fly boy3 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Hiall, my grand son has to spend 6 weeks in hospital. I am thinking of buying the above budget tablet £89 to save him weeks of boredom, and to stop him borrowing my new iPad. LoL Any thoughts on this tablet. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Am on one now Flyboy, and it will do all he needs to do. It can be locked too, for parental control, but he may not appreciate that I do have the "online purchasing" on a password Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 The Amazon 7" Fire is 35 quid this weekend and can be "adjusted" by side-loading Google Play etc. That's what I'd go for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Brown Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I have one that I bought from a car boot sale for £5 a couple of weeks ago. The reason it was so cheap is that this particular one had a well known problem with battery charging where it would not charge to full capacity, often not even reaching 10% charge and shutting down fairly quickly thereafter. The fix is to remove the back by ripping it off with your fingernails, remove the non-removeable battery by easing it off the self adhesive pads, and then disconnecting it from the motherboard. Reconnect the battery and reassemble, problem fixed but for how long no one knows. Not for the faint hearted if you've paid full price, but for a fiver I was prepared to risk it. It's quite a nice tablet and I carry it round in a big coat pocket, which I can't do with my Samsung. Good display, but an absolutely useless camera, worst I've ever seen on a tablet. Only runs Android KitKat, which might be an issue if you want to run more recent apps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Carpenter Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I have the 7 inch tablet. Extremely pleased with it. Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i12fly Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 I bought one nine months ago and it had a faulty charger, but this was replaced instantly by Argos. I've been using it ever since and I'm using it now. It is spot on and I'm very pleased with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted April 17, 2017 Author Share Posted April 17, 2017 Thanks all for the feed back. i12fly has answered my only worry after reading charging troubles. Good advice from Dennis, I will be acting on it. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Crook Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Got my wife the 10 inch version for Christmas. Very good, no issues. It's not that inferior to my much more expensive Samsung. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Have a look at the Alcatel pixie 3 10 inch from Tesco. Mine cost £69 with a case and Bluetooth keyboard. Recommended ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted April 18, 2017 Author Share Posted April 18, 2017 Thanks both wil investigate further. Just wondered if there is a need for virus protection on these tablets. He won't be doing any buying or banking on it just yet. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis Watkins Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 If not already installed Clean Master is available free on Google Playstore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly boy3 Posted April 20, 2017 Author Share Posted April 20, 2017 Thanks Dennis. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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