Not a bad price at all, if this is the A10-70 model, it can be updated with a bit of jiggery-pokery to Android 6.0 which works well, otherwise it's stuck on Lollipop which isn't a problem but might be a sticking point for some.

Mine works brilliantly.

It's been this price for a while as I've been checking it daily to see if it will drop any further, but worthy of a re-post of your deal from a month ago.

robertr, I was also checking daily until last week and price was stuck at £199.99 so it must have only recently dropped back down to £139.99.

Got one. Is good if it's the Tab2 A10-70 as previously mentioned. Not good for gaming I'm told. I don't. Great res at 1920x1200. Sound suffers if you upgrade firmware. If the battery gets too low it gets stuck in a boot loop...you have to wait for it to completely drain before you can recharge and get going again.

It requires rooting the tablet, installing a custom recovery, and then flashing the tablet with the firmware for the A10-70L (one with the 3g SIM) which was updated to 6.0 then you can customize the tablet with custom framework and remove all notifications regarding 3g and such. If you fancy it, I can find you all the links and forum posts I had and can advise if you need help.

It is pretty foolproof, as upon flashing once or twice it failed (which wiped the drive partitions) but just restarting the flashing process sorted it.


Mine works alright with games, obviously I don't expect loads out of it. I've never had a problem with the sound either apart from on 6.0 mine seems to require a restart if you plug in a pair of headphones and then remove them as the sound stops coming out of the speaker. I've not had the low battery bootloop issue though?

Wow, that a lots of hoops to jump through. Thanks for the heads up.

Honestly it sounds like a lot of work, but it's mostly just waiting time for the flashing and install process. I think it's worthwhile, especially as my A10-70F kept messing up on Lollipop and I'd lose the haptic (home,tasks and back) buttons after every reset of the tablet, so I had nothing to lose. I'd say probably about an hour max of actual work, the rest is waiting time.

Like I said, if you're interested I can source you the info!

Argos states rear camera is 5mp and front camera is 2mp whereas Lenovo say its 8mp rear and 5mp front, anyone know which one this specific deal is (assuming Argos may have it wrong off course) ?