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Kids Tablet recommendations. (self.android)

submitted 9 months ago by cynar to c/android

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I need some advice, and the amount of marketing spam had made sorting the wheat from the chaff annoyingly difficult. Hopefully you can help.

I've a young daughter, who uses an old tablet of mine to watch netflix etc. unfortunately, it was old in the tooth when she was born, and it's now become extremely annoying to use.

She currently has a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016). The size (10") works well, but it's gotten slow as sin, and only has 16Gb of internal memory.

Preferences wise:

10" screen (±2")
64Gb+ storage.
Long expected lifespan (inc security updates).
Headphone socket (adapters are asking to get broken, Bluetooth go flat)
Decent WiFi (more than just 2.4Ghz).
USB C charging preferred.
Wireless charging would be very helpful but not required.
Lower budget preferred (£200 range).

What would people recommend?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Fire Tabs are pretty good spec and their kid focused ones are well built. Really young Fire tab kids "7 HD kids pro if their pre-teen

[–] OofN 17 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Huge disagree on the Fire tablets, especially the 7”. The one we have is unusable with how laggy and slow it is.

[–] mephiska 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. Fire tablets are garbage. Super slow, outdated tech designed to shovel ads at your kids.

The uncomfortable truth is the best tablet for kids is a new iPad Air. It’ll be up to date for its lifespan of years and the parental controls, ecosystem and screentime functionality make it great for kids.

You can hate Apple but as a parent the iPad is great for kids.

[–] OofN 1 points 9 months ago

I heavily prefer Apple (found this from the main feed), but just had to share my experience. At the end of the day, the Fire 7 for kids is the epitome of “you get what you pay for.” $50 tablet with $50 tablet performance.

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