Micromax recently enter into the tablet market by launching their first Android Tablet called Micromax Funbook.
Specification:
- 1.2GHz Cortex A8
- 512MB RAM
- 7 inch capacitive touch screen with 800x480 pixel resolution and 16:9 Aspect Ratio
- Pinched zoom support
- Dual Mail 400 - 2D/3D graphics processor for multimedia processing
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Operating system
- WiFi and 3G connection through dongle (it supports only Tata Photon as if for now)
- 4 GB Onboard storage
- Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB
- 0.3 MP Primary Camera
- Battery: 2800 mah
- Video Formats Supported: MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, 3GP, MOV, MKV, RM, RMVB
- Audio Formats Supported: MP3, WMA, FLAC, WAV
- HDMI: Yes
- Other Connectivity Features: 3G Dongle Support Via USB
- USB: Yes, USB 2.0
- Dimensions: 122 x 192 x 10 mm
- Weight: 360 g
Pros:
-Attractive price tag
-1.2 GHz fast processor
-Dual Mali 400 Graphics chip
-Multi-touch LCD touch screen
-Bright colorful screen
-Google Android Ice-cream sandwich OS
-Google Play Market
-1080P player capability
-Sleek looks
-Expandable memory (upto 32GB with micro-sd )
-HDMI port to connect to your HDTV or Monitor
Cons:
-Below average battery, only 2800 mah (too less for 7" inch display)
-No Bluetooth / GPS
-No other dongle support, other than Tata Photon
-Mediocre screen resolution
-Average viewing angles
-0.3 Mp camera (But the quality is good)
-No earphone bundle
Package:
The box is somewhat, I never seen it before. It0„30…4s like triangular looking box which contain a hard cover and foam, securing the tablet. Another box contains the accessories. It comes up with charger, USB cable and OTG cable. No earphones or HDMI cables are bundles with it.
Design:
When you first open the tablet from box, you will see the sheer beauty and how sleek and compact the fun book is. So, the first impression is quite good for me. The design of thistab is taken from Chinese tab i.e. Plover momo9 tablet. But its slimmer(than ployer momo) at 10mm and lighter as well, at just 360gm. Micromax has used glossy LCD panel, which can cause reflectionon light condition.
Funbook has three hard button, Menu, Home and Back keys, which are physical in nature and offer goodresponse and feel. The bottom side of the tablet has port that is micro-SD slot, HDMI slot, reset button, mini-USB that0„30…4s support OTG-USB device with help of converter, and power charging point.
This tablet can also be charge with Pc/Laptop with USB cable bundled. The upper most part of the tab has power-on button and volume rocker key. Speaker is there on backside. So in terms of build and Design, its quite appealing.
Display:
The screen is 7 inch capacitive multi-touch with pinch-zoom feature with 800X480 Pixels resolution, its quite too less for 7¡± inch screen but still we can¡¯t complain as the price is too less. The touch response is like butter, and thepinch-zoom also works perfectly in photos, e-book and websites too. Screen is bright and color is so vibrant somehow near real like. With30% brightness it¡¯s enough for me to use it. Movie watching experience also good in this device. Also live wallpaper looks uber cool.
Altogether, a good screen by Micromax.
OS:
A familiar looking interface of Android 4.0 greets us when you power on the device for the first time. The have changed the android logo with Funbook logo in Boot screen. This of course looks quite good. ICS 4.0 comes with Funbook is not much customized by Micromax.
The freshness is there; you can installor uninstall any application from setting. Only the useless app. given by the MM like Mstore, games or movies can't be removed don't know why. You have 5 home screen to put your favorite app.
Under the hood:
This tablet comes with Allwinner A10 SOC with 512 MB DDR3 ram and Dual- Mali 400 GPU. It has the distinction of having the highest bang-per-buck ratio of any SoC available. This SOC costs only 7$ at China but, it can easily beat Intel Atom by quite margin. With the help of Mali-400 GPU it can also play 1080P video and games without anyproblem.
Here's the key feature of Allwinner A10 SOS
VPU (Video Processing Unit)
HD Video Decoding (Super HD 2160P/3D Film)
Support all popular video formats, including VP8, AVS, H. 264 AVC, VC-1, MPEG-1/2/4,
HD Video Encoding (H.264 High Profile)
Support encoding in H.264 format
DPU (Display Processing Unit)
MULTI-CHANNEL HD displays
Built-in HDMI
LCD interfaces: CPU, RGB, LVDS up to Full HD
Memory
DDR2,DDR3 SDRAM, 32-bit
SLC/MLC/TLC/DDR NAND
Connectivity
USB2.0 Port
The operating system can be booted from NAND flash, SPI NOR flash, SD Card.
Internet Browsing:
Browsing through the stock browseris not very pleasant experience. Although sites opens quickly thanks to my speedy BSNL broadband, but page scrolling is somewhat not fluid and unresponsive. The pinch-zoom also doesn¡¯t work very well. To solve this issue, I downloaded Dolphin HD from Google Play. As I thought, this browser solved my every problem that I faced with the stock browser. Every page opens and scroll smoothlylike Butter-scotch ice cream. Pinch-zoom also works like charm.
Video Playback:
Thanks to the Mali 400 gpu chip and fast 1.2 GHZ processor, every High- Def video play by this device is like child play. Whether it is 720P or 1080P every video playback is like grease smooth, there's is no lag al all. The super-hd player app. given in the tab supports multi-format video files, subtitle is also supported. So, you don't need to encode your favorite movies or video files. Just copy it to your memory card and enjoy. It can also be used as portable media player.
Gaming:
I have tested few games like Temple Run, Raging Thunder 2, Air Attack HD, and last not least Angry Bird Space. Again Dual- Mali 400 came into play for these games. All games run without any hiccups or lag. G sensor also helped for few games like Temple Run, Air Attack HD and Raging Thunder 2. G-sensor is very responsive detects my every move quickly and accurately.
Connectivity:
This tab supports wifi and 3G dongle via USB. As for now only Tata Photon dongle is supported by this device. Although future updates can fix this problem
I think micromax has used some software to restrict other 3G dongle. WIFI on this device is very fast and its range is also good. It can catch good signal from long distance.
Camera:
amera is only 0.3Mp which is VGA innature on paper. But the actual quality is far better than mentioned in the specs. Its photo quality is similar to 1.3Mp.
Video recording facility is also there. Still camera has setting like zooming, white balance, exposure. Ithas also ready to shot setting also Incandescent, Daylight, and Cloudy which makes shooting easy and convenient. Video camera also has same white balance setting along with Time lapse interval mode. So overall the camera is quite good.
Battery:
Battery life on this device is not that good. Micromax has provided only 2800 mAh of battery which is very less for 7 inch display to run. Still, we can't ask more as the price of thedevice is too less.
On average use like browsing with wifi on and listing to music it gives around 3.5 hours of battery life. You can also watch full movie also but before, don¡¯t forget to full charge it. Charge the device for around 6 hours before using for first time.
Verdict:
Micromax Funbook is the most feature packed tablet at this affordable price segment. It has every feature that a student or working professional needs for their daily life. What makes this tablet hit is its cheap price and powerful hardware. Priced at Rs. 6499 only.
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