There's a distinct separation in the VFM scores between the smaller A5-sized systems at the bottom of the chart and the larger A4 or B5 models, mainly because the former cost appreciably less. The cost of the TFT display is a large component of this differential, as the A5 units generally use screens of around 8in. This is taken into account in our features scoring, but the smaller systems still come out better in terms of their overall VFM score. Battery life is given a weighting in the overall VFM calculation, after an adjustment to compensate for the large range of BatteryMark 2.0 scores recorded in PC Magazine Labs' testing. This chart shows our assessment of the relative value for money for each of the products in this review.
Longer bars represent better value for money.
Products are sorted by price, with the highest price at the top. Where products have the same price, they are shown in alphabetical order. The resulting raw VFM scores are then made relative to the lowest-scoring product. To use the graph, first see which products fall within your chosen price range, by looking at the column of prices on the right. The best value product within that range is then the one with the longest bar.