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RCA Voyager III - This dirt-cheap tablet isn't worth your time

2017-04-11
if you want to spend as little as possible on a tablet you could buy the RCA Voyager 3 sold exclusively at Walmart it only costs $50 because of its price it's comparable to the Amazon fire another $50 tablet however even though the two tablets cost the same amount there are some stark differences first of all the RCA tablet is really ugly cheap tablets are usually unsightly but the RCA tablet is on another level it has large visible screws on its edges that make it look more like a prototype than a finished product and the grille on the speaker has holes wide enough for crumbs to fall in performance as to be expected with cheap electronics is slow and buggy games take a long time to load and choppy graphics during gameplay are common for the first few days I couldn't even get the Vudu app to launch without it crashing and it was one of the pre-installed apps on the tablet its smudge prone screen is similarly underwhelming with poor viewing angles and low maximum brightness it's also very slow to respond to taps and swipes additionally its battery life sucks it only lasted around three to four hours with heavy use so you can't even use it for an entire day without charging it overall the Amazon fire looks better performs faster and has a better battery life than the RCA tablet but one thing the RCA tablet has that the fire doesn't is the Google Play Store that means the RCA tablet has access to a greater number of apps than the fire which instead uses the meticulously curated Amazon Appstore so for example I was able to download new popular games like Super Mario run and Power Rangers legacy wars which aren't available to download on the fire but really that's about the only good thing the RCA tablet has over the Amazon fire if you want a cheapest dirt bare-bones tablet whether it be for yourself or a kid I recommend looking at the Amazon fire tablets first but if you really need Google Play Store access and you don't plan on using it much the RCA Voyager tablet is tolerable just don't like much from it
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