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Originally Posted by haertig
The one thing I would like to review about the Walmart tablet is it's quality of construction. If Walmart cheapened it to the same bargain basement level they do with other products they sell, that might make it less appealing. Walmart is well known for squeezing their suppliers to make cheaper and cheaper stuff, which may be OK for the WalMartians who shop totally on price, but not so good for other customers. Still, you can get some decent stuff at Walmart if you're knowledgeable, do you research, don't get sucked in by "it's so cheap here!", etc.
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Concur on Android for fiddlers. It's wonderful in that regard. Even though I'm everything ELSE you described, I have been just fine having phones and tablets that "just work" without needing (or being able to) fiddle with them.
Buuuut....it was cool to put a vpn on, a torrent app, and then grab some files...and have them on a card I can remove and pop into my other computer (or I could have sent it via the network).
As for build quality....it is apologetically plastic. Feels nice in the hands. It is not near the beautiful slimness and aluminum build quality of the iPad mini...but it's 10% of the price. It feels on par with the Kindle Fire Tab's. I've seen video reviews of folks dropping the Fire Tab over and over with no problem. I'm not going to try this for either my own Fire Tab nor this Walmart tab. But it FEELS like a quality build. So far I haven't even put it in a case.
It has open ports for micro sd card, micro usb charger and headphone jack. Ergo, it is not water proof. Oh, you will want that head phone jack because the speaker sucks. Worse than the Fire tab. Ok for an occasional youtube or facebook video --- but not good enough for listening to a book or watching a movie. Connected a nice bluetooth speaker and it sounded great.
It's $64 and has a 15 day return policy and a 1yr warranty. Worth a try.