China Tablets to recommend

[yoman8]

HELP IN DECISION

Hi Guys,

Have been looking for a MIC tablet for few days,

Deciding between YuanDao Mini One, U35GT2, U55GT, and U39GT.

Anyone with the above tablet can give some advice would be highly appreciated!

 

[Taveren]

Hi Guys,

Have been looking for a MIC tablet for few days,

Deciding between YuanDao Mini One, U35GT2, U55GT, and U39GT.

Anyone with the above tablet can give some advice would be highly appreciated!

Browse a couple pages back, I posted some impressions on the U39GT.

 

[Taveren]

Somewhere at page 4 already me thinks

 

[yoman8]

Browse a couple pages back, I posted some impressions on the U39GT.

Hey Taveren, I saw ur post on 39GT earlier. Cool sharing.

May I ask is it heavy over long usage? how is the responsive of the screen? THANKS!

 

[kwokym]

Hi Guys,

Have been looking for a MIC tablet for few days,

Deciding between YuanDao Mini One, U35GT2, U55GT, and U39GT.

Anyone with the above tablet can give some advice would be highly appreciated!

I've got both the Mini One and U35Gt2.


Mini One (Cons)
No light sensor.
Have to wait for all the icons to appear after every start-up, otherwise will auto off.

U35GT2 (Cons)
WiFi range very short.
HDMI output too near the 2.5mm power jack.

Other than the above, both tablets are okay.
Interface-wise, U35GT2 much smoother, metal buttons, aloy back, so it feels good in your hands.

Mini One feels a little plastic and the buttons are indeed plastic, doesn't feel as awesome.

 

[Taveren]

Hey Taveren, I saw ur post on 39GT earlier. Cool sharing.

May I ask is it heavy over long usage? how is the responsive of the screen? THANKS!

For me its not heavy at all bro, responsiveness good and the display is superb but I only use it indoors so not sure if the brightness is enough outdoors.

My only gripe so far is you cannot charge via usb, must use the 2.5mm charging port but aside from that everything seems to be working well.

 

[yoman8]

I've got both the Mini One and U35Gt2.


Mini One (Cons)
No light sensor.
Have to wait for all the icons to appear after every start-up, otherwise will auto off.

U35GT2 (Cons)
WiFi range very short.
HDMI output too near the 2.5mm power jack.

Other than the above, both tablets are okay.
Interface-wise, U35GT2 much smoother, metal buttons, aloy back, so it feels good in your hands.

Mini One feels a little plastic and the buttons are indeed plastic, doesn't feel as awesome.

Thanks kwokym! Very informative sharing.

What do u mean waiting for icon to appear during startup, -like power up from shutdown? or from standby?-

Also can i ask about the screen display quality difference and any big difference in dimension/weight ?

Thanks in advance!

 

[yoman8]

For me its not heavy at all bro, responsiveness good and the display is superb but I only use it indoors so not sure if the brightness is enough outdoors.

My only gripe so far is you cannot charge via usb, must use the 2.5mm charging port but aside from that everything seems to be working well.

Thanks Taveren,

U mentioned that the battery dropped ard 40% in 3hrs right?

So far how is the battery experience ?

Does it last 4hrs for a full charge?

 

[Taveren]

Thanks Taveren,

U mentioned that the battery dropped ard 40% in 3hrs right?

So far how is the battery experience ?

Does it last 4hrs for a full charge?

Did I? sorry can't remember, but I did mention the wifi was (and still is) fluctuating from 80-50%

 

[Taveren]

I have only been doing some browsing around 3 hours including the time I just leave it on for a while.

from approx. 80% charge it was down to around 40% (was that what you mention that I said ) and it does not heat up at all.

Another con for me is its very hard to find a case because the U39GT size of 9" is not that common....... so you might want to factor that in

 

[Audiology93]

Hi Guys,

Have been looking for a MIC tablet for few days,

Deciding between YuanDao Mini One, U35GT2, U55GT, and U39GT.

Anyone with the above tablet can give some advice would be highly appreciated!

have u considered the ifive X2? 8.9" with 1920x1200 screen.

 

[yoman8]

have u considered the ifive X2? 8.9" with 1920x1200 screen.

Not bad, but not sure if the branding has future filmware support.

Did you purchased that? mind sharing ur experience ?

 

[surefire888]

Not bad, but not sure if the branding has future filmware support.

Did you purchased that? mind sharing ur experience ?

Another 8.9" (PLS screen - same screen as Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9) 1920x1200 tablet you can consider is the Pipo Max M7 Pro (RK3188, Mali 400, 1920x1200, 2GB Ram, Bluetooth & GPS, dual-band) -

PiPO M7 Pro - SlateDroid.com

Looks interesting but still waiting for more reviews. There are quite a few product introduction reviews by sellers (but not owners) over at youtube

Pipo seems to be quite active at firmware support judging from their web homepage

 

[Teo Ming Ern]

Thanks kwokym! Very informative sharing.

What do u mean waiting for icon to appear during startup, -like power up from shutdown? or from standby?-

Also can i ask about the screen display quality difference and any big difference in dimension/weight ?

Thanks in advance!

I have the Mini One as well... stock ROM, 4.1.1. Standby battery life isn't good... at most one day... if the battery is flat, and you're charging, you can't power on the tablet. You've got to unplug the power cable. Not sure if it's just my table. Battery drains quite fast. I usually do light browsing... but it's a second tablet and so is hardly used. When you cold boot the tablet, you have wait a while for all the icons to appear before you can use the tablet. For example, I have a calendar widget, and there isn't any thing displayed where the widget is except for the placeholder. You've got to wait a a few minutes to have the system load all the widgets and icons, then you can use the tablet and everything will work smoothly...

 

[launm88]

Not bad, but not sure if the branding has future filmware support.

Did you purchased that? mind sharing ur experience ?

iFive brand has it own firmware support and has its own china 3rd party developers. Quite good, IMHO..lol .
I have a few types of MIC tablets, I find iFive tablets quite well build but quite expensive. Every MIC tablet has it own risk.

h ttp://www.5fans.com.cn/forum-79-1.html

There is also a 7.9" iFive mini3 , but only 1g ram
h ttp://www.ifive.com.cn/ifivemini3/index.html

 

[ieast]

I have the Mini One as well... stock ROM, 4.1.1. Standby battery life isn't good... at most one day... if the battery is flat, and you're charging, you can't power on the tablet. You've got to unplug the power cable. Not sure if it's just my table. Battery drains quite fast. I usually do light browsing... but it's a second tablet and so is hardly used. When you cold boot the tablet, you have wait a while for all the icons to appear before you can use the tablet. For example, I have a calendar widget, and there isn't any thing displayed where the widget is except for the placeholder. You've got to wait a a few minutes to have the system load all the widgets and icons, then you can use the tablet and everything will work smoothly...

Can I know what is the battery drain overnight?

I used to have a Hyundai Rock X 8.0 dual core, the drain is 5% per hour, which means through the 8 hour night, I would lose 40% power even tablet is sleeping, eventually the battery failed after 2 months.

My Toshiba 7.7 maybe just lost 5% overnight.

Anyone with 7.9 Mic with without battery drain problem?

 

[ieast]

I've got both the Mini One and U35Gt2.


Mini One (Cons)
No light sensor.
Have to wait for all the icons to appear after every start-up, otherwise will auto off.

U35GT2 (Cons)
WiFi range very short.
HDMI output too near the 2.5mm power jack.

Other than the above, both tablets are okay.
Interface-wise, U35GT2 much smoother, metal buttons, aloy back, so it feels good in your hands.

Mini One feels a little plastic and the buttons are indeed plastic, doesn't feel as awesome.

Do your tablets have the battery drain problem?
At most, I feel the acceptable drain overnight should not be more than 10%.

 

[tgtan38]

U shld upgrade ROM to 4.2.2, it improve on battery, Android Windows operating system and others... loh

I have the Mini One as well... stock ROM, 4.1.1. Standby battery life isn't good... at most one day... if the battery is flat, and you're charging, you can't power on the tablet. You've got to unplug the power cable. Not sure if it's just my table. Battery drains quite fast. I usually do light browsing... but it's a second tablet and so is hardly used. When you cold boot the tablet, you have wait a while for all the icons to appear before you can use the tablet. For example, I have a calendar widget, and there isn't any thing displayed where the widget is except for the placeholder. You've got to wait a a few minutes to have the system load all the widgets and icons, then you can use the tablet and everything will work smoothly...

 

[tgtan38]

have u considered the Pipo ultra U8 7.9"

Hi Guys,

Have been looking for a MIC tablet for few days,

Deciding between YuanDao Mini One, U35GT2, U55GT, and U39GT.

Anyone with the above tablet can give some advice would be highly appreciated!

 

[surefire888]

have u considered the Pipo ultra U8 7.9"

The Pipo Ultra 8 is a 7.9" 1024x768 tablet RRP = S$309 (although Fukuno sells it for less). For ard the same price (US$232), I would prefer to get the Pipo Max M7 Pro which is 8.9" with 1920x1200 - same RK3188, Mali 400 and 2GB Ram but includes built-in GPS & bluetooth. Only prob is Fukuno not selling it yet so need to buy online