I'd been waiting on the new Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 for a while to replace my Tab S but when the ridiculous price was revealed I had to start looking at alternatives and the Zenpad S3 seemed like the best value for money.
I know it was available for a bit less last week from Hughes Direct and Currys are the same price but they don't have the JL 2 year guarantee which is handy thing to have when you're buying this type of item imo.
"Cinematic entertainment meets supercharged performance, the ZenPad 3S 10 tablet with stunning 9.7-inch 2K In-Plane Switching display (2048x1536) delivers lifelike videos and stills. Its ultra slim 5.32mm bezel means you get 78% screen-to-body ratio for vast viewing yet a compact body."
I'm currently looking for a new tablet to replace my aging Nook HD+. I considered this one, but I'll mostly be watching Youtube, Twitch etc. on it, so there will be a lot of wasted space on the 4:3 ratio screen.
Honestly, there's not a lot in the £100-£300 range with 1080+ screens. One I had my eye on was the "Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus" with 2560x1600 screen 16:10 ratio, but typically it went from £250 up to £300 in the last week (at Amazon, Curry's & JohnLewis). Looking at camel price tracking, it has went up and down between those prices, so hopefully it will go back down to £250.
If anyone reading this is looking for one sub £200, have a look at "Huawei MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro" which on 22nd May is £160 at Argos. Arguably the best spec sub £200 known brand tablet available at the moment. There's an Acer at £180 but its a quad-core vs the Huawei octo-core CPU.
KP2013
20 Apr 17#6
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CraigT
10 Apr 171#5
My parents got one each when they were on the £250 offer in Currys. I had to set them up (obviously). I was very impressed with the look, feel and quality. I found the Asus skin/software a little annoying - I kept bringing up a menu accidentally whilst doing things on the home screen - but if it were mine and did get too annoying I would just use the free and fairly standard Google launcher instead. I particularly pushed for them to get this model because of the 32GB of storage which is still seriously rare on decent priced tablets - I have a 16GB LG tablet and quickly ran out of space for apps (I do like a few apps in all fairness!). Really good at this price, if it dropped to £200 (wishful thinking) I would get one myself.
roguesspam
10 Apr 17#4
What is its performance like vs nvidia fire and samsung s2?
Theres no way I'd pay 400 quid for a tablet so samsung ruled themselves out, so its basically one of these or a k1 but this has a mediatek chip thats apparently a bit sluggish in games?
capa
10 Apr 17#3
Using this right now and love it tbh
abhijitdash123
10 Apr 17#2
What an excellent price with the extended John Lewis warranty to back it up. Awesome :smiley:
jiraiya
10 Apr 17#1
Nice spot. I saw this a few days ago on Currys for the same price and have been considering it but it's been cheaper previously on here as you say (I think £250 plus cashback) and I hate paying more than a previous low price! great tablet tho. The only other tablet im holding out for is a Google pixel c 32gb. Hoping it might come along for £300 again like it has been many times on here in the past but that has yet to materialise!
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I know it was available for a bit less last week from Hughes Direct and Currys are the same price but they don't have the JL 2 year guarantee which is handy thing to have when you're buying this type of item imo.
"Cinematic entertainment meets supercharged performance, the ZenPad 3S 10 tablet with stunning 9.7-inch 2K In-Plane Switching display (2048x1536) delivers lifelike videos and stills. Its ultra slim 5.32mm bezel means you get 78% screen-to-body ratio for vast viewing yet a compact body."
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I know it's refurbished but it comes with a 12month warranty.
Honestly, there's not a lot in the £100-£300 range with 1080+ screens. One I had my eye on was the "Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Plus" with 2560x1600 screen 16:10 ratio, but typically it went from £250 up to £300 in the last week (at Amazon, Curry's & JohnLewis). Looking at camel price tracking, it has went up and down between those prices, so hopefully it will go back down to £250.
If anyone reading this is looking for one sub £200, have a look at "Huawei MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro" which on 22nd May is £160 at Argos. Arguably the best spec sub £200 known brand tablet available at the moment. There's an Acer at £180 but its a quad-core vs the Huawei octo-core CPU.
Theres no way I'd pay 400 quid for a tablet so samsung ruled themselves out, so its basically one of these or a k1 but this has a mediatek chip thats apparently a bit sluggish in games?