Choosing a tablet.

CU

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Needs to have 32GB of internal storage and MicroSD slot. It will be used for watching movies and playing games like all the Angry Bird games, Bloons Tower Defense, Pac-Man 256, Sky Force, etc. Nothing super intensive. Also need to stay near $200. So far I found the following.

Lenovo Tab 2 A10-70 w/ 32GB, MT8165, 2GB, 1920x1200, $214
Asus - ZenPad w/ 32GB, Z3530, 2GB, 2048 x 1536, $199
Nextbook Ares 11.6 2-in-1 w/ 64GB, Z3735G, 1GB, 1366 x 768, $197

The Ares is interesting in that it comes with a keyboard (not really needed), larger screen (but lower res), 64GB internal (no more worries about space), but only 1GB of ram (how important is that?). Although the Tab 2 and ZenPad look more of what I need and I think faster. Plus I have heard of Lenovo and Asus, but I haven't heard mush about Nextbook. Which cpu and gpu are faster? I don't really know a good site to compare tablet cpus and gpus.
 

Oyeve

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Lenovo. IMO you wont need the higher res Asus and that Ares will kill your eyes.
 

poofyhairguy

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I would pick the Lenovo personally for a more stock Android experience. The Asus is also not a bad device.

The Nextbook shouldn't be touched. Fonts will look like garbage on that low PPI screen and 1GB of RAM just isn't enough for Android in 2015.
 

CU

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Nice to know Lenovo is more stock. Is Lenovo pretty good about updating Android?