Get down to the mighty Aldi for a cheap smartphone and tablet next week

Starting from this coming Thursday, you’ll be able to pick up a Medion Life E4503 smartphone (£69.99) or a Medium Lifetab S10346 Tablet (£149.99). The store is also selling a 2.1 amp car charger with two outputs for a mere £3.99 so you can keep topped up on the go.
Get down to the mighty Aldi for a cheap smartphone and tablet next week

The smartphone, which comes with a 3 year guarantee and is unlocked, will be available in white or black and has a 4.5″ screen at 854×480 with a quad-core 1.3GHz CPU on top of Android Lollipop. It also has an FM radio, GPS, WiFi, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage and a microSD card slot for more. You get a 5 megapixel shooter with autofocus and a flash at the back plus a VGA one up front.

Our advice? Honestly? Wait a bit and get the Meizu M2. It’s cheaper and has a better screen, more storage and more RAM.

The tablet is a 10.1″ full HD unit when a 1920×1200 pixels resolution and a quad core Intel 1.83 GHz CPU. It also has a 5 megapixel autofocus rear camera and a 2 megapixel front camera. Other specs include Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, GPS and a battery life of 13 hours.