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The Cube T7 is arguably the most anticipated tablet from a Chinese brand. Not only is it the first Android tablet to feature the 64-bit MediaTek MT8752 octa-core processor, it is also the first tablet with dual 4G support – LTE & TD-LTE. Is it capable of continuing Cube’s dominant success in the category of tablets with phone functions, we are eager to find out.
Cube T7 main specs:
OS: Android 4.4
Display: 7-inch IPS, 5-point multi-touch
Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1200 (16:10)
CPU: 64-bit MT8752 octa-core processor (eight cores of Cortex-A53)
CPU Frequency: 1.7GHz
GPU: Mali-760MP2
RAM / Storage: 2GB / 16GB
Function: WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, A-GPS, OTG, Miracast, FM Radio
WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi hotspot
GSM: band2, band3, band5, band8
TDS: band34, band39
WCDMA: band1, band5
TDD: band38, band39, band40, band41
FDD: band1, band3, band7
Camera: 5MP back camera, 2MP front camera
Battery: 3500mAh
Extend Port: TF Card Slot, SIM Card Slot, Micro USB Port, 3.5mm Headphone Jack
Weight & Size: 280 g / 192*113*9.3mm
Design and build
The main design element is the size of the tablet, as the T7 is the first high-end 7-inch tablet we have seen from Cube. It's almost like holding a phone because the device is so small and slender – holding it one-handed is a breeze. The silver frame looks great and we like the rounded curves of the cover.
The device doesn't have a metal rear cover like those bigger flagship tablets from Cube, instead it has a delicate plastic rear cover which matches that of the iWork 7. This may not look quite as impressive but provides much better grip.
Like other 3G and 4G tablets from Cube, the T7 has the minimum number of ports and buttons. The only physical controls you'll find are the power/lock key and the volume rocker switch on the right hand side of the slate (when held in portrait). The 3.5mm headphone jack and Micro SD card slot are on the top side of the tablet, while the Micro USB port is located on the bottom side, as the T7 is a tablet which has full phone functionalities, there is also a SIM tray slot on the right side.
It is obvious that Cube has already given up on the SIM tray lock design we’ve seen on its previous higher-end 3G tablets, which requires the users to use an awkward removal tool to pull out the SIM tray, and now leaves a more convenient opening for us to be able to pull out the SIM tray with our own fingers.
The tablet weighs 280g, not much heavier than many of the large phones, long period of one-handed operation wouldn’t be much of a problem. However, at 9.3mm, it isn’t a slim tablet by today’s standards.
It's hardly a game changing design, but it is functional and we've seen many worse looking tablets in our time - we're just pleased Cube hasn't gone bezel crazy here. There's just enough to hold the T7 without fingers encroaching on the screen, and that's all we ask for.
Excellent build quality has been maintained with no signs of unwanted gaps in the casing or wobbly buttons. The only thing we can really mark it down for is a lack of premium materials such as aluminum, but that also comes down to personal preferences.
Display
The Cube T7 sports a 7-inch display at an impressively-high 1920x1200 resolution, and we would've been delighted. But not only do we now have a delightful 323 pixels-per-inch IPS display to look at, it's also a really great panel overall.
Compared it down next to the lower-end models such as the Talk 7X Octa, the T7 is notably brighter, has higher contrast and is of course more crisp thanks to the Full HD resolution. The "gapless" display technology used here makes images appear to float on the surface.
In everyday use, the display looks fantastic no matter what we're using the T7 for. Text and images are clean and easy on the eyes, and color reproduction is as accurate as leading LCD panels out there. Tablets are more likely to be viewed by multiple people at once, it's also important to note that the display doesn't distort images or wash out at even obscure viewing angles.
We tried to use the T7 outdoors, and the glass-covered display still performed quite well, aside from some unwanted glares.
Only when we laid the T7 side by side with some flagship smartphones and tablets (The iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4) did we begin to notice some weaknesses of the 7-inch display – the color temperature was a little bit too warm, the black is not too deep, etc.
With that said, it is still the best 7-inch screens we've ever laid eyes on, period.
Sound
The T7 rear-facing speaker is very loud, but tinny. It is acceptable for streaming clips on YouTube, but you would want to plug in your headphone for music and action movies.
System & UI
The T7 runs Android 4.4.4 out of the box. Customizations have been made to some of the icons, other than that, you have the pure feel of Android Kitkat.
Performance
The Cube T7's beauty is more than skin deep: its 64bit MT8752 octa-core processor, coupled with two full gigabytes of RAM, is an agile performer.
Benchmarks
You can spend a day sifting through benchmarks, which tend to place the T7’s performance notably higher than the Nexus 7’s and the LG G Pad 8.3’s, or you can simply spend a few hours using the device. It’s fast, it’s capable, and it’s powerful. This is one of smoothest experiences I have ever had on an Android tablet, period.
Apps and Browser
We did have a few performance hiccups and just one hot reboot while testing every app we could think of, which is expected on pretty much any mobile devices you use today. And I believe it was more of a problem of the Android ecosystem other than the processing power the T7 could bring to the table. Other than a couple of app freezes, the T7 was surprisingly stable, most apps worked quite ideally on the slate.
Browsing webpages on a 7-inch display is definitely better experience than always trying to zoom and drag on your phone, the T7 remained pretty responsive even while we were opening dozens of image-heavy websites at the same time.
Multimedia
Cube's own video app as well as the Google Play apps are on board. Cube's video app is clean and simple; it doesn't muck around with extra features like ifive's apps do, for instance. The tablet had no problem playing video up to 1080p in various formats, including H.264, MPEG4, WMV, and even an MKV file with high-quality audio. The tablet also had no problem with a range of audio formats including MP3, AAC, and WMA.
If you are not used to keeping media files in your tablet, you can always turn to YouTube for tons of videos online.
There's no video out; if you want to show video on a TV, you'll have to do it wirelessly through Miracast with the aid of something like a Netgear Push2TV adapter. Because there's generally a line of sight between your tablet and the TV, I saw perfectly smooth video streaming over Miracast.
Gaming
The T7 features the Mali-760MP2 GPU, which is powerful enough to run even the most graphic-intense games from the Android ecosystem. And I haven’t experienced any lags or hiccups in playing the games that I normally play on my Snapdragon 800 powered LG Optimus G Pro2.
Connectivity
The T7, like other tablets from Cube’s Talk series, is a tablet with full phone functionalities. That means, besides Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you also have features such as GPS, FM Radio, Phone call functions, SMS and mobile data access. What really sets the T7 apart from other 3G or 4G tablets is that the T7 is the first tablet ever to support both 4G LTE and 4G TD-LTE, with only one SIM slot.
Because of the T7’s relatively small footprint, holding it to your ears to make a phone call isn’t going to be too awkward, although it still looks a little bit strange.
OTA Upgrade
The T7 is one of the few Chinese tablets which support OTA upgrade, which makes firmware update much easier for users. During my three weeks with the T7, it already received three wireless upgrades. Although I barely noticed any differences after each update, but kudos to Cube for assuring us with its ongoing after-sale services.
Battery
Likely for reasons of weight and thickness, the T7's only packs a 3500mAh non-removable battery, which is less capacity than most higher-end 7-inch tablets on the market. With a high-resolution and extremely bright display and a faster processor, we were initially quite worried about the T7’s battery life, but the test results and the experiences in daily use changed our minds.
In our standard cngadget battery test, which entails looping a video at half-brightness with the normal amount of background actions running (i.e., push email, Twitter syncing, WiFi/GPS enabled), places theT7 at 7 hours and 33 minutes, which ranks in the middle of our list in standardized testing. That's pretty much on par with the run time we got from LG's G Pad 8.3 and the Colorfly G808 3G. In actual usage, too, the T7 lasted through a weekend with light to moderate use. So, unless you plan to sit and stream movie after movie, you should be satisfied with its longevity.
Cameras
I’m all for ignoring a tablet’s camera, as after all, it’s probably the device’s least-functional component. But I know there are people actually having fun taking pictures with tablets, I’ve seen that a lot in China. The T7 has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front camera, both of which are not bad. The front camera is fine for video chatting, and the main camera is sharp, when you have good lighting. It records smooth 720p videos and takes nice pictures. The stock camera app also has some useful features, like night mode and HDR.
With that said, they are still just tablet cameras, so don’t expect anything extraordinary, below are some samples:
Conclusions
The T7 represents not only how far Cube has come over the past few years, but also how much Chinese Android tablets have grown. Just two years ago, Cube, along with many other Chinese manufacturers, was still making tablets with not much more functionalities than a blown-up MP4 player; today, they’ve released some of the best Android tablets on the market. And that’s saying a lot in December 2014— the dark days of oversized, bogged down Android tablets are behind us, and we finally have a market filled with capable, gorgeous tablets. Android tablets are finally useful, supplementing your smartphone with a device large enough for books, magazines, movies and games, yet small enough to through in your bag, and the T7 is the cream of the crop.
I’ve never met a Chinese Android tablet that’s more capable, more gorgeous, or easier to use. Its lightweight and delicate design is the ideal balance of size and portability, and that 7-inch display is simply stunning. The 64-bit octa-core processor and 2GB RAM easily generate enough power to smoothly run any Android applications, no matter how demanding they might be.
A lot of Chinese manufacturers can call 2014 a good year, as many were revitalized by Intel’s ambitious invasion in Shenzhen and Microsoft’s free Windows 8 authorization for smaller tablets. But for Cube, 2014 was great. It found itself on top of the second-tier Chinese brands, after years of stumbling and trying to find its way into the public eye. Today, the company is producing several of the best Android tablets on the market. Will it become as financially successful as Xiaomi and Meizu? Probably not. But cheers to Cube for fighting the good fight. .
Pros
• Nice design and build quality
• Lightweight and durable
• Perfect size and footprint
• Top-of-the-line display quality
• Full phone functionalities
Cons
• The camera is still very much a tablet camera
• Lacks the premium feel of flagship tablets
Thanks for that great review. I am waiting for mine coming in the mail in the next few days. I bought it online for $221 canadian and cant wait to see if it is as good as they say cause i am gonna use it as my daily driver as a cell phone and a tablet. At 38737 antutu score it should be very impressive for a tablet compared to my Samsung Galaxy Mega (which is running perfect on megafire), but when it comes to screen size and performance, I am just like a kid with icecream
I got this from cube before Christmas. Very nice capable tablet, wifi great, calls great and 4g great on dan and phil unlimited Internet sim.
Tried framaroot to root no joy, tried vrooot apk now known as iroot but no joy.
Hopefully vroot standalone pc root app can root it tomorrow.
Hasn't restarted on me yet and cant see any bugs yet.
Volume nice and loud on tab and gaming/showbox/chromecast good(beta screencast good quality but not as good as a certified device)
Excellent brightness levels.
Cams a bit weak in low light due to noise but manufactures still haven't addressed that problem yet bar z3.
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Cant root t7 either
Tried oneclickroot
Root genius
iroot formerly vroot
Kingo root too
Doomlord please help I'll send ya my tablet to root if you fancy a challenge
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Cube T7 root
serialkillazzs said:
Cant root t7 either
Tried oneclickroot
Root genius
iroot formerly vroot
Kingo root too
Doomlord please help I'll send ya my tablet to root if you fancy a challenge
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Hi, I have oficcial rooted firmware for this tab, so if you want to get it - send me message, and I'll give you download link
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Hi; I would be greatful if you could indicaré to me how to robot muy cube t7. Thanks
Great pm you thx
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Good tablet.
sergio.banditto said:
Hi, I have oficcial rooted firmware for this tab, so if you want to get it - send me message, and I'll give you download link
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Link?
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Root cube t7
sergio.banditto said:
Hi, I have oficcial rooted firmware for this tab, so if you want to get it - send me message, and I'll give you download link
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Hi,
I bought a cube t7 can you send me the link to root it ?
I think it can help to solve memory use fin application. To use sd card go install application
Do you observe that application are install in Internal memory, and they have a stock memory too.
So rapidely t7 are out of memory to install app, i thing it's strange...
Have you an idea ?
Well if you have a tuto to root the cube t7 thanks a lot !
Best regards, Ludovic
I've already bought a cube t7 ,
is it possible to be rooted?
2GB Internal memory isn't enough ...
I did flash the russian rom floating around, and DID get root (and 4Gb of app storage compared to the original 2).
Slight problem is that it killed any connectivity (sim recognised, but red x over signal bar and no voice or data connection, tested with a few other sims). When trying to fix it by reflashing the original rom, root was gone (logical) but still no signal. Went a bit experimental after that, and managed to brick the poor thing... Oops.
Morale of the story, great hardware but maybe the waiting game is better on that one.
Magnetometer does not work.
The magnet field sensor does not work in my tablet Cube T7.
Because of that many other sensors do not pass their tests,too.
They are: orientation,rotation, gravity, linear accelerometer.
Please tell me guys - is that problem of my tablet or your magnet sensors don't work as well?
Thank you in advance.
I had seen this about sensors on another thread, and therefore tested mine. They DO work in real life, but somehow are not seen as working by testing apps.
Magnetometer does not work for me in real life, too.
I installed 2 "compass" softwares and these compasses did not rotate at all.
Well, I'm getting my second one tomorrow, and I'll check this one too, and will report back. I hope it's a fluke, I know it's an odd piece of kit but it feels perfect for my needs, would hate to see it that flawed.
Thank you, I will wait your report but please take in consideration -
I did not test magnetometer when tablet arrived with firmware v1.1.
I updated it by air to version 1.4 and only then noticed that problem.
So please check it twice - before and after firmware updates, if you can.
Thank you!
Ok, I will, and you make a good point, as I said earlier trying to install a rooted rom killed the modem, so 1.4 might killed the magnetometer. Though that review seems to have the same problem as yours (too new to post external links, it's a german gizchina test.)
I read that v1.3 makes proximity sensor not working well.
But proximity sensor could be re-calibrated from engineering menu.
I made such re-calibration successfully. I found nothing about magnetometer there.
Well, we'll see. Is the absence of a compass such a big deal for you? Will you use it as a tablet or a phablet? Because I can't see the point in the former, unless you use it as in car navigation.
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Introduction
Just like most Chinese brands, also CUBOT entered the market of the so-called “Battery Smartphones” starting from the CUBOT H1. The CUBOT H2 is entirely based on its previous model, but with an upgraded CPU, increased RAM and a Better Chassis and some other minor differences. Somehow they have removed the IR Trasmitter but this is something that, in my opinion, almost no one uses nowadays with the diffusion of Smart TVs & Home Appliances.
This is the CUBOT H2 Smartphone
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Hardware
The CUBOT H2 Smartphone features a mid-range SOC, MT6735A, that is able to handle every daily task without major issues. It is supported by a plenty amount of RAM, 3 GBs, improving multitasking and device’s reactivity while running heavy apps. Also, just like the latest Xiaomi MI5, it features a screen supported by an ultra-bright 16-LED backlighting, but its resolution is just HD (1280x720), the maximum officially supported by this SOC. Battery Capacity is just a bit lower than the CUBOT H1, 5000mAh instead of 5200mAh, but it doesn’t mean that battery life has been impacted. Follow my next paragraphs to know more.
Unboxing
Packaging comes with many accessories: 1x Screen Protector (Tempered Glass) with Wipes, 1x SIM/MicroSD tray Eject Tool, 1x OTG Cable, 1x Micro-USB Cable (really nice quality), 1x 5V/2A USB Charger, 1x Quick Start Guide and the Smartphone (of course). No Headset included.
CUBOT has focused its attention on the design, the device feels extremely solid (much better than my Galaxy S4) thanks to the Zinc Titanium chassis, there is no Keys Rattling at all and it is Slim enough considering that there is a 5000mAh Battery inside. Sincerely, this is the best-built Smartphone I have ever tried. Well Done CUBOT!
It is just 15.0x76.5x0.9cm, compact enough and it weights 232 g, not so lightweight but with a Metal Chassis and an Huge Battery inside you can’t expect something lighter.
On the front side there is the 2.5D Curved Display, that makes the usage of the device much more ergonomic. The Glass is enclosed in a Metal Frame, which increases the device’s toughness.
The upper front side of the device features a Front-Facing Camera, an Earpiece, a Notification LED and the Sensors hole that includes Light, Proximity and Gesture Sensors.
Just like many other devices, also this LED is an RGB variant, so it supports multiple colors and you can customize them via the Settings app. It is used as for Notifications and Charging status.
The lower front side of the device there are the Soft-Keys Navigation Buttons (not retroilluminated), and an almost hidden Microphone Hole. A nice idea to keep the whole design the most clean possible.
On the back side there is a Curved Plastic Cover, with a nice texture that makes the whole device feel Premium. This cover isn’t hard to remove, making any future battery replacement much more easier that devices with Glass/Metal back cover.
The upper rear side of the device features a protunding Camera supported by a Dual-Flash (Single Tone) configuration.
The lower rear side of the device features a noticeable Brand Logo, some little words about the Device and a big Speaker hole.
As you can see, CUBOT take care of many details, especially regards the Metal Chassis. It is absolutely perfect, without any little defect. Thanks to the CNC treatment, the whole chassis is made to be the most comfortable possible. I’m really impressed, I hope that CUBOT won’t abandon this extreme attention to the details.
Unlike some other Chinese Smartphones, the SIM Card/Micro-SD tray has been well designed to allow the usage of a Micro-SIM and a Micro-SD without having to replace your SIM with a Nano variant. So you can use a Micro-SIM and a Micro-SD in the same time.
Device
Screen
CUBOT choose to include an innovative IPS screen on this device, I still need to find the brand and the model, but they declare that it has an ultra-bright 16-LED backlighting, just like the Xiaomi MI5 then, and I must admit that under direct sunlight I was still able to see the screen without any issue at all.
Under normal usage, the screen is almost everytime bright, even if brightness is set to low-medium. It’s a pity that its resolution is just HD, but Quality is just awesome, you won’t be able to see any pixel at all, it is really sharp and white reproduction is perfect. Comparing the screen with my Galaxy S4, you can see that CUBOT H2 screen looks much better as regards white reliability.
I have used my Galaxy S4 Light Sensor to measure CUBOT H2 maximum brightness. I don’t have a professional Lumen Meter, so this (Lux) is the only value that I can provide you.
About Viewing Angles, the screen doesn’t suffer any kind of issue, it behaves perfect in every single condition.
As you can see, Image Contrast is accurate while Saturation is a bit too high, so Colors look pretty vibrant, similar to Super AMOLED Screens. This is something pretty personal, so I won’t express my opinion about.
Camera
Back Camera performs pretty well, even if I’m not sure that the resolution is interpolated to 13mpx or not, but, just like almost all Chinese Smartphones, the noise level is a bit high. If CUBOT works a bit more on the Camera software, I’m pretty sure that Photos Quality will be improved.
There are no major issues with low-light photos, HDR makes Photos just a bit brighter.
Under medium sunlight Photos looks pretty good, detailed and with Vibrant colors.
Thanks to the Dual Flash configuration, low-light photos gets improved pretty well. As you can see, my cat looks much detailed here. Even without Flash, quality isn’t too bad.
Auto-Focus speed is decent, nothing extremely fast (no PDAF here), but neither extremely slow. It is as fast as on my Galaxy S4. Under low-light conditions it tends to be a bit slow, but I think this is software-related so it can be improved a lot in the future.
About Videos, there is no Optical Stabilization here, but Software Stabilization (if enabled) does its job (but producing that famous fisheye effect), and there are no major issues here too. Maximum Supported Resolution is 1080p (named as Video Quality – Fine). I can say that this is enough for standard medium quality videos, do not expect ultra-high quality.
Front-Facing Camera is much better than what I thought, Brand and Model are unknown yet though. Again, I don’t know if resolution is interpolated to 8mpx or not, but Photos are pretty good. Here you can find a comparision between front (left) & back (right) camera.
Maximum Supported Video Resolution is 720p, and Quality is just fine as you would expect from a Front-Facing camera.
Audio
Speaker’s Sound lacks a bit of Bass, but it is loud and with a nice clarity.
I have measured its loudness using my Galaxy S4 Microphone, here you’ll see its maximum power.
Unfortunately, it is positioned on the back, so if you place the device on a table you could experience volume issues, but this doesn’t mean that it is a bad thing. What matters here is the quality.
Also in-call, it is pretty loud, sound tends to get distorted a bit at maximum volume, but this device doesn’t support VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) so Call Quality is just the standard AMR-WB (16000 Hz) on 3G Network.
Earpiece is absolutely perfect, its sound is much better than my Galaxy S4, it isn’t extremely loud it produces a clean and high-clarity sound. Probably the device i have ever tested as regards in-call quality.
Device’s microphone is perfect too, I have tested it with many calls, and every single person I have called said me that he/she was able to hear me perfectly, better than how my Voice was recorded using my Galaxy S4.
Summarizing these results, I can say that the Audio Sector has been accurately developed by CUBOT.
Telephony and Mobile Network
Thanks to the 4G Band 20 support (some other Chinese Smartphones don’t have it), I’m almost always and everywhere connected to the 4G Network of my Mobile Network Provider (TIM Italy).
Also 3G Signal Reception is accurate, actually I never managed to get connected to the 2G Network of my Mobile Operator because there was always some 3G Signal available. A good quality Antenna has been used.
4G Network Speed is decent, it highly depends on your Mobile Operator and mine isn’t pretty good. While 3G Network Speed, is just fine. (MT6735 supports maximum 21.1mbps)
Battery Life
When you’ll first charge your device, you’ll find more or less 50% of Charge, I recommend you to charge the device completely before you start to use it. That’s to improve battery calibration accuracy.
Battery Life is just awesome, I managed to reach more than 9 hours of Screen-On Time, with Wi-Fi, 4G, Location & Sync ON. I have also turned on screen-off gestures (double-tap to wake), and during the night I have lost more or less 15% of battery so I don’t recommend to enable them if you are interested in improving battery life.
My second full-charge wasn’t pretty accurate, I have charged the device measuring current with a USB Tester and it recorded just ~4750mAh instead of the 5000mAh declared. I’ll measure this value again after more charging cycles and update this review. I know, declared value is always higher than real value, but nearly 300mAh of Battery Capacity is missing here.
For Daily Usage, even if stressed a lot, this device won’t have any issue regarding battery life, it will be able to reach the end of the day even with some residual charge left.
Also, this device support 5V/2A Quick Charge, so you won’t have to worry about charging time. I can confirm that this is working because the USB Tester measured more or less 2A of charging current.
Software
Even if this is a new device, CUBOT choose to use Android 5.1 release instead of latest Android 6.0 for some unknown reason. Anyway, all seems to work fine. They customized some parts of the software such as Lockscreen, Notification Bar, Launcher and Phone/Contacts app.
Lockscreen reminds the old Android Kitkat, with a Ring to unlock the screen or open Phone/Messaging app.
Launcher is similar to MIUI variant, without App Drawer and with some nice possible customizations.
Notification Bar seems to be similar to TouchWiz variant, with many useful toggles. It is pretty smooth too.
The Phone/Contacts app is something that probably you have already seen somewhere. This is extremely similar to the MIUI v5 variant, just with different colors.
The last customized part of the OS is the Recent Apps screen. It included a Task Killer button and a Used/Free RAM Indicator. It works extremely well.
Just like other last-gen Mediatek Devices, there are some typical features such as Gestures (Somatosensory), Scheduled Power On/Off, etc…
The pure and clean Android Experience hasn’t been impacted so much, only some parts of the OS are not like Stock Android, but nothing that can make its usage harder than usual.
Something that I have really appreciated is that CUBOT doesn’t install any third-party app (except Clean Master, removable), and there are no Chinese words anywhere, so the software has been properly developed for foreign markets. Really nice Company Policy.
Also, the UI is always responsive and smooth, with no lags at all. It’s nice to see that a Chinese company focuses its attention on the software, and I can confirm this because they are also providing frequent OTA Updates for their models.
Benchmarks
I have used 3DMark, Antutu Benchmark, Epic Citadel, GeekBench 3, GFXBench, AndroBench, PCMark (Work) and Vellamo (Browser & CPU Tests) to stress the device to the limit. I won’t test Games or Video Playback because there are already some related tests included in these Benchmark suites.
3DMark – GPU Performance isn’t extremely good, OpenGL 3.1 & 3.0 tests require lots of power, and this is where the GPU falls.
AndroBench – eMMC Performance seems to be pretty high, especially as regards Reading Speed. Pretty good considering that this isn’t the last-gen of eMMC (4.5 instead of 5.0)
Antutu Benchmark – I won’t say a lot about this benchmarks, this isn’t as reliable as others. I’m providing this just for benchmarks lovers.
Epic Citadel – As you can see, Gaming performance isn’t extremely low, there is enough power to handle games without major issues, you just won’t get ultra-high framerates.
GeekBench – CPU Performance is as good as other CPUs with the same configuration (4x Cortex-A53), decent for daily tasks.
GFXBench – Well...GFXBench score is low, really low. This benchmark suite is even more heavy than 3DMark, so you can’t expect a better score here.
PCMark – As you can see, only Video Playback score is a bit low. Pretty good.
Vellamo
Browser score tends to be a bit lower than expected, but Chrome score is just behind another device with an Octa-Core CPU, so this isn’t something that should be ignored.
The same for the CPU score, the device is just behind others with Octa-Core CPUs.
Summaring all results, I can say that this device provides enough power to handle daily tasks and light gaming. You can’t expect more from a Mediatek MT6735 CPU.
Conclusions
Unlike most of all Chinese companies, CUBOT publishes CE, FCC & ROHS certificates about each device, so if you’re interested about CUBOT devices safety, you can just go here: http://www.cubot.net/support/ and read them. This is something rare to find in China, and it makes you think how much a company is interested in foreign markets where Safety comes first. This doesn’t mean that China isn’t interested in Safety, but there are many users that want to know SAR Values, Certificates and so on about a Smartphone before buying it, so this is something pretty useful.
Summarizing all results, I can say that this is one of the best mid-range device available on the market. Great Quality Chassis, Bright and Sharp Display, Superb Battery Life and Excellent Call Quality are the major positive features about this device and I can really recommend it if you are searching for something that satisfies these qualities.
Price is pretty low, the device is sold by almost every shop that sells Chinese Smartphones and it has been certified to work on other markets than China.
Rating: 8.7
Packaging and Accessories: 8.5
Design and Materials: 9.5
Performance and Heat Dissipation: 7.5
Screen: 9
Camera: 7
Sound: 9
Battery Life: 9.5
Software: 9
OEM Support: 8
Price: 10
You can find full-res images (I know, Quality isn't excellent) here: http://imgur.com/a/84ZmJ
Official Website: http://www.cubot.net/smartphones/h2
You can buy it on many online shops.
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wow, nice review, do you have video review?
PetaX8 said:
wow, nice review, do you have video review?
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I don't make Video Reviews yet.
Does Cubot H2 have a notification LED?
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Does Cubot H2 have a notification LED?
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Sure, it has been written.
Battery Updates.
5000mAh Battery Capacity is confirmed.
About Battery Life, i used the device for two days without charging it, and this is the result. (4G On, WiFi almost everytime Off, Used as WiFi Hotspot, Medium/High Signal). I have rebooted the device 2 times, and starting for the first reboot it stopped recording the Signal stats, so don't worry about it. I haven't used Airplane Mode.
Looks good.
20160328 Stock ROM provided by CUBOT:
https://mega.nz/#!NNRHjY4Z!NU1BwEfZ-DlCN_iZgemweFPtsc0UL73bdFqBbRUjksU
Camera, eMMC and other Real Specs (taken from my H2):
It seems that this device won't be updated to Android 6.0.
Have you managed to get your notifications to show up on lock screen? As this is most frustrating and Cubot don't seem to have a fix...
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Have you managed to get your notifications to show up on lock screen? As this is most frustrating and Cubot don't seem to have a fix...
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No, that's because they are using a custom lockscreen.
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No, that's because they are using a custom lockscreen.
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Is there anyway to rectify this at all?
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Is there anyway to rectify this at all?
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I need to check it, but it would take time because this is something implemented in the framework.
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I need to check it, but it would take time because this is something implemented in the framework.
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Would be really interested to see if it's possible, as it's had me tearing my hair out, and Cubot seem to think the notifications should be popping up with no solution themselves.
Is there any possibility to instal cm on H2?
Can someone confirm if encrypt phone option (settings>security>encrypt phone) is available? thanks
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Is there any possibility to instal cm on H2?
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Nope, unless someone works on it.
luks333 said:
Can someone confirm if encrypt phone option (settings>security>encrypt phone) is available? thanks
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Yes, it is.
LEAGOO ALFA 2 MTK6580A
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- 1 GB RAM + 16 GB ROM
- Supports fingerprint sensor on the back
- 13MP main camera + 5MP front camera
-Android 5.1 system
-Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA 900 / 2100 MHz, supports 2 G & 3 G network
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Sorry guys, my written review is in italian language. I don't post it here ...
While the video review is Italian SUB ENG. Hope you appreciate it...
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Review from me too
Hey everyone,
I bought my own Leagoo Alfa 2 too, in golden color. A few things and thoughts which you should know before buying:
Pro
- backplate Ion Touch Technology: you can turn it off at all, if it disturbs you, but its worth using it to shoot photos (selfies mainly). However, when using the phone for general stuff, it can be quite disturbing. Waking with double tap on it work crappy, it doesnt recognize double tap many times. I like the function however.
- front side LED flash: its not very strong, but it certainly helps a lot when you have low lights around.
- Leagoo Xender app: you can connect the phone with a PC, Mac, or WP in less than a minute. I dont even understand, why this app is not part of the marketing, it's one of the best apps, I've ever senn. You get a complete file manager through your browser on PC. I dont use cables since I found this app.
- Leagoo OS 1.1: based on Android 5.1 its quite fast until you download all your favourite apps, and pack a lot of things on the phone. Then it can start thinking quite a lot at more hardware demanding operations. For example, when you have more apps running in the background, and you press home button, first you see no app icons, then it starts loading them on the screen one by one. This takes about 2 seconds at most, but still. Otherwise the OS is quite nice, I like it.
- Nice screen, sensitivity and colors.
- No SIM-plate, so you can use 2 microSIM cards and a microSD card at the same time.
- 16GB ROM.
- its cheap
Contra:
- weak battery: screen on time is only a few hours at most.
- very bad camera quality on both sides. However there is a flash on the front side to make selfies, the cameras shoot quite low quality photos.
- Weak hardware, high consumption compared to this.
- Backplate feels crappy and weak.
Conclusion: I'd still recommend the phone, if you need a front side flash, or dont want to buy a more expensive one, or if you like new things like Ion Touch Technology, and the Xender app. Some photos of my stuff:
You can reach the whole album here. And a few previews here:
Good job man
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Review
Introduction
Low-End smartphones are nowadays common in the Chinese market, but LEAGOO with the Alfa 2 managed to create a nice compromise by adding some features that almost all other low-end smartphones are missing.
This is the LEAGOO Alfa 2.
Hardware
The device features a low-end SOC, MT6580, that is just enough for basic tasks and for ultra-light gaming. Also the RAM isn’t high, just 1 GB, reducing multitasking efficiency. But, there is also something that can’t be considered as low-end. Rear Camera is a Sony IMX219 (13mpx), Soft-Touch keys are retroilluminated and there is a nice TouchPad on the back. Maybe we shouldn’t consider it a real low-end device, should we? Follow my next paragraphs to know more.
Unboxing
Packaging comes with some accessories: 1x Screen Protector (Plastic) with Wipes, 1x SIM/MicroSD tray Eject Tool, 1x Headset (not in-ear, but still better than nothing), 1x Micro-USB Cable, 1x 5V/1.5A USB Charger, 1x Quick Start Guide, 1x Warranty Certificate and the Smartphone (of course).
LEAGOO choose to give to the device a nice and clean design, similar to devices with Metal chassis, but this is made of Plastic. It feels pretty solid though, even better than my Galaxy S4.
The Alfa 2 is 14.4x7.3x0.7cm and weights 149 g. A compact device that can be handled easily in your hands.
On the front side there is the 2.5D Curved Display. On 5 inches smartphones this feature is now becoming pretty common. The glass is enclosed in a Plastic Frame, while on the upper front side of the device features a Front-Facing Camera supported by a Flashlight, an Earpiece and the Sensors hole that includes Light, Proximity and Gesture Sensors.
The lower front side of the device there are the Soft-Keys Navigation Buttons (retroilluminated), and the Home Button (circle key) works as a Notification LED. Sincerely i love this feature, I hope that also other smartphones from LEAGOO will have it.
On the back side, there is the Plastic back cover. The upper rear side of the device features a slightly protunding Camera supported by a dual-tone flashlight, and a particular TouchPad used to interact with the UI.
The lower rear side of the device features a noticeable Brand Logo and a large Speaker hole.
Chassis is Slim and well-built with all keys on the right side. There is no key rattling here.
Device
Screen
The device has an IPS Screen made by Himax, and it seems to be pretty good. Screen Brightness is decent, good enough to be used under direct sunlight.
I have used my Galaxy S4 Light Sensor to measure its maximum brightness. I don’t have a professional Lumen Meter, so this (Lux) is the only value that I can provide you.
About Viewing Angles the screen behaves pretty well, one of the best screen I have ever tested as regards this area.
Image Contrast and Saturation are accurate, you can use the MiraVision menu to customize this values.
Camera
Back Camera (Sony IMX219) seems to work pretty good, but, just like almost all Chinese Smartphones, the noise level is a bit high. As I always say, if a company works a bit on the Camera Software this issue can be easily fixed.
With (left) & Without HDR (right), photos under direct sunlight aren’t pretty bad.
Flashlight works pretty well on both sides. Yes, this device has also a front flashlight.
Back Camera
Front Camera
About Videos, there is no Optical Stabilization here. Maximum Supported Resolution is 1080p (named as Video Quality – Fine). Even if it reaches 1080p, quality isn’t good, the software needs to be optimized a lot.
Audio
Speaker isn’t extremely loud, lacks low-frequencies but there are no issues with Sound Clarity.
Unfortunately, it is positioned on the back, and, as I have already said for many other devices, if you place the device on a table you could experience volume issues, but this doesn’t mean that it is a bad thing. As always, what matters here is the quality.
Nothing negative to say about the in-call/telephony quality.
Telephony, Mobile Network & WiFi
Being a low-end device, there is no 4G support. 3G Signal Reception is accurate though, with no issues at all with Mobile Data speed or Signal Stability.
Built-in Wi-Fi supports 2.4GHz networks, and using my Home internet connection I managed to get decent speed. (I have a 100/20 VDSL connection, WiFi gets connected to 135mbps – probably not real -)
Battery Life
Battery seems to be enough to get at least one day of medium-usage, unfortunately PCMark crashes after a long while (probably due to low RAM).
This is the GeekBench Battery Benchmark result: https://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/298994
Anyway, built-in Battery Real Capacity seems to be a bit lower than declared value (2600mAh vs 2313mAh).
Software
Almost everything has been customized. LEAGOO OS, based on Android 5.1, seems to have some nice features that help users to enjoy Android even better. (just like Xiaomi does with its MIUI ROM). I’ll show you some customized parts of the system with some screenshots.
Just like other last-gen Mediatek Devices, there are some typical features such as Gestures, Scheduled Power On/Off, etc…
The UI is always responsive, but there is a serious software issue. Screen Refresh rate has been set to 43hz, so the device doesn’t fell smooth at all. I have already asked LEAGOO to fix this bug, because using the device with this Refresh Rate causes headaches. It is like slow motion.
As regards the Rear TouchPad management (called Ion Smart Touch), it can be configured via the Settings apps and its configuration is extremely user-friendly.
Even LED Notification Light can be configured easily. You can even disable the Hall Sensor if you are using a Flip Cover.
Benchmarks
I have used 3DMark, Antutu Benchmark, Epic Citadel, GeekBench 3, GFXBench, AndroBench and PCMark (Work) to stress the device to the limit. I won’t test Games or Video Playback because there are already some related tests included in these Benchmark suites. I won’t be able to show you Vellamo benchmarks because this device isn’t able to handle it. (low RAM issues, it keeps crashing after some minutes)
3DMark – GPU Performance isn’t too bad, but you have to consider that there is no OpenGL 3.0 support here so only OpenGL 2.0 tests can be executed.
AndroBench – eMMC Performance is much better that expected, pretty good considering the low-end SOC.
Antutu Benchmark – I won’t say a lot about this benchmarks, this isn’t as reliable as others. I’m providing this just for benchmarks lovers.
Epic Citadel – As you can see, Gaming performance isn’t extremely low, there is enough power to handle games without major issues, you just won’t get ultra-high framerates. Consider also that there is the screen refresh rate bug that limits FPSs to 43 maximum.
GeekBench – CPU Performance is as good as other CPUs with the same configuration (4x Cortex-A7).
GFXBench – GFXBench result is….ultra-low. You have to forget heavy games on this device.
PCMark – Except for Video Playback Score, it isn’t pretty bad.
Summaring all results, I would have expected lower performance but I was wrong. Device’s performance is good enough for basic tasks, and it can be used also for some light gaming without having to deal with major issues.
Conclusions
This is my first time that I have to express an opinion about a low-end device. LEAGOO managed to add some mid-range features on a cheap device, something pretty rare to find nowadays.
I can recommend it if you want a cheap, but complete, device for basic usage.
Pros:
Sharp and Bright screen
Thin bezels
Decent Sound Quality
Lightweight
Cheap
Cons:
Declared battery capacity doesn't match real capacity
Serious Software bug regarding Screen Refresh Rate
It doesn’t come with Android 6.0
Camera Software needs huge improvements
Rating: 8.2
Packaging and Accessories: 8.5
Design and Materials: 7.5
Performance and Heat Dissipation: 6.5
Screen: 8
Camera: 8
Sound: 8.5
Battery Life: 8.5
Software: 8.5
OEM Support: 8
Price: 9.5
You can find full-res images (I know, Quality isn't excellent) here:
http://imgur.com/a/Q8n7P
Official Website
http://www.leagoo.com/mobile/Alfa_Series/Alfa_2.html
The device is now on sale on many e-shops.
Very informative review Alberto96. Have you had a chance to hear if Leagoo fixed the screen refresh rate? Latest firmware is from July 15 but as usual there's no information on what has been fixed. Would also like to hear how you experienced the RAM issues, say if all a user will do is take photos, calls, text and really not much else the RAM will be fine? Thanks for feedback.
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Very informative review Alberto96. Have you had a chance to hear if Leagoo fixed the screen refresh rate? Latest firmware is from July 15 but as usual there's no information on what has been fixed. Would also like to hear how you experienced the RAM issues, say if all a user will do is take photos, calls, text and really not much else the RAM will be fine? Thanks for feedback.
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Unfortunately no, it seems that it has been abandoned leaving more space to new devices such as the T1.
RAM Issues are here while running benchmarks or using heavy websites with Chrome. Normal usage doesn't seem to be affected too much.
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Unfortunately no, it seems that it has been abandoned leaving more space to new devices such as the T1.
RAM Issues are here while running benchmarks or using heavy websites with Chrome. Normal usage doesn't seem to be affected too much.
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Ok, yes I've been wondering why it never seemed to really get off the ground. Thanks.
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2-in-1 convertible PCs have been gaining popularity in recent years, with Windows 10 fleshing out those devices with features and functionalities. Users like them because they’re convenient, and PC builders and app developers like them because they represent new opportunities.
As one of the best-known suppliers of affordable tablet computers, Alldocube has released quite a number of 2-in-1s in the past 3 years, including many budget Atom-based convertibles for average consumers and a few Core-M powered ones for the high-end market.
The Shenzhen-based company recently released their all new flagship Windows convertible of 2017: the Alldocube KNote. This new hybrid comes with an 11.6-inch display, an Intel Apollolake N3450 processor, 6GB RAM and a new design, and is set to become a strong contender in the market for mid-range 2-in-1s.
Main Specifications
Brand: Alldocube
Model: KNote
Product type: 2-in-1 tablet
OS: Windows 10 Home
CPU: Intel Celeron N3450
Core: 1.1-2.2GHz, Quad Core
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU Frequency: 200MHz - 700MHz
Process Technology: 14nm
Power Consumption: 4W
RAM: 6GB LPDDR3
Storage: 128GB eMMc
External Storage: Micro SD card up to 128GB
Display: 11.6 inch black diamond IPS screen @1920*1080px
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless internet (2.4G+5G Dual Band)
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0
Camera: 2.0MP front + 5.0MP rear
Ports: TF card slot*1, Type-C*1, 3.5mm Headphone Jack*1, DC Jack*1
Battery type: 7.6V 4000mAh, Li-ion polymer battery
Charging voltage: DC 12V 2.5A
Dimensions: 289mm x 180mm x 8.6mm
Product weight: 766 g
Package Contents: SurBook tablet*1, USB cable*1, Manual*1, Power adapter*1
Design: a laptop and a tablet at the same time
The Alldocube KNote has a premium look. It doesn’t look like anything Alldocube has released before. In fact, it sort of conjures the image of Samsung Galaxy Book at first glance, with a similar slim build and colors. However, the super high-end Samsung Galaxy Book has a plastic shell, while the KNote has a metallic build.
The front of the KNote is dominated by an 11.6-inch 16:9 display, the bezel is relatively small, but there’s still enough of it for you to rest your fingers on. A front-facing camera is sitting comfortably above the display (in landscape mode).
The rear side of the slate is made of aviation aluminum, and coated in the color of silver. Not only does it look good, it also feels very nice in hands.
The tablet has rounded edges. On the left side you will find a 3.5mm DC jack, a USB Type-C port, a Micro SD card slot which supports cards up to 128GB.
The right side plays host to a 3.5mm headphone jack. The two side-facing speaker grilles are located on the left and right side of the tablet in order to create some stereo effect.
The power button and volume rocker are hosted on the top left side. Strangely, there’s no Windows key on board, you will need to use the touchscreen to return to the Windows desktop.
The Alldocube KNote has a docking mechanism that is similar to the one on the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S and Huawei Matebook, but not entirely identical. The bottom side of the slate plays host to a 5-contact magnetic keyboard port.
With the keyboard cover connected, the KNote will instantly be transformed into a notebook computer.
The build quality of the KNote is extremely nice. The tablet is slim and robust at the same time. Measured at 289mm x 180mm x 8.6mm and weighs 766g, the KNote is pretty portable as a standalone tablet, but with the keyboard attached, it almost weighs as much as a small ultra-book.
We appreciate Alldocube’s valiant mission to get its take on the keyboard cover working for an 11.6-inch tablet, it serves as a keyboard, a kickstand and a protective case at the same time. There’s nothing wrong with the keyboard’s feedback and travel depth – both are quite enjoyable, actually. The touchpad is also very responsive, and its left- and right-click zones at the bottom are set to respond to a comfortable pressure. Also, the keyboard cover’s soft-touch material feels quite comfy to at least rest your palms on, while it offers up little to no flex when bent – a fine sign of sturdiness.
The keyboard cover is flexible when acting as a kickstand, it can be propped up at unlimited number of angles, just like the Surface Pro 4.
The hinge feels pretty robust, and does seem like it’s going to be durable.
However, the keyboard lays completely flat when using the device as a laptop, which isn’t very comfortable.
Still, I personally like the keyboard cover much better than the Surface Pro 3 Type cover. Even though the Type Cover has bigger keys, I just can never get used to the fact that there’s almost no space between those keys. Gernally speaking, the keyboard cover of the KNote is easy to get used to and you can reach your top typing speed with it quickly.
Display and sound: a device perfect for media consumption
The Alldocube KNote sports an 11.6-inch, 16:9 black diamond screen produced by JDI. When the display is off, the front panel of the tablet looks highly integrated, you won’t be able to easily distinguish the screen and the bezel. When the screen is lit up, it is equally gorgeous.
The display of the KNote is incredibly sharp and clear, with decent color saturation and contrast. Everything looks vivid and true to life. It won’t match the Super AMOLED display on the Samsung Galaxy Book and OLED display on Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Yoga, but it is almost as good as an LCD screen could get. The 16:9 aspect ratio is perfect for media consumption, as you can watch most videos in full screen.
The screen is also very bright, we had little problem using it outdoors. And it is not as reflective as the displays we’ve seen on other tablets from Alldocube, you don’t have to worry too much about the glares, even though there are still some.
The built-in speakers of the Alldocube KNote are just mediocre. They are not nowhere near as loud as the built-in speaker on my vivo X20 smartphone, the sound coming from them also lacks details and depth. Even my non-audiophile ears couldn’t really accept them for music and movies. With that said, these speakers are still better than the ones found on the Surface Pro 3.
System and apps: the minimalist approach
The KNote ships with Windows 10 Home and a valid license. Alldocube takes a minimalist approach when it comes to the user interface and applications. There’s not much preinstalled than the regular Windows 10 apps such as Groove Music, Cortana, Skype and Windows 10 Store.
There are quite a number of touchscreen friendly apps in Windows 10 store, you can get things like Hulu and Netflix for TV and movies. There’s also Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for social networking, Spotify for music, and Flipboard for news feeds…. But if you compare Windows 10 Store to the more established Google Play Store and Apple App Store, you will surely be disappointed. Not only is the Windows 10 store outmatched in the number of apps, most apps also fall short to their Android and iOS counterparts in terms of quality. You can also run traditional desktop Windows apps on the KNote. Productivity apps such as Microsoft Office 2016 and nEO iMAGING worked fine on the slate, so did most of the media playback apps. Whatever you can think of, you can find it on Windows. The KNote I received is a retail unit in mainland China, so the Windows it ships with is Windows 10 Home (Simplified Chinese), and I wasn’t able to install other language packs. Units sold overseas may be preinstalled with other versions of Windows 10 Home.
Performance: a portable friend for light tasks
The combination of the Intel Apollolake N3450 processor and Intel integrated graphics produced benchmark scores typical of the Celeron ilk.
In the cross-platform Antutu V6 test, the KNote scored 88,706, ranking behind most flagship Android smartphones.
In PCMark 8 Home Conventional, which measures overall system performance in a variety of tasks, the KNote was returned 1,311, on par with the scores of those Atom-based tablets.
In CineBench R15, which measures hardware and processing performance, the KNote scored 103cb in CPU and 10.76FPS in OpenGL.
The older CineBench R10 reported 1,331 for single-core and 4,162 for multi-core in the CPU rendering test.
In the Geekbench 4 CPU test, the KNote notched 1,376 in single-core and 3,925 in multi-score.
In the Fritz Chess Benchmark, the KNote scored 2,628. The thing that confused me was that the Teclast X3 Plus came with an internal set-up almost identical to the KNote, yet it beat its Alldocube counterpart in almost every benchmark test.
The 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited test mainly measures the GPU performance of a device, and the KNote scored 20,352 in it.
The KNote has 128GB eMMc internal storage, which is definitely no match for the SSD used in high-end ultrabooks in terms of speed, but still scored more points than most HDD in the AS SSD Benchmark test.
You won't be doing video production with it, or using it in your photo studio, but at least it can run Photoshop, which some budget laptops are unable to do. But lightweight tasks such as emails, web surfing, business documents, and media consumption didn’t really challenge the KNote, as it stayed smooth and responsive most of the time. Thanks to the 6GB RAM, the tablet can also handle a fair amount of multi-tasking. You can watch a video and browse through some image-loaded webpages at the same time without hiccups and delays.
As expected for affordable detachable hybrids, 3D gaming isn't a strong suit. When we tested it on both Heaven and Valley at medium detail settings and 1,920*1080 resolution, it turned in rates of a mere 7 and 8 frames per second (fps), respectively, while we consider 30fps the threshold for smooth gameplay. With that said, most games we installed from Windows 10 store did run smoothly, game lovers could still enjoy some light gaming with the KNote.
We expected a long battery life from convertibles, and we couldn’t say we were too satisfied with the KNote, which played our test video for 7 hours, 25 minutes before shutting down (under the settings of 50% brightness, 50% volume through the speakers). Although it still betters an average laptop, it falls short of the Lenovo Miix 320, which turned in a phenomenal 12:26, and the Asus T102HA, which we timed at 14:14.
Cameras and Connectivity
The Alldocube KNote has dual cameras: a 2MP selfie camera on the front and a 5MP main camera on the rear. Both cameras disappoint in terms of image quality, and the rear camera is almost useless as even the lowest end smartphone could take better photos.
There’re dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, G-sensor on board. The Type-C port could be transformed into an Ethernet port, or an HDMI, or a full USB 3.0 Type-A port with different adapters. If the 128GB storage isn’t enough for you, you can double it up with a Micro SD card.
Verdict
Priced at $355 (with keyboard cover included), the Alldocube KNote is not cheap. In fact it is priced higher than the Alldocube Mix Plus, which offers a beefier Core M3-7Y30 processor, a faster SSD and stylus support. However, the KNote has a more modern and interesting design, a bigger and better display, and a better-looking keyboard. It really comes down to what is more important for you when choosing between these two. Personally, I would still recommend the Mix Plus, simply for its ability to run heavier applications, although its 10.6-inch display may be too small for serious productivity tasks sometimes.
We wouldn’t recommend anyone to use the KNote as their only PC, especially for those keen on gaming and creativity work. If you already have a powerhouse PC or laptop, and only need a portable friend for media consumption and some light tasks on business trips, the slate is worth looking at.
Hi,
I'm going to buy Knote and I'd like to buy also a capacitive pen, but I can't find any information about compatibility. Can you help me? Thank you.
DrJops said:
Hi,
I'm going to buy Knote and I'd like to buy also a capacitive pen, but I can't find any information about compatibility. Can you help me? Thank you.
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Any capacitive pen which works with your phone or tablet should work fine with the KNote, but please kind in mind that the KNote's screen isn't sensitive to pressure, so don't expect it to take notes like the Mix Plus does.
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hello, i have alldocube knote and a already re install it. when installed, the touch screen and the sound driver doesnt work. can u help me? i need driver hid compliant touch screen and sound card driver.
dbloonk said:
hello, i have alldocube knote and a already re install it. when installed, the touch screen and the sound driver doesnt work. can u help me? i need driver hid compliant touch screen and sound card driver.
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use installed a random windows 10 pack or the rom from Allfocube?
It is clear that the biggest problem of this machine is Windows 10.
jupiter2012 said:
use installed a random windows 10 pack or the rom from Allfocube?
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i used driver for alldocube knote 5, but doesnt work. i download from officialy website.. i have not tried win10 yet.. i will update if it work. hopefully.. thanks
avensis18 said:
It is clear that the biggest problem of this machine is Windows 10.
so? must i try using win8 on it?
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jupiter2012 said:
use installed a random windows 10 pack or the rom from Allfocube?
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the touch screen work, but not work perfectly. like ghost touch. and sound still didnt work, what must i do now?
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Also
dbloonk said:
avensis18 said:
It is clear that the biggest problem of this machine is Windows 10.
so? must i try using win8 on it?
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the touch screen work, but not work perfectly. like ghost touch. and sound still didnt work, what must i do now?
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Did you solve the problem? Im having the same problem and the screen is impossible to use.
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Hi everyone,
Just here to leave a link for the Alldocube Knote Drivers:
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The good
Solid build quality.
IPS display.
USB-C port.
Low price.
The bad
The touchscreen isn’t the most responsive.
Do small Android tablets still have a place in the world? They’re not the trend they once were, and even Samsung — the one company making 7-inch tablets that sell in quantity — has stopped releasing smaller Android slates. The budget-friendly Galaxy Tab A, and the premium Galaxy Tab S6 released in 2019 are both 10.5-inch models. For other companies such as Huawei and Xiaomi, 8-inch is the new threshold for small tablets. It is not hard to see why, as 6.5-inch smartphones are becoming a norm, who still needs a 7-inch tablet?
But Alldocube, a Chinese company known for making budget slates, still has faith in the smallest form of Android tablets. They recently released a super-cheap 7-inch tablet called the iPlay 7T, which comes with a Unisoc SC9832E processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 4G and phone functions, Android 9 Pie, AI and a price tag of just $69.99. Who is this tablet marketing towards? Are the specs enough for day-to-day use? Let’s find out in this review.
Specs
Model: Alldocube iPlay 7T
Operating system: Android 9 Pie
Display: 7-inch IPS display (1280*720px)
Screen: 5-point multi-touch screen
Processor: Unisoc SC9832E (Quad 1.4GHz Cortex-A53 CPU, Mali-820MP1 GPU)
RAM: 2GB
ROM: 16GB, expandable with MicroSD card up to 256GB
Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz
Mobile Network: GSM, WCDMA, FDD-LTE, TDD-LTE
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0
Positioning: GPS
Ports: USB-C port*1, 3.5mm audio jack*1, microSD card slot*1, SIM card slot*2
Battery: 2800mAh Li-Po battery
Size: 190*98*9.9mm
Weight: 224g
Retail Package: iPlay 7T tablet*1, USB-C cable*1, Manual*1, Wall charger*1
Retail Package
iPlay 7T tablet*1, USB-C cable*1, Manual*1, Wall charger*1
Design and Build
As can be expected, the iPlay 7T has a plastic chassis, which doesn’t feel premium. Since it is matte black, the tablet doesn’t look too cheap, either. With relatively small bezels on the left and right sides of the 7-inch display, the screen-to-body ratio of this device is actually quite decent, and you can easily hold it in one hand.
There are a VGA front-facing camera, an earpiece, and multiple sensors sitting above the display.
The power/standby key and the volume rocker are hosted on the right side. Both buttons have decent travel and rebound quickly.
The top side plays host to a USB-C port. I was actually expecting a cheaper Micro USB port on such a budget device, so a Type-C port here is really a pleasant surprise. Well done, Alldocube!
Opening the lid on the back side, you can find a microSD card slot and two SIM card slots.
You can also find a 2MP camera on the rear side of the slate.
Finding a 3.5mm headphone jack on the bottom side of the slate is another nice surprise for me.
The tablet measures 190*98*9.9mm and weighs 224g. The build quality is decent, as the 7T feels quite robust in the hand. There’re no ugly mold lines on the matte black plastic shell, either.
Screen
The 7T sports a 7-inch IPS display at the resolution of 1280*720. With a pixel density of 210 PPI, the screen is not particularly sharp, but it is still not easy to pick out individual pixels in everyday use. The colors are not the most accurate, as light colors tend to look a bit paler than we would have liked, but they are still way better than the colors on an average TN panel. The screen also offers decent brightness and amazing viewing angle, outdoor visibility is also good.
Being 7-inch, the iPlay 7T’s display is still significantly larger than the Huawei Mate 20 Pro’s 6.39-inch screen, although it carries far fewer pixels.
The 16:9 aspect ratio is ideal for watching videos, as most online clips can fill up the whole screen, without leaving black bars. But the 720P screen resolution means you won’t be able to take full advantage of 1080P and 4K videos offered by YouTube or similar platforms.
The touchscreen is not the most responsive. Although every touch still registers, it just doesn’t feel so smooth as the screens on our flagship smartphones.
Audio
The built-in back-firing speaker of the 7T can get very loud. But the sound lacks texture and details, the treble tends to sound extremely harsh at the highest volume. Whenever I am listening to music or watching some serious videos, I need to have the Jabra Elite 65e wireless headphones in my ears.
Software
The iPlay 7T runs stock Android 9.0 Pie out of the box. Preinstalled apps have been kept to the minimum, but you still get a full suite of Google apps, including the must-have Gmail, Play Store, YouTube, Maps, etc.
The tablet also supports OTA upgrade, which is ideal if you hate learning how to flash the firmware.
Performance
The 7T rocks a Unisoc SC9832E processor, which has a quad core CPU (4 Cortex-A53) running at 1.4Hz and Mali-T820MP1 GPU, and uses the 28nm HPC+ process. There’s also 2GB RAM on board to take care of multi-tasking and 16GB internal storage for apps and files. Meizu also uses the same internals for their C9 smartphone, a model that gained a lot of popularity in the Indian market.
As expected, the slate is no benchmark king, as it only scored 63857 in Antutu V7.
The eMMc storage isn’t very fast, either. In the Androbench test, the sequential read and write speeds are respectively 93.51MB/s and 32.84MB/S.
In the real-life use, the tablet is smooth if you don’t stress it too much. We didn’t experience frequent hiccups or delays when watching videos in the YouTube app, liking posts on Facebook and Instagram. But loading too many webpages in Chrome at the same time, or having too many big apps running in the background will result in stutters, delays and slower responses.
The device is also capable of running less demanding 3D games installed from Play Store at acceptable frame rates, but it is clearly not designed for intense gaming, as the less sensitive touchscreen and relatively weak GPU won’t really guarantee you a smooth and enjoyable experience.
Connectivity
The 7T supports 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz WiFi, so it won’t pick up 5GHz Wi-Fi hotspots. Wireless connection is generally stable, though. The device also supports 4G mobile networks and full phone functionalities, you can even hold it to your face to make phone calls, thanks to the built-in earpiece. There are also Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS on board whenever you need them.
Cameras
Both cameras on the 7T are sub-par in specs when compared to the lens found on modern budget smartphones. And it’s highly unlikely the slate will ever be someone’s primary camera. The main 2MP camera is capable of scanning QR codes, but the pictures it takes won’t be used as Instagram material, unless you don’t really care about what people think about your page. The front VGA camera can be useful for video-chatting when there’s no phone or laptop within your reach, but you won’t ever want to use it for selfies.
Battery Life
The slate only packs a 2800mAh cell, but still manages to give me around 5 hours of screen time on a full charge, thanks to the lower-resolution display and the less powerful CPU. Foraverage users like myself, it is a two-day tablet. But for intense media consumers, charging the slate on a daily basis is inevitable.
Verdict
There’s not a lot to like about the Alldocube iPlay 7T, it is an entry-level tablet with the most basic specs. But there’s not much to dislike about it, either. At $69.99, this slate offers as much as it could within the budget. It is a nice substitute for media consumption when we want to give our smartphones a rest, the 4G and full phone functionalities will also come in handy in the time of need. However, in a world where almost all phones pack 6-inch plus displays and fast charging, there’s not much room left for a 7-inch tablet, even one with full phone functionalities to fit in.
Jupit3r said:
The good
Solid build quality.
IPS display.
USB-C port.
Low price.
The bad
The touchscreen isn’t the most responsive.
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Good Review, Sir.
I interesting with this iplay 7t, I wonder what it's sensors ? Could you please screen shoot for it's sensors ?
Does it has hotspot mode ?
Which is the Android version? I mean: is it 32 or 64bit? I plan to use it with DJI Fly App and this app works only on 64bits hardware and OS.
Did you try GPS precision and speed?
How much does it take to fix after booting up the tablet?
I am in search of a not too expensive tablet for my car, at the moment I'm using an old nexus 7 2013 but it takes minutes to fix after boot and it's not precise.
thank you.
Daneell_87 said:
Did you try GPS precision and speed?
How much does it take to fix after booting up the tablet?
I am in search of a not too expensive tablet for my car, at the moment I'm using an old nexus 7 2013 but it takes minutes to fix after boot and it's not precise.
thank you.
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I am not sure the if the GPS could work ideally.
dd230774 said:
Good Review, Sir.
I interesting with this iplay 7t, I wonder what it's sensors ? Could you please screen shoot for it's sensors ?
Does it has hotspot mode ?
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Yes, it has wifi hotspot.
Can you take a picture of the battery? I would like to use this tablet without a battery, with direct power from the power supply. Thanks
tomisoftnr said:
Can you take a picture of the battery? I would like to use this tablet without a battery, with direct power from the power supply. Thanks
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R u asking me to disassemble this device?
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The good:
1. Great build quality.
2. Clear and sharp display.
3. Quad speakers.
4. Solid performance.
5. MicroSD card support.
6. 4G and Phone functions.
The bad:
1. No fingerprint reader.
2. Sub-par battery life and charging speed
3. Slow storage.
After many years of market shrinking, we’ve finally seen a solid 26% increase in shipment of tablets in 2020. Alldocube, a Chinese company well-known for making affordable Android slates, has released quite a number of models last year. The Alldocube iPlay 40 is the latest addition to their lineup, and may very well be the best yet.
Main Specs
Operating system: Android 10.0
Screen: 10.4-inch In-Cell IPS display @2000*1200px
Processor: Unisoc T618
CPU: Octa-Core (4*Cortex [email protected] + 6*Cortex [email protected]), 12nm process
GPU: Mali-G52MP
RAM: 8GB LPDDR4
ROM: 128GB eMMc 5.1 (supports expansion up to 2TB)
Battery: 3.8V/6000mAh Li-Po battery
Cameras: 5MP front / 8MP main
Speakers: Quad speakers
Wi-Fi: 802.11a/b/g/n, 5GHz/2.4GHz dual-band
Mobile networks: 4G (FDD-LTE/TDD-LTE), 3G (TD-SCDMA/WCDMA), 2G (GSM)
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 5.0
Ports: USB-C port, MicroSD card slot, SIM card slot
Buttons: Power/standby key, volume rocker
Size: 248.1*157.86*8.2mm, Weight: 475g
Nice-looking design and great build quality
The Alldocube iPlay 40 looks neat and elegant. The curved sides give the slate an air of luxury. The bezels around the screen are quite small, but enough for us to avoid accidental touches while gripping and holding the tablet. No, it won’t match the amazing designs of the Apple iPad Pro or the Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+, but for a budget tablet, it is still very nice. A front-facing camera can be found above the display (in vertical mode), the rest of the front looks clean, and you won’t even find any branding.
The tablet has a back side made of glass fiber, which looks like metal, but feels much smoother in hand.
Apart from the model name, the camera and LED flash besides it are the only distraction. The entire backside of the tablet looks clean, simple and stylish, and gives the tablet a much more premium look than the price tag suggests.
Quad speakers are no longer a luxury only high-end tablets can afford to have. When holding the iPlay 40 horizontally, the left and right side are each home to two speakers. There’s also a Type-C port on the left side of the slate.
The tablet supports 4G, as well as storage expansion. The SIM card tray is able to carry 2 nano SIM cards or the combination of 1 nano SIM card and a MicroSD card.
There are two physical buttons on the top side of the slate: a power/standby key and a volume rocker.
The iPlay 40 measures 2248.1*157.86*8.2mm, and weighs 475g. It does not fit in our hands as well as those 8-inchers do, and you can basically forget about one-handed use, but the device didn’t burden our hands too much, either, thanks to the slim and lightweight build. As thin as it is, the iPlay 40 still feels quite robust, even physically twisting the tablet doesn’t reveal excess movement. The overall build quality of this slate is as good as that of the Lenovo Tab P11, which many consider to be the best budget tablet to date.
One thing that does bother me is the absence of a fingerprint reader, which could have made unlocking the screen a lot easier. Fortunately, the iPlay 40 supports 2D face unlock, which isn’t as secure as fingerprint, but almost as convenient.
Decent screen and sound
The Alldocube iPlay 40 sports a gorgeous 10.4-inch IPS display. Resolution clocks in at 2,000 by 1,200, for 225 pixels per inch. With deep blacks and rich colors, the display is really a joy to look at. Color accuracy is also good, and the screen is bright enough to use in any scenario.
The iPlay 40’s display uses the standard sRGBW matrix, sharpness is good and, while I don’t think color calibration or the screen architecture match the AMOLED display found on Alldocube’s X Neo, or the OLED panel on Lenovo’s Tab P11 Pro, this is still one of the better screens you’ll find on a budget tablet. When compared to the Lenovo Tab P11’s 11-inch LCD panel, the iPlay 40’s screen is much brighter.
The UI also allows users to adjust color temperature of the display to get the best visual experience.
Not just videos and photos look nice. The lightweight nature means it’s also an excellent ebook reader alternative, I changed the background color to a paper-like tone, it didn’t tire my eyes.
As mentioned earlier, the Alldocube iPlay 40 offers 4 side-firing speakers, which can go very loud. Although these built-in speakers can sound a little harsh at the highest volume, and lacks the bass and soundstage produced by the Quad JBL tuned speakers found on the Lenovo Tab P11 Pro. Still, they are much better than similarly priced Android slates and are definitely good enough for YouTube and Tik Tok.
Unfortunately, the iPlay 40 doesn’t come with 3.5mm audio jack like Alldocube’s previous models. You will need to use a USB-C to 3.5mm adapter if you want wired headphones, but who doesn’t own a pair of wireless headphones in this era?
Improved UI
The iPlay 40 runs on Alldocube’s new customized skin on top of Android 10.
Although Alldocube made a huge deal about this new UI in their ads, I personally haven’t found any significant improvement over stock Android besides features such as better-looking icons, gesture controls and smart motions, features we have seen on mainstream tablets for years. With that said, I still think it’s an important step in the right direction.
Unfortunately, the Android ecosystem is going towards a direction which is less and less tablet-friendly. Many of the customized tablet applications in Play Store were released years ago and haven’t been updated for a long time. As a result, most of the apps we tried on the iPlay 40 were just phone apps blown up to fill the 10.4-inch screen, with the majority of them only supporting vertical mode. The ideal solution would be something like Samsung’s Dex Mode or Lenovo’s productivity mode, but Alldocube, as expected, doesn’t offer similar features in their slates.
Solid performance
The Alldocube iPlay 40 is powered by Unisoc’s T618 processor, which has an octa-core CPU (2 Cores of Cortex-A75 clocked at 2.0GHz and 6 cores of Cortex-A55 clocked at 2.0GHz) and ARM’s Mali-G52MP GPU.
This chipset was released in 2020 and built on 12nm process, so it is relatively new, and it offers better performance than MediaTek’s P60 or Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 66X, which are the most commonly used SoC. In budget and midrange tablets. There’s also 8GB LPDDR4 RAM inside the slate to handle multitasking.
The iPlay 40 has easily beaten other budget tablets in Antutu and Geekbench 5. Even the Teclast M40, which is powered by the same Unisoc T618 chipset, scored significantly lower than the iPlay 40 in both tests.
In the GPU-focused 3DMark Slingshot Extreme test, the iPlay 40 was also returned with decent scores.
The storage inside of the iPlay 40 is relatively slow. The Sequential Read speed is only 106.27mb/s in Androbench’s readings, falling behind most other entry-level tablets including Alldocube’s very own iPlay 30, which was released three months ago. But in comparison, Teclast uses even lower-quality storage in both of their M40 and P20HD.
In the real-world use, the Unisoc T618 processor actually offers more than enough horsepower to drive the tablet for the tasks it is intended for. The iPlay 40 is smooth and responsive most of the time, I had no issues watching 4K YouTube videos in Chrome, with many other image-heavy webpages loading at the same time. The slate is also capable of keeping many big applications running in the background, thanks to its whooping 8GB RAM.
However, the iPlay 40 isn’t the best video decoder, as it scored only 827 in Antutu video tester, but for those normal video formats, you always have the choice to use software decoding. I’ve tried many clips and the slate can play all of them smoothly.
Gaming should not be your main reason to buy a tablet. With that said, the iPlay 40 can run most games installed from Play Store without issues. I tried Asphalt 9, PUBG and Arena of Valor, all of them can run smoothly at moderate settings.
Superb connectivity
The iPlay 40 supports dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.0, 4G and full phone functionalities. It won’t have fancy features like 5G and WiFi-6, but we don’t expect it to.
The 128GB internal storage should be sufficient for most users. For those who need more, the tablet supports a TF card of up to 2TB!
Basic cameras
There are two cameras on the iPlay 40, a front-facing 5MP camera and an 8MP main camera. Those cameras can be useful for unlocking, video-chatting, and scanning QR code, but you won’t want to “archive your life” with them. Even in perfectly-lit conditions, most photos I took with the main camera were either over-exposed or under-exposed, and there wasn’t much life to them. In low light, the photos were simply horrible. In an era when most entry-level smartphones come with dual or triple camera setups, there is really no place for tablet photography.
Subpar battery life and charging speed
The Alldocube iPlay 40 houses a 6000mAh Li-Po battery, smaller than the capacity of most of its peers. Even with a more power-efficient processor, the iPlay 40 still only gives me around 7 hours’ screen time on a full charge.
With display brightness and speaker volume both set at 50%, the iplay 40 lasted 7 hours and 55 minutes in our battery rundown test, where we played a 1080P video on loop.
This iPlay 40 doesn’t support any form of quick charge. The supplied wall charger is rated 10W (5V-2A), a full charge (0%→100%) takes about 4 hours. In comparison, the Lenovo Tab P11 comes with a 20W QC3.0 charger, while the Smasung Galaxy Tab A7 supports 15W charging.
Verdict: an all-around tablet with some minor compromises
The Alldocube iPlay 40 isn’t designed to break any new grounds, but it is an Android tablet which gets a lot of essential things right. It has a sharp and colorful display, which makes it ideral for video streaming, web-browsing and even light gaming. The T618 processor offers more than enough power for everyday tasks. 4G and phone functionalities means the tablet can be a serviceable phone whenever needed.
The absence of a fingerprint reader, slow storage and low battery capacity could all be potential deal breakers for many, but for a tablet priced as low as the iPlay 40, it’s really unfair to ask for perfection. With UFS 2.1 storage, higher quality speakers and much, much better cameras, the Lenovo Tab P11 is still a superior piece of tech in many aspects. But if horsepower is on top of your priorities when choosing a tablet, you won’t get anything better than the iPlay 40 in the same price range.
Nice review, battery life, no audio jack and memory speed are deal breakers for me. They should release something with this design, but the size of iPad Pro, with way bigger battery, faster memories, audio jack, better cameras (at least front one) and a bit faster charging speed, it would have no competition in Android's environment, I'd willingly fork more for those upgrades. Seems they also support a stylus made by alldocube itself which looks pretty good.
Very thorough review! kudos
Great review. Anything known about GPS functionality/ accuracy? Does it have hardware compass?
I would like to use it for navigation on a boat.
Love the IPS display.
Does this tablet also supports 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity - like alldocube iplay 30?. And also support a pressure-sensitive stylus an also has palm-rejection, glove detection, etc. ? Thanks
Hihi, can you redo on the storage speed test? It is a very weird result with writing speed much faster than reading speed. Seems impossible. Thanks.
This looks tempting. I saw a preview review saying it doesn't support HD Netflix/Amazon. I didn't see this mentioned, can the reviewer confirm?
And if so, are there any hacks to get around this?
Bunjit said:
This looks tempting. I saw a preview review saying it doesn't support HD Netflix/Amazon. I didn't see this mentioned, can the reviewer confirm?
And if so, are there any hacks to get around this?
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No Widevine L1, so no HD content on Netflix and Amazon.
Eugenecctan said:
Hihi, can you redo on the storage speed test? It is a very weird result with writing speed much faster than reading speed. Seems impossible. Thanks.
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I've done it multiple times, similar result each time.
yes
d_fens said:
Does this tablet also supports 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity - like alldocube iplay 30?. And also support a pressure-sensitive stylus an also has palm-rejection, glove detection, etc. ? Thanks
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User Without a Name said:
Great review. Anything known about GPS functionality/ accuracy? Does it have hardware compass?
I would like to use it for navigation on a boat.
Love the IPS display.
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it does have hardware compass.
Нужен рут !!!
Прошивку для планшета пока не нашел.
I got random rebooting on my unit..anyone experienced the same? Any solution on this?already do factory resetting..
H x H 026 said:
I got random rebooting on my unit..anyone experienced the same? Any solution on this?already do factory resetting..
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It's hardware problem, suggest returning to the supplier for replacement.
Is there a pressure sensitive stylus available for the iPlay 40? I'm weighing up between the iPlay 30 and the 40 and a pressure sensitive Stylus is a must for what I want to use it for.
Thanks in advance.
H x H 026 said:
I got random rebooting on my unit..anyone experienced the same? Any solution on this?already do factory resetting..
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I had the same issue with a Teclast tablet recently, and I suspected a hardware issue too at first. But it was probably a problem with one of the apps i had installed. I suggest a factory reset, test, and install your apps one at a time. Of course if factory reset with no apps installed (DO NOT load any backup before testing! ) doesn't solve those reboots, then use the waranty.
Thanks for the great review. I saw that you answered the question about having the 4,096 levels of pressure on the screen. Were you able to find a stylus to work with this? And about gaming, have any idea if it may run any modern emulator (PSP, Gamecube, Wii, 3DS)? DO you think it fares better than the S6 lite?
H x H 026 said:
I got random rebooting on my unit..anyone experienced the same? Any solution on this?already do factory resetting..
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i also experience the same but then it escalates. my unit went into bootloop and i'm unable to hard reset (power+volume up). I appreciate any suggestion that might help.
Could i flash GSI LinageOS Rom on this Device?