What budget tablet??

[robinh73]

Evening all. I am looking at purchasing a tablet, Android only, for basically accessing Google products (G-mail, Google photos, Google notes etc.) and also Facebook. I have set up my own tree surgery business and looking for a means of keeping tabs on stuff without having to take my laptop with me. I don't want to spend loads currently but would go to about £250ish. Cheers in abvance.

[eliot]

Samsung Galaxy Tab A - £199

[anonymous-user]

Lenovo tab 4 10 plus. £150. Superb, heavy user. 2 years in and still perfect.

[sgrimshaw]

RogerDodger said:

Lenovo tab 4 10 plus. £150. Superb, heavy user. 2 years in and still perfect.

+1

with a caveat, they only have 16gb of on-board storage so it's easy to run out of internal storage. Not all apps will install on an SD Card.

Saying that, we have three in the house and everyone is happy with them.

[eliot]

sgrimshaw said:

+1

with a caveat, they only have 16gb of on-board storage so it's easy to run out of internal storage. Not all apps will install on an SD Card.

Saying that, we have three in the house and everyone is happy with them.

I was looking for a tablet with 32Gb on them for Sky Go (offline) for the plane. On Amazon they list an LTE one with 32Gb of internal storage, yet the Lenovo site only stated 16Gb.
(Sky Go wont d/l films to removable storage)

[sgrimshaw]

eliot said:

I was looking for a tablet with 32Gb on them for Sky Go (offline) for the plane. On Amazon they list an LTE one with 32Gb of internal storage, yet the Lenovo site only stated 16Gb.
(Sky Go wont d/l films to removable storage)

Not in stock and worthy of note is that 32GB LTE version only has 2GB RAM

[robinh73]

Cheers chaps, both look tempting and just a question of which I can get my hands on.

[Lazermilk]

I bought one of the Amazon Fire 8 inch tablets in last years prime day sales for about 60 euros if I remember rightly, pretty impressed with it for that price, still running well now and was able to sideload the normal google android store on it so you aren't limited to the amazon one, there's guides how to do so online.

It can run all the apps I wanted it for including Kodi no problems and I like the size too, would recommend it.

[robinh73]

Lazermilk said:

I bought one of the Amazon Fire 8 inch tablets in last years prime day sales for about 60 euros if I remember rightly, pretty impressed with it for that price, still running well now and was able to sideload the normal google android store on it so you aren't limited to the amazon one, there's guides how to do so online.

It can run all the apps I wanted it for including Kodi no problems and I like the size too, would recommend it.

Ah right ok, that's interesting as the Amazon Fire tablets do seem to get good reviews. Seems to be fairly easy to run Android apps on them too, from what I can gather following a quick Google!

[The_Doc]

Huawei Mediapad M5. 10inch

Very nicely made tablet. Lovely screen, very fast.

Almost naked Android 9, with zero added

4Gb RAM
32Gb storage
HD screen

mSD card slot

https://shop.bt.com/products/huawei-mediapad-m5-10...

£249

[eliot]

The_Doc said:

Huawei Mediapad M5. 10inch

Very nicely made tablet. Lovely screen, very fast.

Almost naked Android 9, with zero added

4Gb RAM
32Gb storage
HD screen

mSD card slot

https://shop.bt.com/products/huawei-mediapad-m5-10...

£249

Another good option - there's a good used one on amazon for £170

[mattley]

truly budget

huawai Media pad t3 10 £110 ish

Does have huawai stuff on it but really I can't fault it. I have iPads but our buyer bought some by mistake so I got mine cheap and I really can't fault it.

Plus for £110 you won't feel too bad if you drop it out of a tree or drop a tree on it. (I don't know how a tree surgeon operates)

[justin220]

mattley said:

truly budget

huawai Media pad t3 10 £110 ish

Does have huawai stuff on it but really I can't fault it. I have iPads but our buyer bought some by mistake so I got mine cheap and I really can't fault it.

Plus for £110 you won't feel too bad if you drop it out of a tree or drop a tree on it. (I don't know how a tree surgeon operates)

I've gone similar although went for the M3 lite 8'' I think it's called.

3gb ram and 32gb storage plus room for a card. £137 on amazon

[hutchst]

My advice is to look closely at the charging socket. It sounds as if you will be using it through the day, so the battery isn't likely to last and you'll be charging it on the go.

My previous 2 tablets failed because the charger socket stopped working (USB micro) so I would try to avoid those. I've just bought a new one with USB-C socket which seems a bit more robust, but I've only had it for a few days.

[robinh73]

hutchst said:

My advice is to look closely at the charging socket. It sounds as if you will be using it through the day, so the battery isn't likely to last and you'll be charging it on the go.

My previous 2 tablets failed because the charger socket stopped working (USB micro) so I would try to avoid those. I've just bought a new one with USB-C socket which seems a bit more robust, but I've only had it for a few days.

That is good advice and something I hadn't thought of at all. I will have a look at the charging port on them all.

[sy534534]

The issue with broken charging sockets is easily solved with a cheap QI wireless charger.

I've yet to find a tablet that doesn't feature QI charging, it's keeping two 2013 nexus 7's with broken sockets going strong here

[wazztie16]

If I can hijack the thread slightly, anyone watch sky sports on a tablet? Through sky go. I know it's mentioned above, but this is sport specific.

I'm looking for a tablet to watch sky sports on, any recommendations? Cheaper the better, but I know you get what you pay for.

[hutchst]

sy534534 said:

The issue with broken charging sockets is easily solved with a cheap QI wireless charger.

I've yet to find a tablet that doesn't feature QI charging, it's keeping two 2013 nexus 7's with broken sockets going strong here

I've never had a tablet that can be charged wirelessly. That includes the Tab S4 I bought last week.

[Slushbox]

I've got a magnetic USB charger lead on my Huawei T3 (and phone.) Saves wear and tear on the socket:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/RAVIAD-Magnetic-Charging-...

[Lazermilk]

wazztie16 said:

If I can hijack the thread slightly, anyone watch sky sports on a tablet? Through sky go. I know it's mentioned above, but this is sport specific.

I'm looking for a tablet to watch sky sports on, any recommendations? Cheaper the better, but I know you get what you pay for.

As I mentioned above the Amazon Fire 8 tablet I got last year works fine for this, often watch sky go with it (Although not sports, but don't see why that makes a difference) and its probably the cheapest decent tablet you can get.

I reckon you would be hard pushed to find something better for the money, amazon also do 30 day money back guarantee anyway, so if you don't like it just send it back.