Zync z1000 review (Budget android tablet)

I own Samsung Omnia 2 smart phone with Windows mobile 6.5 OS. Off late I started dabbling with android and felt the need of owning an android device. I was not willing to swap my current phone with an android phone so I decided to go for an android tablet.


Apart from using it as my lab, I intended to use it for reading books while on bed which i cannot do comfortably with my laptop.

When I started to look for budget tablets I was astonished with the number of options available in Indian market under INR 10000. I was determined to get the best value for whatever little money I was ready to spend so I created my wish list which is as follows.

a. 10 inch screen

b. Support for GSM sim so that I can use it to surf net using Airtel gprs.

c. Latest android – ice cream sandwich or jelly bean

d. Good screen resolution

e. Good battery

f. 1 GB ram

I had almost zeroed in for Iberry Auxus AX03G as it was offering most of what I was looking for e.g. Android 4.0, SIM support, 1 GB RAM.

Recently I across a news article around launch of Zync z1000. Both had same price band of INR 11000 and Zync z100 offered almost everything that Auxus AX03G  had but following additional offerings made me to go for it

a. 9.7 inch display versus 7 inch

b. 1024X768 pixel resolution versus 800X480

c. Bundled accessories - lycra pouch and screen guard

d. Discount of INR 1000 in homeshop18.com



I had gone through many reviews of budget tablets and because of that I was little skeptical of what I am going to get. I must say that I have never used Ipad so my expectations were not very high.

Yesterday I got my Zync z1000 and here is my initial reaction on ZYNC z1000 tablet.

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As promised box had following:

1. Zync z1000 tablet

2. Lycra pouch

3. Screen guard

4. Ear phone

5. Charger

Specifications

Here is the complete specification as mentioned on the package:

Processor – 1.5 GHZ with Mali 400 GPU

Android – 4.0 Ice Creame Sandwich

Camera – front camera 0.3 MP/Back camera 2.0 MP

Memory – 8GB (internal) Expandable upto 32 GB

Ram – 1 GB DDR3

Battery – 7000mAh/3.7v (polymer battery)

Media – MPEG1/2/4, MJPG, MKV, DIVx,xvid,mov

Sensor – G-sensor

Display – 9.7’’ Multitouch Capactive(1024*768)

Connections – 2 mini usb/ TF card/HDMI/3.5’’ earphone jack/DC port

Network – in built 3G support & WIFI802.11b/g/n

Dimensions – 245*190*13mm

Design of tablet

Overall design and build quality of tablet is ordinary. Front panel is plain with rounded corner. There is one camera on front. Back side is plastic with ordinary finish. There is one camera and speaker on the back.

On one side it has a volume rocker as well as back button. On another side it has following:

a. Power button

b. Sim card slot

c. 2 micro usb port

d. 1 HDMI port

e. 1 3.5’’ear phone jack

f.   DC port

g. 1 card slot

Display screen

Display looks fine and it’s responsive to touch. I didn’t experience any lag. I tried some live wallpapers and color looks decent.

Battery

I fully charged the battery and after that it lasted for around 5 hours. In these five hours I used the tablet extensively for browsing net. I did several downloads and played games.

Calling feature

I inserted my regular Airtel SIM and used it for making few calls and sending SMS. Network reception was good. I tried USSD feature of airtel and it worked fine. I also used airtel gprs for browsing web and it worked well.

Software

It had all software’s as claimed except for angry birds. It’s not an issue as I used Google Play to download angry birds as well as Google Chrome browser.

Overall I feel that my 10000 is well spent and I have got a decent android device!!