Among the highly recommended tablets that cost $100 or cheaper are the Amazon Fire 7-inch, ASUS Zenpad 7-inch and HP Stream 7.
1) Amazon Fire 7-inch
Budget constrained buyers will love this tablet. The Amazon Fire tablet has a fair hardware specs. It sports a 7-inch display with rear and front-facing cameras.
The 1.3GHz quad-core processor is power enough to handle any apps and it 8GB storage space can be expanded up to 128GB through the microSD slot, according to Amazon. For a tablet with fair specs and only costs $49.99, the Amazon Fire 7-inch is a good deal.
2) ASUS Zenpad 7-inch
The ASUS Zenpad sports a 7-inch IPS display with think screen bezels curved edges. Despite being a budget tablet, it has the smooth texture of a premium device thanks to its textured body.
Running on Android 5.0 Lollipop which means that whoever owns it will not be short on supply of games and apps, the ASUS Zenpad is powered by a 64-bit Intel Atom quad-core processor and has 1GB of RAM. On-board storage is limited to 16GB which can be expanded up to 64GB through the microSD slot. The ASUS Zenpad costs $84.99.
3) HP Stream 7
The HP Stream 7, as the name suggests, is a 7-inch tablet that runs on Windows 8.1. What separates the HP Stream from most tablets that run on the Android platform is that it has a desktop mode. This gives the HP Stream 7 full access to Windows desktop settings.
For $99.99, the HP Stream 7 is a steal. It comes preloaded with 1-year subscription to Office 365 Personal as well as premium anti-virus software that has no expiration date, according to Tablet Ninja.