Verdict
If you are looking for a tablet around 12K và performance is at the vị trí cao nhất of your danh sách then you may want lớn look elsewhere as the hãng asus Zenpad isn’t a powerhouse with heavy use. What the tablet offers is average performance & the ability to lớn make calls.
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Asus ZenPad 7.0 (Z370CG) detailed review
Tablets, the category that was defined with the launch of the first iPad, saw a big dip in sales in the past year, and in 2015, we have failed to see the launch of dedicated tablets. Sure we have the máy tính bảng ipad mini 4, which is great, & a few more tablets launched here & there but the big bulk is dominated by laptop-tablet hybrids from the likes of Lenovo, Dell, asus and more. We have seen the launch of the Samsung Galaxy View but that’s astory for another day. Today we have with us the asus ZenPad 7. There is just one reason lớn be excited about this device – hãng asus made the two 7-inch Nexus devices. For the uninitiated, the two Nexus 7 tablets launched by asus were great performers, be it raw horsepower, the fluidity of android orgreat entertainment value.
Today however, the 7-inch tablet market has seen a dip thanks to lớn really large screen smartphones that boast of a screen kích cỡ close to lớn 6-inches. Does it make sense to lớn pick up a 7-inch tablet with the ability lớn make calls? The device also comes with an audio case that boasts of DTS HD audio. Is it worth the investment?
Build & Design
Kicking things off with the build & design of the hãng asus Zenpad 7.0, its standard what we’d expect from a 7-inch budget tablet – thick borders surrounding the display. There are no physical navigation buttons on the face of the device. Above the display we have the front facing camera, ambient light sensor & the earpiece, yes the earpiece. The device has the ability khổng lồ make calls. The right houses the volume rocker và the nguồn button, the bottom has the microUSB port, the top the headphones jack – again a standardwe’d expect. The rear of the device has a plastic back that can be ripped out with ease. Rip out the back cover và you will see the SIM thẻ slot và the MicroSD thẻ slot for expandable storage. There is one more connector here và that is for the audio cover. For the purpose of this review, we have used the device with the audio cover.
Once the audio cover is added to the asus ZenPad 7, it becomes quite bulky và a little uncomfortable to lớn use. Sure you now have a stand to lớn keep the device in landscape mode but apart from that there is little ergonomic value here.
Sticking with the Audio cover, there is only one position in which you can prop the tablet so if you are sitting outdoors & there is direct glare on the device, you will have to lớn change your position rather than that of the tablet.
Without the audio cover, the hãng asus ZenPad 7 has a build homogenous lớn other tablets in its price bracket with some semblance of the Nexus 7 thrown into the mix. It is comfortable to type in portrait mode thanks lớn all the practice we’ve had from large screen phones. In landscape mode the keys feel kind of cramped. If you want a landscape keyboard on a tablet done well, it has to lớn be lượt thích the máy tính bảng ipad mini.
Overall the build of the device is standard what we’d expect from a sub 15K tablet – plastic và simple.
Display và UI
Tablets have established themselves as more of content consumption devices rather than content creation devices. Và where vì chưng we consume all this glorious data? On the display of course! So, kicking things off with the display, the hãng asus ZenPad has a 7-inch display with a 1280x800 pixel resolution, which isn’t bad. The viewing angles of the display are good & the resolution is crisp enough khổng lồ get through everyday tasks like email, & watching a few videos. When it comes to gaming however, the display looks washed out and pixelated in the case of Asphalt 8.
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Coming to the UI. The tablet runs on android 5.1 Lollipop straight out of the box skinned with Asus’ own UI. An interesting feature of the UI is that it tự động hóa arranges the apps you tải về into folders if you wish it to vì chưng so. For the most obvious choices it does this well grouping productivity apps together, tools together, communication apps together, so on and so forth. This system isn’t perfect especially if you are finicky about putting apps in particular folders but for the most part, it helps get rid of the clutter, which is nice.
Apart from the notifications on the lock screen you also have quick access khổng lồ the dialler, camera và messaging ứng dụng by default. The UI doesn’t have childish icons và isn’t loaded with a lot of bloatware. There are a few preloaded apps lượt thích MiniMovie that lets you make a movie with your picture gallery.
For the price you pay, the display of the asus ZenPad has good viewing angles. The resolution is ok if you are reading text & doing absolute basic work. For graphically intensive work, this may be a problem and we will talk more on that in the performance section.
Performance:
Lets kick things off with a quick look at the specifications of the hãng asus ZenPad. As we’ve mentioned earlier, the device has a 7-inch IPS display with a 1280x800 px resolution giving it a pixel density of 216ppi. It has the hãng sản xuất intel Atom x3-C3230 quad-core chipset coupled with 2GB LPDDR3 RAM. The device has 16GB built-in storage expandable via a microSD card. A 3450mAh battery powers the entire package.
When you log into the device, one of your Google account is entitled khổng lồ get 100GB of Google Drive space không tính tiền for 2 years on asus mobile devices. 100GB Google Drive upgrade may only be redeemed once in a single 12-month period on hãng asus mobile devices. So yes, you get 100GB of Google Drive space but with conditions apply.
Getting the worst out of the way, the device isn’t great when it comes khổng lồ gaming. A game like Asphalt 8 lagged, stuttered và was unplayable. Another nhỏ of the device is the speaker cover it comes with. Sure, it’s loud, but it’s screechy. The audio lacks detail, & sounds a lot like an average máy tính xách tay running VLC at 200% volume.
Coming to lớn the battery life, the device ran for about 6.5 hours in our continuous clip playback test, which is standard. The call unique from the earpiece was good but would you really want a 7-inch behemoth on your face while making a call?
Overall, speaking purely from a tablet experience, the device misses the mark especially when you compare it to lớn the likes of the Xiaomi mày Pad available at a similar price point.
Bottom Line
If you want a tablet for about 12K & don’t mind losing out on the ability lớn make calls, then there are better options lượt thích the Xiaomi mày Pad available in the market. The mi Pad has a larger display with a better resolution & better hardware powering it. The asus ZenPad 7.0 has underwhelming performance when it comes to lớn gaming but if you are on a budget looking for a voice-calling tablet, for absolute basic work, you can give it a look.
