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BridgePal Phones/Tablets / Phones and Tablets - Oxted Club experience and thoughts
« on: January 30, 2023, 09:57:21 »
Oxted have a mix of phones and tablets.
During an evening there is a mix of android phones and tablets in use. These comprise.
Phones
Samsung Galaxy 6"
Blackberry Priv 6"
Alcatel pixi 4"
Tablets 7"
Alcatel
Acer
Alba
Occasionally we also use a 10" tablet a kindle and in the past a couple of iphones
We have never had a problem setting any of these up or using them and in the main are second hand.
Members use anything happily as they are consistent in presentation and use.
There is a question about the quality of tablets at the lower end.
Argos recently cleared out their ALBA tablets for ?30 (half price) and I suspect it was the unreliability that caused them to stop selling them. I support a local club with technical advice, and we share some equipment including scoring units.
We purchased 4 ALBA units and returned 2 after a few months. The others to date have been brilliant. I think this is luck of the draw. You can get them from a seller on ebay for around ?30 if you want to take the chance.
I have put BridgePal on a couple of their members phones and they use them quite happily.
My personal favourite is my old Blackberry Privs. Really bright screen and only uses about 50% of power with a bright display. I have a soft spot for the Pixi 4". We started with 10 Alcatel Pixi 4" which are still going strong and have never let us down during a session. After 7 years+ we are down to 8. A battery failed on one and we had a cracked screen on another.
In summary.
Any android unit works well.
A kindle or Amazon fire seem to be the current 7? favourites.
Ask members if they have tablets / phones they do not want.
Refubs may be worth a look e.g., Amazon warehouse 02 refurb or Currys refurb.
During an evening there is a mix of android phones and tablets in use. These comprise.
Phones
Samsung Galaxy 6"
Blackberry Priv 6"
Alcatel pixi 4"
Tablets 7"
Alcatel
Acer
Alba
Occasionally we also use a 10" tablet a kindle and in the past a couple of iphones
We have never had a problem setting any of these up or using them and in the main are second hand.
Members use anything happily as they are consistent in presentation and use.
There is a question about the quality of tablets at the lower end.
Argos recently cleared out their ALBA tablets for ?30 (half price) and I suspect it was the unreliability that caused them to stop selling them. I support a local club with technical advice, and we share some equipment including scoring units.
We purchased 4 ALBA units and returned 2 after a few months. The others to date have been brilliant. I think this is luck of the draw. You can get them from a seller on ebay for around ?30 if you want to take the chance.
I have put BridgePal on a couple of their members phones and they use them quite happily.
My personal favourite is my old Blackberry Privs. Really bright screen and only uses about 50% of power with a bright display. I have a soft spot for the Pixi 4". We started with 10 Alcatel Pixi 4" which are still going strong and have never let us down during a session. After 7 years+ we are down to 8. A battery failed on one and we had a cracked screen on another.
In summary.
Any android unit works well.
A kindle or Amazon fire seem to be the current 7? favourites.
Ask members if they have tablets / phones they do not want.
Refubs may be worth a look e.g., Amazon warehouse 02 refurb or Currys refurb.