Tech geeks usually try to get hold of some of the best 10 inch tablets or the best professional tablets, or at least, we look for the models with the best quality / price ratio, but there are always uses and occasions that can put us in need of buy more affordable tablets. Which the best cheap tablet of the moment?
What is the use that we are going to give it and who is the recipient?
As we are logically going to have to make some sacrifices if we want to cut costs, it is more important than ever that we think what exactly do we need of the tablet. It is true that there are many limitations that are common to cheaper tablets, because there is not much room for maneuver with those prices, but that makes the small advantages that each model can give us even more important.
Tablets for kids
The most common recipients of the most affordable models are often the smallest in the house, and whenever we talk about tablets for kids We insist that, in fact, this is a better option than tablets specially designed for them, which are going to be more expensive despite having worse characteristics.
The best bet in this case is probably the Four 7, which is the cheapest of all, and although its operating system is somewhat strange and limited for a slightly intensive Android user, with children this is a minor problem. On the contrary Fire OS it is light and agile (the key to the fluidity of the tablet despite its limitations in hardware) and very intuitive and easy to use. An extra point is that we have many covers, some specials for children, to choose from.
Tablets for occasional users
Although they are not children, the Four 7 It is also a good option for occasional or unfamiliar tablet users, although in this case it may be worth making a somewhat larger investment (less than 100 euros even if we are Amazon's premium customers), and get hold of the 8 inch model, with better resolution, a little more RAM and more storage.
A different question is whether we are regular users of Android We don't want to spend a lot on our tablet because what we use is mostly our smartphone. In this case, probably if we appreciate betting on the MediaPad T3 7, 100 euros but with a more recognizable Android and metal casing. In fact, in this case it is likely that even this one feels that it falls a bit short and perhaps it is better for us to even take a look at the chinese tablets and bear the inconvenience of importation.
The Fire 7 is the safest bet
In the cases where we have stopped the most, especially when it comes to tablets for children, the Fire 7 is a great option and very affordable. Together and thinking about the reasons we may have to look for one, we would say that this is the best we can buy, and the main recommendation that we would follow.
Is it worth a bigger investment?
However, before finishing, we want to add that if we are among those most common users of Android who do not want to spend too much on a tablet, our advice would be to aim a little higher at least, especially considering that they are not devices that are renewed as often as smartphones (and probably even less if we are not going to use it much ) and that we have more time to recover what we have invested. There are a few reasons to invest a little more, as we saw when we reviewed what the minimum characteristics that our tablets must have nowadays.
When is it worth spending a little more?
For starters, the cheapest tablets rarely come with the latest version of android (Not even the MediaPad T3 7 just out of the oven has it, for example) and the chances of them being updated are minimal, and it's not just that we're going to miss functions, but they're also going to be noticeable in performance. over time. We can minimize it in various ways, but it will always be easier if we start from a certain point.
To continue, if our smartphone is our reference device, and although every inch is appreciated, one of the reasons that can make us turn to tablets is to enjoy certain content on a large screen: reach the 10 inches It will cost us more, without a doubt, but we will appreciate it.
And to conclude, it must be said that the price difference, even leaving imports aside, is not always that great, especially if we compare with what we are going to get in exchange and taking into account that we are witnessing very interesting sales: recently we have seen the MediaPad T3 10 for only 150 euros and Galaxy Tab A 10.1, one of the best if not the best mid-range, continues to meet for under 200 euros.