Used 7inch Tablet for £1? Catch?

[ska invita]

Go on ebay and theres loads of used 7 inch tablets, easily bought for under £10.
If I can get one for that cheap I might do so, purely to use as a bluetooth internet radio app controller.

im looking for advice though - is there any possible catch? Presuming the thing works are there maybe issues about updating Android OS? Anything else anyone can think of?
Internet radio apps cant be very intensive on CPU so Im hoping any old crap would work

 

[spitfire]

I’ve got an old Amazon fire tablet that you can have for free, it’s just a little one. I also have. Huawei somewhere. Slightly newer and bigger but can take a look when I get home this weekend

 

[xenon]

Malicious software side loaded? Probably not but I would be a little bit paranoid.
The battery and or screen are probably fucked as well.
Possibly the charging socket. Micro USB is a bit crap.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Old cheap android tablets could really shit and frustrating to use. It's probably why they're so cheap.

 

[Spymaster]

Go on ebay and theres loads of used 7 inch tablets, easily bought for under £10.

Check out the postage charges. Sometimes cunts list items very cheaply but make up the difference there.

 

[Ax^]

batteries are more than likely completely fucked
also would say that no longer supported or updateable

more than likely more modern apps won't work correct

that or water damage of some sort

i'd treat it like buying a tablet from a car boot sale on a sunday morning
if it cost less that a tenner and switches on you not be ripped off to badly

 

[WouldBe]

Check out the postage charges. Sometimes cunts list items very cheaply but make up the difference there.

I've seen folk advertise stuff for a £1 with £900 postage.

 

[ska invita]

The £1 price is the bidding start price but there's so many on its easy to get a really cheap one.

An app not working because of the OS would be really annoying, seems too complicated to try and find that out in advance

 

[ska invita]

I’ve got an old Amazon fire tablet that you can have for free, it’s just a little one. I also have. Huawei somewhere. Slightly newer and bigger but can take a look when I get home this weekend

Very kind, thanks for the offer

 

[spitfire]

Very kind, thanks for the offer

No worries. If you want them drop me a pm and I’ll sort it out, am away at the mo.

Either that or they’re for the small electrical items recycling next time I’m down the tip.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

The £1 price is the bidding start price but there's so many on its easy to get a really cheap one.

An app not working because of the OS would be really annoying, seems too complicated to try and find that out in advance

Depends on the brand. If it's something like a Samsung you'd be able to find the last version of Android it supported and check the app.

If it's some no name Chinese thing it would be a bit harder.

 

[ska invita]

No worries. If you want them drop me a pm and I’ll sort it out, am away at the mo.

Either that or they’re for the small electrical items recycling next time I’m down the tip.

Well if they're for the dump I can't say no! Will donate to the server fund in return

 

[spitfire]

Well if they're for the dump I can't say no! Will donate to the server fund in return

I’ll take a look at what’s what when I get back and factory reset as appropriate.