Ask HN: Can anyone recommend a cheap Android tablet?
I'm just wondering if anyone can recommend a cheap Android tablet around £50.
For instance: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-7-CAPACITIVE-MULTI-TOUCH-ANDROID-4-0-ALL-WINNER-A13-TABLET-PC-NETBOOK-EPAD-/400337692134?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item5d35fc65e6
I only want to use it for things like checking my emails.
I looked at some $100 Android tablets about a year ago, and all of them were garbage. The Nexus 7 is the cheapest Android tablet I'd buy.
Just found this interesting looking tablet: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281048847748?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX...
It's 1024*600, with 8GB disk, 512MB RAM.
Anything that runs Android 4.1 and comes with Google's apps (Maps, GMail, Play Store, etc.) and has capacitive touch should be OK-ish.
You should be able to find a 7" tablet like that for the price you are looking for, but they will be from obscure third tier OEMs like "YuanDao N12 Deluxe 7 Inch Android 4.1," or "Teclast P76e 7 Inch Android 4.1," to give two examples I found. The screen resolution will be mediocre. Don't expect software updates.
If you can afford it, buy a Nexus 7 instead. For twice the money you will get a tablet that gets timely updates and that you will be happy with for at least twice as long as a craptablet.
I bought a no-name tablet in a e-bay clone here, it will arrive in some days.
It has the same specs as the one you posted a link, and the seller sold several of them so far, and everyone is liking it, when it arrives I tell you if it is good or not :)
I bought it on purpose, because it is cheap, and the seller was shipping it with a cover with keyboard (and I want the tablet to read e-books and use instant messengers and write e-mails, and I HATE, HATE, HATE touchscreens, specially for typing).
Link of the one I bought: http://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-459935513-tablet-wifi...
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