The UK Electronics retailer Argos has launched its first ever Android tablet with a very good budget pricing, targeting the kids as the main buyers and the tablet comes for the pricing of £100. Named as the Argos MyTablet, this 7-inch tab would run the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS, and it comes with some pre-loaded apps such as the Angry Birds game and BBC iPlayer.
Argos is said to be joining Tesco for launching this tablet device, and thus the MyTablet would be on the footsteps of Hudl, the Android device that was launched by Tesco in September 2013. Under the hood, the MyTablet would have the 1.6 GHz Dual-core processor, an LCD display with the screen resolution 1024 x 600 pixels, and the internal storage available in it would be 8GB. There’s a 2-megapixel camera on the front side.
Simon Barry, Argos’ technology trading manager, told the BBC:
Kids find it hard to share, so we’ve priced our tablet at a level that means everyone in the family can have one.
We know a lot of families are probably feeling worse off [financially] this Christmas than last. We’re confident MyTablet is going to do really well.
The sales of Argos MyTablet are expected to get a solid number, because Tesco quoted that they had already sold 35000 Hudl devices within a few days of it’s launch, and the MyTablet from Argos being still cheaper, the tablet market would have something good to sell for the budget-minded buyers. It would be suitable for the age group 8 to 13 years, but it’s not totally for the kids because the company has included the parental controls, which is indeed good for the limited access given to the kids.
The researchers talking about the UK market, said that the tablet market has seen an enormous growth in the past 12 months, and they are expecting to see a total of 17 million tablets to be sold this year. For the pricing of around £100, earlier the tablet devices had nothing much to deliver, but now the performance has increased due to the competition, and the availability of the internal parts which makes it possible for the manufacturers to sell these devices at a price that families can easily afford for their kids.
Although we call it a competitor to the Hudl for the pricing, which differs by 20 pounds, the Hudl tablet is powered by a Quad-core processor clocking at 1.5GHz, and there is a 1440 x 900 pixels screen, so you get something better for the extra bucks you spend.
