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12th Jun 2015

Budget Tesco Tablet Beats Apple’s iPad Mini In Consumer Speed Tests

Recent study shows price and brand don't guarantee best performance.

Megan Cassidy

Apple may be the most valuable tech company in the world, but a new study proves the supermarket equivalent may actually perform better. 

In a Which? magazine consumer test, the Tesco tablet Hudl2 performed better than it’s nearest Apple equivalent, the iPad Mini 3, in speed tests.

The industry-recognised Geekbench software tested ten of the biggest selling tablets on how well they could complete simulations of real-world tasks like downloading apps and running multiple programmes simultaneously.

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Tesco’s Hudl2 was launched last Autumn. 

The iPad Mini 3, which costs upwards of €400 proved to be the slowest with a score of 1,790, significantly less than the Hudl2 which scored 2,084 and costs roughly €170.

Which? editor Richard Headland told the Mail Online: “Our tablet speed test is a great indication of how fast tablets can run when downloading apps or using multiple functions at once.

“Nowadays we expect everything in a swipe or a click of the button, so understanding how quickly a tablet is able to process information is important to buyers.”

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Hudl2 was a big seller in the run up to Christmas last year. 

A review by the TechRadar website described the Hudl2 as a “stylish, desirable, and cheap full-featured Android tablet that will satisfy the whole family.

“It completely outshines virtually everything in the same price bracket.”

And beyond, it seems.