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17 December 2013

TECHNOLOGY - A hi-tech stocking filler! World's cheapest tablet costing just £30 launches in Britain






A hi-tech stocking filler! World's cheapest tablet costing just £30 launches in Britain


  • - The 7-inch UbiSlate 7Ci from London-based firm Datawind costs £29.99
  • - It runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich and comes with 4GB of storage
  • - The device was originally built for universities and colleges in India 


Step aside Tesco, Argos and Aldi, the world's cheapest tablet costing just £29.99 is now available in the UK.

The 7-inch UbiSlate 7Ci runs the 2011 Android Ice Cream Sandwich software and comes with just 4GB of storage, although this can be expanded up to 32GB using a microSD card.

Its price makes it £50 cheaper than Aldi's Lifetab, £70 cheaper than Argos' MyTablet and almost £90 cheaper than the Hudl by Tesco. 


The 7-inch UbiSlate 7Ci from London-based firm Datawind costs £29.99
The 7-inch UbiSlate 7Ci, pictured, from London-based firm Datawind costs £29.99. It runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich and comes with 4GB of storage. The device was originally built for universities and colleges in India, but proved so popular the company decided to sell 
it to other regions


Developed by London-based Datawind, the 7-inch tablet was initially built for use in universities and c colleges in India, but it proved so successful it has been made available in other regions. 

Other specifications include a Cortex A8 1GHz processor, and built-in games and education apps. 

It is the latest in a line of budget tablets that have been launched ahead of Christmas. 

    After Apple dominated the tablet market for years, Google was the first major company to challenge the iPad and, in particular, the later iPad mini with the launch of its Nexus 7 by Asus in 2012.

    It was a budget tablet that went on sale for £159, compared to the iPad mini's £269, without compromising on the majority of features.

    The search giant launched a Nexus 7 successor earlier this year that cost £199 and came with the world's highest resolution screen. 

    Tesco then took it a step further with the launch of its Hudl tablet.


    Experts said that while the quality of budget options might not compare with Apple¿s original tablet computer, the affordability factor would lead to a rush of new sales
    The UbiSlate 7Ci is £50 cheaper than Aldi's Lifetab tablet that went on sale earlier this month. People queued for hours in London, pictured, to get their hands on the budget device


    HOW DOES THE UBISLATE 7CI COMPARE TO RIVAL TABLETS?


    Specification
    UbiSlate 7CiArgos MyTabletTesco HudlAldi LifetabNew Google Nexus 7Kindle Fire HD
    Screen size7-inches7-inches7-inches7-inches7-inches7-inches
    Resolution800 x 4801024 x 6001440 x 9001,024 x 6001920 x 12001024 x 600
    Pixels-per-inch (PPI)133169237169323170
    Camera
    N/A
    2MP rear, 0.3MP front
    3MP rear, 2MP front2MP rear, 0.3 MP front5MP rear, 1.2 MP front
    N/A
    Basic storage
    4GB
    8GB
    16GB16GB16GB16GB
    Price*
    £29.99
    From £99.99
    From £119 (£60 with Clubcard Points)From £79.99From 16GB Wi-Fi £199
    From £119
     *Direct from retailers. Prices may vary on third-party shops or during promotions


    The 7-inch Hudl costs just £119 and beats the majority of other budget tablets in terms of screen pixel density. 

    It can even be bought for as little as £60 when purchased with Clubcard vouchers. 

    At the launch, Tesco insisted it had not cut corners to produce the budget tablet and claimed it would beat similarly priced competitors ‘hands down’.


    The 7-inch MyTablet, pictured, costs just £99.99.
    Datawind's tablet is the latest cut-price device to go on sale in the run up to Christmas. Argos recently launched is 7-inch MyTablet, pictured, for £99.99. It runs Google's Android Jelly Bean and has 8GB of memory


    Argos then followed suit with its £99 MyTablet, before Aldi undercut them both with its £79 Lifetab earlier this month. 

    Amazon has also recently refreshed its Kindle range, dropping the price of the Kindle Fire HD down to £119 

    'With recent ONS figures showing that in the UK, 29 per cent of the poorest households have no computer and 36 per cent no internet, we’re working to bring affordable technology to the hundreds of thousands of households excluded from the digital revolution', said Datawind’s chief executive Suneet Singh Tuli.


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