New tablets for 5yo and 7yo?
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Our kids have been using our old hand-me-down iPad and iPad Mini, which are definitely now showing their age. I considered the Kindle fire 10 as a cheap replacement but was warned off by someone who has owned a couple and reckons they are frustratingly slow. I have always had Apple stuff, though feel no particular loyalty to them. Nothing fancy required, I imagine the app choice is pretty much the same across android/apple. Wifi only required as if we are out and about I can just tether to my phone.
Any recommendations?
Any recommendations?
Just the newer version of the Apple devices you have? how are they showing their age? battered or through slowness? if slowness do a factory reset on both?.
The Amazon one are quite slow, I have an old 7 HD in my bag, you could always buy one and then install another ROM on it so it runs proper Android rather than Amazons version.
The Amazon one are quite slow, I have an old 7 HD in my bag, you could always buy one and then install another ROM on it so it runs proper Android rather than Amazons version.
Might buy one and give it a try. Amazon are pretty good when it comes to returns.
Against my better wishes, the long haired General bought the 5yo an Amazon kids edition for Christmas - it's slow when you're coming from a modern-ish smartphone but it doesn't bother him as it runs fine when a game/video is loaded, gets access to Amazon kids stuff for a year I believe? then I think its £50pa? You also get breakage cover and it comes with a chunky case - you can set what they get access too, how long they can use it per day (you can grant extra for reading books etc) They're perfect for that age group.
I got my kids a 8" fire kids edition (The 7" isn't a HD screen, so I didn't bother with that for that reason alone). It's a pretty decent package for the price with chunky rubber case, extended warranty and a specially made OS (with great parental controls).
The problem is, my wife was silly enough to show kids apps on her iPad Pro a few times, so they realise just how inferior the 8" fire is, and always try to use that over the Fire if they can. Admittedly the apps are superior on the iPad too, especially if you're trying to stick to educational things, as the Fire seems more like a leisure thing than educational every time I look at it.
So the ideal recommendation would be get 2 iPad Pros and use the screen time thing if you can afford it (we're talking £2k here now). However, if you are a normal person, then get the Fire kids edition.
The problem is, my wife was silly enough to show kids apps on her iPad Pro a few times, so they realise just how inferior the 8" fire is, and always try to use that over the Fire if they can. Admittedly the apps are superior on the iPad too, especially if you're trying to stick to educational things, as the Fire seems more like a leisure thing than educational every time I look at it.
So the ideal recommendation would be get 2 iPad Pros and use the screen time thing if you can afford it (we're talking £2k here now). However, if you are a normal person, then get the Fire kids edition.
Our kids have the older Fire 7. Limited storage without an SD card (and some games / apps won’t run from SD card). They are pretty slow and the parental controls are frankly baffling.
The other issue I have with them is the charging socket - Micro USB - no doubt many other products have the same but I find the cables and sockets very fragile compared to iPad Lightning or USB-C - we go through a lot of cables.
The other issue I have with them is the charging socket - Micro USB - no doubt many other products have the same but I find the cables and sockets very fragile compared to iPad Lightning or USB-C - we go through a lot of cables.
AJB88 said:
The Amazon one are quite slow, I have an old 7 HD in my bag, you could always buy one and then install another ROM on it so it runs proper Android rather than Amazons version.
Would be good if you could put other ROMs on them but Amazon have made that pretty much impossible to do now.Mine are 6 and 5 and both had fires up until Christmas. They now have asus tablets.
I found the fires were fine if you wanted just Amazon stuff. They are robust and had several replacements as screens got smashed etc even with the bumper.
Like a poster above said mine tended to grab a phone to watch YouTube or play games on as the fires were limited.
My son gets frustrated with the adverts on the games asking to pay every time you die but that's just how they make there money, the fires didnt have this as you pay for the subscription
I found the fires were fine if you wanted just Amazon stuff. They are robust and had several replacements as screens got smashed etc even with the bumper.
Like a poster above said mine tended to grab a phone to watch YouTube or play games on as the fires were limited.
My son gets frustrated with the adverts on the games asking to pay every time you die but that's just how they make there money, the fires didnt have this as you pay for the subscription
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