The Lenovo Tab M7 comes in at just £20 more than the Amazon Fire, and has some attractive features that could make it a better choice, depending on your priorities. The most notable is that it will respond to ‘Alexa’ voice assistant commands, just like an Amazon Echo – voice commands work either when the screen is on, or when the screen is off and the tablet is plugged in. It also has some tricks up it’s sleeve that don’t show up in a straight spec comparison. That’s a dinky handheld for the price of a takeaway for two. Already cheap at £49.99, if you’re not in a rush you could get it even cheaper we’ve seen it on sale for £35 several times a year. The Amazon Fire 7 (launched in late 2019) is the clear winner on price.
The Amazon Fire 7 and Lenovo Tab M7 are two of the cheapest tablets we’ve reviewed neither will set you back more than £70, and only budget brand Alba rivals them on price.
It’s pretty amazing that you can get yourself a handheld computer for less than £50.Įven when you consider the inevitable limitations that come with a budget tablet, such as a slight lack of speed and low-resolution screens, they can offer a seriously affordable way to access the web for the whole family. Sub-£100 tablets: Amazon Fire 7 vs Lenovo Tab M7 Want to see what Apple, Samsung and other leading tablet brands have to offer? See all our tablet reviews in one place. Below, we’ve compared two of the models with their closest rivals from Amazon. We’ve just put Lenovo’s latest budget tablets to the test in our lab. No cheap tablet will have the powerful processors or high-end bells and whistles to match premium rivals from the likes of Apple, Microsoft and Samsung.īut our tests go beyond the specs to check the things that matter regardless of how much you spend – such as screen quality, ease of use and battery life – and we’ve found some surprisingly impressive tablets for less than £200. But before you default to a Fire, it’s worth checking if you could get more bang for your buck with a rival such as Lenovo. With prices ranging from just £49.99 for the Fire 7 to a maximum of £159.99 for the Fire HD 10, Amazon has the cheap end of the tablets market well covered.