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I have received my Ambrane A77 tablet today. Tested it extensively... Here is my short review...
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I got the white one, as requested to the seller.
The Good
The tablet looks very beautiful, built quality is decent and the tablet is very sturdy.
Front facing camera is clear and fast. Watching HQ videos is a decent experience. Speaker sound is a little low, but ok.
Wifi connects fine, but don't get full signal on tablet. My other devices get full signal in that area.
I played Raging Thunder on it... G-sensors are responsive and game played well without lag.
Included in the box is a wire to attach OTG USB drives or data sticks. Also some cheap earphones which you would never use.
The Bad
It comes loaded with Android 4.0.3. It is very buggy and there are frequent app closes while using.
I was lied to while buying the tablet. On the website, they say the processor is 1.5 GHZ, but infact it is only 1 GHz processor.
Instead of 512 MB RAM, I have only 350 MB RAM.
There is only 1 GB space for apps and 2 GB for other files. Rest of the space is taken up by OS and partitions data...
The tablet is very slow because of low RAM. Frequently unresponsive. Browsing is very hard with all the phantom link presses. You hit one link, and actually another one gets clicked...
The touchscreen is pathetic. The upper right corner is completely unresponsive to touch. Even tapping on app icons in that location is hard. Touch hardly registers at all. Viewing angles are not great, but okay for personal use.
Typing on the tablet is almost impossible because of phanton key presses. You type one key, and another key from another location gets hit. Back button gets hit without even coming close to it.
Playing any games requiring swipes or key presses is very hard. I could hardly play Angry birds on it... Even pinch to zoom action of pictures or webpages is a challenge.
Placement of physical buttons on the bezel is very bad. Accidental key presses there all the time while using the tablet. And sometimes without coming close to the buttons. I noticed it while browsing the web on Dolphin browser. It keeps asking me if I want to clear the cache before exiting. But I never pressed the back button! Then I knew something was wrong and back button got phantom pressed all the time...
Adding to injury, it has a proprietary charging port with cheap as* charger. No MicroUSB charging...
Conclusion
I have changed the default keyboard and launcher. But the problem still persists to some extent. Tried recalibrating the screen, but didn't work. The tablet is pre-rooted. All we have to do is install SuperUser from appstore and we are good to go. Tested Titanium backup to remove some crapware from the tablet.
It could have been a decent entry level tablet if the touchscreen was better and ROM was not buggy. And slightly more RAM please. My 20 month old entry level LG Optimus One can run circles around this tablet...
I have asked ShopClues to take back the tablet and give me a refund, because of manufacturing defect. Hopefully, they will respond soon and I will send back the defective tablet.
All in all, it is a piece of junk. Do not buy...
*i.imgur.com/tyCKI.jpg
*i.imgur.com/iNZKo.jpg
*i.imgur.com/Bd54Z.jpg
*i.imgur.com/HhJuT.jpg
I got the white one, as requested to the seller.
The Good
The tablet looks very beautiful, built quality is decent and the tablet is very sturdy.
Front facing camera is clear and fast. Watching HQ videos is a decent experience. Speaker sound is a little low, but ok.
Wifi connects fine, but don't get full signal on tablet. My other devices get full signal in that area.
I played Raging Thunder on it... G-sensors are responsive and game played well without lag.
Included in the box is a wire to attach OTG USB drives or data sticks. Also some cheap earphones which you would never use.
The Bad
It comes loaded with Android 4.0.3. It is very buggy and there are frequent app closes while using.
I was lied to while buying the tablet. On the website, they say the processor is 1.5 GHZ, but infact it is only 1 GHz processor.
Instead of 512 MB RAM, I have only 350 MB RAM.
There is only 1 GB space for apps and 2 GB for other files. Rest of the space is taken up by OS and partitions data...
The tablet is very slow because of low RAM. Frequently unresponsive. Browsing is very hard with all the phantom link presses. You hit one link, and actually another one gets clicked...
The touchscreen is pathetic. The upper right corner is completely unresponsive to touch. Even tapping on app icons in that location is hard. Touch hardly registers at all. Viewing angles are not great, but okay for personal use.
Typing on the tablet is almost impossible because of phanton key presses. You type one key, and another key from another location gets hit. Back button gets hit without even coming close to it.
Playing any games requiring swipes or key presses is very hard. I could hardly play Angry birds on it... Even pinch to zoom action of pictures or webpages is a challenge.
Placement of physical buttons on the bezel is very bad. Accidental key presses there all the time while using the tablet. And sometimes without coming close to the buttons. I noticed it while browsing the web on Dolphin browser. It keeps asking me if I want to clear the cache before exiting. But I never pressed the back button! Then I knew something was wrong and back button got phantom pressed all the time...
Adding to injury, it has a proprietary charging port with cheap as* charger. No MicroUSB charging...
Conclusion
I have changed the default keyboard and launcher. But the problem still persists to some extent. Tried recalibrating the screen, but didn't work. The tablet is pre-rooted. All we have to do is install SuperUser from appstore and we are good to go. Tested Titanium backup to remove some crapware from the tablet.
It could have been a decent entry level tablet if the touchscreen was better and ROM was not buggy. And slightly more RAM please. My 20 month old entry level LG Optimus One can run circles around this tablet...
I have asked ShopClues to take back the tablet and give me a refund, because of manufacturing defect. Hopefully, they will respond soon and I will send back the defective tablet.
All in all, it is a piece of junk. Do not buy...
Com'on man..