Muddy Funker Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Hi Guys, It's swmbo's birthday soon and I'd like to get her a tablet as a bit of a go between the phone and computer at home. There seems to be so many with so many mixed reviews and I'm confusing myself. Budget will be around £200 so I'm looking for the most I can get around that figure. I'm not an Apple fan boy and am open to any alternative, samsung, nexus ect,,,, Was thinking Kidle Fire HD but people slate it for being so tied to Amazon and thus restricted in it's use. Any recomendation please? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Go for the Google Nexus 7 - very good value for money, and well within your budget. I have this and an iPad. I much prefer the iPad, but it is not within your budget :-). As far as android tablets go, the Nexus 7 is very good value and well built. It is manufactured by ASUS to Google's specification. The only downside of the Nexus I can think of is that it doesn't have any sort of SD slot, or a rear facing camera (only a front facing - which is quite fine for video conferencing/skype). Here is a good deal on the 32gb model: http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nexus-7-32gb-169-00-tesco-direct-1585780 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 If she likes to read the kindle fire hd will be the one,I got my wife one for Christmas and its like it has become part of her,she loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davyo Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) My sons both have Nexus 7, missus has samsung galaxy,i had the ipad,(now sold as prever the Samsung,to be honest with the ipad your limited,and personally i thing both the nexus 7 & Samsung galaxy knock spots of the apple(ALOT OF MONEY JUST FOR A BRAND) Edited June 28, 2013 by Davyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 If she likes to read the kindle fire hd will be the one,I got my wife one for Christmas and its like it has become part of her,she loves it. +1 My mrs loves hers but also surfs the web on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aris Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 The kindle app runs on everything (android, IOS, PC/Mac, windows phone, blackberry) - you don't need a Kindle Fire to read books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sha Bu Le Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Mrs S got herself a Google Nexus 7 last week, bang on your budget at £199. She's still getting used to it, well chuffed she is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 bought the misses a kindle a few years ago. she never put it down. I then bought her an Ipad, the kindle now is never used as the kindle account transferred to the Ipad. we have nexus 4 phones and the kindle is on them too. Im waiting for the Nexus 10 to have the upgrade like the new nexus 7. i find the 7 is to big to be a pocket pad and not big enough to sit and surf so it will be a 10 once their released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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