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Alldocube KNote Review: A Convertible with an 11.6-inch Display and 6GB RAM

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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.

driver
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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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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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:
h t t p s : / / techtablets. com / wpfb-file / cube-knote-drivers-doubledriver-dump-zip /
Hope it helps!

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better cameras, almost full screen and affordable price is the readon to buy 8x.

Because bootloader is not unlockable

I want to buy HONOR 8X because some reasons:
Big screen:
If you're a regular person watching movies, browsing the web or playing games ... on the mobile screen, the Honor 8X's screen will bring a very outstanding visual experience. It has a large screen with a size of up to 6.5 inches, thanks to a thin rabbit ears design with 19.5: 9 aspect ratio, but the Honor 8X screen has a display ratio of up to 91%
In addition, the Honor 8X has Full HD + resolution, giving high-resolution display images with medium color and brightness but a wide viewing angle. The screen border is also relatively compact and slim thanks to Honor using COF (chip-on-film) technology to optimize the screen border area.
High-end design:
Although shaped in the mid-range segment, the Honor 8X's design is clearly impressive. The machine possesses a metal frame combined with two sides of a 2.5D curved glass, which gives a luxurious, firm feel when held in hand
Notably, the Honor 8X's back glass is coated with a paint that can change color according to the angle of view or direct the light. In addition to the glossy blue and black versions, the device has a rather prominent red version.
Powerful hardware:
The power of the Honor 8X is powered by the eight-core Kirin 710 processor, which includes 4 cores Cortex-A73 high-performance high-speed 2.2GHz and 4-speed Cortex-A53 1.7 GHz. Besides, it has 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory
Real experience, the Honor 8X delivers fast opening and closing speed of applications, applications run smoothly, have low latency and meet popular titles. In addition to optimizing the demand for battle games, it also incorporates GPU Turbo technology, giving better graphics performance while reducing power consumption
For users who frequently use multitasking feature, 4GB RAM is good enough for common multi-tasking needs, ensuring smooth running of heavy applications and smooth multitasking.
AI Camera:
For imaging capabilities, the Honor 8X has a dual-camera camera on the back, in which the main camera is 20MP resolution, f / 1.8 aperture and 2MP sub-resolution camera, integrating AI for self dynamically identify 22 different types of objects in images and 500 real-time scripts, thereby optimizing the parameters to make photos look better
The Honor 8X camera app also features a Super Night shooting mode optimized for night photography, which can take long exposure shots without a tripod
The Honor 8X selfie camera has 16 MP resolution, f / 2.0 aperture, comes with various shooting modes such as beauty, sticker ... The shooting interface is quite simple, beauty mode has many levels. And the font erase feature can also adjust the background blur, focus point after shooting.
In addition, the other Honor 8x features include dual-band Wi-Fi, BT 5.0, 64GB internal memory, support for up to 400GB, NFC, face unlock, side fingerprint sensor after ... The Honor 8X comes with a 3.750mAh battery that is enough to run the device in one easy day.
Honor 8X is very good, i love it!!!
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I Want To Buy Honor 8x Because These Are The Features Attracts Me:
1) It has Amazing premium Glass design and build Quality which has now become hallmark of Honor devices. Beautiful design, almost no bezels
2) Sturdy performance Kirin 710 I think is much better than Sd 660 in all around performance..Thanks to Kirin 710
3) A 3750mAh battery under the hood, It will give 2 days awesome battery life
4) DUAL Sim+Dedicated Micro SD card Slot for adding more GB and extra storage to this device as per the need and usage.
5) The Honor 8X supports 4G VoLTE on both Sims..
6) It has 20MP AI dual camera that gives you a perfect output in every scenario,with every object

I want to buy honor 8x because of the following features...
1) my favorite feature is Smart Notification on lock screen. Just love it.
2) second things attract me is design of this phone and specially backside of the phone looks stunning.
3) another attraction is fingerprint gestures.
...
Many more....

Reasons I WANT to buy the Honor 8X:
1. GREAT PERFOMANCE.
Despite its low price the 8X does pack a Powerful Punch. The Kirin 710 in normal Day-to-Day use never lagged; at least on my friends phone. Opening of Social Apps is Quick and Most Apps don't lag. Since in Pakistan it costs about 35K its still a solid performer considering that many of the FlagShips cost 50k for the Poco and 112K for the OP6T. And for its current price it offers almost no difference in Day-to-Day normal use. And Games are smooth, no lags in PUBG, etc.
2. BATTERY.
The 3750 mAH Battery is more than sufficient for daily use. And can go for Two-Solid Days with Normal use like browsing Social Media. Or at least it did, On my Friends Phone. He usually Charges it overnight so I dunno. Its a solid performer.
3. CAMERA.
Now this is something that Legit surprised me. On Budget and Mid-Range phones a Solid Camera isn't what you normally expect. They are Average at best. The Honor 8X. It breaks that. Camera is solid. Some of the AI is also. Somethings that require improvement is the Beauty Algorithm. Seriously it makes you look as if you have a TON of Makeup On. Also the Dual-Camera are good both for Photo and Video. Dunno about 4K tho. AFAIK know its there but at [email protected] FPS. Oh well. You can't have it all.
4. Design.
EXCELLENT. Nothing more to say.
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Now I'm probably gonna Ruin my chances with this but it belongs here. And, Of course, Im talking about why I WOULDNT buy the 8X.
Ill just make this one long Paragraph/Rant so people who don't care can skip this, and in One Word. BOOTLOADER UNLOCKING. Its the only reason and Deal Breaker because of which I'm not getting this phone. I know most people don't care about this. Heck the don't even know about it including said friend. But then again he didn't even change the stock wallpaper or the home screen layout so..... Anyway as someone who unlocks the Bootloader of his phone and roots them ASAP the 8X isn't for me. And even if I were to make an exception considering my afore mentioned points, the phone still has some quirks. Software being one of them. Updates are rare and months apart. The Overall Software experience is bloated. I like the direction the company is taking with EMUI 9. But since I haven't tested it I can't say. Overall, Software still needs a LOT OF IMPROVEMENT.
Thank you for your time.
https://twitter.com/MannanQamar12/status/1105879942200520704

I don't want to buy HONOR 8X because of MISSING BOOTLOADER UNLOCKING

I want to buy HONOR 8X because -------
It looks very good aesthetically. Not only that, it's also a very capable unit with the balance of hardware and the often-updated OS. One of my friends had one and from the time that I played it once, I just felt that the cooling system of that unit was impeccable. Both of us played 3 hrs of PUBGM in Medium+High Frame Rate settings and the unit barely become warm to touch. It's also lightweight despite the glass build. Battery was super long-lasting too!
To my fellow entrees, let's share all the luck we can get and have a fun game! :highfive:
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I want to buy HONOR 8X because 6.5-inch screen with 91% screen to body ratio, 2MP depth sensor along with a 20MP primary sensor & triple card slot.
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No Fs given
I cancelled my order once I heard that the bootloader is locked permanently. It's a shame because the device appears to be nice.

I want to buy HONOR 8X because i love the looks and features this phone have to offer.
I am looking forward to start YouTube channel and I would love to make videos featuring this Device in Home screens and Top Apps Videos and if this device have active development. I would love to help out other users in any way i possibly can ??
https://twitter.com/Yogesh_gosavi_/status/1107212685429497856

yog12 said:
I want to buy HONOR 8X because i love the looks and features this phone have to offer.
I am looking forward to start YouTube channel and I would love to make videos featuring this Device in Home screens and Top Apps Videos and if this device have active development. I would love to help out other users in any way i possibly can ??
https://twitter.com/Yogesh_gosavi_/status/1107212685429497856
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Active Development? LOL. This device doesn't even have an unlock able bootloader. Shame. This is a great device for custom Development. Not as good as Poco but still for half the price where I live. Anyway the permanently locked boot loader is the reason many will not buy this.

Mannan Qamar said:
Active Development? LOL. This device doesn't even have an unlock able boot loader. Shame. This is a great device for custom Development. Not as good as Poco but still for half the price where I live. Anyway the permanently locked boot loader is the reason many will not buy this.
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irony of all that is , it is showing you are Honor Supporter & they are having this initiative for xda and providing phones with permanently locked bootloader.
They really need to let users Unlock Boot loader and provide sources :fingers-crossed:

yog12 said:
irony of all that is , it is showing you are Honor Supporter & they are having this initiative for xda and providing phones with permanently locked bootloader.
They really need to let users Unlock Boot loader and provide sources :fingers-crossed:
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Unfortunately that's true. I wish it were possible to remove that to. And as many have said before Honor has no pace on XDA. But thing is not everything on XDA has to do with Custom ROMs, Root or an unlocked Bootloader. Thats only 99% of the stuff. Anyway Honor is using XDA to advertise their phones to people whose first priority is an unlock able bootloader. And even if they do a complete 180 the Damage has been done. No Dev wants to develop for Huawei. Rooting EMUI 9 is a royal PITA.

I'd want to buy the Honor 8X because I had the occasion to test it with my own hands as one of my friends own it, and it's nothing short of amazing.
I've been searching for a viable replacement for my LG V20 that is getting a bit old, and I might finally settle for the Honor 8X as my V20's successor.
Its price will not break the bank at all, but that doesn't mean it doesn't come packed with good stuff. Even if the price is quite low, it comes in a big form factor that I love (I watch a lot of movies and videos on my phone, and sometimes the subtitles are too small and I have to squint my eyes to see properly, same goes for finer details in some videos, they're just too small to see on a smaller screen) and it has a modern and premium look. I never had a 'glass sandwich' phone before, and this one is one of the better looking glass sandwiches with that color scheme on the back. I also love that it kept the headphone jack, as sometimes I use my hi-fi wired headphones to listen to music. Also the big battery will surely last me quite a bit, even if I watch movies, listen to music, or play some casual game. I didn't get the chance to try the camera, but I've watched a couple of YouTube videos about this phone and it seems pretty good, with the AI features and all.
Long story short, I like this phone because it has a huge screen, it's a good looker in general and it feels premium, and it fits my multimedia-intense criteria for phones.
Cheers.
Link: https://twitter.com/UL7RAro/status/1107399849383739394

I bought a HONOR 8X because my mum wanted a phone with a wide screen !!
So I liked the price for this device which is offering :
a powerfull kirin710 processor, IA face unlock, a wide 6,5" HD screen, a good 3,750mAh battery, great speakers and Emui9 Pie compatibility which is coming soon.
So it's a great deal.
PS: I would love to get some Flypods bluetooth headset
https://twitter.com/Lancelot_iphone/status/1107431496237895680

I DON'T want to buy HONOR 8X because of notch, no bootloader unlock and forced chinese bloatware spying ROM.

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HONOR 8X series have shipped more than 10 Million units worldwide! The Honor 8X is a stand-out phone because it offers amazing technical specifications at an affordable price. Share with us what HONOR 8X features attracts you the most and win amazing prizes! For example:
Great price
Big, bold, clear screen
Eye-catchy glass design
Powerful processor
Good camera
How to enter?
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I want to buy HONOR 8X because_______ , or
I bought HONOR 8X because______.
Step 2: Share this post on your social media page with #HONOR8X and share the link in your comment.
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I bought a Honor 8X in order to kickstart the development for the phone. Its a georgeous device and it gets even better with AOSP running on it.
Regards

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I bought Honor 8X because my dad wanted an upgrade over his Honor 5X. He was using a 3 year old device and wanted an upgrade. Honor 8X became the obvious choice as due to eye catching design, nice bigger screen and huge battery and as usual, trust on Honor brand since last 4 years now. He is used to EMUI so not much a problem as well.
Also, I used the device initially and here is my detailed review about the same.
Launched in September’18 and then making its debut in Indian market in October’18 during Honor fan fest in India, Honor 8X has sidelined almost every other player in this budget segment and is coming up with great reviews every now and then. Below is my personal review about Honor 8X. I am using this device for a week now and ready to give my initial impression about the phone.
Powerful Processor with GPU turbo- Initially I was not very sure about the new processor, coming from Kirin 970, but the phone has been doing really well in terms of performance and inhouse 12nm Kirin 710 is doing an amazing job under the hood with AI capabilities and comes with Android Oreo, EMUI 8.2 out of the box and GPU Turbo boost the graphical processing preserving the FPS and stability and at the same time reducing the power consumption. Kirin processors are known for this right?
Look and Build Quality- So when most of the OEMs does not focus much on the build quality and only adds bunch of feature in the phone, Honor has done a commendable job. Instead of cheaper and regular build quality, Honor has provided a flagship level quality and look to the device. I am in love with this design not recently but since the time of Honor 8 launch (2 years back). It looks expensive than it actually is with its grating effect glass body and superb build quality.
Display- With roughly around 91% screen to body ratio and 6.5-inch FHD+ display with 2340 x 1080 pixels resolution, display covers almost the entire front view making the device look stunning still manage to fit in the same phone size of a 5.5-inch phone, making for an easier to hold even with bigger size. Users who plays a lot of games or watch videos on their phone will definitely love the display and enjoy watching the content on nearly borderless display. Display looks vibrant and color reproduction are really good and allowing users to change the mode to vivid or natural colors which is even better.
Battery- With massive 3750 mAh battery and fully optimized EMUI 8.2, Kirin 710 and GPU turbo, battery does really well and last for over a day with moderate to heavy usage. Various inbuilt battery saving technologies are an added advantage here which preserves the juice for those critical hours. Even though, phones come with a massive 6.5 inch screen, I would say battery life is excellent on this phone and I could easily get 8 hours of Screen on time and over 1 day of battery backup.
Camera- Probably the USP of all Honor phones in any segment they gets launched. All performs to the expectation and 8X is not lacking behind. Dual AI Camera performs well and delivers more than you can imagine. Coupled with 20MP+2MP AI dual rear camera and 16MP front facing camera, you can take amazing picture and no need to carry an additional device specifically for clicking pictures as your smartphone is your best companion for the same. Honor has added the night mode directly without any need to navigate across options and settings. AI does make a difference and there is AI switch given which makes it easier to click pictures with or without as per user's need. Super Slow-motion video does really well and produces interesting and fun to watch videos. I have clicked few pictures and they looks awesome considering the price range.
Sound- Volume through earpiece is good and no challenges there and also the volume through the sound grill is loud enough for regular day to day usage. Certainly, better than my couple of other phones. There are various options available for headphone sound known as Histen Sound effect which can change the sound effect based on the mode you select or the type of headphone you are using, also you can enable/disable 3D sound effect and customize your equalizer. Initially there was some issue and when you speaker volume was more than 70% there were intermittent vibration during music, YouTube play but has been fixed by OTA.
Software- EMUI 8.2 on top of Android 8.1 is really optimized and phone doesn’t lag even with heavy usages. Game Assist, Party mode are added advantages for users who use such feature. Mine is global version so not much bloatware and there is VOLTE support for JIO, Vodafone (tested only these 2). Phone was received with JSN-L21C900 B120 version and got 3 updates within a week B125, B130 and B133 and most of the issue that were there in phone were fixed and no more issues with magazine unlock or the vibration on higher volume. EMUI 9.0 can hit the phone anytime and as I have tested with my other Honor phones, EMUI 9.0 really improve the responsiveness and fluidness by some amount compared to EMUI 8.0 or earlier versions.
Storage- Phone comes in 3 variants, 4/64, 6/64 and 6/128 GB versions. Mine is 4/64 variant and you get around 54.9 GB of free storage on first boot. As phone supports dual SIM+additional SD card support, you need not to worry about running of space and can use external card to store your media, music files.
Call quality and network- Call quality is just awesome; network signal reception is good. One of the advantage on Honor 8X is the dual sim and SD card slot unlike hybrid slot in many other phones pushing us to compromise on dual sim or expandable storage. Wi-Fi supports 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac bands and I would say the time to connect to a Wi-Fi and network speed is pretty well.
Apart from above great features, below are few additional stuffs which makes this phone great-
AI shopping and scene recognition
Dual SIM with Dual VOLTE with dedicated slot for SD card.
Face Unlock
Fully optimize Smart EMUI 8.2
Super Slow motion
Super Night shot with AI and multi-frame stabilization
Inbuilt storage up to 128 GB storage and triple card slot
Full View Display with Nearly Border-less Design
Widevine support
With so many eye catching features, Honor 8X definitely ticks all the boxes to be your first choice while you decide to buy a phone in this range. This phone is beautiful, delightful yet powerful and with the competitive price tag of 14,999, has created a buzz in the segment and has sidelined many competition to become a clear choice for many.

Alldocube KBook review: a well-made laptop with some major compromises

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Pros:
Sharp, colorful display
Decent performance
Comfortable keyboard and touchpad
Affordable price
Cons:
Relatively old CPU
Subpar battery life
The CPU gets hot easily.
No fingerprint reader
Main Specs of the Alldocube KBook
OS: Licensed Windows 10 Home
CPU: Intel Core M-6Y30 dual-core CPU（0.9GHz – 2.2GHZ）
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 515
RAM: 8GB LPDDR3 RAM
Screen: 13.5-inch LCD (3000*2000px)
Storage: 512GB M2. SSD
Ports: 2 x USB 3.0 Type A, 1 x USB 3.0 Type-C, 1*3.5mm audio jack
Connectivity: 802.11ac dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
Camera: 2MP front-facing webcam
Weight: 1.6kg
Size: 312.3 x 238 x 15.4mm (W x D x H)
Battery: 7.6V-5000mAh
Variants, price and availability
If you are constantly bothered by the many variants of a certain model, good news here: the Alldocube KBook comes with only one configuration. The model features a 13.5-inch IPS display at the resolution of 3000*2000px, an Intel Core M-6Y30 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD.
The laptop is priced at $399.00 and you can buy it on Geekbuying, Gearbest and Aliexpress.
Retail Package
The retail package of the KBook doesn’t stray too far from that of other Ultrabooks.
Inside the box you get a KBook laptop, a power adaptor, and a user manual.
The 36W power adaptor is a relatively old one, and it is branded “Thinker”, which is a model released by Alldocube two years ago. I guess they still have some stock left and don’t even bother to rebrand these adaptors.
Design and build
Just like many other non-branded Ultrabooks on the market, the Alldocube KBook looks so much like a MacBook Air-- with its restrained, minimalist design -- that it could be easily mistaken for one. However, you won’t get that shinny Apple logo on the back of the screen cover, instead you will find a small, low-profile Alldocube logo in the corner.
The KBook’s design is actually identical to that of the Alldocube Thinker i35 laptop, which was released more than two years ago. The chassis is made of high-quality magnesium alloy. Open the laptop up and you will come face to face with a 13.5-inch LCD panel, the same as the more celebrated Microsoft Book. Just like the 2017 Macbook Air, the KBook’s screen-to-bezel ratio isn’t impressive at all, especially when compared to the Huawei MateBook 13 and the Microsoft Surface laptop, both of which have super thin bezels.
Above the display there’s a 2 mega-pixel webcam. In terms of image quality, the webcam is pretty basic – I looked like a grainy shadow indoors, and shockingly blanched outside.
Opening the device is quite easy and can be done with one hand. The screen can be opened to about 180 degrees, which is ideal when I am using it on my lap. Despite the smooth hinges, the display hardly wobbles when typing.
At 15,4mm thick, and weighing 1.6kg, the KBook isn't the thinnest or lightest laptop around. The award for the absolute thinnest and lightest Ultrabook goes to the Acer Swift 7, which measures only 8.9mm thick and weighs less than 1KG.
But the KBook is still much thinner than average business laptops such as the HP EliteBook 745. And that added bulk is room for traditional USB-A ports, which are beginning to disappear from ultra-thin laptops.
The Alldocube KBook has two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, a USB3.0 Type-C port, a DC-in input and a 3.5mm audio jack on board. It is nice to see these traditional USB 3.0 ports here, as the two type-C ports on the Huawei Mateook 13 constantly frustrate me when I don’t have any dongle within reach.
Not only can the Type-C port play host to storage and input devices, it can also be used as an additional DC input, as long as you have a PD charger. I tried using my Huawei MateBook 13 charger and the Mate 20 Pro charger with the KBook, both were working like a charm.
There are 4 relatively big rubber feet on the bottom of the device, preventing it from scratches and ensuring that enough space is under the bottom side for heat dissipation.
In summary, the KBook is classy from the outside, and is very well-built, too. Despite the slim design, the device feels quite sturdy and robust in the hands and looks like it will survive some serious turbulence and even occasional falls. The texture of the surface feels nice and comfortable, and ugly mold lines are nowhere to be found.
Keyboard and touchpad
Unlike other laptops, the power button of the KBook is in its keyboard.
Sadly, there is no fingerprint reader on board, if you want some privacy for your KBook, the most convenient option is to enter the 4-digit PIN code every time you unlock the device.
One good thing about those sizeable dimensions of the laptop is the amount of space afforded to the keyboard. This stretches close to the left and right edges, so those isolated keys have plenty of room to breathe. While not being the industry best, the keys offer decent travel and nice tactile feedback, there’s no sponginess at all. I reached my top typing speed almost immediately, and found that I could type on the board for hours without feeling fatigue in my fingers.
The touchpad on the KBook is not as smooth as the one on the HP EliteBook 745 G5, but the added friction only makes the entire experience a little better. Fortunately, there are also a left and a right click buttons hiding in the touchpad, making the mousing experience much better than those without one.
Display
The 13.5-inch IPS screen on the Alldocube KBook is simply breath-taking. It is the same panel used for the Microsoft Surface Book and offers solid color reproduction, amazing contrast and excellent brightness.
3000x2000 pixels on a 13.5-inch screen translates into a pixel density of 268PPI, which gives the KBook the top spot in the list of laptops I have tested (Please don’t mind the Apple iPad Pro 12.9 in the list).
268PPI means that the display offers a ton of detail, enough that I could see the strains and bloodshot of the eye in the picture, and read small names on a faraway chalkboard in some of the movie trailers I played. Browsing webpages on the KBook was also the best experience I have had with a laptop, as text rendering on the screen is fantastic, and it would be pretty difficult to discern individual pixels at any sort of normal distance.
Side by side, the KBook’s display is much sharper, much brighter, much more vibrant, and offers much better viewing angles than the 14-inch 1080P display on the HP Elite 745 G5. Also, the KBook’s 3:2 screen aspect ratio works better than the 16:9 display on the HP EliteBook in browsing web pages, and editing Office documents.
The Huawei MateBook 13’s 2K screen is also very sharp (200PPI), and it even matches the KBook’s panel in terms of brightness and viewing angles. However, colors on the MateBook tend to have a warmer tone to them, while the KBook’s screen offers more natural and realistic color reproduction.
Audio
The Alldocube KBook packs in dual stereo speakers. Sound is fired out of the slender, almost invisible grille on the front side of the hinge. In terms of volume it’s okay. Although no match for the Bang & Olufsen branded speaker in the HP EliteBook 745 G5, these speakers can still make enough sound to fill up a small room easily. However, I would never listen to music or watch action movies on the KBook without a headset or an external speaker. The sound coming from the internal speakers has almost no bass and soundstage, the midrange and treble also sound tinny and thin, and can be easily distorted at the highest volume.
Fortunately, I had no issues with the built-in mic when chatting online. It picked up my voice clearly and cleanly, even in fairly noisy environments.
System & Apps
The laptop runs on licensed Windows 10 Home out of the box, so it is able to run all applications like any other regular Windows PC. Fortunately, there’s no bloatware of any kind, you can easily install apps from Microsoft Store or other third-party sources.
Performance
The Alldocube KBook isn’t an expensive device, and it doesn’t perform like one either. The laptop features 8GB of LPDDR3 RAM, 512GB M2. SSD and mostly importantly, an Intel Core M3-6Y30 processor.
This 6th-generation Intel Core M CPU isn’t comparable with the 8th, 9th or even 10th generation Intel Core i-series processors found in latest mainstream laptops and desktop PCs. As you’ll see in the benchmarks, this computer is no powerhouse. Combining such an old Core M CPU with average-speed SSD storage is more of a recipe for lowering the cost rather than the answer for epic performance. It is ironic that the Thinker i35, which was released by Alldocube 2 years ago, came with a newer and more powerful Core M3-7Y30 CPU. With that said, a Core M CPU is still one of the most powerful solutions that don’t require a fan and the KBook should still be more capable than those Atom and Celeron powered systems.
Benchmarks
In the Cinebench R10 CPU test, the Alldocube KBook scored 4174CB in single-core, 8171CB in multi-core. In the more GPU-focused OpenGL test, it was returned 4583CB.
In the recently released Cinebench R20, the system got a score of 450cb in its CPU test.
The Fritz Chess Benchmark test returned the KBook a score of 3671, which is not impressive at all. Even my Pentium J4205 powered Beelink Gemini J45 scored more points (4131), but the mini PC was set in 1080P.
The PCMark 8 Home and Work Accelerated tests are designed to measure the performance of a system by simulating basic everyday computing tasks. Core-M powered systems normally get around 2200 in the Home Accelerated test, but the KBook only scored 1977, most likely because the 3000*2000px screen resolution was too much of a burden on the processor. In the Work Accelerated test, the KBook scored an admirable 3037, easily beating the Celeron N4100 powered Teclast X4.
Alldocube used a 512GB SSD drive in this machine. It is not as fast as the latest NVMe SSD used for high-end laptops, but still handily beats HHD or eMMc storage found in entry-level computers. In the CrystalDiskMark test, the sequential read and write speeds are respectively 528.2mb/s and 487mb/s. These numbers were not impressive, especially when compared to scores of the lightning fast SSD in the Huawei MateBook 13, but did better the speeds of the SSD in the Teclast X4 and the eMMc in the Chuwi Herobook.
Real Life performance
As can be expected, any task involving intense 3D graphics is undermined by the mediocre performance of the Intel HD Graphics 515 GPU. The KBook struggled to deliver acceptable frame rates in big gaming titles such as the “Assassin's Creed Syndicate” and “Crysis 3”. However, you won’t have problems running even the most demanding games installed from Microsoft Store. I found myself playing the Asphalt 9 Legend for hours at once, the visuals were so nice that I forgot it’s a lightweight version of the game.
You get enough power for average computer tasks like Word processing, spreadsheets and email, and it won't get bogged down if you have a dozen tabs open in Chrome with some other small applications running in the background.
Streaming video and music are no problem either, since I could play all the 4K videos in my mobile drive and even stream 4K YouTube videos in Chrome smoothly.
Heavier apps such as the Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw also work nicely, but I wouldn't recommend anything more than casual photo and video editing, adding too many layers and filters and you will experience some stutters and delays.
Overall, the KBook offers decent performance and definitely betters those Celeron and Atom-based entry-level 2-in-1s. The Core-M does generate plenty of power here for basic computing tasks. But the laptop is not designed for power users who constantly push their PC to its very limits.
Emissions
System Noise
The KBook’s cooling solution is entirely passive. Accordingly, there are no cooling components that would be able to make any noise. That said, the computer did exhibit minor electrical buzz when accessing the internal storage. These were, however, unnoticeable during everyday use and could only be heard when I intentionally try to pick up the sound with my ears.
Temperature
Since this is a passively cooled device the entire case is used for heat dissipation. CPU temperature was comparatively high when the laptop was running, and even the surface could become quite warm when the KBook was under load, but never to the point that I want to get my hands off it immediately. Fortunately, when idle, the device remained fairly cool.
Battery life
The battery life of an Ultrabook is always an important factor. Having a go-anywhere system is of little value if it only works for a short time away from a power outlet.
Featuring a power-efficient CPU like the Core M-6Y30 may seem to be the right answer for a long battery life, but keeping 8GB memory, 512GB SSD alive and feeding that many pixels on a bright, power-hungry 3K display is still a tall order.
The factory installed battery in the KBook is rated for 7.6V-5000mAh. To figure out how long the KBook’s battery will last, I tested it out with my usual video loop test (1080P, 50% brightness, 50% sound with headphones, and balanced power setting). The result is a disappointing 5 and a half hour. In real life practice, I normally got around 4-4.5 hours of mixed use, that’s less than a full working day for most users. And if you have computing intensive tasks at hand, you probably won’t feel safe without a power outlet by your side.
Another disappointing factor is that if you want to save battery by lowering the screen resolution, you will have to learn to make peace with some black areas on the screen, since there’s no other 3:2 resolution for you to choose besides the defaulted 3000*2000px. Optional resolutions are all in 4:3, 16:10 or 16:9 aspect ratios.
Final Verdict
My overall impression is that the KBook is a visually stunning and generally well-made laptop. The aluminum case is light and sturdy, and its surface textures feel comfortable to hold. I am particularly impressed by the extremely high-resolution display, which is a rarity even in high-end offerings, and adds a lot of value to this low-cost device. Intel’s Core M3-6Y30 CPU is relatively old, but offers enough horsepower for basic everyday computing tasks, and the internal GPU is capable of playing 4K videos smoothly.
But instead of being an all-arounder, the KBook has a couple of major unsatisfying aspects. My top 3 gripes are the lack of a fingerprint reader, the passive cooling solution and the battery life. The need to type in a password to unlock a modern laptop seems way too excessive by today’s standards. Also, the CPU constantly gets hot under load, and hardly lasts through a day without being plugged into a power outlet.
Priced at $399, the KBook is clearly not designed to be the primary machine for graphical/video creativity work or demanding tasks—Alldocube acknowledges this is not really its place—it's still a fine, inexpensive choice for a lean travel companion. Power seekers, though, looking for a primary PC system should continue to look at mainstream Ultrabooks with more powerful CPUs and better battery life.

very well written review, but I don't have any nice feelings about Alldocube since that X slate.

nice design, but I hate the bezels.

leelavie said:
nice design, but I hate the bezels.
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It is a little on the thick side, but not really too bad.

jupiter2012 said:
It is a little on the thick side, but not really too bad.
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come on! You call that a "little" thick?

Twitch007 said:
come on! You call that a "little" thick?
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Well, that really depends on what u compare it to.

Thanks for the review, Alldocube does produce better quality products compared to Teclast and Chuwi.

GadgetSino said:
Thanks for the review, Alldocube does produce better quality products compared to Teclast and Chuwi.
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Can't say anything about Chuwi, but I don't even care to test Teclast products.

this should be at the top

jupiter2012 said:
this should be at the top
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yes, it should. well done with the review, but I am afraid not many people would buy this.

Alldocube iPlay 7T review: a budget tablet that checks most of the boxes

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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?

Alldocube iPlay 40 review: an all-around tablet with some minor compromises

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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?