Best Value Tablet under $300 for Kids

wilko23 on 23/07/2015 - 13:59

Hi guys Im about to go overseas for a holiday and am looking to buy a couple of tablets for the kids to keep them occupied. Im looking for 7-10" and they will pretty much only be used for surfing the net and watching movies from a memory card. Nice and easy to use (kid friendly)

thanks for any help!

cheers

Find Me A Bargain

Comments

  • nocure on 23/07/2015 - 14:11
    +1

    Chuwi

    • donnot on 23/07/2015 - 19:20
      +1

      Great tablet with a good screen and OK battery life. Can afford to buy an external microsd card and power bank since they're so cheap.

  • eatwell365 on 23/07/2015 - 15:35
    -2

    Got one for my kid - iPad mini 2 16gb wifi. List price $368. Wait when special 10% off, paid $332. Bought within few weeks before short overseas trip and claim 9% back. Make it around $300.

    • [Deactivated] on 23/07/2015 - 23:30
      +2

      Looks like someone doesn't like you training up a fanboi ;)

  • frondono on 23/07/2015 - 16:01
    +1

    samsung galaxy tab 10"

  • Davros on 23/07/2015 - 16:02
    +2

    Pedopad will do it for them if only wanting it for what you claim.
    Cost less than $100
    Not sure if its kid friendly (-;

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 23/07/2015 - 20:04

      I have one. Pretty ordinary.

      • Davros on 24/07/2015 - 06:57
        +1

        Quite probably if you do more than what the OP wants.
        But, if just watching a movie and surfing the net?

        • BewareOfThe Dog on 25/07/2015 - 17:18

          VLC playback is okay, & so is surfing on the 10". I have since moved onto a HP 7". It has more variety in terms of Apps available.

    • Nonverbose on 23/07/2015 - 21:13
      +3

      Extremely unfortunate typo there. It's a Pendo…

      • Davros on 24/07/2015 - 06:58

        Funny thing is I didn't do it deliberately.

  • obiwanmy on 23/07/2015 - 16:04
    -2

    manage to get ipad mini 2 64Gb for $400 from big w at rockdale but that was the last one - you might be lucky to find smaller storage under $300 ?

  • techno2000 on 23/07/2015 - 17:12
    +3

    http://shop.asus.com/store/asusau/en_AU/list/ThemeID.3402310…

    Asus Memopad ME176c $139 delivered with free sleeve

  • Redflanders on 23/07/2015 - 18:17
    +1

    Best value 7" I would go for the Samsung, good brand, good build quality, $149 at Officeworks

    http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/samsung-gal…

    Sometimes you can get a 10" Samsung for under $300 too, got one for my mum for $278 last Christmas

    • nocure on 23/07/2015 - 19:35

      1g ram and 8g Rom …your kidding right.

  • mskeggs on 23/07/2015 - 18:47

    How old are the kids?

  • oscargamer on 23/07/2015 - 19:06
    +1

    buy mine…did exactly what you are looking to do

    stuck in a 32gb card and it worked GREAT

    http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/201390451246?ssPageName=STRK:MESE…

  • wilko23 on 23/07/2015 - 20:57

    Hi thanks everyone for the suggestions… @mskeggs the kids are 5 and 2….

    At the moment I like the look of the ASUS Memopad @techno2000 suggested…

    Still open to other suggestions though..

    cheers

    • billy_bob on 23/07/2015 - 21:33
      +2

      Do your kids eyes a favour and go for the Asus Memo Pad HD7 version instead, around the same price but way better screen. I got these for my kids and they have been great, very snappy to use, really nice screen, very loud speaker, awesome battery life, tough build quality.

      http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ASUS-MeMO-Pad-HD-7-ME173X-1G003A-…

      • iridiumstem on 23/07/2015 - 23:33
        +1

        They are on same resolution (They've revamped MeMO Pad series). Not sure about the quality of the screen though (you know, TN vs IPS yaddi yadda).

        • billy_bob on 24/07/2015 - 10:07
          +1

          Yep, just checked the specs, seems the new Memo Pad 7 is improved, and has replaced the HD7 in their line up. Great value tab, perfect for the kids.
          Word of warning, avoid cheap Samusung tabs, they are VERY slow, especially after you load a few apps and videos on them. Their top end stuff is good, but the cheaper ones suck big time.

        • iridiumstem on 24/07/2015 - 10:30

          @billy_bob: tbh, I personally find current Android tablet market to be… slightly underwhelming right now. Tab S 10.5 was alright straight out of the box (I've helped setting my dad's one/had it for a month or so). TabPRO 10.1 needs slight tweaking before it runs decently (Still on KitKat as well, ART might do wonders for it, 5.1.1 might come out Early Q3, apparently). Though those two flagships have too high res screen for its processor. Other than Samsung, Sony produces relatively high specced tablet (Snapdragon 800 + FHD), but they were more expensive than Samsung tablets when I was looking for a tablet.

          Stopping myself from digressing, I agree with you completely, Samsung budget tablets are very under specced for what you pay. You could probably grab something far better by chipping in little bit more, or waiting for a decent deal (i.e. I paid 350ish for Samsung tablets I've mentioned). You could go with other manufacturers to grab cheaper and/or better specced one as well.

  • altomic on 23/07/2015 - 23:32
    +2

    If they are watching movies on the tablet in the plane then buy some headphones as well.

    Buy multiple cheapo in ear ones from aliexpress. I say cheap because kids will break them. In ear because they are compact for packing.

    Also external power/battery if the airline doesn't have USB ports in the arm rests.

  • wilko23 on 25/07/2015 - 11:49

    Thanks everyone for your help! I have bought the ASUS Memopad looks like it should do the job nicely..

    cheers

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