Budget android tablets

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bazza white

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3,620 posts

135 months

Sunday 9th June
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im after a budget tablet to run some van software on boat. The branded tablets come with around 2gb ram but Chinese branded are up there way higher.

any recommendations. need gps which cellular ones are not so many wifi only though. Not fussed on camera quailty.


These 2 look okay on paper.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CHML4ZDJ/ref...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355728623531?_trkparms=...

hellorent

513 posts

70 months

Sunday 9th June
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I'll throw this in the mix for you as well: https://www.amazon.co.uk/DOOGEE-Android-unlocking-...

the-norseman

13,411 posts

178 months

Monday 10th June
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I'm also looking for a "cheap" one to be used for Youtube/Sky/Netflix etc I was gonna buy a Lenovo.

cptsideways

13,648 posts

259 months

Monday 10th June
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A Ulefone Armour 8" Is what you need, it's boatproof, not expensive and great spec. Cheap on Amazon too.

Hoofy

77,494 posts

289 months

Monday 10th June
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bazza white said:
The branded tablets come with around 2gb ram but Chinese branded are up there way higher.
Part of me wonders if there's a way of fooling the system into reporting that you have 1Tb of RAM but in reality there's only 32kb of RAM. biggrin

Paddymcc

1,011 posts

198 months

Tuesday 11th June
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Hoofy said:
Part of me wonders if there's a way of fooling the system into reporting that you have 1Tb of RAM but in reality there's only 32kb of RAM. biggrin
Some dodgy sellers do that with SD cards and USB sticks.

robsa

2,330 posts

191 months

Wednesday 12th June
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I recently bought the Huawei MatePad 11.5 Paper Matte, and it's an absolutely stunning thing for the price.
8GB RAM, 256GB storage, 120Mhz screen, it has the same nano-style screen coating as the new iPad Pro, quad speakers and came with a keyboard case and pencil for £329. As a huge Apple person who owned a 12.9" iPad Pro, I have been really impressed with it. The pencil is just the same, the nano coating is the same as the iPad one as far as I can tell too. The screen is excellent and the nano coating works really well for reflections. It also picks up far less on fingerprints. The magnetic keyboard case is great too; it's very similar to the old iPad keyboard case. The keys feel nice, but there is no trackpad.

There are a few downsides though; it cannot natively run Google apps being the largest. You need to use a piece of software called gBox which spoofs the tablet's identity. I have not really had any problems with it though. The pencil does not attach magnetically to the tablet either, and the keyboard doesn't connect and disconnect the Bluetooth automatically like the Apple one, you need to disconnect it manually through the Bluetooth menu. The 12MP rear camera doesn't have a flash either.

That's pretty much it though. As a value-for-money prospect, it's like 80% of an iPad Pro for less than 25% of the price.

There is also now the new model out which does connect and charge the pencil magnetically and has an even more advanced pencil available, a faster SoC, flash and stuff. It is £449 for the new S with keyboard and pencil or £349 for the non-nano-coated one.