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BensGrandad

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Sister in law is raving about her new Samsung Galaxy Note Tablet which she bought from Tesco for about £260. I then looked up the spec for it and saw that it uses the same Jelly Bean 4.1 system as a Capactive one I saw on Ebay same size 10.1 in selling at £88.00 What is the basic difference between the two to warrant such a difference in price.

 

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Ex-Staffs Gull

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Hardware, speed, storage, quality etc. It is like laptops. Most run windows 7/8 but some are a lot faster and better quality than others.

 

Randsta

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I'm guessing the Capactive one is a knock off from china?

 

Green Cross Code Man

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I wouldn't bother with a cheap tablet tbh. Best buy is from a well known make. If around a hundred is the budget, Acer make a cheap tablet for that that considering the price is better than most. Asus also have an entry level tablet for a similar price. Tesco are about to launch 'Hudl' or some such name, it's got pretty good specs for a tablet around that price too.

 

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dougdeep

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Prices are due to drop soon what with the emergence of Hudl and x'mas shopping time fast approaching. I wouldn't buy anything for a month or two.

 

deletebeepbeepbeep

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The processor and memory etc will be a lot faster in your sisters one, it may be the same operating system but the cheap one on ebay will be considerably slower.

 

happypig

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I bought a cheapo eBay tablet and it was shite. I sold it on after a couple of weeks and bought a nexus 7 which, although smaller, is excellent.

 

Green Cross Code Man

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Just read that the Hudl has launched today.

 

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BensGrandad

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The problem is the Hudl like the Nexus and many others are only 7inch and I want a 10inch so am in a dilemma. I do not think the use I will get out of it warrants buying an Ipad, so looking for an alternative.

 

Green Cross Code Man

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BensGrandad said:

The problem is the Hudl like the Nexus and many others are only 7inch and I want a 10inch so am in a dilemma. I do not think the use I will get out of it warrants buying an Ipad, so looking for an alternative.

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Why do you want a ten inch specifically? I started with an Asus Transformer and although I initially liked it, the size of it started to become an annoyance. After a year I bought a Nexus 7, which I've now owned for about ten months. Personally I wouldn't go back as 7 inches is so much more comfortable to hold.

 

Sheebo

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Anyone know if I pad mini prices r likely to drop?

 

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BensGrandad

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GCCM

The ability to see the screen without moving the words etc across is the prime reason.

 

Green Cross Code Man

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BensGrandad said:

GCCM

The ability to see the screen without moving the words etc across is the prime reason.

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Usually, I read using apps. Kindle, Amazon, Tesco, bbc, tapatalk to view this forum. Everything presented well and formatted correctly. Some webpages don't look great on chrome but most are pretty good.

 

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BensGrandad

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Wife has a 7 inch android and if reading anything like this site or e mails I have to move the text across the screen, in order that it fits onto the screen, unless I make the print so small that I cant read it, even with glasses.

 

Green Cross Code Man

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BensGrandad said:

Wife has a 7 inch android and if reading anything like this site or e mails I have to move the text across the screen, in order that it fits onto the screen, unless I make the print so small that I cant read it, even with glasses.

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Try tapatalk. You won't look back

 

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Seagrrl

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The Samsung will have a better screen, Samsung have pioneered OLED screens and my Note II has the most amazingly clear picture when watching videos.

 

Zukey Seagull

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sheebo said:

Anyone know if I pad mini prices r likely to drop?

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Get the google nexus 7. It has received amazing reviews and won best mini tablet on whathifi.com

 

Sheebo

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Zukey Seagull said:

Get the google nexus 7. It has received amazing reviews and won best mini tablet on whathifi.com

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It's for the mrs mate, possibly. Thing is she really wants one to sync it with her iphone which I assume is the only one that does this... Quite happy with my cheap kindle myself...

 

Zukey Seagull

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sheebo said:

It's for the mrs mate, possibly. Thing is she really wants one to sync it with her iphone which I assume is the only one that does this... Quite happy with my cheap kindle myself...

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O ok fair enough. I have the iPad and iPhone 4S and they work well together. My girlfriends mum has the iPad mini and it's great. Very light and great quality screen.

 

PFJ

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BensGrandad said:

Wife has a 7 inch android and if reading anything like this site or e mails I have to move the text across the screen, in order that it fits onto the screen, unless I make the print so small that I cant read it, even with glasses.

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I often read this site on my son's 8'' Galaxy tab. I find if you turn the screen horizontally , stretch the text and then rotate back to vertical , the text will autofit and adjust to whichever text size you want without you having to scoll it. Also works on the Argus site as well.