Educational or simply fun, children’s tablets are flourishing in toy stores and on the Internet.
To help you choose the one that best meets your cherub’s needs, we have selected several models with different characteristics. Discover our guide to buying the best tablets for children.
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7 Inch Fire Tablet
Amazon Fire 7
$ 49.99
The Fire 7 has excellent value for money. Its size and ease of use make it the ideal tablet for your young child.
With this tablet, you can benefit from Amazon services (videos, music, Alexa).Its battery has a duration of 8 hours, in other words a day of use with your toddler. With the addition of an SD card, save up to 256 GB of data.
- Dimensions and weight: 7 inches and 295 g
- Memory: 8 GB or 16 GB (expandable up to 256 GB)
- Wi-Fi: yes
- Bluetooth: yes
- Camera: 2 MP rear, VGA front (0.3 MP)
Fire HD 8 Tablet
Amazon Fire HD 8
from $ 79.99
The Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet has a larger screen and better resolution than the Fire 7. It has stereo speakers and its battery lasts up to 12 hours.
To take full advantage of Fire HD 8, it is best to subscribe to Amazon and / or Amazon Prime.We appreciate HD 8 for its autonomy, its storage capacity and its good quality screen.
- Dimensions and weight: 8 inches and 314 g
- Memory: 16 GB or 32 GB (expandable up to 256 GB)
- Wi-Fi: yes
- Bluetooth: yes
- Camera: 2 MP rear, VGA front (0.3 MP)
10.2 Inch iPad (2019)
New 10.2-inch Apple iPad (2019)
32GB $ 329 | 128GB $ 429
Apple has once again been able to create a sensational tablet. If you have the 9.7 inch model, then you have no reason to switch to 10.2 inches , except for the size.
Indeed, here the screen is larger but that’s not all, a Smart Connector has been added, and Apple has improved its new generation iPads with the implementation of a system specific to the tablet, the iPadOS .
It is a versatile iPad with which you or your child will fully enjoy Apple Arcade .
- Dimensions and weight: 10.2 inches and 483 g
- Chip: A10 Fusion
- Memory: 32 GB or 128 GB
- Wi-Fi: yes
- Bluetooth: yes
- Camera: 8 MP rear and 1.2 MP front
Apple iPad Mini (2019)
Wi-Fi, 64GB $ 399, 256GB $ 549.
WiFi + Cellular 64GB $ 529, 256GB $ 679
The iPad mini is the smallest tablet in the iPad family but it is not slower, in fact Apple has still equipped it with its latest chip, the A12 Bionic.
Admittedly, there is no revolution in terms of design but its compatibility with the Apple Pencil and its improved autonomy give a new lease of life to the iPad mini.
- Dimensions and weight: 7.9 inches and 300.5 g
- Chip: A12 Bionic
- Memory: 64 GB or 256 GB
- Wi-Fi: yes
- Bluetooth: yes
- Camera: 8 MP rear and 7 MP front
Kurio Tab 2 Gulli
Kurio Tab 2
$ 79.99
The Kurio Tab 2 is an Android tablet designed for children. They will enjoy the games, the audio books included …
It is also possible to create several profiles, for each of your children, and if you wish, you can activate parental control.
Finally, be aware that this tablet incorporates Body Motion Controller technology, thanks to this your toddler can have fun through his body language and movements.
The only problem with this tablet is its screen which, in our opinion, is of lower quality than its competitors.
- Dimensions and weight: 7 inches and 0.58 kg
- Memory: 8 GB
- Wi-Fi: yes
- Camera: 2 MP
Find A Tablet Suitable To The Child’s Age
The choice of a tablet depends, first of all, on the age of your child. For example, the Storio Max educational tablet is very suitable for children from 3 to 6 years old. Children over 6 years of age are more attracted to tablets with a more sophisticated design.
Characteristics Of Tablets
Most tablets for children have pre-installed games and a secure search engine.
As mentioned above, Amazon tablets allow you to create different user accounts, which you can protect with passwords. Each member of the family has access to their content (books, games, applications, films, etc.).
You can program time slots for use, so that your child does not remain immersed in a game for hours.
When buying a tablet, take into account its size. For example, for younger children, prefer 7 inch tablets so that they can properly hold it in their small hands.
The longevity of the battery is also an element to take into consideration, very often the tablets for children have an autonomy of 5 to 6 hours.
Finally, the storage space is important so that you and your child can save photos, videos, music. Make sure the desired tablet model has a micro SD card slot.
