This Christmas 2013, for sure a lot of people are going to take advantage of the holiday sale and splurge some cash on techie gadgets. While smartphones have become a modern-day necessity to man, tablets have become a proliferating trend amongst people who want to immerse into a different kind of "all-in-one slab-like device" experience. Of course, we all know that tablets do come in different shapes and sizes as well as varying connectivity and prices. For this post, we are going to focus on the WiFi-only tablets that cater to the needs of people who don't want to spend as much on their devices, but have that adequately techie tablet experience. Hence, here is your complete WiFi-only tablet shopping guide for this Christmas 2013.
1. Barnes & Noble Nook HD
First on our list is Barnes & Nobles Nook HD, a 7-inch 1440x900 resolution tablet with a fair enough 1.3GHz dual-core Cortex-A9 processor. Although it's not the newest of the Nook series, it offers reasonable performance at average speed given its price. Another great thing about the Nook HD is it comes with a microSD card expansion slot to give users more storage options. The screen is not that comparable to those of high-end devices, but it still isn't as bad as other cheap tablets in the market today. The only drawback we see though is the fact that it does not have a camera, which is obviously one of the feats many people look forward to in a tablet.
Price: $129
2. Asus MeMo Pad HD7
Another 7-incher, Asus MeMo Pad HD7 is a compact device that runs on a quad-core 1.2GHz processor, 1GB of RAM and comes with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out of the box. It's definitely cheaper than its predecessor, the Google Nexus 7, and in many ways than one we can see why it is labelled as mid-ranger. First and perhaps the most obvious failure in this device is its not-so-pleasing screen. It is understandable that it cannot compete to high-end tablets in terms of screen resolution, but naming the tablet HD7 is just pretty disappointing. However, for people who have not used high-end tablets yet, the rather washed-off display of this device is reasonably clear. Plus, it also comes with microSD card expansion slot, so people who want to install and store a lot of apps and content to this tablet may do so.
Price: $149
3. Asus Google Nexus 7 2013
Asus is the third largest tablet maker in the world today, and it's a good thing that this company is reaching out to people who also want to enjoy the tablet experience but at a much cheaper expense. For our third tablet recommendation, there is the Asus Google Nexus 7 2013. This is the second generation tablet of the Nexus 7 series, and the upgrade on its features is beyond remarkable. The Asus Google Nexus 7 2013 runs on quad-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Not bad for an affordable tablet device that peaks in a lot of things similar to high-end devices.
What's good about this new Nexus 7 is it is one of the first few tablets running on Android 4.4 KitKat. It weighs less than 300 grams and features a brilliant screen display. However, unlike the Asus MeMo Pad HD7, this tablet does not have a microSD card expansion slot, so one must simply make do with its premium 32GB internal storage for its base model.
Price: $229
4. Kindle Fire HDX 7
And last but definitely not the least on our list for this Christmas season's shopping guide, we have considered the Kindle Fire HDX to complete our list. For one thing, it is a powerful device running on a quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor and Adreno 330 GPU with 2GB of RAM. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX is a hard-to-beat competitor in the 7-inch market, since it can outperform most if not all of its competitions out there given its powerful built. The device's screen is also unmatched when it comes to displaying content: from books to magazines and even to movies and videos.
However, we'd like to believe that there are only two problems in this tablet: first is the fact that it does not have a microSD card expansion slot and second is the absence of Google Play. The Amazon Kindle Fire HDX simply relies on the Amazon App Store for all the app needs. Nevertheless, we still like how the modified Android OS looks like in this device as with other Amazon tablets.
Price: $229
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