7 Inch AllWinner A13 1.5GHz Android 4.0 Tablet - €55.44

Copper_pipe

aliise wrote: »

putting my order in later today for the 10.1 cube u30gt

has anybody got one? for daughter from the man in red....mostly for videos, gaming, music etc....
going to buy it from ingadget.co.uk

http://ingadget.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=61&product_id=54

i know i can get it cheaper direct from china but these guys take all the chinese stuff off it etc, not into tech stuff so wouldnt be into doing it myself.

also does anybody have the mini 7inch version of it as am thinking of getting it for my younger son. can i use parcel motel with ingadget?

my cube mini is being delivered tomorrow. The dhl van 'broke down' on friday evening

aliise

Copper_pipe wrote: »

my cube mini is being delivered tomorrow. The dhl van 'broke down' on friday evening

great, make sure you let me know what it's like. Can i ask where you bought it from?? and how long from payment to receiving it? have found the 10 inch version a lot cheaper on other sites but coming from china, hong kong etc , just don't know where to buy it from now!! at least with ingadget.co.uk i know it's coming from uk and they say they remove everything chinese from it and update it to uk settings etc. as i said i am not into technical stuff etc, so would not have the slightest clue how to do all of that myself.

Copper_pipe

aliise wrote: »

great, make sure you let me know what it's like. Can i ask where you bought it from?? and how long from payment to receiving it? have found the 10 inch version a lot cheaper on other sites but coming from china, hong kong etc , just don't know where to buy it from now!! at least with ingadget.co.uk i know it's coming from uk and they say they remove everything chinese from it and update it to uk settings etc. as i said i am not into technical stuff etc, so would not have the slightest clue how to do all of that myself.

Ordered mine on the 9th of this month but it didn't leave Hong Kong until Wednesday morning. Arrived in cork at 8:30 Thursday. Customs wanted 20.88 vat. Went from cork to Dublin Thursday evening and was down in Shannon Friday morning.

I ordered off aliexpress.com

this was the seller >> http://www.aliexpress.com/store/100712

And link to cube mini >>
http://m.aliexpress.com/item/607813377.html

Lash_Alert

About to order now as getting a few for Christmas from Hongkongeek. Which is the better option, the Ainol Hero 10.1 or the Cube U30GT 10.1?

Thanks in advance folks

aliise

any update on the cube mini ??

Lash_Alert

Lash_Alert wrote: »

About to order now as getting a few for Christmas from Hongkongeek. Which is the better option, the Ainol Hero 10.1 or the Cube U30GT 10.1?

Thanks in advance folks

Anyone? Trying to order tonight...Cant decide whether or not to go for chinese seller or UK for the extra bit of money...Much appreciated any guidance folks

Copper_pipe

Very impressed with my cube mini so far.

Once i get jellybean on it I will do a full review

aliise

Lash_Alert wrote: »

Anyone? Trying to order tonight...Cant decide whether or not to go for chinese seller or UK for the extra bit of money...Much appreciated any guidance folks

hi, i emailed ingadget.co.uk to ask their opinion on which 1 is better and dan replied saying the ainol hero is better, said it's the best chinese tab he has played with yet. Same as you i am trying to decide between the 2, i think for the extra i am just going to buy from them. what other uk suppliers were you looking at?

Lash_Alert

aliise wrote: »

hi, i emailed ingadget.co.uk to ask their opinion on which 1 is better and dan replied saying the ainol hero is better, said it's the best chinese tab he has played with yet. Same as you i am trying to decide between the 2, i think for the extra i am just going to buy from them. what other uk suppliers were you looking at?

Haven't found them on another UK one, have you? Yea thinking the Ainol myself....Need to get a 7 inch too...what one is the one to go for for under 100?

Copper_pipe

Just after installing a jellybean ROM on my cube mini. I can't fault it. Great value for money. Would definitely recommend it

vicwatson

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Just after installing a jellybean ROM on my cube mini. I can't fault it. Great value for money. Would definitely recommend it

Can you enligiten those of us that are considering a "ROM" ?

Copper_pipe

i got the rom from here http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?2116-NEW-900-Supersport-1-1-Jelly-Bean-rooted-ROM-for-Cube-U30GT-Mini

just download the 280meg file and unzip to desktop and follow the instructions in the link above.

aliise

Lash_Alert wrote: »

Haven't found them on another UK one, have you? Yea thinking the Ainol myself....Need to get a 7 inch too...what one is the one to go for for under 100?

i need to get a 7 inch too. i emailed futeko, they are in uk, and simon there said he would recommend the novo crystal for the 7 inch but did say they will be getting all quad core ainols in at the beginning of december, which will be much better and faster...... pricing should be around £125 he said.

i dont know what to do need them for xmas eve anyway so need to make a decision

aliise

have found this seller in limerick

http://www.adverts.ie/shops/droid-slates-accessories/ still works out dearer than ingadget

Lyssa

Got THIS ONE from Hongkonggeek for 7 year old..
ordered on 23rd Oct, wasn't in any rush for it so chose post as opposed to courier, total cost 49.11 euro. arrived yesterday.

Is a grand little tablet, especially for the price, has Play Store etc, put Angry birds and Kindle app on it last night.. very happy with it.

eamonnq

aliise wrote: »

have found this seller in limerick

http://www.adverts.ie/shops/droid-slates-accessories/ still works out dearer than ingadget

Would think he is just ordering them in from China, when you look to buy one. And adding on a few bob for his trouble of course.

balkieb2002

balkieb2002 wrote: »

What's the average custom price or does it depend on the package (size etc)?
I thought I remembered a few pages back some saying it's around €30

So I finally got the dreaded customs letter (stung me for €36) but on the plus news my package finally arrived in Ireland!

Ordered end of September, was dispatched intially around 10th October and finally left China at the begining of this month so it's been a long journey but should have it tomorrow!!

vicwatson

Mylina wrote: »

Got THIS ONE from Hongkonggeek for 7 year old..
ordered on 23rd Oct, wasn't in any rush for it so chose post as opposed to courier, total cost 49.11 euro. arrived yesterday.

Is a grand little tablet, especially for the price, has Play Store etc, put Angry birds and Kindle app on it last night.. very happy with it.

And they pay back any VAT/DUTY that has to be paid

http://www.hongkongeek.com/content/8-CUSTOMS-DUTY-FREE-VAT-PAID-BACK

balkieb2002

Mylina wrote: »

Got THIS ONE from Hongkonggeek for 7 year old..
ordered on 23rd Oct, wasn't in any rush for it so chose post as opposed to courier, total cost 49.11 euro. arrived yesterday.

Is a grand little tablet, especially for the price, has Play Store etc, put Angry birds and Kindle app on it last night.. very happy with it.

Is the OP Tablet the same tablet you ordered but from a different site and for more or less the same price?

Might order a couple more of them (from HKG) as christmas pressies though with Christmas post I'm worried about delays so may chance the courier.

vicwatson wrote: »

And they pay back any VAT/DUTY that has to be paid

http://www.hongkongeek.com/content/8-CUSTOMS-DUTY-FREE-VAT-PAID-BACK

Ah should have ordered from hongkongeek instead of McBub as not only was that fast shipping compared to what mine took and that Duty back offer would have been very handy for me!

Lyssa

vicwatson wrote: »

And they pay back any VAT/DUTY that has to be paid

http://www.hongkongeek.com/content/8-CUSTOMS-DUTY-FREE-VAT-PAID-BACK

They were cute enough.. parcel was marked as a photo frame, with value of $15

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Is the OP Tablet the same tablet you ordered but from a different site and for more or less the same price?

Might order a couple more of them (from HKG) as christmas pressies though with Christmas post I'm worried about delays so may chance the courier.



Ah should have ordered from hongkongeek instead of McBub as not only was that fast shipping compared to what mine took and that Duty back offer would have been very handy for me!

I think with the courier (they use DHL) you have more chance of being nabbed for customs....
Edit: but it makes no odds, because they will refund you anyway.....

griffdaddy

My android stick from McBub is in the Dublin mail center, does that mean it's passed customs?

eamonnq

Not just yet, you will either get an status 'item sent to customs' or 'item on route to customer'.

Probably the second one.

balkieb2002

Mylina wrote: »

They were cute enough.. parcel was marked as a photo frame, with value of $15

I think with the courier (they use DHL) you have more chance of being nabbed for customs....
Edit: but it makes no odds, because they will refund you anyway.....

Went and ordered a 10.1" tablet (after reading up about it) from HGK and decided to use courier so hopefully have in about 7-10 days.

griffdaddy wrote: »

My android stick from McBub is in the Dublin mail center, does that mean it's passed customs?

Is that what your tracking says?

I actually gave up tracking mine after it left China and didn't realise it was in Ireland till I got the customs letter. As it's only a stick I'd say it would stand out less... mine unfortunately was a stick and a tablet so bigger package.

griffdaddy

Yeah that's what it says when I use anpost for tracking, until today it didn't show up at all on the anpost website. I thought it would've passed customs seeing as it says it's in Dublin 12 mail center now, it could be some kind of holding place or something though.

balkieb2002

griffdaddy wrote: »

Yeah that's what it says when I use anpost for tracking, until today it didn't show up at all on the anpost website. I thought it would've passed customs seeing as it says it's in Dublin 12 mail center now, it could be some kind of holding place or something though.

Yeah unfortunately as eamonnq said it will either end up going to you or customs from the mail centre but unless they marked it as a gift or something silly on the package i'd say you'll be fine.

Might be an idea to ring them to find out when you could expect delivery as that way at least you'll know which way its heading.

Paddy_man

vicwatson wrote: »

And they pay back any VAT/DUTY that has to be paid

http://www.hongkongeek.com/content/8-CUSTOMS-DUTY-FREE-VAT-PAID-BACK

Ordered from them last month, got the 7" ONDA V712 CORTEX A9 DUAL CORE 1.5GHZ ANDROID 4.0 IPS 1280x800 HDMI 1GB DDR3 16GB - cost about €137 delivered via DHL, marked as photoframe and didn't get cause by customs, but didn't care as would have gotten it back

If anyone is ordering the Onda tablet, you need to upgrade the firmware before u can access the web as there is an issue with the internet due to chinese web settings in the host file. Great little tablet though, got it for the gf for christmas but not sure if she'd like it, keeping an eye out for something better for her so i can keep this for myself

Macca07

Is 800x600 the best display you'll get on the cheap tablets?

M00lers

Macca07 wrote: »

Is 800x600 the best display you'll get on the cheap tablets?

Depends what you mean by "cheap"!!! I've ordered the Ainol Crystal and it has a 1024 x 600 MVA display.

Macca07

moolers2000 wrote: »

Depends what you mean by "cheap"!!! I've ordered the Ainol Crystal and it has a 1024 x 600 MVA display.

Where did you order it from?

M00lers

Macca07 wrote: »

Where did you order it from?

Futeko.co.uk

Macca07

moolers2000 wrote: »

Futeko.co.uk

Cheers, will take a look

FLOOPER

Hi all,

Am thinking of either getting the Ainol Nova 7 Mars
with it's 1 ghz 1 GB ram 8 GB storage ICS,

Or the

Nova Crystal which has 1.5 ghz dual core and Jelly Bean but is another 40 euro

although both say it doesn't support 3G.

Does this mean that my O2 dongle for broadband won't work on it.

Cantona's Collars

FLOOPER wrote: »

Hi all,

Am thinking of either getting the Ainol Nova 7 Mars
with it's 1 ghz 1 GB ram 8 GB storage ICS,

Or the

Nova Crystal which has 1.5 ghz dual core and Jelly Bean but is another 40 euro

although both say it doesn't support 3G.

Does this mean that my O2 dongle for broadband won't work on it.

Doesn't support 3g means there's no 3g built in so you need a dongle for it to work,your 02 dongle will work perfectly with it.

ifeelstupid

Hi, sorry to hijack but can anyone recommend a tablet for 11 year old - she is mad for an iPad but not gonna happen I'm afraid....

balkieb2002

Depending on your price range/size of tablet... there are plenty of choices throughout this thread!

ifeelstupid

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Depending on your price range/size of tablet... there are plenty of choices throughout this thread!

Thanks.....unfortunately I'm a complete technophobe so I need a bit (well a lot really) of guidance - I was hoping to stick around €100, have had a lot of gadgets in this house and somehow many of them seem to have a very short life span!!

Do-more

ifeelstupid wrote: »

Thanks.....unfortunately I'm a complete technophobe so I need a bit (well a lot really) of guidance - I was hoping to stick around €100, have had a lot of gadgets in this house and somehow many of them seem to have a very short life span!!

This one is just under your budget and is shipped from the UK so should get here in plenty of time and no possibility of extra customs charges. I haven't dealt with them but reports about them seem to be good and you have the comfort of a UK warranty on it.

Lash_Alert

Do people think it is much of a risk ordering from hongkongeek now to get delivery before christmas, even if I go for the DHL option?

Amalgam

Lash_Alert wrote: »

Do people think it is much of a risk ordering from hongkongeek now to get delivery before christmas, even if I go for the DHL option?

Depends on the retailer, some will take the DHL charge, but mess you around and send it normally, under the guise of 'supply issues'.

Have a good read of site feedback, if possible.

Lash_Alert

Amalgam wrote: »

Depends on the retailer, some will take the DHL charge, but mess you around and send it normally, under the guise of 'supply issues'.

Have a good read of site feedback, if possible.

Is that possible on hongkonggeek?

Paddy_man

Lash_Alert wrote: »

Do people think it is much of a risk ordering from hongkongeek now to get delivery before christmas, even if I go for the DHL option?

Should be no problem with hongkongeek and dhl, got my tablet from them within 9days. Check their website to see if they say if there might be delays. Should be ok if u order in next couple weeks..

Cantona's Collars

ifeelstupid wrote: »

Hi, sorry to hijack but can anyone recommend a tablet for 11 year old - she is mad for an iPad but not gonna happen I'm afraid....

This http://www.kogan.co.uk/shop/agora-10-8gb-tablet/ Looks excellent,large screen & good features plus reviews are positive.No delivery to Ireland so use Parcelmotel.

Lash_Alert

Paddy_man wrote: »

Should be no problem with hongkongeek and dhl, got my tablet from them within 9days. Check their website to see if they say if there might be delays. Should be ok if u order in next couple weeks..

Nice one for that. OK final question, which 7 inch tablet does one go for? Budget of about 60 - 100 euros.

camz09

Can anybody help me out on which one to buy? Don't know much about tablets, just need it for ebooks, abit of youtube and social networking... budget max 100 eur.

http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/android-7-inch-tablet/2329923

or

http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/prestigio-7-inch-tablet/2330877

???

vicwatson

camz09 wrote: »

Can anybody help me out on which one to buy? Don't know much about tablets, just need it for ebooks, abit of youtube and social networking... budget max 100 eur.

http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/android-7-inch-tablet/2329923

or

http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/prestigio-7-inch-tablet/2330877

???

The second is €125 so that's out

tm2204

camz09 wrote: »

Can anybody help me out on which one to buy? Don't know much about tablets, just need it for ebooks, abit of youtube and social networking... budget max 100 eur.

http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/android-7-inch-tablet/2329923

or

http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/prestigio-7-inch-tablet/2330877

???

Neither!

Read through this thread and buy from UK. Higher spec for < €100 new..

balkieb2002

camz09 wrote: »

Can anybody help me out on which one to buy? Don't know much about tablets, just need it for ebooks, abit of youtube and social networking... budget max 100 eur.

http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/android-7-inch-tablet/2329923
or
http://www.adverts.ie/tablet/prestigio-7-inch-tablet/2330877

???

Neither look great for the price, looks like tablets someone got cheap and now just trying to make a profit.

I'd try futkeko or hongkongeek as they have decent cheap tablets.

Lash_Alert wrote: »

Do people think it is much of a risk ordering from hongkongeek now to get delivery before christmas, even if I go for the DHL option?

I ordered yesterday off them using DHL option and should hopefully be shipped tomorrow (be prepared today).
Takes around 6-10 working days so plenty of time.
With chinamail I'd say I be lucky too see it before new year, even though HGK are quite good for that too but with christmas post expect delays.

camz09

vicwatson wrote: »

The second is €125 so that's out

oops,forgot to say i was offered 100 for this to include a 16gb mini SD card

tm2204

camz09 wrote: »

oops,forgot to say i was offered 100 for this to include a 16gb mini SD card

Only 800x480 res, only 512MB RAM, only 4Gb internal, no HDMI out, slow enough processor...... I'd pass you will get better for less money from http://www.futeko.com (3 day delivery to Ireland).

Occono

Anyone have a good guess as to what processor speed you'd need for the Netflix Android App? I know it doesn't work on my 600mhz Galaxy Mini, so better then that :P (Youtube does though, even in "HQ". I'm guessing it's trying to push more pixels then I actually have on the phone, they should offer a lower quality option. Oh well.)