Cheap tablet for note taking?

[LaronX]

So my brother asked me to help him with finding a cheap tablet he can use for Uni. I thought that be quite easy, but well I was surprised how expensive basically any tablet with pen support seems to be. Anyone got any good recommendations. I am in Europe if that matters.

[jaslion]

11 minutes ago, LaronX said:

So my brother asked me to help him with finding a cheap tablet he can use for Uni. I thought that be quite easy, but well I was surprised how expensive basically any tablet with pen support seems to be. Anyone got any good recommendations. I am in Europe if that matters.

Budget?

[OddOod]

Honestly, I buy old Kindle Fire tablets renewed, then use Fire Toolbox to add google play store and strip out as much AZ spyware as possible, then deploy them as single purpose devices. 
They are *trash*, but cheap and effective.
Anything else? I'd probably get a used Surface or Yogabook. Or iPad. Those things are AMAZING if you can stand the apple ecosystem

 

[LaronX]

1 hour ago, jaslion said:

Budget?

I asked him. His upper limit would be 300€.

[LaronX]

1 hour ago, OddOod said:

Honestly, I buy old Kindle Fire tablets renewed, then use Fire Toolbox to add google play store and strip out as much AZ spyware as possible, then deploy them as single purpose devices. 
They are *trash*, but cheap and effective.
Anything else? I'd probably get a used Surface or Yogabook. Or iPad. Those things are AMAZING if you can stand the apple ecosystem

 

Can they be used for note taking with a pen?

[jaslion]

7 minutes ago, LaronX said:

Can they be used for note taking with a pen?

Not a pressure sensitive pen on a amazon firepad.

 

If you want pressure sensitivity thats FAR more limited in selection

[OddOod]

1 hour ago, LaronX said:

I asked him. His upper limit would be 300€.

Could probably swing a used 5th gen ipad mini with a first gen pencil at that price

 

[LaronX]

12 hours ago, jaslion said:

Not a pressure sensitive pen on a amazon firepad.

 

If you want pressure sensitivity thats FAR more limited in selection

Okay, I'll recommend him that. As he won't draw on it, I don't think he needs pressure sensitivity.