Be careful with cheap tablets

The low-cost tablet market is developing very excitingly with products with surprisingly low prices.

Most of them have the ability to meet the basic use needs of users such as surfing the web, playing games, listening to music, but not many cases, users due to cheap participation should pay after buying products. met many troubles.

Let's look at some of the reasons why you should consider carefully before deciding to buy a cheap tablet.

Operating system

The operating system on some low-cost tablets has been outdated or has disappeared completely. Therefore, when choosing to buy a tablet, consumers should consider carefully and should stay away from tablets equipped with the operating systems named below:

Android 2.3 and earlier versions

Android was not designed for tablets until Version 3.0 (Honeycomb), an upgrade for tablet PCs. And then, it was upgraded to Version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), an Android version designed for all mobile devices. Therefore, tablets running Version 2.3 or earlier versions will often yield limited performance.

WebOS

A non-existent operating system installed on tablets is webOS. This is definitely the case for the HP TouchPad, the tablet has a short life from Hewlett Packard, which received a lot of good reviews but quickly fell into failure by the arrival of the iPad.

Windows CE

Microsoft is not out of the fever of touch screen tablets, which is why it designed Windows 8 for touchscreen devices. Before getting to know more about Windows 8 we come to Windows CE, the operating system found some cheap tablets today. The problem with this operating system is that it does not meet the needs of users like Android tablets or iPads.

Application

One of the key factors that makes the iPad a great success is the rich and high quality application source from the App Store. This is very important for users. Most major manufacturers have their own application channels - even when they offer tablet products based on the common Android platform.

However, due to cost conditions, low-cost machine manufacturers often expect only the source of applications provided by Google via Play Store instead of developing a separate store. Although Play Store is quite rich in number of applications, their quality is not really even.

Resistive and capacitive touch screen

There are currently two types of touch screens on both tablets and smartphones. The resistive touch screen works more accurately and better for using the stylus, while the capacitive touch screen is faster and more sensitive. Both screens are good, but they bring different experiences.

Currently, capacitive touch screens are the standard on newer tablet models. However, many low-cost tablets that are on sale in the resistive touch screen market cannot perform well with high-sensitivity operations.

Connection issues

There are two limitations related to Internet connection you need to consider when buying cheap tablets. The first drawback is that most tablets only support Wi-Fi, so users cannot use the device anywhere without connecting to a smartphone or turning the phone into a wireless access point. Secondly, some low-cost tablets will have much weaker Wi-Fi waves than high-end computers.

Battery life

The latest iPad version has a battery life of up to 10 hours. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 battery and the Asus Transformer Pad Infinity can operate at surprisingly 14 hours for a single charge. Low-cost tablets can hardly achieve such battery life, they can only carry up to 2 hours to 6 hours of use.

Conclude

Outdated operating systems, low-quality screens, limited applications, connectivity problems and low battery life are deadly disadvantages of some low-cost tablets. However, on the market today there are also a number of cheap tablets that are worth choosing for users such as Google Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD or even iPad mini.