Tablets are
latest growing trend in Pakistan and the hottest device that is keep getting
out of stock right after arriving is Ainol's latest offering is 7inchs Novo7
Numy AX1 also known as Poseidon in many other parts of the world. How hot and
in-demand this new tablet is? We had to track this baby down for 15 days all
over the place before we finally manage to get one for ourselves before the
stocks dried on us again.
And the
wait was worth it.
Novo7's
latest family member is pack with about everything you can imagine to be in
your perfect tablet for this price, of course with a few compromises to keep
the price under 15,000 Pakistani Rupees. But IF you are well connected in the
market, you can find very good deal.
First thing
to go is the last season's processor and GPU. GPU now is one of the highlights
in AX1 for geeks where for consumers BlueTooth, Dual GSM and 3G sim slots, FM
Radio and GPS chip would do the trick. These Quad core units are much faster
and smoother than the previous ones I have checked. Rest of the specs are as
follows:
- Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
- Official Play Store Access
- CPU MTK8389 Quad Core
- GPU PowerVR SGX 544MP
- 1GB Ram, 8GB internal storage
- Micro SD Card/ T-FLASH Support up to
32GB
- Complete Phone functionality
Support
- Dual Sim GSM and 3G support
inbuilt
- Dual camera with flash for main
5mp camera
- Bluetooth
- FM Radio
- GPS
- HDMI
- 1240x600 screen resolution
- USB OTG Support
On the
weaker side company compromised with
- Screen type, not IPS
- Very Sharp Edge, uncomfortable
to hold
- Power and volume buttons are
sticking out and pressed accidentally very often
- Should be either 16gb Storage
or 2GB Ram
- Very low sound for me, but
sound quality itself is good
Well,
personally none of the compromises holding me down from having a good
experience of using Numy AX1. You can always avoid sharp edges or buttons by
changing angle of palms and fingers. It just takes a little time to get used to
it.
Speed and
experience is great. Heavy games that I saw slightly lagging during the game
play on few other tablets are smooth on Numy AX1.
Browsing is
fast thanks to really improved wifi this time, signals are strong compare to my
last tablet. I noticed the browsers are fast as well, so it is not only the improved
hardware but improved software too.
I believe
Android Jelley Bean 4.2 is also contributing in faster speed and overall better
performance in this device.
I installed
one of my regular sims in Numy AX1 and to my surprise it is getting stronger
signals at dead zones within the house. Our location is a big dead zone for any
mobile company. Very few connection manage to stay barely alive inside the
walls so I was NOT expecting a single bar at all in a low cost ^China^ device.
Screen, for
a low tech display looks better for me. I did not have had trouble using the
lowest resolution before anyways. Brightness at the lowest point is still very
good indoors lights that I actually had to check twice if the brightness is not
up around 50%. I did a quick outdoor run and it was not too bad either. You
wouldn’t be able to see anything sideways thought.
I am
killing my battery twice a day like clockwork from 100% full charge doing mix
of every thing, in which installing apps, extensive browsing, at lowest display
brightness, wifi always on, sim always active with the low signal zone that
itself is a battery killing task. All extra notification sounds and vibrations
are turned off. I get 5 hours of work time. On my last tablet it was same time
but for far less specs, lowest screen resolution and brightness.
I don't
know about others but I check browsers/browsing speed using Facebook's full
site on a tablet or a smartphone. Facebook's full website sucks the life out of
any system. Browsers other than Opera Mobile Classic on Numy AX1 did wonderful
job driving it with good browsing experience on full Facebook website. Opera
Mobile Classic felt slightly slower but handles things much better. Now I don't
have to use Facebook’s mobile alternates anymore, which means I can operate my
Facebook Pages million times better.
All in all,
you must have got the idea I love this new device despite some of its obvious
weaknesses. The price is great, performance and built is superb. Very
satisfying for now and I hope it will stay this way for a long time.
If I will
find or face any serious trouble, it will be shared on these pages with the
solutions hopefully, so keep an eye out to us.
And I will
be recording video to demo new games and apps for my blogs, YouTube, Facebook,
Twitter and DailyMotion.
