Tablet recommendations

[The Duke]

For the mother in law, not ios based. What is the best bang for buck around the £150-200 mark.

She wants over 8″, decent res, 32gb would be nice, sd a must, as is usb otg.

Usage, movie watching, email and browsing.

Amazon isn’t a must be desirable.

 

I way out the loop, the 2016 Samsung galaxy tab A looks OK to me, but thought asking here would be best.

 

Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016) T580 25.54 cm (10.1 inch) Wi-Fi Tablet PC (Octa Core, 2GB RAM, 16GB eMMC, Android 6.0, new version) black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01ERY8650/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_a7zkzb71N63CQ

[Dave Rice]

Hard to go wrong with a Samsung tablet.

I use the “John Lewis” filter because they don’t stock crap and yes they have it for £199 with a 2 year warranty.

[The Duke]

I was thinking of sending her curries, (£199 there too). Keeps me out the loop the best I can lol.

[JayCeeDee]

Steve – that one you’ve linked to doesn’t show USB on the connectivity, just Bluetooth. If you click on “compare with similar items” it shows the white A with slightly lower spec – TFT not LED backlight – no HDD only internal storage. Maybe check out another?

[PlaneMan]

If you could get a Shield K1 for sensible money it’s still the dogs danglies for the RRP. You can’t though.

So the Samsung looks good.

[The Duke]

The Samsung one join has usb otg and 32gb internal storage, plus an sd.

No tablet (out side of a windows surface) had an hdd. Internal storage is the hdd. Well it’s the soldered on solid state.

Pm I didn’t think about the shield. Will have to check it out. That must have usb otg, as you can hook controllers to it? Can’t you?

[PlaneMan]

Sure can. Does OTG better than any other Android device I’ve come across so far.

[JayCeeDee]

The Duke wrote:

The Samsung one John has usb otg and 32gb internal storage, plus an sd. No tablet (out side of a windows surface) had an hdd. Internal storage is the hdd. Well it’s the soldered on solid state.  

 

If it’s there, that’s all good – I was just taking the info off the spec sheet on the Amazon page.  :good: I don’t know the tablet at all.

[The Duke]

The Amazon tech specs are always space. With anything technical always Google the item before you buy. I equate it to buying of argos or curries etc site. They never have the details you or I would want see. Just the “headline” specs.

[JayCeeDee]

The Duke wrote:

The Amazon tech specs are always space. With anything technical always Google the item before you buy. I equate it to buying of argos or curries etc site. They never have the details you or I would want see. Just the “headline” specs.

Very true. If I’m looking at phones, I’ve found GSMArena are great for comparisons. :good:

[The Duke]

Yes GSM is always my first port of call for looming at phone specs. I don’t know of a place like it for tablets. So I Google and a dig us usually needed.

 

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