Rating: 5/5
Review:
A very good budget Windows tablet
I was sent this Windows 10 tablet for my objective review. I think it is excellent, especially at this budget price.
The packaging is a nice, sturdy cardboard box in which you get the tablet itself, a mains charger (plug with micro-USB lead built in) and a micro-USB lead for data transfer or charging from a USB port. (There's no OTG lead, which is a shame, although they're very cheap and easy to get.) There's also a manual which I found pretty poor. The English is eccentric and although it's just about adequate a s a quick-start guide it's not much help, so if like me you're new to the touch-screen Windows 10, it can be a bit of a struggle.
The tablet seems very good. It seems robustly made; it's a bit weighty at 400g and it's almost 1cm thick, but I find it fine in use and it looks nice, I think. The back is white plastic but solid and the screen is very good to my eyes: it's bright with good, true colours and has a good tolerance of viewing angle. It has Bluetooth (which is very solid) and ports for micro-USB, microSD card, HDMI and 3.5mm jack so connectivity is good. Set-up was simple (after a bit of a wait for Widows to update itself), wi-fi connection was easy and remains solid and syncing with my Windows/Hotmail account was quick and trouble-free.
The specs are a little basic and in particular the cameras aren't great (2mp front, 0.5 mp rear), but the tablet performs very well for what I need. Battery life is around 4 hours with my usage which is enough for me It boots pretty quickly and programs run without any delays. I don't game or use social media and I don't multi-task much so I can't comment on these things; my usage is mainly TV, music, web browsing, email and some work in programs like Word and Excel. The tablet is just fine for all of these and everything I want just runs smoothly and without problems. Playing and streaming video is smooth. The speakers aren't bad for a tablet (which isn't saying much, I know) and through headphones or an external speaker the sound is excellent, both wired and via Bluetooth.
Pretty obviously, lots of Android apps don't run on a Windows tablet. I can do most of what I want (like watching TV) via the browser, which I find excellent, but if you have a lot of favourite Android apps you'd need to check carefully that you can do what you want in Windows 10. Where this tablet does score very highly is that it comes with Word, Powerpoint and Excel installed. If you want a tablet to work on and you use these programs, it's excellent, and data transfer is very simple to a PC.
Overall, I think this is a really good tablet at this price. It's well made and it just works for me. It will depend on what you want it for, but if a Windows tablet will suit your needs I can warmly recommend this one. It's excellent value and a good product which I enjoy using.
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