TABLET-PC-QUAD-CORE and 10-1-32GB-1GB-A31S-Quad-Core-Android-4-4-Tablet-PC-Wifi-3G-w-Black-Keyboard for around £65-75. There seem to be a lot of these and they look the same model just have different bundles of installed software and accessories.

Im I missing something with the fleabay tablets or do they look like a good deal?

[Greg]

last time it wouldn't work for me Chrissie fixed it

[Greg]

Not sure how I managed to get that in your thread hijack, I was responding in another

[sammy13]

Sept 15, 2014 7:07:01 GMT hijack said:

Ive been looking for an android tablet. Something not to small to work with, more a mini laptop than a mobile, and not expensive as I have limited funds.

So I had a look on FT, thought I would get a bargain and found linkhsd-1006-10-1-ips-quad-core-android-4-1-jelly for just over £100 which is about the most I could afford.

Then I looked on fleabay and found these 32GB-10-1-INCH-A31S-ALLWINNER-ANDROID-4-4-2-KITKAT-TABLET-PC-QUAD-CORE and 10-1-32GB-1GB-A31S-Quad-Core-Android-4-4-Tablet-PC-Wifi-3G-w-Black-Keyboard for around £65-75. There seem to be a lot of these and they look the same model just have different bundles of installed software and accessories.

Im I missing something with the fleabay tablets or do they look like a good deal?

Could you get a second hand nexus?

The new one is out now so perhaps the older version is been sold off.

Whilst the cheaper ones may work, they also may not, and there is also the question of how long for.

The one I gave away on a comp cost about £100, it was fantastic whilst it worked, then it went haywire, the comp winner charliehorse been technical fixed it so all was good.

The cheaper ones often have a problem with flash from what I can gather as well.

The nexus is better than any pc or laptop, much quicker ,and if it was 17inch I would have one as a main unit they are so good

[ronaldo]

I have a allwinner one and it is stuck on the android screen it cant be recognised on the pc so it is going to be hard to update it
I have tried the power button and the volume switch to reset it it doesn't work and the pin hole reset doesn't reset it as well I might have to strip it to see if it has a fault but I think it is all software that is the problem

[Deleted]

Check out ebay for a used galaxy note or tab.

[hijack]

Thanks sammy13@ronaldo@windows. I was cautious when I saw the linked fleabay ones, just seemed to good spec to be sold at that price.
Ill keep a look out for a used nexus or one of the other good brands.

[charliehorse]

Sept 22, 2014 19:30:45 GMT sammy13 said:

Sept 15, 2014 7:07:01 GMT hijack said:

Ive been looking for an android tablet. Something not to small to work with, more a mini laptop than a mobile, and not expensive as I have limited funds.

So I had a look on FT, thought I would get a bargain and found linkhsd-1006-10-1-ips-quad-core-android-4-1-jelly for just over £100 which is about the most I could afford.

Then I looked on fleabay and found these 32GB-10-1-INCH-A31S-ALLWINNER-ANDROID-4-4-2-KITKAT-TABLET-PC-QUAD-CORE and 10-1-32GB-1GB-A31S-Quad-Core-Android-4-4-Tablet-PC-Wifi-3G-w-Black-Keyboard for around £65-75. There seem to be a lot of these and they look the same model just have different bundles of installed software and accessories.

Im I missing something with the fleabay tablets or do they look like a good deal?

Could you get a second hand nexus?

The new one is out now so perhaps the older version is been sold off.

Whilst the cheaper ones may work, they also may not, and there is also the question of how long for.

The one I gave away on a comp cost about £100, it was fantastic whilst it worked, then it went haywire, the comp winner charliehorse been technical fixed it so all was good.

The cheaper ones often have a problem with flash from what I can gather as well.

The nexus is better than any pc or laptop, much quicker ,and if it was 17inch I would have one as a main unit they are so good

It's still going strong sammy13 - or at least I'm assured it is by my youngest nephew who liberated it from me about a fortnight after I fixed it 

[sammy13]

Sept 23, 2014 6:33:08 GMT charliehorse said:

Sept 22, 2014 19:30:45 GMT sammy13 said:

Could you get a second hand nexus?

The new one is out now so perhaps the older version is been sold off.

Whilst the cheaper ones may work, they also may not, and there is also the question of how long for.

The one I gave away on a comp cost about £100, it was fantastic whilst it worked, then it went haywire, the comp winner charliehorse been technical fixed it so all was good.

The cheaper ones often have a problem with flash from what I can gather as well.

The nexus is better than any pc or laptop, much quicker ,and if it was 17inch I would have one as a main unit they are so good

It's still going strong sammy13 - or at least I'm assured it is by my youngest nephew who liberated it from me about a fortnight after I fixed it 

 good to hear its going well, it was  a perfect little machine until it went wonky.

[sammy13]

Sept 22, 2014 22:34:35 GMT hijack said:

Thanks sammy13@ronaldo@windows. I was cautious when I saw the linked fleabay ones, just seemed to good spec to be sold at that price.
Ill keep a look out for a used nexus or one of the other good brands.

Those you saw and others may be brilliant, it's just that some are not, and unless anyone has had one you just don't know.

I know this is more than you want to pay, but just so you can see, there is a 2012 nexus and a 2013 nexus.

I can not remember the differences but I think they are only slight, you may be able to get the 2012 one at a low price elsewhere.

There is also a 16gb if that would be ample for you,

www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?s=Price%3A+Low+-+High&storeId=10151&catalogId=24551&langId=110&q=GOOGLE+NEXUS+32GB&cmpid=MS05X&_$ja=cgid:1735413908|tsid:54041|cid:90837036|lid:32529793271|mt:bb|crid:5561028080

[decoy]

i gota linky that might help or not
www.morgancomputers.co.uk/c/563/Tablets-Touchscreens/

[mrlimbo]

Almost the same as a Nexus 7 and made by the same company !
ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 

The original Hudl was very well received , and this seems even better , it has 2gb of system ram and that makes a world of difference ! 
hudl2 8.3


theres also the original Hudl for £79 from tescos

[meeee]

Oct 10, 2014 0:16:54 GMT mrlimbo said:

Almost the same as a Nexus 7 and made by the same company !
ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 

The original Hudl was very well received , and this seems even better , it has 2gb of system ram and that makes a world of difference ! 
hudl2 8.3


theres also the original Hudl for £79 from tescos

I have 2 of the ASUS MeMO HD 7 tabs and they are really good, I think Tesco's have them at the moment for £100

[mart166]

Saw advert otherday for the new Hudle2 from tescos, only scanned it quick but specs looked ok £130, the first ones got good write ups.

MP

[Pepperty]

I've just got a second hand medion lifetab 7 inch (they also do 10 inch) and I know its reduced to £59 new, it's android jellybean 4 point something and works fine for browsing and although its only an 8gb hard-drive I loaded trillions of games on, with a cheap adapter you can add a mouse or keyboard and its got an extention slot for memory, so for the money its adequate and second hand I paid £25

Anyways, compare the specs and have a look, medion is sold by Aldi but its not crap! I've had pcs and netbooks from them in the past