Review : Asus Fonepad 7

Review : Asus Fonepad 7

Asus Fonepad 7 - The number of Android tablets currently on the market of any price level, which makes prospective customers worry about the quality of the product. In addition to guaranteed quality, software development was also noted

Currently our arrival Android tablet from Asus that sail 7-inch is Fonepad 7 FE375 series dual SIM. You are curious about the performance given Fonepad 7? see more reviews

Specifications

• IPS LCD screen, a resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels 216 ppi
• Chipset Intel Atom Z3560 64bit quad-core 1.83 GHz GPU PowerVR Series 6
• 5MP main camera of 2592 x 1944 pixels, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, 2MP front camera
• 8/16 GB internal memory, Micro SD up to 64 GB
• 1GB of RAM
• Android OS 4.4.2 Kitkat

Design

The whole body of the tablet has dimensions of 194.3 x 108.9 x 9.8 mm, for the body back is made of high quality plastic matte. Although made of plastic, Fonepad 7 is still good quality, at the time grasping this Fonepad 7 body feels sturdy and lightweight, but less convenient to use when grasped only using one hand, you should use both hands to avoid the risk of falling when the tablet is used. This tablet has a heavy weight of 290 grams and a thickness of only 9.8 mm tablets.

The face Fonepad 7 there are 7-inch touchscreen display, at the top of the screen there is a speaker that serves as an earpiece, 2MP front camera, light sensor, the logo "ASUS" located under the screen are quite striking. The interesting thing about this Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 is available stereo speakers located on the top and bottom if the tablet to landscape position will be located in the left and right.

On the back are covered with milky white color that looks clean. In addition to the white color variants are also available in red, black, and gold. Then there is a 5MP main camera with no flash capacity. Under the logo "ASUS" which is coated by metal

On the left side of the tablet, there are three slots are closed plastic flap, 2 slot for a micro SIM and one slot for micro SD external memory, then, on the right side are the volume keys and the lock / power. For audio jack port located beneath the tablet body and attached to the USB slot on the top of the body.

Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 screen uses IPS LCD resolution of 800 x 1280 pixels (~ 216 ppi pixel density). The tablet has a characteristic that is quite simple by displaying brilliant color. You can also change the color settings screen with Asus Splendid applications. Fonepad  7 screen is coated with an oleophobic coating that is resistant to scratches.

Interface

Interface Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 using Zen UI as the default launcher, the launcher Zen UI operation running smoothly without any lag at all to move around the home screen, app drawer, the control center and the notification bar is very smooth and intuitive.

On display there is a lock screen camera shortcut icon display, dial, and sms, along with information about the weather, time, date, and your daily agenda

On the homescreen pages by default Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 offers 3 pages. Homescreen page contains a maximum of 7 pieces of a page as a place to display the folder the app drawer, widgets and application shortcuts, and others according to your needs.

There are two different windows to perform gesture swipe from the top of the screen, when using the two finger gesture will bring a quick display settings, then when using one finger gesture will bring up the display notification bar.

On the pages contained in the notification bar at the center of the screen that displays the time and date, and general application notification settings.

for text input method that is used is provided from congenital ASUS keyboard itself. Qwerty keyboard typing is more convenient to use on horizontal or portrait position because the range of finger fairly difficult to typing on a vertical or landscape position.

Camera

Fonepad 7 has two cameras, the front camera with 2MP capacity that has some features that are shared for the main camera.

Then for capacity 5MP rear camera but is not equipped with a flash camera making it less suitable for use in low light or at night, but many comprehensive features can cover one of the shortcomings of the Fonepad. one of its features is the Time Rewind, serves to take a picture a few seconds before and after pictures of the original.

Fonepad 7 has an interface for camera and video recorder, then of the available display for photo and video recording. 5MP camera on the back can do the recording up to Full HD 1080p resolution. For the features of the video recording that is Miniature and Time lapse.

Other

In this section, such as music and video player, Asus Fonepad 7 FE375 is quite satisfactory, Asus entrust multimedia business applications made by their own use, to display Gallery looks more attractive to look beyond the stock Android. Content photos and videos displayed by folder in the default condition, and can be changed according to your wishes.

To use the music player ASUS-made luggage, but no prominent features in the music app ASUS just look that suits the theme of the interface. The music application provides standard settings such as equalizer. ASUS prefers output via stereo speakers located on Asus Fonepad 7 FE375, the sound produced by the speakers including strong and clear, even exceeding the volume of the volume of the tablet dock Asus FonePad S been reviewed by my colleague earlier.

For there is not a video player application for Fonepad 7, the default video can be played through the Gallery. There are no features for video players so only for the basic course, can not bring up the subtitle, I try to play a movie with a resolution of 1080p .mkv format, at the time of screening, the film runs smoothly without stuttering or lagging.

If you want to browse, there are two browsers that can be used is the Google Chrome browser and application of their own making. Display Chrome Browser is similar to asus tablet with tabs like in a computer system desktoo. You can do multitab up to 16 tabs, for HTML5 score is 404.

Connectivity

• HSPA + (uplinnk: 5.76 Mbps / downlink: 42 Mbps
• 3G: WCDMA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
• 2G: EDGE / GSM (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
• WiFi: 802.11 b.g.n, hotspot
• Bluetooth v 4.0
• Port MicroUSB v2.0
• GPS

BENCHMARK RESULTS

• AnTuTu Benchmark V 5.6: 37 955 points
• Quadrant Standard: 13 080 points
• GPUbench: 13 678 points

Battery Life

Asus Fonepad 6 FE375 has a unibody 15 Wh battery and can reach up to 690 hours of runtime in accordance with the manufacturer, I can not find the right information for this tablet battery power, then by the time I used it to me at the reviews on this tablet, like trying a front camera and back for 1-2 hours reduces battery approximately 15%, for downloading and browsing for 2-3 hours reduces battery approximately 25%. However, there are applications Fonepad 7 Power Saver, you can change your profile becomes, Customized Mode, Optimized Mode and Ultra Saving Mode.

Excess

• Prices are affordable in its class
• Stereo speakers have
• Display a simple design

Shortage

• Does not have a camera flash on the back
• Reflective glass screen
• Small RAM capacity

Conclusion

Mid-end tablet offered by Asus is designed with a very attractive, in terms of the value of the funds that you spend the equivalent of what is obtained, which uses the Intel Atom Z3560 64bit quad-core with a PowerVR G6430 integrated GPU with a very satisfactory performance in applications , its games and multimedia applications. brightness and stable-angle view of the touchscreen IPS with good color reproduction.