Originally Posted by Sandy Nerja:
“Its no contest really, the Nexus 7 is cheaper than the Apple competition and given that a three year old is going to drop it, eat his dinner off it, stand on it, hit his sister/dog/cat with it, you may as well go for the one that will be cheapest to replace.”
I own both an Iphone and Galaxy Tab 2 and talking from experience with my 5 year old boy I'd say an Apple device will be easier to use.
The problem with young children and Andriod is the on screen home and back keys, these can easily get pressed whilst playing certain games (fruit ninja for example) and can be very frustrating. With an Apple device the 'home' key is seperate from the screen and does not get pressed accidently. Only a small point but should not be overlooked by the OP.
With the above taken into account I still bought a Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for my boy as it was half the price of the Ipad and cheaper to replace if dropped.