Off brand Android tablets

[flyfoam]

A friend of mine wants a 7" Android tablet and has very little money to spend. He keeps showing me these $60-$100 tablets on eBay. Some even have 4.2 Android and 16gb of ram. Do these things work? Do they have access to Google Play? I tried to get him to buy a Nexus 7 but he does not have the bucks. What are the limitations with these tablets?

 

[El Presidente]

http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/631594-off-brand-phones-tablets-worth-low-cost.html

That should pretty much cover it!

There are some diamonds in the rough, but I'd steer pretty clear TBH. I've moved this to General Tablet Talk, if your pal is dead set on getting a cheaper model, the guys here will be able to point you/him in the right direction.

 

[m07775]

I bought a tablet for

 

[BRAINZ2013]

Wow you could have went to tigerdirect they have one for 59.00 and you could have warranty

 

[mikedt]

Wow you could have went to tigerdirect they have one for 59.00 and you could have warranty

Walmart are selling the $50-$60 cheapies as well, as are most supermarkets. It's not even worth taking the risk and buying from Ebay for that price.

 

[PHP87]

I just bought a discount, no-name Tablet from China. (Aiga M80?)

8" Android 4.2.2 tablet with a 1.2GHz Quad Core ARM Cortex A9 CPU, 1GB DDR3 RAM, 8GB ROM, 1024x768 3D Graphics, 3G, 5MP rear camera, 0.3 front camera, provision for a 32 GB SD Card, ability to move apps to SD, etc...

Yeah, no GPS or Bluetooth though.

Antutu Benchmarks are in the 11,000's.

$109.00 (126.xx with shipping) and great customer service. Came with a 30-day warranty and the seller stated that if I needed to return it that they would refund me $21.99 for my trouble, or credit me $150.00 towards the purchase of a different tablet.

BTW, it arrived a week after ordering it.

If I get a year of use out of this tablet, I'll be happy. Especially since tablets will likely be considerably less expensive a year from now.

Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, NFL Rewind, etc...all look and run great with no lag or pixelation on WiFi.

I haven't tried 3G yet as I don't have a 3G dongle, but I imagine it wouldn't be good for much more than texting and email.

Oh, yeah. The display is as good if not better than a friends iPad mini and it cost 1/3 of the price. She's a bit envious and upset about paying over $300.00 for her iPad after seeing my Android Tablet.

BTW, they are both made in China...