14 DAY TRIAL // Tablet prices have been decreasing at a fast pace and we have seen some products coming at ridiculous rates. However, they arrive with lower than average specifications and will probably only last you a few months of use.
However, low-cost Chinese chip manufacturer Allwinner wants to change all this and offer customers decent tablets that will sell for under $35 / €27, as PCAdvisor notes.
For the time being, if you have 45 bucks to spare, you can get a tablet like the Tagital 7, which offers a 7-inch display with an 800 x 480 resolution and draws life from an Allwinner A23 Cortex dual-core processor.
But Allwinner is in the process of developing its “full formed” quad-core A33 chip that costs only $4 / €3 to make. When these processors are ready to be incorporated into devices, they will grant support for 1280 x 800 displays.
The chip also works in concert with the Mali-400MP2 GPU which comes with support for high-definition video.
These specifications aren't still as fancy as something Samsung and Apple might offer, but they are much better than the current dirt cheap models available on the market.
The super affordable tablets will come under the banner of no name Chinese vendors and might put pressure on major tech players who have been trying to penetrate the budget market like HP and Acer.
However, if you don’t want a disposable tablet like this, you might want to keep an eye on HP or Acer after all, because they currently offer decent $100 / €75 tablets.
The no-name, under $35 / €26 devices usually don’t come with customer support, so if something goes wrong with it, you might have to throw it to the dust bin and be done with it.
On top of that, many don’t even allow access to the popular Google Play Store or come with outdated operating systems, so don’t go thinking you’ll see Android 4.4 KitKat on them.
But as the overall tablet market price seems to go lower and lower, we shouldn't be shocked if at some point no name Chinese vendors start adding more powerful specifications.
Back in March, a report claimed that Allwinner has taken the crown of top tablet chip maker from Intel and Qualcomm, companies who are still struggling to make an entry in the budget, low market. It seems that affordable tablets are the way to go for Qualcomm.