Even though the Onda tablets sometimes carry the sketchy reputation still they are among the most popular cheap tablet chinese brands and almost always are capable of offering a good price for the hardware inside. That’s the case with the older Onda V972 model offered for discounted price by the Lightinthebox reseller.
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Onda V972 is equipped with the slightly unusual quad-core Allwinner A31 processor paired with 2 GB DDR3 RAM and 32 GB of storage with the option of adding more through the microSD expansion slot. The display is with the 4:3 aspect ratio and carries the 9,7-inch diagonal with the Retina 2048 x 1536 pixel resolution with 10 finger multitouch. Inside we can also find 5 Mpix rear camera, 2 Mpix front one, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, HDMI output, 3.5mm jack, OTG support and 8000 mAh battery.
On V972 is currently offered here for for the $116.99 price.
This looks very good for the price but I don’t know how it is in the actual use.
Retina screen + A31 = zero usability
What would you recommend?
Atm i would recommend any dual OS Z8300 tablet from Teclast.
There are models for every budget and every needs, depending on screen – RAM/ROM – connectivity.
I would like to find something with a beautiful screen, at least 10 inch or somewhere close. I don’t care about pricing. I would like something for my girlfriend birthday, thank you.
I’d go for Teclast Tbook 10 2in1 + magnetic docking keyboard
Intel Cherry Trail X5-Z8300
4GB RAM + 64GB ROM
Win 10 + Android 5.1
10.1″ screen 1920×1200 res
6500mAh + 3500mAh (secondary battery inside docking keyboard)
cons :
no full-sized USB on tablet itself (full sized USB port is located on the docking keyboard)
no 3G / 4G – only WiFi
price : $180 + $64 = $244
you can check techtablets dot com review video on youtube to see it in action
They offer great specs for a reason, they’re tablets suck big time and wouldn’t be worth having if they were free.
I saw some people say bad things about light in the box. They are not 100% safety?
A31 ? 2GB RAM ? c’mon… that’s garbage
You can buy a Z8300 tablet from Teclast or Chuwi with same pricetag.
No one would recommand buying a tablet with Retina screen and A31. Even if i don’t give much credit to antutu, you should just know this crap hits only 10 to 11k.
119? if it was for 70 or less than it would be a good deal. This tablet is completely obsolete in terms of both android version and processor.
By the time you add the shipping ( $35 in my case for standard shipping ) it’s not a good deal at all.
I can buy better tablets with Atom and all from Gearbest for around $160 with shipping included.
I had one Onda device on 2015 (paid arround 150$-160$) and it was worthless. Windows wouldnt conect to my wifi, the os windows was most in chinese, some useless apps preinstaled, and the android on it..meh.. If u want a android toy, go for a phone with Full HD, there are many good phones on the market arround 150-200$. But if u are stubborn and really want a tablet..meh, i will feel sorry for u