PSA: Aldi 7" Android Tablet - £80

roundthebend

Available on Sunday in some stores, Aldi are advertising a quad-core 7" tablet for £80. Yes, £80. It's got decent looking spec sheet, though not up there with the Nexus 7 etc.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sunday-8th-december/product-detail/ps/p/178cm7-tablet-pc-medion-lifetab-e7316-md-98282/

monquixote

I bet it will be shit

If you want something dirt cheap micro direct are selling Asus tablets for £129 

strumjoughlamps

my lad wanted to move down from his 10" tablet to a 7" so I sold it for him and we went about  finding a decent cheap 7"..

this was it 

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/ipad-tablets-and-ereaders/tablets/kobo-arc-7-tablet-16-gb-21780471-pdt.html

I set it up for him and gave it a good test, blimey its superb, screen is amazing colours are beautiful, its fast and slick, touch is spot on, gaming is tip top, GT Racing is slicker than I have ever seen it..

anyway upshot is I had go back yesterday and get another as the wife now wants to downgrade her 10" Dell.

if I was spending £80 on a tablet I know where I would be going and it'll be £69 after cashback. it has got some drawbacks, no BT, HDMI or SD card slot(which is a killer to most) but for cheap gaming, surfing, streaming its tip to.

octatonic

monquixote said:

I bet it will be shit

This.

I'd pay £80 never to have to use one.

chrispy108

The pace of technology is frightening! The fact that this is (fairly accurately looking at the market) considered "shit" for £80 is mad when you consider what phones/PDAs were like 5/10 years ago!

Rocker

I refer the Honorable Gentleman to the song, The Ballad of Lidl and Aldi. 

monquixote

chrispy108 said:

The pace of technology is frightening! The fact that this is (fairly accurately looking at the market) considered "shit" for £80 is mad when you consider what phones/PDAs were like 5/10 years ago!

That's not really it. The Nokia 3310 is very old, but still a brilliant phone because it's reliable and well thought out. The Aldi tablet will be shit because it will be thrown together and the drivers won't work properly. It's probably got better specs than a mk1 iPad, but it won't compare in terms of user experience. 

octatonic

monquixote said:

chrispy108 said:

The pace of technology is frightening! The fact that this is (fairly accurately looking at the market) considered "shit" for £80 is mad when you consider what phones/PDAs were like 5/10 years ago!

That's not really it. The Nokia 3310 is very old, but still a brilliant phone because it's reliable and well thought out. The Aldi tablet will be shit because it will be thrown together and the drivers won't work properly. It's probably got better specs than a mk1 iPad, but it won't compare in terms of user experience. 

Exactly this.

I'm no snob but when it comes to tech it has to be well thought out and seamless.

I don't have an iPad(s) because it is some sort of brand awareness/fandom going on- it is because it does what I need to to in a way that is seamless and well thought out.

chrispy108

Oh yeah, I see your point, I use an iPhone and iPad for the same reason, but it wasn't so long ago that all tech was like that!