TECH REVIEW Simmtronics Xpad Mini
9,999/
Simmtronics has recently launched a slew of impressive tablets for the Indian market. The latest is the Xpad Mini — first of its kind at a sub 10,000 price.
The looks and unibody design of the Xpad Mini are heavily inspired by the Apple iPad mini. The front (including the bezel size and camera placement) is almost identical, just that there is no home button on the Xpad. The rear metal panel is similar to the iPad as well.
The 7.85-inch touchscreen has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. While the colours and viewing angles are impressive, we were able to see individual pixels when viewed closely. The Android buttons are on-screen — they remain in a persistent bar for most apps. Powered by a 1Ghz Allwinner quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and dual core PowerVR GPU, the tablet offers fantastic performance. We played full HD videos and various games on the tablet and it handled everything without an issue. Only with over 8 apps running in the background did we notice that multitasking and app switching became slightly sluggish.
As with many of the other budget tablets we have seen, images taken with the either of the cameras are useless — they're too grainy to be used for any purpose. Battery life on continuous video playback was five hours. It takes at least a couple of hours to charge back to 100%, even with a fast charger. At this price, it is fairly good value. If you can extend your budget, consider the Zync Quad 8 tablet that has much better specifications.
Simmtronics has recently launched a slew of impressive tablets for the Indian market. The latest is the Xpad Mini — first of its kind at a sub 10,000 price.
The looks and unibody design of the Xpad Mini are heavily inspired by the Apple iPad mini. The front (including the bezel size and camera placement) is almost identical, just that there is no home button on the Xpad. The rear metal panel is similar to the iPad as well.
The 7.85-inch touchscreen has a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. While the colours and viewing angles are impressive, we were able to see individual pixels when viewed closely. The Android buttons are on-screen — they remain in a persistent bar for most apps. Powered by a 1Ghz Allwinner quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and dual core PowerVR GPU, the tablet offers fantastic performance. We played full HD videos and various games on the tablet and it handled everything without an issue. Only with over 8 apps running in the background did we notice that multitasking and app switching became slightly sluggish.
As with many of the other budget tablets we have seen, images taken with the either of the cameras are useless — they're too grainy to be used for any purpose. Battery life on continuous video playback was five hours. It takes at least a couple of hours to charge back to 100%, even with a fast charger. At this price, it is fairly good value. If you can extend your budget, consider the Zync Quad 8 tablet that has much better specifications.
SPECIFICATIONS 7.95-inch (1024 x 600 pixels), 1Ghz quad core processor, 1GB
RAM, 8GB storage + microSD, 5MP/2MP camera, HDMI, Android 4.2.2, 4,000mAh
battery Impressive specs, good build quality with metal finish, high-quality
screen Heavily inspired by iPad Mini, cameras are near useless
KARAN BAJAJ ET130909
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