Fast and cheap tablets are ahead - Alldocube iPlay 50 Pro
Alldocube found a place in a corner of my heart years ago. I admit, there is some bias on my part, because the manufacturer has already proven itself with us, not even once. We also have a tablet from them and a notebook that can be folded out 360 degrees and can also be used as a Windows tablet. The latter was also one of the company's first products.
So, for me, the Alldocube and the iPlay series are already a kind of corner point, to which I compare the tablets of other Chinese manufacturers.
Over the years, these machines have also become more and more beautiful and reliable. The quality of the assembly and the choice of materials make these tablets easy to mistake for any brand-name manufacturer. The good news is that they are trying to step up not only in terms of quality, but also in terms of power, so now their devices are almost at the level of Redmi tablets in all respects. That is, part of their machines.
Today's presentation will be about just such a machine, the iPlay 50 Pro mentioned in the title.
Where can you start such a presentation? Of course, it is not worth spending a lot of time on the packaging. quality black box with a restrained non-figurative pattern. This is what a cool tablet box should look like. Cool!
And what else is cool? Well, the iPlay 50 Pro itself!
Well, don't think about anything big, there are no math samples, it's "just" a tablet. The display is on the front, the camera on the back, the buttons and the SIM tray on the sides. On the other hand, the back panel feels like metal, and it follows the square design with rounded corners like the big ones. In other words, to the touch and feel, it could be a previous series Xiaomi or a new Redmi Tab.
The assembly is flawless, it doesn't creak even when bent, but at the same time I note that it is far from a Xiaomi in terms of stiffness. Let's say I haven't had a Redmi Tab in my hands yet, I can't compare it to it. It is certainly quite light, the machine weighs only 466 grams.
Of course, it doesn't want to fall apart, and it doesn't even look like that when it's held flat, not rolled up.
From the front, the large display, which is not only large, has a 10,4-inch IPS 2K, that is, a resolution of exactly 2000 x 1200 pixels. It's not an AMOLED anyway, but what you can get from IPS, they got it, the backlight is adequate (300cd/㎡ according to factory data), the colors are quite good, and as I always say, we didn't cry because of IPS back then, we were actually happy , like a monkey by the tail, when IPS displays finally reached an affordable price range.
There is a camera above the display and there is also on the back. A 5-megapixel front and an 8-megapixel rear camera. I'll include some pictures here so you can see what he can do, but I don't think this is a category worth wasting any words on. They work, you can take photos with them if you need to take photos and there is nothing else at hand. Let's say the manufacturers don't force this camera issue either, I think they feel it's a bit unnecessary. Here are some pictures I took with the rear camera:
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If we turn the machine around, everything we are used to will be there on the edges. On one of the shorter sides are the on/off button and the volume rocker (oh my god, where are the wobbly crappy switches of the old days) and a speaker grille. On the top of the machine is a microphone and the SIM tray, the latter of course can accept either two Nano SIMs or one SIM and a maximum 2 TB memory card. On the corner of this longer side is the headphone jack, and on the next side is a Type-E connector and a second speaker grille. We can't find anything on the lower edge.
Although this dress fits the tablet, the point is not outside, but inside. The chipset was replaced, MediaTek came back instead of Tiger, namely in the form of a G99 chip. I liked Tiger, it's a well-scaled chip family, although even the most powerful 6xx series is weaker than G99. Let's say it's cheaper.
Anyway, the G99 got cores arranged in two clusters. In the upper cluster, the two Cortex-A76s serve the performance-demanding programs, and in the lower cluster, the Cortex-A55 chips responsible for normal operation and more energy-saving work, of course there are six of them, so the 8 processor cores that are written in the specification come out.
I would say that the G99 has many strengths, but in fact, in terms of paper format, it is only one of many well-equipped cards. 4G mobile internet, Wi-Fi with 4 satellite navigation and Bluetooth 5.2 are the typical data. From sensor we get a gravity and light sensor. For the latter, I would like to add that automatic brightness is not turned on by default in the settings, so if you want to use it, just enable it, it works properly.
What should not be forgotten is that, despite the fact that the capabilities are the same as a cheaper Tiger tile, the navigation, for example, is miles better, more accurate and faster. So, the paper form is not everything!
Regarding the central chip, in addition to navigation, it is also important to mention the advanced manufacturing technology (6 nanometer stripe width), the ARM Mali-G57 MC2 dual-core graphics accelerator, which brings about an order of magnitude change compared to the Tiger. In addition to these, there is also 8 GB of LPDDR4X memory, which is fast enough to make the Alldocube iPlay 50 Pro a suitable device even for games.
I would just like to add that the G - i.e. gaming - marking in the chip type also predestines it for this. There were no big surprises in terms of performance, the machine produced very similar results to the previous tablet with the G99 chip, the 356 points that appeared on the display are within the margin of error.
Games also come with good sound. Well, that's it, although I have to state that this dual-speaker solution is miles away from a Xiaomi quad-speaker sound system, but, as I say, they're not in the same league.
So, we can't complain about the sound at this price level at all, in fact, in my opinion, it's rather above average. There is some dynamism in it, we can also discover some depth. However, if there is a way, I would rather watch movies with a good Bluetooth headset.
I haven't written about the backup yet, it's basically 128 GB, which means it's quite large and it's based on UFS2.1 technology. As I already wrote above, we can expand this with a memory card, up to 2 terabytes, so I think that no one will have a problem with the storage space.
If I have to look for a bad thing, I can only find one, and that is the lack of Widevine L1 certification. It's a bit incomprehensible, since the latest version of the iPlay 50 or the previously tested iPlay 50 Mini can also do it. Sure, they have Tiger chips, maybe that's the difference.
On the other hand, a lot of good experience was added to the pan on the other side of the scale. The usable 2K resolution display, the 6000 mAh capacity battery (with 18 watt fast charging), the dual 4G mobile network (VoLTE), the dual WiFi, the fast and accurate GPS, the central unit suitable for gaming with the fast GPU, and the excellent memory capable of speeds.
Finally, a few words about the operating system. The machine runs stock Android 12 with its simplicity, and according to others, its puritanism. Fortunately, it's been a long time since it's been fashionable to worry machines full of unnecessary programs, although this was the case with Alldocube from the beginning, fortunately they didn't think otherwise.
So the system is simple and naturally fast due to the hardware. Seamless enjoyment with almost any program.
What is the conclusion of this short essay?
Roughly speaking, if the lack of L1 doesn't bother you, you can get a Redmi Tab-capable tablet for relatively cheap. Alldocube has once again put a great little machine on the table, which is also suitable for software and games that require stronger performance.
At the end is the price. I begged until I got another one instead of the public coupon, with an additional HUF 4000 discount, that is, an extra ~8 percent discount. Unfortunately, there are only 10 allowed for this coupon, and if my article becomes public, the code will disappear in seconds, so take it and take it while it lasts.
Use the BGaf4eb0 coupon code, and when ordering from the Czech warehouse, the price will be HUF 72 instead of HUF 700 here:
