Xiaomi Mi Pad

Price Rs 27,600

 Xiaomi has been developing very pow­erful smartphones for decent prices since its inception and this holds true when it comes to their tablets as well. For a decently priced tablet, the device is impressive mainly because it houses technology that pow­ered Nvidia’s Shield Tablets. The Nvidia Shield Tablets are known for their prowess in gaming thanks to the mobile Kepler GPU, the same microarchitecture for graphics cards by the company in its 600, 700 and 800M series com­puter graphics cards.

If you’re looking for gaming performance on a budget, look no further because a device with Nvidia chipset is in itself difficult to find and outright impossible at this price range. The Mi Pad is an exciting anomaly in the tablet scene right now, but if you do decide to go for it, you will need to keep in mind that the device only supports Android KitKat and hasn’t received further updates. This could create problems with app support on the device.

 

 Amazon Fire HD 10

 Price Rs 25,950

 Amazon’s Fire line of tablets have been pretty popular because of its price. The company has been producing some decent, relatively cheap tablets since it started producing tablets back in 2011, mainly to sup­port its online library of e-books. But a good device is a good device. While the Fire HD is not as impressive as the Mi Pad, it does offer some decent specifications that would be more than enough for media consumption. The device is powered by a Quad-Core MediaTek processor which is paired with 2 GB of RAM, which is plenty enough for media consumption.

But internal hardware is not one of the tab­let’s strong points; the strongest point would be centered more on the tablet’s software, especially Alexa. Amazon has developed and implemented Alexa so well around its products that it works like a breeze on the Fire HD 10: it’s smart, provides excellent off-hand features and also comes with a sharp, large 10-inch screen as its face.

 

 Lenovo Ideapad Miix 310

 Price Rs 35,400

 If Android is just not power­ful enough for you, the Lenovo Ideapad Miix 310 offers a gen­uine Windows experi e n c e. The tablet is powered by Intel’s 1.44 Ghz Atom X5 processor, 2GB of RAM and 64 GB of eMMC storage; it’s more than capable of running a full-fledged copy of Windows 10 Home. More like a laptop than a tablet, the device also comes with a plethora of connectivity options such as a HDMI port, USB Ports and even an SD card reader.

To add to its functionality, it comes with a dedicated detachable keyboard, an addition that propels the device into the space of an effective work machine. For the price, the Lenovo Ideapad Miix 310 is a steal and while it may not be as powerful as your laptop, it is definitely a capable device if you want to do light work on it.