I'm currently using a Kyocera Hydro cell phone as my first Android 'tablet'. I got it for about $22 back 6 or 7 months ago at Target.
It has half a gigabyte of Ram and a single core processor. Since I and my kids often use this for games, this has turned into a limiting factor for us. A couple of the games I've bought as part of Humble Bundles won't run due to the low memory, for example. My favorite game, a Dr. Who themed 2D Bejeweled type game, sometimes has severe slowdown and lagginess just from dragging the jewels around the screen to get matches. This only happens about 15% of the time, though.
I've realized that I probably need to upgrade to something with at least twice the ram and probably a dual core cpu, but I don't want to spend very much. I'd really like something with little or no "bloatware", so a plain jane version of Android would probably be best for what I am wanting.
I recently saw a Cricket Moto E smartphone advertised for $50. It has 1 Gig of ram, dual core processor, and what the reviewer describes as a very vanilla (lean) version of Android. The screen is also about 20% larger than the one on my current model. Surprisingly, it also has Gorilla Glass 3, which I did not expect.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...the-best-budget-android-smartphone-under-150/
Do you think this would be the best small Android 'tablet' upgrade I could get in the next month or 2 for 50 bucks? Keep in mind that we do casual 2D gaming - not 3D shooters and such.
It has half a gigabyte of Ram and a single core processor. Since I and my kids often use this for games, this has turned into a limiting factor for us. A couple of the games I've bought as part of Humble Bundles won't run due to the low memory, for example. My favorite game, a Dr. Who themed 2D Bejeweled type game, sometimes has severe slowdown and lagginess just from dragging the jewels around the screen to get matches. This only happens about 15% of the time, though.
I've realized that I probably need to upgrade to something with at least twice the ram and probably a dual core cpu, but I don't want to spend very much. I'd really like something with little or no "bloatware", so a plain jane version of Android would probably be best for what I am wanting.
I recently saw a Cricket Moto E smartphone advertised for $50. It has 1 Gig of ram, dual core processor, and what the reviewer describes as a very vanilla (lean) version of Android. The screen is also about 20% larger than the one on my current model. Surprisingly, it also has Gorilla Glass 3, which I did not expect.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonk...the-best-budget-android-smartphone-under-150/
Do you think this would be the best small Android 'tablet' upgrade I could get in the next month or 2 for 50 bucks? Keep in mind that we do casual 2D gaming - not 3D shooters and such.
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