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ASUS ZenPad Z300M 10.1" Tablet - 16 GB, White, Rose Gold, Grey for £99.00 delivered at Currys

£99 Currys30 Nov 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Technology

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bb8

30 Nov 16

Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
MediaTek MT8163 Quad-core Processor
Over 1 million apps available from Google Play
microSD card slot
micro USB

Asus VisualMaster technology delivers a HD visual experience with brighter, more vivid colours, wider contrast levels and sharper details. To reduce eye fatigue and ensure you can read comfortably, the Z300M filters out blue light and adjusts to suit different lighting conditions, so that you can read comfortably even in bright sunlight.

Take great pictures with the built-in 5.0 MP front camera, whilst the 2 MP camera is perfect for selfies and doubles as a webcam when you want to communicate with friends and family.

Cinematic audio

Enjoy 7.1 virtual surround sound straight through your headphones with integrated DTS Headphone: X technology. Perfect for making every song, podcast and film sound great, you can enjoy immersive entertainment no matter where you are.

For louder, clearer sound, the ZenPad has dual front-facing speakers with SonicMaster technology for an enhanced audio experience.

Everyday use

Connect to external storage, transfer files and charge easily with the micro-USB port, which offers straight forward connectivity for a range of devices. And with an impressive 11 hour battery life, you can work, catch up with TV and read all day without worrying about needing to recharge.

The lightweight, slim design features a spacious 16 GB of storage so that you can keep all your music, apps and photos with you. And if you need more storage space, the microSD card reader lets you expand the available space to a huge 128 GB.

bb8 :wink:

Top comments

DrDoolittle to Rich44

30 Nov 16 16 #27

"Replace the wife's ageing nook" fnar fnar

plewis00

30 Nov 16 11 #11

1080p is full HD and the number refers to the vertical pixels. 1280 in this case is horizontal pixels (with only 800 vertical) which amounts to 'HD' (720p/768p compatible depending on how you reference it) - frankly it's 'good enough' given the price and the fact it's brand new, but there are plenty of people who want all the features but don't want to pay for them.

pennyfarthing88

30 Nov 16 4 #1

Yes but is it 4K though lol

maltikism

30 Nov 16 3 #124

if this wiped your **** and painted the shed, would you pull your finger out and vote hot? jeez man, what do you expect for 99 quid?! there's no pleasing some people.

All comments (228)

pennyfarthing88

30 Nov 16 4 #1

Yes but is it 4K though lol

ravingdaving

30 Nov 16 #2

thanks bb8 ordered for parents

DJBenz

30 Nov 16 #3

Hot, had one of these on my Amazon shopping list for a while. Still on there at £149.99

navi7

30 Nov 16 #4

This one or the Lenovo Tab2 A10? Cheers

Plumbz to navi7

30 Nov 16 #5

Lenovo has 1900 x 1200 pixels. This has 1280 x 800. But Lenovo is £80 more?

Other specs roughly the same.

wadz

30 Nov 16 1 #6

A standard MHL Cable (HDMI - Micro USB) should work with this to hook up to your TV.
Don't forget cashback!

bluenosebignelly to wadz

30 Nov 16 1 #38

Heat added!

Hey Wadz - bough a couple of these for Xmas presents and did it through Quidco (1st time ever) just one simple and perhaps annoying question.....when will this appear in my Quidco account? Been a hour and the money has left my account. Appreciation in advance.

Masteryates

30 Nov 16 3 #7

If this screen was FHD it would be hot. How annoying.

Plumbz to Masteryates

30 Nov 16 #8

Yeah I agree!

Holdsworth to Masteryates

30 Nov 16 #10

I thought 1280 was classed as HD?

Garnett to Masteryates

30 Nov 16 3 #17

And what about if it came with some free money too, eh? Scorchio, right? You ever think of that?

Babbler to Masteryates

30 Nov 16 1 #18

Sometimes you cant have the world for £99 :smiley:

pimpchez to Masteryates

30 Nov 16 #23

I thought this was going to be another HUKD impulse buy until i saw that statement :disappointed:

plewis00

30 Nov 16 2 #9

Great find! Not quite as good as the Z380C ZenPad 8.0 that got down to £59.97 about a month or two ago but decent nonetheless especially for a larger form factor. Also being the 'M' not the 'C', it comes preinstalled with Android M and has a Mediatek processor which should remove some of the complaints surrounding the Intel CPU (that was generally fine but could be laggy and had issues with some apps, e.g. banking).

And I find it hard to believe some people are actually complaining about getting a brand new 10" branded tablet for under £100 because it's not 'full HD'. I'm sure you'd all like a Surface Pro 4 for £250 but that's not realistic is it?

plewis00

30 Nov 16 11 #11

Naruto

30 Nov 16 #12

Thanks bought for parents Xmas prezzie!

Sticks1

30 Nov 16 #13

About to bite but my only concern is 16gb. I know it has micro sd but is 16gb enough? Advice from others appreciated!

sMARTie 25

30 Nov 16 #14

Hi Guys...

I dont know which to go for

ASUS ZenPad Z300M 10.1" Tablet - 16 GB

OR

Lenovo Tab 2 A10 10.1 Inch 1.5 Ghz 2GB 16GB WiFi

Help..

vassy4u to sMARTie 25

30 Nov 16 #19

if price is not an issue Lenovo is a better choice.
You get a better screen with better a better processor clocked it at 1.7Ghz..

toiletseatlicker to sMARTie 25

30 Nov 16 1 #22

Various cheaper Lenovo tabs argos reconditioned
check out the reviews on Amazon and Argos main site

Holdsworth

30 Nov 16 #15

Thanks for taking the trouble to write that - much appreciated. I was going to get the Tab 10.1a, but with this one on offer, is the Samsung worth an extra £60?

Rich44

30 Nov 16 #16

Arrrrrrgh really want to replace the wife's aging Nook HD but mediatek cpu & lower screen res puts me off especially as I only paid this for the Nook 2 years ago.

Don't want to go much higher though, might hold out see if anything else drops

Hot OP

DrDoolittle to Rich44

30 Nov 16 16 #27

"Replace the wife's ageing nook" fnar fnar

Lucky88

30 Nov 16 #20

But we can try

vassy4u

30 Nov 16 1 #21

For this price i would definitely go for this tablet. Heat added OP. :smiley:

morethananaddict

30 Nov 16 #24

Brilliant! Thanks OP, almost ordered a Samsung tablet last night at £70 more, but this is perfect for my Mum as her Hudl 2 just died.

jjp2701

30 Nov 16 #25

I got 100 pound for a decent tablet. is this the best out there for 100 pound ?

scab_tray to jjp2701

30 Nov 16 #35

I would like to know this too, but i have around £150 to spend and would like something bigger than 7" to replace my nexus 7

mcav

30 Nov 16 1 #26

That is very good, but that resolution on a screen that size is not going to be ideal if you are going to use it to read a lot of text.

Rich44

30 Nov 16 2 #28

Think I'll put the extra £20 in for the full HD Lenovo weighing up the pros & cons

Thanks all

Naruto to Rich44

30 Nov 16 1 #30

Lenovo have a horrible issue with 5GHz Wifi in my personal experience. Kept on dropping connection.

road2

30 Nov 16 2 #29

I got this just over a week ago for £129 @ Currys. It's mostly fine (looks nice, screen is quite good), but it has one huge issue.....even though it's Marshmallow it won't let you use an SD card as internal memory.

I've tried a few of the fixes online, and although there are ways to force it using ADB, it's buggy as heck (you have to reset the tablet before you can play any of the games you installed on the SD card).

Still hot for me at £99, but limited if you want any more than 16GB for apps etc.

musical to road2

30 Nov 16 #33

I saw just about to buy and that stopped me wasting £99. Thanks.

morethananaddict

30 Nov 16 #31

From reviews I read there's issues with Google Play too and license issues, especially when playing movies on Lenovo tablets. Something about Google not recognising it as a licensed player ? Not sure. May not be relevant to you, didn't matter much to me as it was my mum I was looking for and she just plays games, but could be annoying if you come to use it eventually.

sMARTie 25

30 Nov 16 #32

Thanks for the info... Argos referb.. Are they decent enough? I know they have 12 months warranty..

morpheus

30 Nov 16 1 #34

Argos refurb usually just means open box returns. Pretty sure they don't actually check them out do anything to them.

Janine1980

30 Nov 16 #36

Is this better than the Bush Spira B2 10" 32Gb 2Gb ram?

randrew1

30 Nov 16 #37

Anyone know where to buy the keyboard dock? Can't seem to find anywhere...

superfreddy

30 Nov 16 #39

How does this compare with a 2013 Nexus 7 - 32GB?

Naruto

30 Nov 16 1 #40

I bought this morning and I only just got the tracking email so it may take a few hours.

Holte_ender

30 Nov 16 #41

Hesitated on the lenovo @ £99 from argos and may have lost out. Got this though. Thanks OP.

wadz

30 Nov 16 1 #42

Usually depends on the retailer so some it's instant and others it can take a few hours. If it doesn't show up by tomorrow raise a ticket to get Quidco to check why it hasn't tracked
Hope that helps

Masteryates

30 Nov 16 1 #43

Probably worse, HD vs FHD screen, Bloat from manufacturer vs No Bloat, Unknown timely updates vs Monthly security updates from google. If you need lots of storage or a 10" screen this could be the tablet for you however. I've been running 5, Nexus 7 2013's for the last 2 years and all 5 are still working great with no slowdown.

Masteryates

30 Nov 16 2 #44

1280 x 800/720 is HD or 720p. 1920 x 1200/1080 is FHD or 1080P. On a 7" tablet there isn't that much difference but on 10", the difference is huge when reading text.

PasPer2

30 Nov 16 #45

Which of the Argos refurbished units would you recommend for kids? Looking at the Lenovo Tab 2 A10 for £119

ukez

30 Nov 16 1 #46

Same, plus I can put my Nexus 7 in one hand, which is nice for reading, it's still very fast and fits in my suit jacket inside pocket. :smile: My Nexus 7 4g LTE was an awesome buy, bought it 2 years ago and literally use it all throughout the day every day since I've had it.

ukez

30 Nov 16 1 #47

Regarding the 7inch screen: Theirs a big difference; it has more real estate on your screen. More icons, more reading content especially when the keyboard pops up, you see webpages better, you see a4 text documents better, you have more space for personalisations like widgets and it's just better all around.

xenophon

30 Nov 16 #48

Have you a link to the extra 20 quid Lenovo please. Can't find it.

mrphantomb

30 Nov 16 1 #49

Nexus has no storage expansion.

sirlukas

30 Nov 16 #50

Front facing speakers! Ideal for kids car screen!

toiletseatlicker

30 Nov 16 #51

I've had laptops and tablets from Argos ebay. Each time there was absolutely nothing wrong with them/'bran spanking'...all leads and manuals included and sometimes still in the original packaging.

PasPer2

30 Nov 16 #52

I went for the Lenovo

Megabusymum

30 Nov 16 #53

I've read all the posts and now I'm really confused.

Wanted to get our daughter a tablet for X-mas but I am probably the least tekkie person ever.

Can someone who knows about these things tell me if the Asus ZenPad Z300M or the Lenova Tab 2 A10-30 is the better one.

She'll just use it for social media, surfing the web and netflix.

Thanks :confused:

razorwire

30 Nov 16 1 #54

Had an offer of £90 on Flubit for this - only thing holding me back is lack of root for this model so far.

Chris777uk

30 Nov 16 #55

Will this play the latest roblox engine!? My daughters kindle can't play it anymore!

xenophon

30 Nov 16 #56

How much is the Lenovo Tab 2 A10-30 in comparison?

119.99, twenty quid more than this in Argos. Same spec. Resolution isn't any higher at 1280. But this Zenpad comes with Marshmallow.

It's this Zenpad for me at the price.

Megabusymum

30 Nov 16 #57

It's £20 more that the Asus but the one I can find says 1.3Ghz and not 1.5Ghz as mentioned in one of the posts.

raxta_b

30 Nov 16 #58

I bought the Acer Iconia One 10" tablet from Currys at £99 at the weekend.
I'm debating taking it back as the processor in this one is slightly better and this one has 2GB of RAM rather than 1GB and it looks like the battery lasts slightly longer in the ASUS Zenpad.
I can't decide if it's even worth the hassle of returning and buying this one just for this reason? My parents (Who this is for) will only be using it for basic web browsing email socail media etc.
Thoughts?

xenophon

30 Nov 16 #59

The information on Argos gives the Lenovo as 1.3Ghz the same as this. From what I can see it's the same spec but 20 quid more.

Yes I see the post you mention saying 1.5 but unless he can confirm I would say that must be a mistake.

morpheus

30 Nov 16 #60

My daughter has a 7" Nook HD too and i'm tempted to go with this as an upgrade (bigger screen, more memory, more ram) but not sure because of the screen difference. The screen is decent on the Nook and wouldn't want to downgrade if that was the case, on this one.

Did you go for it Rich?

rickj

30 Nov 16 1 #61

Only thing that would hold me back is buying from flubit ,never again complete lack of customer service and delivery time is probably next April.

harsh_nayi

30 Nov 16 #62

i have just bought Samsung Tab e. is this better then Tab e?

stovy

30 Nov 16 #63

I have about £150-200 to spend on a 10" tablet, should I just go for this one? or are there some good ones to get at my budget?

razorwire

30 Nov 16 #64

I've occasionally had issues myself and I never use them for anything time sensitive but in the 3 1/2 years I've been using them I've saved nearly £600 extra on top of what were the cheapest prices I could find at the time so I'm pretty happy with them

Rich44

30 Nov 16 #65

I've got both 2.4ghz & 5ghz running in the house so it's irrelevant for me & I don't rent/buy movies on Play when I can ahem acquire them elsewhere.

As long as it plays Hay Day the wife will be happy. It's just literally going to be a gaming device & I haven't read anything bad on that regard or at least any worse than this or other tablets.

As long as it's got decent battery ife & reviews say it does so hopefully it'll be good.

Cheers everyone

Rich44

30 Nov 16 #66

Further up the thread argos ebay refurb link.

Rich44

30 Nov 16 #67

The a10-30 isn't the £119 model they list the Tab2 A10 HD which is an A10-70 I believe has full HD screen, 200mhz faster cpu & 2gb ram at £119 or it was earlier today.

I'd go for the 70 over the 30 for £20 every time

haworthia

30 Nov 16 #68

How would this compare with New Fire 8 ...any thoughts ?

Rich44

30 Nov 16 #69

I went for the HD Lenovo from Argos ebay at £119 as couldn't face doing the screen downgrade.

I think once you've been spoilt by those nook screens you can't go back.

Got my eldest a new tablet but got him a £23 Fire 6 that was a refurb from Amazon & it looks brand new, have added Play store to it now & that's really nice too

plewis00

30 Nov 16 #70

With the Tab A you are paying for the name, so personally I would take the Asus or Lenovo as the Tab A is positioned as mid-range anyway and doesn't offer any 'killer feature' AFAIK. Have used all of them and it does depend on your usage but personally the Asus is a bit of a bargain at this price.

Supatramp

30 Nov 16 #71

People are confusing the Lenovos at Argos, both the main site and also the refurb site.

There is a Lenovo 30, and a Lenovo 70; the 70 is a far better machine than the 30. Check the specs!

presterjohn71

30 Nov 16 #72

Just a word of warning to people like me with crappy vision. I tend to hold the screen quite close to my face when reading and although the screen is good enough for most especially when held at the normal distance away from you at close up the resolution does not do the job. This will obviously not be an issue for most but thought it worth mentioning.

NinjaBaz

30 Nov 16 #73

HD version on Argos eBay at £110 (Grade B Refurb):

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lenovo-Tab-2-A10-10-1-Inch-16GB-WiFi-B-Grade-Argos-Shop-ebay-/361837889060

winny

30 Nov 16 #74

Caution for the Lenovo. I have one and the speakers went screwy after upgrading to the latest OTA update (headphones still sound perfect). The microsd can only be formatted using fat32 so you can't put files bigger than 4GB on it. This is a let down for better quality films which could have taken advantage of the full HD quality screen (which is very nice). Oh, and there are no custom roms available for it if that's something you consider doing when the manufacturer drops support (as they appear to have done, Android Lollipop v5.0 is the last update available).

Hunkerdown

30 Nov 16 #75

Great tablets for the money. Heat added.

tubbyttub9

30 Nov 16 #76

Would you go one of these or the Lenovo 11.6 Inch Ideapad 100s which i got for the same price?

Ozzie

30 Nov 16 #77

anyone know if this has gps ?

lehappymerchant

30 Nov 16 1 #78

the screen dimensions put me off

the 4:3 ratio of the 9.7 inchers (ipads, samsung s2) is so much better to read from

himmerz

30 Nov 16 #79

How does this compare to the Tesco Hudl 2? Would this be faster? Thanks

Stevie Badman

30 Nov 16 #80

Really wish I hadn't bought that **** fire tablet last week

The_IMF

30 Nov 16 #81

This if you want Android 6.0

wild_quinine

30 Nov 16 1 #82

Amazon presently out of stock, but look to have matched price:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-10-Inch-Quad-Core-Mali-T720-Graphics/dp/B01FYDBPHO

TAZMANUK

30 Nov 16 #83

lenovo A10-30 £119 from argos

TAZMANUK

30 Nov 16 #84

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/5315666

Arcana

30 Nov 16 #85

So this is definitely the A10-70???
I guess I'll order one and find out :stuck_out_tongue:

It has the same specs as the £179 model and the EAN number matches up as well, so I suppose it should be.
Otherwise there's always the option to return it.

vassy4u

30 Nov 16 #86

interesting.. Anyone who purchased this can help?

TAZMANUK

30 Nov 16 #87

i purchased the lenovo a10-30 for my daughter in sep for xmas at £139, ive bought the lenovo a10-30 for myself as the sound and screen look brilliant when i was setting hers up if you look at the specs on both the blue and pearl one they differ as one states 1gb ram other states 2gb, its a misprint as both are 2gb

TAZMANUK

30 Nov 16 #88

dont forget your loosing 6 months warranty as ebay ones only come with 6 months

vassy4u

30 Nov 16 #89

which one stated 2gb on the box? Thanks

leethewelder

30 Nov 16 #90

i have 3 lenovo Tab 2 A10-70f and they are excellent for the price with 2GB of Ram and 1.7ghz processor speed. For the kind of money your spending this is the best for what money will buy. The lenovo Tab 2 A10-70L is over £300 but the lenovo Tab 2 A10-70f is within a good price range of £120+ is a good deal. I first bought 2 of them at an introductory price of £60 each from Tesco in February and havnt been able to beat that deal since

therealjohnpeat

30 Nov 16 #91

Worth emphasising this - a friend bought a laptop from Currys/PC World eBay and it died after 7 months and that was that - no comebacks and it was beyond any sensible repair (needed a new mainboard which cost about as much as the laptop did in the first place!!)

karldavidmoss

30 Nov 16 #92

Does the tablet lag much?

therealjohnpeat

30 Nov 16 #93

Isn't that like asking is a car will break down in the future? :smiley: Everything lags sometimes - different people have different perceptions of lag (trust me on this, I deal with people's bonkers ideas on tech for a living) etc. etc.

leethewelder

30 Nov 16 #94

You have to be careful thou cos there is a range of about 3 or possibly 4 types of lenovo Tab 2 but the higher the numbers the better the spec I think it goes something like lenovo Tab 2 A10 (1.3ghz, 1gb ram) lenovo tab 2 A10-30 (1.5ghz 1.5gb ram) lenovo tab 2 A10-70f (1.7ghz 2gb ram) lenovo tab 2 A10-70L (2.0ghz) and higher android software depending on the highest ghz. I hope someone benefits out of this but I hate seeing the lower quality ones more expensive than the higher quality because online stores like Amazon don't get it...

30 Nov 16 #95

Decent GPU with the Mali T720MP2 too.

jimmyr1964

30 Nov 16 #96

is this better than the samsung 9.6 E ? which I have bought from Tesco for the same price

brodiesteph

30 Nov 16 #97

is this the best deal about for a £100/150 tablet? not too fussed about screen size

RogerN

30 Nov 16 #98

give it seven days, if not tracked report missing cashback to quidco admin :wink:

karldavidmoss

30 Nov 16 #99

how would you compare to a hudl 2 for speed?

razorwire

30 Nov 16 #100

The Argos reconditioned ones linked here have 12 months warranty.

XP200

30 Nov 16 #101

I just ordered and ran up to my nearest Curry's/PC world to pick it up, cracking tablet for £99, replacing my Hipstreet which all though fine, the speaker are just terrible, but i am hoping the 11 hour battery life is correct, that is the main feature i want these days after the Hudl II and it's 2/3 hour battery life. lol

So far everything about it is better than the hipstreet which is no surprise, but it has a very nice quality look, touch and feel to it, and very responsive, screen i very nice

toasteruk

30 Nov 16 #102

Is it 8bit or 10bit?

Vardre

30 Nov 16 #103

Lenovo Tab 2 HD, now out of stock on Argos Ebay.

karldavidmoss

30 Nov 16 #104

how is the performance compared to the hudl 2?

sach1636

30 Nov 16 #105

now soldout.

skarmachild

30 Nov 16 #106

think its 12k mate thay got the intel inside and outside here

TAZMANUK

30 Nov 16 #107

not on the box on the listing in argos website the pearl states 1gb the blue says 2gb but both are the same model and both have 2gb as i bought one last week phoned first to confirm the white one is 2gb same as the blue

XP200

30 Nov 16 #108

So far it is very responsive, the Hudl II was also ok, but as i said the battery was a complete joke, 3 hours if you were lucky, and the charge time also took ages....but so far this one is very good indeed, i just removed my Screen protector from my hipstreet supposed 10in tablet to find that this tablet seems to have a bigger screen size, my hipstreet can sit inside this tablets height wise with room to spare at the bottom, with a very very small overhang length wise from the hipstreet.

TAZMANUK

30 Nov 16 #109

a10-30 has 2gb

xenophon

30 Nov 16 #110

The one in your link says 1.5ghz whereas the A10-70F has 1.7ghz.

dz1

30 Nov 16 #111

No. You can get much better deals if you buy from China.

xenophon

30 Nov 16 #112

May have taken a punt on the B grade 70 for £119, but the link on page one is no longer showing it so must be gone. Cheers anyway.

Arcana

30 Nov 16 #113

According to Lenovo's website the A10-30 is 1.3 ghz and have a MSM8909 cpu.
Where as the A10-70 is 1.7 ghz as you said, but has a MT8165 cpu, just as the one in the link.

Yeah, definitely some incorrect info somewhere.

the1C3MAN

30 Nov 16 #114

Anyone else with hudl 2 battery issues, check youtube, there was an issue after the update, you can reset something and the battery is way better, did this to my daughters and last a few days on standby+usage, hope this helps.

renagade27

30 Nov 16 #115

Ordered.... Already had the lenovo and the charging connection broke after 16 months.

renagade27

princessyin

30 Nov 16 #116

Hi is this better value than the Samsung Galaxy Tab E 9.6" 8GB? I purchased this one at Tesco for £99.99 but may exchange for the Asus if better value? Thanks in advanced

zanemalik

30 Nov 16 #117

Help anyone! How does this compare to the Tab A 10.1?

karldavidmoss

30 Nov 16 #118

heat added, just ordered

McHotpoon

30 Nov 16 #119

Not adopting sd card is a big omission, thanks for posting!

ecnirp98

30 Nov 16 #120

Yep, that's a pain. Ive got £150-200 to buy a new Tablet (Hudl2 is on its last legs), anyone picked up a decent tablet for around this? was looking at the Nvidia shield tablet or Google pixel, but too expensive.

Gilmanez

30 Nov 16 1 #121

About the same, RAM is 2GB whereas Samsung it's 1.5GB, apart from that and the screen being 0.5 inch bigger, they're pretty much the same. Samsung storage allows up to 256GB in the MircoSD whereas the Asus is only 64GB.

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=7295&idPhone2=7532 - Comparison link.

11barbie

30 Nov 16 #122

no sent mine back and refuse to repair and refund and have 6 month warranty left absolute rubbish customer services

wenx

30 Nov 16 #123

I NEEDED A CHOPPING BOARD

maltikism

30 Nov 16 3 #124

if this wiped your **** and painted the shed, would you pull your finger out and vote hot? jeez man, what do you expect for 99 quid?! there's no pleasing some people.

McHotpoon

1 Dec 16 #125

The Samsung Tab A 10 £159? Midrange tablets kinda MIA at the moment. I'm waiting for Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 plus release just got pushed back till January though, will hope Samsung Tab S2 might be reduced boxing day as S3 coming Q1 2017 also.

BenderRodriguez

1 Dec 16 #126

1280 belongs to a CRT monitor from 1998, end of story.

QuickProfits

1 Dec 16 #127

Can these run a windows operating system?

Robbo11

1 Dec 16 #128

It doesn't help with your issue but Marshmellow's ability to use an SD card as adopted (internal) storage is over-rated and has it's limitations anyway. Even though it allows some (not all) Apps to be installed on the card, as it can't be removed and read or used in another device without formatting again, you are pretty limited to the cloud for backing up your data and files. Even a decent class card will still be slower than internal flash storage and there are reports that using it for internal storage increases the chances of card failure as well.

jamiebeags

1 Dec 16 #129

I had one of these for a while but I returned it after a few weeks. It looked beautiful, a really sophisticated finish particularly on the white/gold model, however it's what's inside that counts, eh? Unfortunately the screen was far from HD; pixelated at best, fuzzy at worst. Performance was average - it struggled with games and instagram would force close.

NinjaBaz

1 Dec 16 #130

I went for the Refurbed A10-70 on eBay for £119. Good deal for full HD as long as it's in good condition.

vassy4u

1 Dec 16 #131

I would wonder why would it be returned? It's a good tablet.. Unless they cover it up from the issues for what it was returned.

bluenosebignelly

1 Dec 16 #132

it does my friend, much appreciated!

stovy

1 Dec 16 #133

cant decide between this and the Lenovo Tab A10-30 for £99
I actually wanted to spend around £150 but can not find any good deals for anything better.

skyebluebirch

1 Dec 16 #134

All i would like to know is this a good tablet? Too many people arguing over HD etc bla bla bla,.. but I am looking for a tablet for my mother that is easy to use and that isn't slow.

Neo-uk

1 Dec 16 #135

A lot of people comparing this to the Lenovo Tab2. Well I had the Tab2 but sold it and got one of these.
To be honest with you the is better with great battery life and the built in stand feature is a god send but what made me sell it was the fact it will not work with channel 4's All4 app at all. People on forums have contacted channel 4 and Lenovo about it and neither have provided a solution as yet. So if watching channel fours programs online is important to you don't get the Tab2.

Thomas93

1 Dec 16 1 #136

Have you thought of putting Cyanogen on it? I'm running Nougat on my Nook and it's silky smooth and lovely and fast.

Leftie

1 Dec 16 #137

Android 6.0 Marshmallow allows micro sd card to become part of internal memory so the 16Gb can become much more if you're prepared to use the slot as a memory extension pack.

morpheus

1 Dec 16 #138

I have cyanogen on my Nook but the battery life is a bit poor and its very glitchy to switch on and off. Also the backlight seems to come on when charging and stay on when switch off charging but then drains the battery even without it being in use.

Any of those issues with Nougat? Got any links to how to install it or more info? Cheers

xboxsteve

1 Dec 16 #139

Allegedly this is not as straight forward as some may think, it will allow some apps to be loaded onto the memory card but not all.

Disclosure: (for the mugs who scour these threads to justify their existence): this is not fact; this is just what I have read. I have not scoured 100% of the internet to establish the whole truth. Any spelling mistakes/grammar can be ignored, I do not claim to be a grammatician.

NinjaBaz

1 Dec 16 1 #140

Not sure. I do know I've bought refurbed laptops from both Argos and Tesco before and they're basically change of mind, open box returns that they can't sell as new.

Nothing to lose though. If it has a fault, it gets returned. If it's damaged, it gets returned.

vassy4u

1 Dec 16 #141

Great. Good for you then :smiley:

mcallim7

1 Dec 16 #142

same price an amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-10-Inch-Quad-Core-Mali-T720-Graphics/dp/B01FYDBPHO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480601219&sr=8-1&keywords=ASUS+ZenPad+Z300M

bluewill

1 Dec 16 #143

decent specs and screen size

vassy4u

1 Dec 16 #144

Diff btwn this and the Lenovo tablet on deal. https://www.cena-vykon.cz/porovnani-tablety/lenovo-tab-2-a10-30-za0c0040cz-vs-asus-zenpad-z300m-6a063a

mcallim7

1 Dec 16 #145

Brand ASUS Lenovo
Item Weight 490 g 898 g
Product Dimensions 25.1 x 17.2 x 0.8 cm 26.2 x 18.8 x 6.2 cm
Color Black Blue
Screen Size 10.1 inches 10.1 inches
Processor Brand MediaTek MediaTek msm8909 quad core processor
Processor Speed 1.3 GHz 1.30 GHz
RAM Size 2 GB 1 GB
Hard Drive Size 16 GB 16 GB

ses6jwg

1 Dec 16 #146

Guys which is better this or the Lenovo in Argos?

princessyin

1 Dec 16 #147

Thank you for this - will stick with Samsung as already purchased

vassy4u

1 Dec 16 #148

check comments above ..

ses6jwg

1 Dec 16 #149

its not very clear...

ela_vips

1 Dec 16 #150

I've bought this, 3 years ago for £150.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GXBVHMA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
looking to replace, but looks like almost half res. Is there any tablet less than £150 to replace my Tosh? (Strange after 3 years, I thought I should be able to buy better one)

Neo-uk

1 Dec 16 #151

As I said earlier ses6jwg,
A lot of people comparing this to the Lenovo Tab2. Well I had the Tab2 but sold it and got one of these.
To be honest with you the is better with great battery life and the built in stand feature is a god send but what made me sell it was the fact it will not work with channel 4's All4 app at all. People on forums have contacted channel 4 and Lenovo about it and neither have provided a solution as yet. So if watching channel fours programs online is important to you don't get the Tab2

godzillafan

1 Dec 16 #152

Looking to replace the Lenovo A8-50 A5500 & Lenovo A10-70 A7600 (started to slow, not sure why). Is this Zenpad Z300M a better tablet?

dilbertov

1 Dec 16 #153

Bought one of these for a customer the other day and was very impressed by the quality.

chamaerops

1 Dec 16 #154

ASUS ZenPad Z300M Battery 4000 mAh.

Lenovo Tab A10-30 Battery 7000 mAh

Thomas93

1 Dec 16 2 #155

Not aware of these in Nougat- the install is exactly the same as the last Cyanogen, image and gapps on memory card, nuke the old install in TWRP and put the new OS and Gapps on after, the only issue I have is in Portrait the Nook is upside down, but it doesn't really affect me that much. Will try and find the link I used.

jun19

1 Dec 16 #156

which one is better this or Lenovo Tab A10-30 10.1 from Argos ?

Brianliptov

1 Dec 16 #157

Ive been onto Amazon. The Asus will be back in stock on December 30th!

dz1

2 Dec 16 #158

That Toshiba is rubbish. I have it too. It's slow, lacks memory, has a dull screen, battery life is terrible, and the processor can't cope with the high res screen. I think you'll find the Asus Zenpad doesn't have those problems.

If you must have a tablet with a high res screen for under £150 then I only know of the China tabs at that price level. They obliterate this Asus Zenpad in almost every way, but most people are too scared to buy from China so that may not be an option.

Leftie

2 Dec 16 1 #159

I have Marshmallow on my phone and you are correct that not all apps can be moved to the card, Google Apps are the most stubborn, however some apps and most data/photos/videos/etc can be moved so it would not be a deal breaker for me.

mikeyrobbo

2 Dec 16 #160

give over

mikeyrobbo

2 Dec 16 #161

most apps move over hardly anything. textures/obb files and data files all stay on internal. it's completely ridiculous, although with marshamallow you can do adoptable storage assuming they haven't removed that like samsung did (or use the adb workaround)

XP200

2 Dec 16 1 #162

Well just had a day to play with this, awesome tablet, i still have a good 60% left in thw battery, watched a few Columbo movies over putlocker(720P look great), watched some YT, surfed, left it on standbuy, really good low power consumption, and the sound, oh the glorious sound, coming from a Hipstreet which has one small tiny 1980 PC beep type speaker at the back, this tablet is the philharmonic orchestra of sound, really good, and this tablet just zips along on everything it does, and compared to my other tablet, the Hudl 2, which came with a bundle of useless junk i had to work around to remove, this comes with very little, and all can be stops or removed unlike some of the hudl stuff which could not.

But overal a cracking tablet, picture is great, sound is great, tablet is fast and zippy, and the battey is the icing on the cake, well worth my £99.

godzillafan

2 Dec 16 #163

just reserved it, for the 6 years old, should be a great device

techno79

2 Dec 16 #164

I was comparing this to the "Lenovo Tab A10-30" offer too. Both were very close but I ended up going with the Asus in the end because it supports 128GB SD cards vs 64GB. Also, it supports Android 6 the Lenovo only supports Android 5.

Famine

2 Dec 16 #165

Does anyone know of some good covers for this tablet? i am looking for a white one or a golden one.

XP200

2 Dec 16 1 #166

I am using a generic tesco brand 10in case, holds the pad nicely and can be used to stand the tablet up, plus it has a magnet on the flap to keep it closed, good case for 8 quid.

godzillafan

2 Dec 16 #167

Got the tablet and everything updated and setup to run.

Put a 64GB card in, but it won't format. Went this route

Storage & Usb, SD card, clicked on that, setting, pressed Format.

Says, Format as portable storage... pressed the red erase & format button, got to 20% and then said could not format!

Any other ways. The card was already formatted in the previous tablet and in the Asus it says 64.00kb used of 62.48GB.

Just want to add movies folders to it.

Also, anyone recommend a few movie players apps for the tablet, that will play anything or all files. mp4, mkv etc.

I did notice, that some players won't even show all the files in the movie folder!

FF99

2 Dec 16 #168

will this be any better than my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2? I dont feel any need to change but might if this is much better (mainly used for inflight viewing when travelling).

EmperorRosko

2 Dec 16 #169

Dont forget 10 bit....

godzillafan

2 Dec 16 #170

Can't get the SD Card to work, google mentions something about android 6 upgrade causing a card issue.
Can anyone help on how to access the SD card?

navi7

3 Dec 16 #171

I went for the refurb Lenovo tab2 a10 70 from argos ebay for 120£. Realy nice tablet, but I got the issue with WIFI - keeps disconnecting and droping down and the signal is very weak.
Any ideas how to fix this please? If wont be able to get it running right its going back....:-)
Cheers

vassy4u

3 Dec 16 1 #172

Welcome to refurb tablet :smiley: May be that's the issue for which it was returned in first place.

doggboy10

3 Dec 16 #173

I've just reserved a white one.
I also got a samsung tab A 10.1 for £159 which is unopened which I'm currently debating whether to keep or get a cheaper that tablet such as this or the lenovo 8 inch for £79 from argos.
considering the price points of each, on balance which tablet is the best value wise?

Laubi02

3 Dec 16 #174

Had a Google go compare this with my old Samsung galaxy 3 but still can't work out which is better. Anyone able to work it out from these specs please?

http://gsmversus.com/asus-zenpad-10-z300c/samsung-galaxy-tab-3-101-p5220/

joepbailey

3 Dec 16 #175

I also got the Lenovo a10-70f from Argos refurbished.. but got it for £111. Arrived yesterday. Everything seems okay. The wifi seems stable. Hasn't dropped out yet. The thing I am worried about is battery life. The reason I went for it was because reviews were saying it had incredible battery life, like 10-12 hours. But it is dropping rather fast, even at lowest brightness... Still considering it. Got 30 days so. So it's all good.

bensimmo

3 Dec 16 #176

I have two of them, screen is excellent on both mine, sharp and clear.
Does everything and last for a long time.
SD card usage is a pain as the only downside is stuck at 4.3 Android so cannot use the latest Microsoft Word and Excel.
The proper keyboard for it is good too.
Lacks memory? It has 2G and 16 or 32G storage plenty.

That is compared to the Nexus 7 and Hudl2 and Apple Air2(no where near as quick and nice as that, apart from the OS)
I like the feel and size of the HUDL2 though.

pedron_05

3 Dec 16 #177

If I bought this online from Curry.. Can I take back to a Curry's physical store?

JonJonez

3 Dec 16 #178

Good luck with ASUS and their non existent warranty which is sent to a third party shop. Tablet failed on third charge and they refused to repair and blamed me for some type of damage after normal use. Tried quoting me £500 to repair a usb jack. Not fit for purpose.

Think car dealers quoting insurance companies extortionate rates to repair a vehicle paint etc.

rwalto159

3 Dec 16 #179

How does this compare with the Hudl2?
I want a tablet I can do work on as it's a pain getting my laptop out.

pyg

3 Dec 16 #180

I got mine from ASDA Harpuhey Manchester £89

WetHungryHippo

3 Dec 16 #181

Thanks OP for this deal. Is anyone having problems with WIFI dropping out? i am using a virginmedia router. It works for a bit and then stops working. The phone is working fine.

Niamhs_Dad

4 Dec 16 #182

happened with mine too so I did a reset of android via the settings menu

dan_dare

4 Dec 16 #183

I had the same problem which was driving me loopy. I tried some of the online suggestions such as factory reset but none worked. What I did discover was that the wifi dropouts only occur when connected to. 2.4 GHz router signal - it is rock solid with 5GHz. New routers tend to allow either and I found my tablet would sometimes connect to either. When it connected to 2.4GHz it periodically dropped out. So my fix was to give the different wifi frequencies different names in the router and just allow connection to the 5GHz one. It's been perfect ever since.

WetHungryHippo

4 Dec 16 #184

Further to my comment above, i am still having trouble with network dropping out after a few minutes, and this is the second one i have tried. I am a virginmedia customer with a super hub and have three other android devices running fine without a problem, perhaps there is a compatibility issue or something but I am taking mine back since i expect it to work out of the box. Just want to warn any other virginmedia customers who are thinking of getting one.

DoomSprout

5 Dec 16 #185

Wikipad stopped charging so dropped £99 on one of these at the weekend.

Its faster, the battery life is great and it runs Hearthstone. In otherwords, I'm really happy with this tablet.

Have been streaming Youtube and Netflix several rooms away from router and the connection has been stable.

The screen seems a tad on the dark side, but that might just be me.

xboxsteve

5 Dec 16 1 #186

Hi, have you tried

Settings > Display > Brightness Level > Disable "Automatic Brightness" and turn the brightness up to your likeing.

zombrex

5 Dec 16 #187

My lenovo picks up my 128gb card

techno79

5 Dec 16 #188

I don't understand why manufacturers advertise a lower supported limit than reality. If a device supports SDXC then the SDXC standard can handle up to 2TB cards. If there is an inherent lower limit due to the device then fine, they can advertise the lower limit but it seems like some manufacturers state the limit as the currently highest available SDXC card which clearly isn't the limit. I'm guessing this is what Lenovo did here.

Lucky for me, the Android version difference was enough to make the same decision but it does bug me when they do this.

Marker

5 Dec 16 1 #189

The Samsung A 10.1 is an awesome tablet for £159, I picked one up a couple of weeks ago. Lovely 1080p screen, fast CPU, loooong battery life.

jhl73

5 Dec 16 #190

Hiya does anyone know if theres much difference between this and the Samsung galaxy tab A ? Thanx

planehazza

6 Dec 16 #191

Voted hot. Shame about the resolution. The better half is after a new tablet and this would be ideal for her, but I worry that the plastic and screen res would spoil it a bit.

Laubi02

6 Dec 16 #192

Sorry to ask again, but anyone able to tell which is better spec sbetween:

Asus ZenPad 10 Z300C:

Hardware

Quad-core

Intel Atom x3-C3200

Mali-450MP4

2 GB RAM

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 P5220

Dual-core 1.6 GHz

Intel Atom Z2560

PowerVR SGX544MP2

1 GB RAM

ag86

6 Dec 16 1 #193

Lenovo....Big time... :smiley:

PasPer2

6 Dec 16 #194

For what reasons?

Laubi02

6 Dec 16 #195

yes, that would be useful :smiley:

Laubi02

6 Dec 16 #196

also, anyone looked at or comments on the Lenovo Tab 2 A10 for £10 more?

LondonsRichestTramp

6 Dec 16 #197

thanks. bought this last night from the staples corner branch.
chose this over the lenovo.

dz1

6 Dec 16 #198

I think the Lenovo is better due to its much higher resolution screen.

thesim79

6 Dec 16 #199

I used to have the lenovo a10 70 but returned it as I wasn't impressed, it would lag and occasionally freeze when auto rotating. I picked this up on Sunday and for the price I'm very impressed, yes the screen could be better when reading text but for casual browsing, reading books, kodi and modbro I think it's fantastic.

PasPer2

6 Dec 16 #200

Picked an Asus up today after getting the Lenovo 70f from Argos, they are pretty similar, enough for the kids anyway.

Will give them both a workout tomorrow to see which I prefer. The screen on the Lenovo looks sharp and vibrant but the lack of support for the OS worries me as it's stuck on 5.0.1

Randomthom

7 Dec 16 #201

Mine accepted my 128Gb Samsung Micro SD card without any trouble.

bigc90210

7 Dec 16 #202

hes not referring to it "accepting" the SD card, hes referrring to issues transferring apps from internal storage to external storage, which is implied to work with all apps but really only works with some.

Gilmanez

7 Dec 16 #203

Can anyone vouch for these? in terms of lag etc, looking to add kodi on one.

xboxsteve

7 Dec 16 1 #204

I Can't comment on Kodi but Terrarium.TV work flawlessly, same principal I believe except Terrarium.TV is a lot slicker IMO. Regarding lag, its not as quick as the latest IPAD but it is quick enough, (I am fussy too). I ran a benchmark against my Nexus 7 2013 and the Nexus won it, there may be factors but I can't be bothered to look dig deeper. (Nexus 7 2013 are brilliant, again IMO)

BTW, a lot quicker than teh Samsung Galaxy 8.

Galinda

7 Dec 16 #205

The reviews on Amazon for Asus tablets seem a bit dodgy :/

jhl73

8 Dec 16 #206

Does anyone know if theres much difference between this and the Samsung galaxy tab A ? Thanx

manu630

8 Dec 16 #207

Just got mine in the post, seems pretty fast and has got great sound but the resolution and colour seems off and poor gonna take it back

ianc_sewell

8 Dec 16 1 #208

I have both and the Samsung Tab A 10.1" 2016 is brilliant. I really don't know what else I'd want from another tablet costing 2-3 times the price. I paid 160 for it. In short the tab A is superior to the Asus, but then it is 30-50% more expensive.

Gilmanez

8 Dec 16 1 #209

Thank you, managed to get a Nexus 7 (2013) off a local buy sell page for £40. Bargain. :sunglasses:

Update - Also ended up with an iPad 2 mini for £75 ... :laughing:

tommie1shunt

12 Dec 16 #210

Thanks OP, bought one.

devonlad

12 Dec 16 #211

I bought one in Curry's at Exeter. it had a promotional offee. there 3 years cover for free. covers all accidents etc. it was so good bought another for my son (9). as if it breaks they replace

Aitchy21

12 Dec 16 #212

I ordered one of these and it came today, got to say for 99 quid it's really nice. We have a nexus 7, an iPad and some Samsung Tabs already.

It feels nice has great sound and is responsive, only downside is the resolution but you get what you pay for. I like the volume rocker and the speakers are great.

lovely bargain tablet by a good manufacturer

martynhodder

13 Dec 16 #213

I have one of these and I wouldn't recommend them. It's extremely slow, everything takes ages to load and the touch interface isn't very responsive.

renagade27

13 Dec 16 #214

No issues with ours. Uninstalled all the bloatware first and it's fine.

renagade27

xboxsteve

14 Dec 16 #215

Hi, was there anything specific you unistalled?

renagade27

14 Dec 16 #216

Hi. Most ASUS crap ware per installed and other stuff we just don't use. The only app we kept was a boost programme that gives a few extra meg when needed. We then updated to the latest on offer and that was it.

renagade27

godzillafan

14 Dec 16 #217

Hi there,

What's the best way to uninstall all the bloatware without bricking the tablet or is there a list of asus apps that are safe to get rid of, if not going to use any of them.

Just want to make sure I dont get rid of any system apps!

Laubi02

14 Dec 16 #218

I went in store yesterday to have a play. Not sure if it was because it's a demo tablet but I did some amateur tests such as load tvguide.co.UK. And lose d the off stream. It was really clunkyband slow and crashed a few times whenever I maxedand miniminised the video.

Shame as I really wanted to buy this one.

xboxsteve

15 Dec 16 #219

Hi, I can only imagine it was because of being a demo, mine has been faultless, admittedly I don’t use it all the time but I can't see it slowing down that much.

Laubi02

15 Dec 16 #220

could you possibly try and do what i did please? As I mainly use my tab to go on that or iplayer, its really important that it doesnt crash etc. Pretty please!!

Wings18

15 Dec 16 #221

Looks like it's OOS

goodfella1978

15 Dec 16 #222

Great deal! Bought a white one at £99 for my daughter. Lovely tablet, runs really well when I was setting it up. Was waiting for Rose Gold to come back in stock to get one for my other daughter but it's just gone back up to £150 :disappointed: Looks like she'll have to have a pair of socks for Christmas but at least her feet will be warm while she watches her little sister playing on her new tablet.

mafjmafj

17 Dec 16 #223

Exactly on the same boat.
If I could only solder more memory on nook2

xboxsteve

18 Dec 16 1 #224

Sorry, I missed this request. Tvguide opened up but was slow, tried it with Firefox too and it did the same. Strange as this is not the case with other websites. I installed the tvguide app and it worked fine.

BBC iplayer worked flawlessly and was quick when using it.

Laubi02

18 Dec 16 1 #225

Thanks Steve. May take a punt then. Annoying as obviously couldn't try out those apps in store but if they work fine. Then that's good enough for me.

Laubi02

19 Dec 16 #226

Sods law. Just gone to the shop and its now gone up

cloudsinuk1

26 Dec 16 #227

Deal ended

samsyscott

31 Dec 16 #228

what's the difference between this and the z300c? argos refurbished is £89.99, is that good?!