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Full HD in 8.9-inch display and dual Micro-USB

Thanks to the development of production technologies, Full HD resolution (1920x1080), which until recently was considered the privilege of home theaters, has already become the standard for flagship smartphones from well-known manufacturers. Since a different aspect ratio has taken hold among tablets, 16:10 instead of 16:9, “their Full HD” corresponds to a resolution of 1920x1200. Traditionally, it is common in tablets with a diagonal of 10″, but exceptions are not uncommon. We recently introduced readers to the 11.6-inch giant Voyo A15. Today in our test laboratory we also have a device with an extraordinary, but smaller display diagonal - the 8.9-inch Pipo Max-M7 Pro 3G.

Shenzhen Pipo company was established in 2003. In ten years, it has gone from producing DVD players, all-in-one PCs and digital photo frames to producing smartphones and tablets. The range of the latter is wide and varied. Considering that Pipo has a full-fledged representative office in Russia, we should clearly get acquainted with at least one of its products.

Detailed characteristics of Pipo Max-M7 Pro 3G

• Model Number: M7 pro
• SoC: Rockchip RK3188
• CPU: 4 cores ARM Cortex-A9 @1.6 GHz
• GPU: 4 core Mali-400 MP4 @600 MHz
• RAM: 2 GB DDR3
• Display: IPS, 8.9″, 1920×1200, 254 ppi
• Internal memory: 16 GB
• microSD memory card support
• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, 3G
• GPS, Bluetooth
• Cameras: 2 MP front, 5 MP rear with flash
• Two Micro-USB connectors (for OTG and connection to a PC), a connector for a network adapter, a 3.5 mm jack for a headset, Mini-HDMI, Mini-SIM
• Orientation and lighting sensors, accelerometer, compass
• Battery capacity: 6300 mAh
• Operating system: Google Android 4.2.2
• Size: 218×161×9mm (measured by testing)
• Weight: 485 g (measured during testing)

First of all, the comparison table includes the Barnes & Noble Nook HD+ with very similar display characteristics. Then we add Cube U30GT2 and IconBIT NetTAB Thor Quad FHD with similar hardware and resolution. Let’s complete the picture with the Asus MeMO Pad FHD 10 we recently tested (the almost 3-inch larger Voyo A15 will remain aside today).

* - according to the manufacturer, except for Pipo Max-M7 Pro, measured and weighed in the editorial office
** - at the time of writing the review; for all tablets, prices are for the modification with 16 GB of memory, with the exception of the Asus MeMO Pad FHD, which has a much more common modification with 32 GB
*** - the price indicated for the minimum configuration is stated on the manufacturer’s official website, not including delivery and tax (for Nook HD+)

If you don’t look at the price, Pipo Max-M7 Pro 3G looks very advantageous compared to its competitors. It is the only one equipped with a 3G module, has an already tested and quite productive single-chip system and the smallest screen with the same resolution among all competitors. Here, of course, the Nook HD+ stands out with two extra dots per inch, but its use is already separate and very special. Pipo also has GPS on its side. Against it, of course, is the price, as well as the smaller battery capacity. Yes, and the internal memory could be installed twice as much.

Equipment

The package includes a network adapter (with a red LED), an adapter for a Russian plug, an interesting-looking OTG cable, a wire for connecting to a PC, a user manual and, apparently, a local warranty card.

In addition to this gentleman's set, the manufacturer has equipped the tablet with contrasting white vacuum headphones. Their only notable feature is the flat cable, designed to protect the accessory from tangling. There's no point in talking about the sound quality of the headphones - it's suitable, at best, for chatting.

Design

The design of the Pipo Max-M7 Pro hints that the tablet should mainly be used in landscape orientation. However, thanks to the noticeably extended long margins, it is comfortable to hold with one hand like a book.

In addition to the display on the front panel there is a place for the front camera lens and a light sensor.

The back panel is the most successful design element of the tablet. The side plastic panels for gripping have a pleasant texture. Between them there is a metal plate with very fine longitudinal grooves. At the junction of plastic and metal, the speaker slots are neatly inscribed.

At the top edge there is a rear camera lens and a flash. A little higher there is a hole with a forced reset button.

All the functional elements of the Pipo Max-M7 Pro are collected on the top edge. From left to right: SIM card slot, microSD slot, 3.5 mm headset jack, Micro-USB OTG connector, Micro-USB connector for connecting to a PC. Next is the Mini-HDMI port, microphone hole and network adapter socket with a red LED indicator. The row is completed by a pair of identical Power and Esc buttons - small and with a small clear stroke.

The distortion in the photo above, which hurts the eye, occurs due to the fact that the top of the Pipo Max-M7 Pro is slightly thicker than the bottom. It is noticeable to the touch.

Apart from the top, all other edges of the tablet are beveled, and there is no place for a volume rocker on them - which is quite surprising, considering that almost every Android device has this element. It’s really unusual without him; smaller volume control buttons could easily have been inserted instead of the much less useful Esc button.

There are some complaints about the build quality of the tablet. The front panel creaks when you try to press at the edge; It feels like it is not connected to the side frame in the best way. Therefore, the Pipo Max-M7 Pro does not pass the bend test.

Screen

The tablet screen is covered with a glass plate with a mirror-smooth surface. The tested sample had a protective film glued to the outer surface of the screen (high quality, perhaps at the factory), which we did not remove and carried out all screen tests with it. Judging by the brightness of reflected objects, the screen does not have any anti-glare filter (or it is very weak). The surface of the matrix itself under the glass is mirror-glossy, while the reflection in the screen is tripled, which suggests the presence of an air gap between the surface of the matrix and the outer glass. The protective film has some oleophobic (grease-repellent) properties, so fingerprints do not appear as quickly as with regular glass, but are removed more easily.

When manually controlling the brightness, its maximum value was about 300 cd/m², and the minimum was 50 cd/m². The maximum value is not very high, so in bright daylight the image on the screen is unlikely to be clearly visible, especially given the lack of an anti-glare filter, but indoors in any reasonable level of lighting the tablet can be used without much difficulty. The minimum brightness will allow you to comfortably work with the tablet even in complete darkness. There is automatic brightness adjustment based on the light sensor (it is located to the right of the front camera). In complete darkness, in automatic mode, the brightness is reduced to a minimum of 50 cd/m², in an artificially lit office it is set to 200 cd/m² (ideal), and in a brightly lit environment (corresponding to lighting on a clear day outdoors, but without direct sunlight) rises to a maximum of 300 cd/m². However, sometimes in complete darkness the brightness remained at a fairly high level, which indicates unstable operation of the light sensor. At any brightness level, there is no significant backlight modulation, so any screen flickering cannot be visually detected.

This tablet uses an IPS matrix. The microphotographs show a typical IPS subpixel structure:

The screen has good viewing angles without inverting shades and without significant color shifts, even with large viewing deviations from perpendicular to the screen. When deviated diagonally, the black field is lightened slightly and acquires a red-violet tint or remains almost neutral gray. When viewed perpendicularly, the uniformity of the black field is average: there are small overexposed areas along the edge of the screen. On the white field at some angles you can see the flickering dots of the capacitive sensor. The contrast is not the lowest - about 750:1. The response time for the black-white-black transition is 17 ms (9 ms on + 8 ms off). The transition between halftones of gray 25% and 75% (based on the numerical value of the color) and back takes a total of 28.5 ms. The gamma curve constructed using 32 points did not reveal a blockage either in the highlights or in the shadows, and the index of the approximating power function turned out to be 2.05, which is slightly lower than the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve deviates slightly from the power-law dependence:

Color gamut narrower than sRGB:

Apparently, the matrix’s light filters mix the components with each other, and the spectra confirm this. This technique allows you to increase the brightness of the screen with the same energy consumption for backlighting. A side effect is that the colors on the screen are slightly less saturated than natural.

The balance of shades on the gray scale is average, since the color temperature is below the standard 6500 K. The deviation from the spectrum of an absolutely black body (ΔE) is relatively large, but the variation in ΔE is small, as is the variation in color temperature, which has a positive effect on the visual perception of color balance. Dark areas of the gray scale can be ignored, since color balance there is not very important, and the error in measuring color characteristics at low brightness is large.

The screen as a whole is a budget option on an IPS matrix, but its additional advantage is its relatively stable black color.

operating system

Pipo Max-M7 Pro runs on Android 4.2.2 operating system. Tests were carried out on firmware dated August 19, 2013. In total, 14.51 of the 16 GB of internal storage space is available to the user, which is a very good indicator. Unfortunately, superuser rights are not provided.

The system has a standard appearance, which in the row with navigation buttons is supplemented by buttons for taking a screenshot and changing the volume - the Pipo Max-M7 Pro does not provide mechanical controls for these commands.

The manufacturer has expanded the operating system by adding the ability to display multiple windows simultaneously. This feature is enabled in the settings; there is also a description of it.

There is little practical value in multi-window mode, since it does not work well.

The list of preinstalled programs is small. It includes several apps for kids, an internal storage installer, the InkStage toolkit, and a few more apps. There was also a certain amount of Chinese software, so it makes sense to get root rights to remove it later - instructions for this are easy to find on the Internet.

Flashing the tablet over the air, as we expected, does not work. To enter the firmware mode, you need to connect the tablet to the PC and hold down the Esc and Power buttons for a few seconds. If the tablet is being flashed for the first time, then, ideally, the computer will detect an unknown device and prompt you to install a driver for it in a pop-up window. In our case, in parallel with entering the firmware mode, we had to keep the “Device Manager” open and monitor the moment when, upon connection, “Unknown device” appeared in the list.

After Windows requests drivers for an unknown device, you must specify the file from the “Rockusb_v3.5 driver” folder of the flashing archive. To open the required dialog in the device manager, you need to select the “Update drivers...” command from the context menu. If the installation is successful, the tablet will be recognized:

Now you can proceed to installing the firmware itself. First, you need to download its image (M7pro 3G device), then run the RKBatchTool program and specify the path to the firmware image in the FW Path column. Finally, connect the tablet in the same way as when installing the driver - by holding down Eсс and Power for a few seconds. As a result, it should appear in the Connected Devices list as follows:

Click Upgrade. Further action will be transferred to the tablet display, which will report on the installation progress. After its successful completion, a green line will appear in the program window. You can turn on Pipo.

If upon startup you don’t see the familiar Android desktop photographed at the beginning of the section, don’t be alarmed. In parallel with the standard shell, the manufacturer installed Pipo Family Launcher of its own design into the tablet. In order to enable one of the shells, you need to press some virtual Android button and select the desired item. We covered the standard shell at the beginning of the section; Let's now talk about Pipo Family Launcher.

At first glance, it becomes clear that this shell should conquer fans of Metro UI - the touch-based graphical interface of Windows 8.

Pipo Family Launcher includes the InkStage applications that we mentioned above - Explorer, LogBook (diary) and others. In addition to the main one, the user has access to four more screens, as well as creating his own. A quick transition to them is available through the semicircular menu that appears when you click in the center below. The four main screens - Office, Internet, Multimedia and Applications - have a standard structure, but contain their own interface elements that are useful on this screen. For example, for “Office” it is a bookshelf, for “Internet” it is bookmarks, for “Multimedia” it is a portable player, and for “Applications” it is folders. On tiles with pluses, the user can add his own applications from the general list (and delete those already on the screen).

In addition, the user can create two more screens based on the “Apps” model. They will also appear in the quick jump menu.

There is a pink corner in the upper right corner of each screen. By clicking on it, you can go to the children's interface of Pipo Family Launcher, similar to the “adult” one. Here parents can choose the time their child spends on the tablet, as well as preferred content.

Alas, all the charm of this idea is shattered by the inviolability of the Android function keys, with the help of which any child can bypass childhood restrictions. To switch between the regular Android interface and Pipo Family Launcher, it is convenient to install one of the many shell switchers, for example Launcher Switcher:

The stability of the operating system in different shells varies. If in standard Android the tablet rarely upset us with its lack of responsiveness and jagged animation, then in Pipo Family Launcher almost every click had to be duplicated. Surprisingly, the children's version of the Pipo shell performed slightly better than the adult version. We remind you that the working version of the firmware was the version dated August 19, the latest at the time of writing.

Platform and performance

The Pipo Max-M7 Pro tablet runs on the widespread and already well-known Rockchip RK3188 single-chip system, containing 4 ARM Cortex-A9 cores with a frequency of 1.6 GHz each and also a quad-core Mali-400 graphics adapter operating at frequencies up to 600 MHz:

We have plenty of material for comparison: we have already tested two tablets on the RK3188 in a similar resolution. We run benchmarks.

The browser test results are pleasantly surprising. Having the same processor, Pipo manages to consistently outperform Cube and break away from IconBIT by 20-25%!

SuperPi on Pipo Max-M7 Pro was never able to complete all iterations, so we do not include this benchmark in testing.

Starting with this review, Geekbench 2 is becoming a thing of the past - it is no longer available on Google Play, as is Antutu 3, which was replaced by the fourth version. Fortunately, we had NetTAB Thor Quad FHD in our editorial office, and we tested it in new versions of benchmarks for comparison. Our hero unexpectedly lost in Antutu, and, as a study of detailed results showed, the reason for this was the result of flash memory. However, in Quadrant Benchmark, the Pipo tablet was noticeably higher in almost all subtests and earned 5886 points in the flash memory benchmark (IconBIT only scored 3322). It looks like the problem lies with the test packages.

The new Antutu treated the Pipo tablet fairly: it placed it above the Galaxy S3 (which has a 200 MHz lower CPU frequency) and below the Google Nexus 10. The latter has half as many cores, so it is inferior in terms of processor, but this is more than made up for by the new GPU Mali T604. This is clearly visible on the performance scales, which in the new version of the benchmark have become more colorful and interesting.

And again, Pipo outperforms all its colleagues on Rockchip RK3188, which was quite expected after previous benchmarks. But it is inferior to Intel - this manufacturer's mobile platforms often perform better than expected in gaming benchmarks. The Max-M7 Pro turned out to be slightly faster than the Nook HD+, although the Epic Citadel Ultra High Quality mode was available on the Barnes & Noble tablet, but not on the Pipo.

The results of both scenes surprised us a little. We expected greater superiority over competitors with a similar platform in Egypt HD, but instead such a result was seen in T-Rex HD. Of course, even with a maximum of 6.9 fps this “game” will be “unplayable”, but the victory “on points” here is undeniable.

There have also been changes to the list of games for testing. We have crossed out Angry Birds Space, which will hardly run on any modern Android device, and Dark Meadow, which, on the contrary, is apparently only compatible with the NVIDIA Tegra platform. Instead, we used the spectacular “diabloid” Dungeon Hunter 4, which has a processor with a clock speed of 1 GHz, 512 MB of RAM and a PoverVR SGX540-level graphics processor in its system requirements. Having your own hardware requests is, you see, still a luxury for traditionally casual Android games.

The disappointment came unexpectedly: a third of the test games were simply incompatible with the Pipo Max-M7 Pro. In Max Payne and Dead Trigger, as often happens, the interface is distorted.

Our newcomer, Dungeon Hunter 4, noticeably slowed down every 5-10 seconds. The gaps decreased as the graphical load of the scene increased, but this did not particularly affect the gameplay:

Playing video

Let's evaluate the playback of five standard video files:

AC3 tracks, like all other components of the videos, were decoded in hardware. There were no problems with standard videos, but the Pipo Max-M7 HD was the first tablet that could not play our ten-hour video (MPEG-4, AVC ( [email protected])/AAC, 1280×720, 25 fps), used for testing battery life.

Additionally, the HDMI interface was tested, for which we used an LG IPS237L monitor. The output mode can be selected in the settings menu:

We tested mainly in 1080p mode at 60 fps. With an active HDMI connection, regardless of the orientation of the tablet, the image on its screen and on the screen of the connected monitor is displayed in landscape orientation. An exact copy of the tablet screen is always displayed on the monitor in full screen, but it is compressed vertically due to the discrepancy between the proportions of the tablet screen and the proportions of the monitor screen (and the proportions of the 1080p video signal). The standard player displays images of video files on the connected monitor in a similar vertically compressed form. This drawback can be ignored, or you can try to correct it using players with a choice of scale. In particular, with the help of MX Player it was possible to obtain an image of the correct proportions, but since the Full HD picture was obtained by adjusting the original aspect ratio of the tablet screen to the proportions of 16:9, the vertical clarity still did not reach 1080 lines.

Sound is output via HDMI (in this case, the sounds were heard through headphones connected to the monitor, since there are no speakers in the monitor itself) and is of very good quality. In this case, the volume is adjusted using the buttons on the tablet, and sound is not output through the tablet speakers.

Next, using a set of test files with an arrow and a rectangle moving one division per frame (see “Method for testing video playback and display devices. Version 1 (for mobile devices)”), we checked how the video is displayed on the screen of the tablet itself. Screenshots with a shutter speed of 1 s helped determine the nature of the output of frames of video files with various parameters: the resolution varied (1280 × 720 (720p) and 1920 × 1080 (1080p) pixels), as well as the frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 fps). We had to test it twice, because with the original firmware the results were very bad: when connected via HDMI, a lot of frames began to be dropped, both on the connected monitor and on the screen of the tablet itself. Updating the firmware to the August 19 version significantly improved the situation. In the tests we used the MX Player video player in the “Hardware” mode. All results are summarized in the table:

Note: If in both columns Uniformity And Passes“green” ratings are given, this means that, most likely, when watching films, artifacts caused by uneven alternation and frame skipping will either not be visible at all, or their number and visibility will not affect the viewing comfort. "Red" marks indicate possible problems associated with the playback of the corresponding files.

The playback quality of test files (except for files with 60 fps) is good. However, uniform alternation of frames is a relatively unstable state, since some external and internal background processes lead to periodic failure of the correct alternation of intervals between frames and even to the skipping of individual frames. The brightness range displayed on the screen slightly does not correspond to the standard video range (16-235): in the shadows all gradations of shades are distinguished, but in the highlights a couple of shades are indistinguishable in brightness from white. When playing video files with a resolution of 1080p (1920x1080 pixels), the image of the video file itself is displayed one-to-one, exactly the width of the screen and without any loss in resolution.

On a monitor connected via HDMI, the image of video files with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels is displayed fit in width to the monitor display area, but the image is slightly compressed in height, so the horizontal resolution is equal to 1920 pixels, and the vertical resolution is less than 1080. Range displayed on the monitor brightness does not correspond to the standard video range (16-235): there is a strong block in the shadows and highlights, shades close to black and white are indistinguishable in brightness from black and white, respectively. We do not present the results of monitor output tests, as they are disappointing: many frames are skipped in a chaotic manner both on the monitor and on the tablet itself. We hope that someday a firmware will be released that corrects this shortcoming. In the meantime, we cannot recommend using an HDMI connection for anything other than displaying a static image.

In general, if a tablet requires good output quality via HDMI, then we cannot recommend this model.

Wireless network support and OTG mode

The Pipo Max-M7 Pro tablet supports Internet access via Wi-Fi and 3G. In the first case, operation is ensured in the 2.4 GHz range - using one antenna operating in single-channel mode, judging by the speed. Note that during testing the tablet “lost” Wi-Fi out of the blue a couple of times.

To work with 3G, the tablet has a spring-loaded connector for a Mini-SIM card (a regular, large SIM card). The slot does not have a cover, and the card must be inserted deep enough. Only girls with long nails can do this without any tools.

In order for the 3G Internet to work, after installing the SIM card, the tablet must be rebooted. Mobile Internet settings do not fit into the “Wireless networks” list and are accessible through the “More” button.

To connect external drives, the tablet has a separate Micro-USB port. Since both ports are located next to each other and differ only in the labels on the back panel, they will be confused for a considerable time after purchase. The average speed of copying a gigabyte file from an external drive to the tablet's internal memory is slightly inferior to what we saw in Windows - 6.75 instead of 8 MB/s. The reverse transfer was faster, at about 7.8 MB/s, which is very good.

Cameras

The front camera of Pipo Max-M7 Pro has a resolution of 2 megapixels. The rear one, with a resolution of 5 megapixels, is equipped with a flash. The quality of her photographs is not bad, the colors are quite bright, and there seem to be no noticeable artifacts. The detail in the second photo is pleasing to the eye.

The captured text is almost illegible, the camera cannot focus:

The rear camera is equipped with a flash. We can confirm its proper operation.

The video (1280x720, MPEG-4, 19,994 fps, 5786 Kbps) shot by the Pipo Max-M7 Pro looks quite smooth.

Autonomous operation

The Pipo Max-M7 Pro tablet has a 6300 mAh battery - smaller than that of its competitors IconBIT and Cube. But the screen diagonal here is also smaller.

The battery consumption of the tablet is surprisingly even, and only closer to complete discharge there is a “collapse.” For a tablet of the Pipo Max-M7 Pro class, this is forgivable.

The Pipo Max-M7 Pro cannot be called “long-lasting”. In terms of battery life, it is almost identical to the Cube U30GT2 and is slightly ahead of it only in reading mode due to the fact that here the lion's share of the charge goes to backlighting the display, which our hero has less.

Fully charging the Pipo Max-M7 Pro takes just over four and a half hours. The tablet cannot be charged via USB.

conclusions

The Pipo Max-M7 Pro tablet does not look like a favorite in the budget segment. Even though in benchmarks it shows enviable results for analogues, in practice problems arise every now and then with game compatibility or video decoding. In addition, the build quality leaves much to be desired, which is unfortunate, given the design of the Pipo Max-M7 Pro, which is very original for its segment.

However, on the other hand, everything is not so sad. There is a representative office of Pipo in Russia, which means we can hope that the tablets that go on sale officially will not have annoying assembly defects. And if the manufacturer continues to improve the firmware at the same pace as set in the version dated August 19, Pipo Max-M7 Pro has every chance of success.

More recently, Chinese products were considered synonymous with low quality. However, in recent years everything has changed dramatically. Manufacturers from China have raised the bar so much that their devices are in direct competition with the most famous brands, often outperforming them due to lower prices. One of the most famous names on the market is the company PiPO, which makes quite a loud statement about itself. Today we will look at a new product - the eight-inch PiPO W2.

The PiPO W2 tablet has good hardware. This eight-inch device runs “adult” Windows 8.1:

Contents of delivery

The device is packaged solidly. A large box with space for all the logos: operating system, Intel processors, manufacturer's logo. Inside the box there is quite standard equipment:

1. PiPO W2 tablet;
2. A charger made in the form of an independent device, rather than an adapter;
3. USB adapter for connecting external devices;
4. Warranty card;
5. Documentation and license for MS Office software.

The lack of headphones and a branded case is slightly disappointing. Recently, almost all devices from Chinese manufacturers have been supplied in a “plug and play” format. At least headphones were included with the device.

Design

PiPO W2 is nice to look at. He is strict and neat. Small corner radii, body without excessive bevels, almost canonical black parallelepiped.

The front part is a screen with an uneven frame. The entire panel design hints that the device is intended to be used in a landscape orientation. This can be seen in the location of the front camera, and the lower and upper parts of the frame are thinner than the side ones.

PiPO W2 tablet is lightweight and convenient. You can work in the “portrait” orientation by simply placing it on your palm. The device is quite light, and the hand does not get tired for a long time.

The body is made of plastic. The back cover is matte, without texture embossing. The surface is almost non-slip and fingerprints are hardly visible on it. In short, the PiPO W2 tablet has a fairly thoughtful choice of materials. The inscriptions on the back cover look a little clumsy: a large logo of the operating system is in the center, in the lower part there is the name of the manufacturer and standard icons. It looks asymmetrical and rough. In addition, the appearance of the rear panel is greatly spoiled by two white zones where the serial numbers of the device are printed.

Each socket for communication cables is labeled. The inscriptions are neat and not conspicuous. What was unexpected was the presence of a separate jack for connecting an external microphone and a mode indicator. Another feature of the tablet is that the external memory card is inserted into the slot with a lock. You don't need to use a special paperclip to pull the compartment out and put it in place.

The rear camera is located in the center of the top of the back panel. To the left are the grilles of the built-in speakers. For some reason, the manufacturer decided to place the sound sources on one side of the device. But the space is used to the maximum, the distance between the speakers is decent.

The manufacturer took into account that the cables will take up a lot of space, so rarely used interfaces are located “at hand” - a card slot, a microHDMI connector, an external microphone jack. As a result, half the height is rarely occupied, and there will be no special problems with operation. The PiPO W2 tablet is comfortable to hold in your hands. The volume and power control buttons are located on the top of the case in the left corner area. It is located here. Its lens is located on the left frame of the front panel.

This arrangement of controls makes it possible to use the operating system interface with greater convenience.

Screen

One hand is completely free, while the other operates the control buttons and holds the device.

The PiPO W2 tablet has a very good display at its disposal. Excellent visibility, excellent resolution and DPI density. Even users spoiled by Retina screens will like it.

In terms of picture clarity, the PiPO W2 tablet easily surpasses even laptop screens. The display has bright colors and excellent visibility.

The picture does not change color over a wide range of angles. Previously, glare on the surface begins to interfere, and not distortion due to the fact that the view is conducted at a critical angle.

The PiPO W2 tablet has thoughtful screen proportions. Unlike the standard 4:3 aspect ratio, the W2 has a 16:10 aspect ratio. The user receives an undeniable advantage. When watching movies in full screen, there will be no black bars at the top and bottom of the image.

The rendering quality is also excellent. There is no smoothing or blurring during a dynamic picture, there are no artifacts, the image remains bright and clear. The level of illumination has also been thought through. Throughout the entire brightness range, colors remain unchanged, and at maximum adjustment, the entire screen area is illuminated evenly.

Performance

The PiPO W2 tablet is built using an Intel processor, which gives a significant advantage in terms of performance and low power consumption. In terms of computing power, the device easily copes with all, even quite complex tasks. The performance is sufficient for all modern games.

The installed operating memory of 2 GB is more than enough to run the operating system and all software. Overall, the performance review looks very good - even booting from scratch takes only 14 seconds, which is an excellent performance considering the real "adult" operating system on board. The capacity of the built-in flash drive is 32 GB, but only 16.2 is available to the user due to the characteristics of the operating system and certain space occupied by programs.

Multimedia capabilities

When it comes to audio and visual entertainment, the PiPO W2 tablet offers a wealth of options. In terms of the quality of the built-in sound, the device is not very loud. Rather, this is not due to the volume of the speakers, but to the nature of their location. If you turn the tablet towards you with the back wall, the sound level is more than acceptable. But when working, the feeling of volume immediately disappears.

The sound quality is good, there is no wheezing or frequency distortion at maximum volume. The speakers are large enough to operate reliably throughout the entire adjustment range. The sound in the headphones is also high quality. The built-in microphone works reliably, extraneous noise is cut out quite clearly. The automatic signal boost settings in the system and Skype work perfectly. No problems were found when connecting an external device either. Headphones with a microphone also work great.

The review of other possibilities can take a long time. The operating system provides all the service. Connecting projectors, outputting images and sound to TVs, using multimedia centers with a VT connection, home theaters with data transmission via Wi-Fi, wireless headsets - everything works perfectly. The PiPO W2 tablet handles playing movies and other content without difficulty.

Battery and operating time

The PiPO W2 tablet is equipped with a 5000 mAh lithium-polymer battery sufficiently capacious for an eight-inch device. There was no point in testing the battery in “linear” mode - Windows 8 handles power management quite well. A synthetic test was carried out. PC Mark 2008 is launched, the Wi-Fi module is turned on, the screen backlight is set to a medium adjustment level. A game with 3D graphics has been launched. In this mode of good load on all subsystems, the device worked for more than 4 hours. Quite a good result.

Other indicators give an optimistic assessment. If you use the tablet in medium mode for music and occasional surfing, the review showed that the device “lives” 8–9 hours before the battery level drops to 8%. Most likely, the PiPO W2 tablet will be able to provide a full day of work, but not always.

However, the manufacturer took care of this too. Understanding that using the tablet in “above average” load mode or with the screen constantly on will force the user to take care of the charge, the PiPO W2 tablet provides two “replenishment” modes.

You can connect the charger to your computer. As soon as the tablet is connected to the computer, it begins charging the battery via the USB interface. In addition, this approach provides ample opportunities for using external batteries.

Thus, you can make it through the day if you sometimes “forget about the tablet.” The video player mode allows you to watch movies for about 4–6 hours. In music mode or working with documentation, PiPO W2 will last about 7–8. The indicators are not bad.

Camera

The set of cameras is almost standard. The rear five-megapixel camera with autofocus takes pretty high-quality pictures. Even without flash, images are evenly lit, have good color balance and are free of color noise. So we can confidently say that the camera’s sensitivity is good, and the hardware automation is quite well thought out.

Front camera - 2 MP. The rear is similar - good sensitivity and smooth color reproduction. It is quite enough for Skype and creating avatars. When transmitting video during video calls, the image is good, without jerks or dips, the video stream is formed confidently and clearly.

Even with sudden movements of the tablet, the hardware tries to form a smooth and legible image.

Operating system and programs

It’s worth noting right away that almost half the cost of the tablet is taken up by a subscription to a temporary annual license for the MS Office 365 package. Additionally, 1 GB of disk space in cloud storage is provided as a gift from Microsoft and 1 free hour per month for conversations on Skype (calls to phones).

Knowing the realities of the Russian market and the entire post-Soviet space, most likely, versions of kits will soon appear in which the PiPO W2 tablet will be supplied without a pre-installed operating system or with free ones. Moreover, in a short time, many options have appeared on the forums - Windows, Linux, Android drivers, support - you can download the ready-made assembly and use it.

Competitors

In terms of price/features ratio, the PiPO W2 tablet stands alone. In order not to be unfounded, we will make a brief review of a couple of analogues.

The same display, memory, communications. Plastic case. Same battery. On the plus side, there is 3G. Cons - the Intel Atom processor is more power-hungry and slower, there is no HDMI, external microphone, USB charging, rear camera - 2 megapixels. The price of the device is $45 more. It’s cheaper to buy an external modem for PiPO W2 and get the desired 3G.

Clone of the previous device. Except that it has a more powerful battery - 8000 mAh, and has GPS support. Disadvantage - the device is designed for use in portrait mode. Digma Eve 8.0 3G is $180 more expensive than PiPO W2, almost 2 times. High price for “motor resource” and navigation.

Advantages and disadvantages

If we do a comprehensive review, the PiPO W2 does not have any key disadvantages. Good hardware, thoughtful design. Let's list:

• very neat assembly, thoughtful choice of materials;
• for a Windows tablet - low price, taking into account a paid license for two devices, storage and an annual subscription to Skype calls;
• not extreme, but quite good performance;
• many different ports;
• thoughtful operation of camera automation;
• sufficient battery life and the ability to charge not only from a 220V network.

If we list the disadvantages, we can note the increase in price due to paid software. But, most likely, the modern market will put everything in its place, and the device will become even cheaper. A slight whim is the appearance of the rear panel - clumsy inscriptions.

What's left

If you are looking for a truly inexpensive and convenient solution, PiPO W2 will be a good option. Just by equipping it with an external one, you can get a device with all kinds of functionality and a real operating system for ridiculous money. Plus licensed software and services that can be extended to another device.

This tablet has a lot to offer - performance, good looks, great screen, multimedia entertainment and plenty of battery life. The best choice for almost all categories of users.

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