Tablet for reading · DIGIT-ARC

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Hi all,

My budget is <10k.
I would like to buy a tablet for reading books and watching videos. I will not be using this for games or downloading apps from google play,etc. Only two things read books and watch videos. At first I thought of buying Kindle but I learn't that it cant play videos (atleast for my budget), so I am planning to buy a tablet. Kindly suggest.

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I think you can get a refurbished nexus 7 or Amazon Kindle Fire hdx on eBay.

+1 for Asus Phonepad 7

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kalam_gohab said:
I think you can get a refurbished nexus 7 or Amazon Kindle Fire hdx on eBay.

Refurbished sounds scary and i am not comfortable

or, you may get a Nook HD (not HD+) from ebay.in. there's a seller named 'aggimp'. he has listed a few of those under various prices (all under 10k). i have an HD+, and find reading on it next best to an e-ink reader, and certainly the best in 15k tabs-category (or probably more). had a Nexus 7 earlier, but returned that, as didn't find reading very pleasing on it. for a primary purpose of reading, and secondary purpose of watching videos, Nook HD would do good and will be a VFM option for you. i also had the same requirements when i had decided to purchase a tab (have an e-ink reader, but needed a tab for reading+watching videos).

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GhorMaanas said:
or, you may get a Nook HD (not HD+) from ebay.in. there's a seller named 'aggimp'. he has listed a few of those under various prices (all under 10k). i have an HD+, and find reading on it next best to an e-ink reader, and certainly the best in 15k tabs-category (or probably more). had a Nexus 7 earlier, but returned that, as didn't find reading very pleasing on it. for a primary purpose of reading, and secondary purpose of watching videos, Nook HD would do good and will be a VFM option for you. i also had the same requirements when i had decided to purchase a tab (have an e-ink reader, but needed a tab for reading+watching videos).

But what will you do if you have a problem with it? I mean are there service centers for it? Where can you buy battery? How long have you been using it?

don't know about the Nook HD, but the Nook HD+ is/was covered under warranty by Nook, and the seller from whom i purchased was through whom the service/replacement had to be availed. he had been helpful in that (experienced by a forum-member, from another forum). moreover, quite a few forum-members had purchased the same tab from him, among whom i happened to be one, and there's a dedicated thread on the tab detailing everything on that forum, so anyway having lesser concern towards purchasing an imported product, esp. since worthy options were next-to-nil, i had even less hesitation in placing the order for the tab with that seller due to all these reasons.

now my tab is nearing its warranty-period. its quite a sturdy tab, with a solid battery back-up. accessories for it were a concern for some forumers (about battery, i don't know; no service-centre too here; the product wasn't launched in India), for one, its charger. charger for the Nook HD+ couldn't be had here, so some of them purchased it in some offer and got them here via their friends from the US. may be Nook now ships to India too. haven't checked their website in a long time.

also, about a month or more back, a friend purchased the Nook HD from 'aggimp' (for his father). he's happy with it. check & research well before purchasing any one.

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anonymous said:
Refurbished sounds scary and i am not comfortable

In reality, refurbished versions are considered better than original as they undergo a lot of inspection from the company. You have very low chances of getting a damaged by one.
Only drawback Is warranty which you will receive only of three months.

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GhorMaanas said:
don't know about the Nook HD, but the Nook HD+ is/was covered under warranty by Nook, and the seller from whom i purchased was through whom the service/replacement had to be availed. he had been helpful in that (experienced by a forum-member, from another forum). moreover, quite a few forum-members had purchased the same tab from him, among whom i happened to be one, and there's a dedicated thread on the tab detailing everything on that forum, so anyway having lesser concern towards purchasing an imported product, esp. since worthy options were next-to-nil, i had even less hesitation in placing the order for the tab with that seller due to all these reasons.

now my tab is nearing its warranty-period. its quite a sturdy tab, with a solid battery back-up. accessories for it were a concern for some forumers (about battery, i don't know; no service-centre too here; the product wasn't launched in India), for one, its charger. charger for the Nook HD+ couldn't be had here, so some of them purchased it in some offer and got them here via their friends from the US. may be Nook now ships to India too. haven't checked their website in a long time.

also, about a month or more back, a friend purchased the Nook HD from 'aggimp' (for his father). he's happy with it. check & research well before purchasing any one.

Thanks for the info. Can you suggest any other model as there are no service centres for it? Also no idea of battery also for it...

Get asus phonepad! eyes closed.

anonymous said:
Thanks for the info. Can you suggest any other model as there are no service centres for it? Also no idea of battery also for it...

about battery, do you mean if it ever develops a snag and requires replacement, or for purchasing a higher capacity one? if the latter, then that's not possible i suppose, but you would anyway require a technician to replace battery if it develops fault, though the likelihood is far too less, and there're no service-centres for Nook here i think.
though the Nook would've been the best of the lot as a tab for reading primarily, but since service is of prime concern for you, then you may get the phonepad.

ankush28 said:
Get asus phonepad! eyes closed.

You can't close your eyes even after buying asus phonepad

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I too have a similar requirement, so you guys are talking about Asus phonepad 7 2014 or the older version ?

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Does asus phonepad support usb otg ?

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on gsmarena there are many versions of fonepad, which ones are available in India ?

Tenida said:
You can't close your eyes even after buying asus phonepad

That's an answer,Tenida.
In reality,even no one can buy an apple iPad and keep eyes closed. That is the world of electronics and its related products.

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fz8975 said:
I too have a similar requirement, so you guys are talking about Asus phonepad 7 2014 or the older version ?

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Does asus phonepad support usb otg ?

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on gsmarena there are many versions of fonepad, which ones are available in India ?

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GhorMaanas said:
don't know about the Nook HD, but the Nook HD+ is/was covered under warranty by Nook, and the seller from whom i purchased was through whom the service/replacement had to be availed. he had been helpful in that (experienced by a forum-member, from another forum). moreover, quite a few forum-members had purchased the same tab from him, among whom i happened to be one, and there's a dedicated thread on the tab detailing everything on that forum, so anyway having lesser concern towards purchasing an imported product, esp. since worthy options were next-to-nil, i had even less hesitation in placing the order for the tab with that seller due to all these reasons.

now my tab is nearing its warranty-period. its quite a sturdy tab, with a solid battery back-up. accessories for it were a concern for some forumers (about battery, i don't know; no service-centre too here; the product wasn't launched in India), for one, its charger. charger for the Nook HD+ couldn't be had here, so some of them purchased it in some offer and got them here via their friends from the US. may be Nook now ships to India too. haven't checked their website in a long time.

also, about a month or more back, a friend purchased the Nook HD from 'aggimp' (for his father). he's happy with it. check & research well before purchasing any one.

what about amazon kindle series? i think they would also make a nice choice and is sold officially here

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Kindle is hands-down for book lovers, if u read 1-2 books every 3 months go for a tab else kindle.

kkn13 said:
what about amazon kindle series? i think they would also make a nice choice and is sold officially here

the kindle fire tabs, or the kindle e-ink readers? yes, they also are a good option, though i couldn't find the former on amazon's indian portal.

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fz8975 said:
I too have a similar requirement, so you guys are talking about Asus phonepad 7 2014 or the older version ?

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Does asus phonepad support usb otg ?

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on gsmarena there are many versions of fonepad, which ones are available in India ?

i think you better ask via a separate thread, or in some other section, as i for one have negligible knowledge and nil experience with the fonepad, but your thread will be spotted by those here on the forum who actually have, and they will then respond to it there.

kindle paperwhite e-ink reader will be the best for reading e-books. its available in india - both online as well as offline.

Book reading on kindle is always awesome. Try to get one

yes, e-ink readers are a delight to read on. however, the OP's requirement is a little different. he wishes to read and watch videos on it. so obviously, a tab will cater to those needs. for instance, even though i have an e-ink reader, but i later realised that i would also like to watch videos SBS on some subjects that i read about. thus, i went tab-hunting then. the OP seems to be in a similar boat; hence his (such) query.

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hmm its upto op now i guess
otherwise fonepad is always there

He need to prioritize it. What is most important reading or watching movies.

at times, more than a single requirement are on the same priority-level. happens with all of us. OP could be in the same situation. he has limited his hunt to only officially domestically available & serviceable devices, otherwise, the search would've & was to end pretty soon & quick!

kalam_gohab said:
In reality, refurbished versions are considered better than original as they undergo a lot of inspection from the company. You have very low chances of getting a damaged by one.
Only drawback Is warranty which you will receive only of three months.

i beg to differ.

in electronics its usually the other way round.

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anirbandd said:
i beg to differ.

in electronics its usually the other way round.

Majority of the refurbished products arent defective. They were just returned by the customer "claiming" it to be defective. Even though its defective, the manufacturer inspects it with care and then sells it as refurbished editions.

I heard many tech websites telling that refurbished edition electronics are good to buy.
So I cant understand how your analogy applies here.

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^^sadly that logic doesnt apply in India, even with apple which literally runs on refurbs in the US

my friend got a refurb iphone here after paying 20k for a 4S from maple because his 4S display cracked
turned out the refurb has more issues than the one he had exchanaged-battery etc
they blamed him saying he was charging it at night(their usual excuse , told me the same thing when my ipad charger stopped working within a week,i ended up buying a capdase charger which has worked well for me after having two original apple chargers die on me)

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kkn13 said:
^^sadly that logic doesnt apply in India, even with apple which literally runs on refurbs in the US

my friend got a refurb iphone here after paying 20k for a 4S from maple because his 4S display cracked
turned out the refurb has more issues than the one he had exchanaged-battery etc
they blamed him saying he was charging it at night(their usual excuse , told me the same thing when my ipad charger stopped working within a week,i ended up buying a capdase charger which has worked well for me after having two original apple chargers die on me)

Well, it's a totally different case of mine.

I ordered nexus 7 2013 from eBay which was a refurbished edition. Till now, I didn't have any problems with it except the multi-touch issue, which even the original nexus users have it.

Apart from that, there are no issues and everything works like a charm. Even USB otg works which I was highly skeptical of.

Only major drawback is warranty period which is only 3 months. But considering its low cost (11k), I think it's a great buy.

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kalam_gohab said:
Well, it's a totally different case of mine.

I ordered nexus 7 2013 from eBay which was a refurbished edition. Till now, I didn't have any problems with it except the multi-touch issue, which even the original nexus users have it.

Apart from that, there are no issues and everything works like a charm. Even USB otg works which I was highly skeptical of.

Only major drawback is warranty period which is only 3 months. But considering its low cost (11k), I think it's a great buy.

yeah its usually a risk though,very few people have gotten decent refurbs in India

kkn13 said:
yeah its usually a risk though,very few people have gotten decent refurbs in India

Very true and once you got the defective piece it becomes a pain in the ass o change it.

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Sony PRS-T2 Wireless e-Reader is best tablet for reading and its only Rs. 9,016.00

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Sony PRS-T2 Wireless e-Reader is best for reading and it's only 9,016.00 rupees.