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Tablet for my Gorgeous Niece

rhona31
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Posted November 27, 2012 at 10:35AM

Hi folks,

I'm looking for a tablet for my niece for her Xmas. She's 9 and will mostly use it for watching tv shows and playing games.

Ideally I'm looking to spend under £150. Is it possible to get a decent one?

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Posted November 27, 2012 at 10:44AM

Your budget allows you a fairly limited choice.

Take a look at this

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rhona31

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Posted November 27, 2012 at 11:46AM

That looks pretty good. I was looking at these cheap foreign ones, I can get a 10" screen for under £100. I'm guessing that would be a duffer?

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bjh.

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Posted November 27, 2012 at 12:06PM

The cheap imports normally suffer most in screen usability... which is key to a good tablet experience. I'd suspect a child - however gorgeous she may be - might get quickly frustrated if poking the screen doesn't bring the desired result.

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Posted November 27, 2012 at 7:26PM

I deliberately avoided the cheaper products. You'll want your niece's first experience with a tablet to be a reasonably good one, and my recommendation will ensure that's the case.

Bear in mind that a top-flight tablet will cost upwards of £350.

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bremner

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Posted November 27, 2012 at 7:49PM

A very good alternative to the Samsung is the Nexus 7

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus716gb&feature=device-featured

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bremner

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Posted November 27, 2012 at 7:51PM

The link again this time painfully slowly with Javascript on

nexus 7

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Posted November 27, 2012 at 10:35PM

bremner

I agree, the Nexus 7 16Gb model would be another good choice.

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rhona31

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Posted November 28, 2012 at 9:51AM

Cheers for the info guys, it's a big help. I'm going to go for one of the above, just trying to decide which one!

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rockymast

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Posted December 8, 2012 at 3:51PM

Nexus 7 is the best choice. It's the combination of top hardware and software. And I bet she wont mind the absence of card slot. :)

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