Wander into any store with an electronics section nowadays and you’ll find at least one “kid” tablet. It’s usually a brightly-colored rubber block with a low-end touch display running an ancient version of Android, with a custom UI featuring giant buttons and a handful of apps for a handful of basic age groups. Choosing something smaller than a tablet is even worse, especially since the concept of a phone-shaped Android-powered Wifi-only handheld never really took off.
There’s not much to these cheap, rubbery slabs, but they sell because it’s not always clear there are reasonable alternatives out there. Choosing hardware for a little one should be just as much about software as it is hardware, and while price should absolutely be a factor in a gadget for a kid there’s some basics you should be looking at along the way. To help narrow down the options out there today, we’ve put together this quick buyers guide to break down the important parts.
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Choosing the right hardware
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