It’s cheap and it looks cheap too

Excuse me, can I have a ‘baby-proof’ hi-tech staff, please?

I was just about to go to town to check out 7 inches tablets but before I had a chance to get out the door my teething son got his hands on my smartphone. By the time I realized what was happening I found he was chewing on the phone and managed to damage the touch screen.

Ok to be totally honest the phone was cheap, and clearly it was not remotely baby-proof. So much for a tablet, now I need to find a new smartphone, Or maybe I should look for something that gives me both capabilities in one…..I think phablet?  

As I started to look into this technology, I noticed once again we don’t have phablets in the Hungarian market….so far…

Hungarians are excited about this new technology phablet. I noticed that many hi-tech bloggers can hardly wait to buy a phablet. The funny thing is while we are waiting for devices from American companies, since the US market introduced the term, it has just as quickly made the term go away.  Device that represent the phablet market is limited to devices such as the Streak and the Galaxy Note. However no other manufacturer has adopted the term, or used it actively focusing largely on the table market.

It’s cheap and it looks cheap too.

Hungarians are highly motivated to purchase tablets this past year there has been a 180% increase in sales of tablet devices in our country (according to HVG.hu) of course since most can’t afford the more expensive ipads, and galaxy devices we see low end manufacturers flood the stores in Hungary.

Most of the devices in our market feel cheap, and made of low grade materials. Devices such as the Ghoo Tab 7000 and Wayteq xTAB-70i have a simple slab design with a power and volume button on the outside, and basic internal specs such as 0.3 megapixel enough for chatting, they take poor quality pictures. Some of these devices have USB port and tend to have 8GB or less or RAM. The devices are 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek processor with Bluetooth, GPS and wifi as well. The devices are ok for simple games, watching video, and as e-reader. Most of them run Android 4.2 or a customized version of Jelly Bean.

 

So I guess if you buy one of these tablets, you get what you pay for. They are cheap, don’t expect them to work as well as the high end device….

If you have any experience on cheap tablets I’d like to see your comments.