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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 06:20 PM
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The Mrs is after an iPad for chrimbo but I'm not keen on paying there prices. I've seen the HTC flyer for £180-£250. I have a HTC one x and a one s and think there top notch.
Lets say I have £200 to spend on such a device which is the best? She wants it for browsing the net, playing crap games on, faceache and just general playing about, it must have WiFi and mobile network isn't needed.
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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https://www.scoobynet.com/computer-r...ch-tablet.html
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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8gb Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" at Carphone Warehouse, is £147, with a £30 cash back + a free 8gb micro SD card should do for the missus and leave you some cash for yourself, all in £117 cant knock it some outlets are still knocking this out for £200 !!

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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 06:46 PM
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Lots of ipads on here and the 1st gen ipad is better than the HTC flyer

http://www.smartfonestore.com/buy_product.aspx
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by stevebt
Lots of ipads on here and the 1st gen ipad is better than the HTC flyer

http://www.smartfonestore.com/buy_product.aspx
I don't have any Apple products but had a play with the new mini iPad and was very impressed Don't think you can add any memory which could be a problem for some, unless I am mistaken.
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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If you look on apples website they are now doing refurb iPads for a fraction of the cost but with the same warranty benefits.
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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hello mr wilbs,

i bought kim a nexus 7, 16gb for £200, but your £200 now buys it with 32gb storage and £159 buys the 16gb one, it also came with a £10 play credit, don't know if they still do?

so far so good and she loves it.

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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by stevie boy
hello mr wilbs,

i bought kim a nexus 7, 16gb for £200, but your £200 now buys it with 32gb storage and £159 buys the 16gb one, it also came with a £10 play credit, don't know if they still do?

so far so good and she loves it.
Alright Fella.

That looks like it should do her, now the difference in gb is it just onboard storage and nothing else? Do they accept memory cards? If so then the 16gb would be the one to have then buy a memory card to up the memory.

If you were to buy one now would you get the same again?
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 06:58 AM
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Just get her an iPad
Then she will be happy and not disappointed
And if she is disappointed she will enforce a hosepipe ban on you over Xmas
iPad
There is an app for that and it has the nice logo in the back too
Imagine telling her friends it's some sort of iPad copy
Not good
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by burbling1
Alright Fella.

That looks like it should do her, now the difference in gb is it just onboard storage and nothing else? Do they accept memory cards? If so then the 16gb would be the one to have then buy a memory card to up the memory.

If you were to buy one now would you get the same again?
In answer to your memory card question, no you can't.
They deliberately exclude an sd card option to make you stump up the extra for the 32gb model.
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 09:23 AM
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PlayBook 64gb.

50 quid by xmas eve

It's pretty different lol
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Jamo
If you look on apples website they are now doing refurb iPads for a fraction of the cost but with the same warranty benefits.
Fantastic value for money

http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/specialdeals/ipad
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by burbling1
Alright Fella.

That looks like it should do her, now the difference in gb is it just onboard storage and nothing else? Do they accept memory cards? If so then the 16gb would be the one to have then buy a memory card to up the memory.

If you were to buy one now would you get the same again?

afaik the only difference is the size of the memory, yeah it's a bit annoying about the lack of a sd card slot, but for what she uses it for the 16gb will be fine.

i don't know if owt else has come out since she's had hers, but at the time i thought they were the best option and now the 16gb is £159 i'm half temped for one for me!
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