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0 pointsdogma11384y ago0 comments

No it’s not just an EU thing tho it might be a bit worse there (I’m in the UK myself) hence why I put the other than the entry/kids tablet price range in the beginning.

New iPads start at around $300(or £/€ since regional pricing is just the unit of account change these days) directly from Apple and at around $200 for a officially refurbished 1-2 year old device.

If I was looking for a £200 tablet I would get a refurbished 9.7” (2018/2017) iPad of Amazon. The 10” 2021 iPad is/was on sale on Amazon for £320 and that’s probably the best bang for buck you can get as far as tablets go these days unless you really need a large onboard storage. And that’s a brand new device.

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gbil4y ago· 3 in thread

This is the problem with generic questions, you write "best bang for buck" but for which use ? As I wrote, for a kids tablet, no thank you. For entry level user maybe, for someone wanting more again probably not.

But this is a problem with generic questions/statements, there is no "one size fits all" thing

dogma1138OP4y ago

It’s not a generic statement since I’ve literally stated in the first sentence other than for kids/throw away use.

If you are looking for a device that might end up in a dishwasher or covered with acrylic paint and glitter glue get an Amazon Fire tablet on sale, these are £/€60 new without adds and often go on sale below that.

Amazon also has dedicated “Kids Edition” tablets that start at £/€100 which comes with a kick stand and a protective case. These as far as I know come without ads and have parental control feature that are easy to use.

The latter btw is another reason to go for iOS devices if you are able and willing to spend the extra cash as Apple has actually decent parental controls for both the device itself and the content.

gbil4y ago

Isn't it generic to state "other than $100 throw away/kids tablets" or "the best bang for buck you can get as far as tablets go these days" ? There are different categories for sure: * kids/don't care use * generic use * artists * keyboard users * etc.

You are also making generic statements of feature set, even within EU not all features are available on the parental controls for the same device. But I think now we are a long way from the OP question

dogma1138OP4y ago

The iPad is a better device on every one of these points at pretty much every major price point beyond throw away devices.

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