i think this is an excellent tablet. i love customization and the android OS so i knew the ipad was not for me.
for
about a month i was ecstatic with this tablet and it went everywhere
with me. SOLID build quality, strong processor, good battery life,
excellent display, lightweight, and able to handle every and anything i
threw at it with only the very sporadic hiccup such as screen lag or a
force close...
at first, the only thing i could possibly complain
about was the single speaker. i dind't think it was loud enough and just
having the ONE was kind of a bummer if i held it or laid it a certain
way and it muffled the sound. (cue you're holding it wrong joke) however
i found a free app in the market that enhanced the speaker volume and
had a built in equalizer to tweak the sound and definitely made me a
happy camper.
however, there was another thing i noticed immediately
and thought this COULD be a problem and serious design flaw...the
beveled edge combined with square edged components ie charger port,
3.5mm jack, sd card slot...
the 3.5mm headphone jack i don't think
has caused any problems...i did get some lousy sound which at first i
attributed to being able to see almost half the jack on the bottom edge
even though it was flush with the top edge, but i think my headphones
are just shite...so that ones a wash...
but the sd slot and charger are a little more problematic...
i
mean maybe it was wrong of me to assume that having an sd card slot
meant i could expand the storage capacity indefinitely rather than just
having a convenient method to transfer things on and off of my tablet.
but when you insert a micro sd card, it will stick out some because of
the rounded lower edge of the tablet. could they not have just recessed
this slot a couple more millimeters to at least try to have the sd card
flush with the lower edge? overall this is kind of nit-picky as it does
not stick out THAT much, but it IS noticeable...you can see it and if
you run your hand down the side you can definitely feel it.
the
charger is my biggest concern...recently i noticed my tablet was being
temperamental with charging anytime i would try to plug it
in...sometimes it would charge, sometimes it wouldn't...sometimes it
would at first, then give out after a while or if i moved it etc...this
was probably the first time i really looked at it and noticed that when
its plugged in, the top (screen side)of the charger is flush, but when i
flip it over, the bottom is barely half way in because of the beveled
edge. this gives A LOT of freedom to movement and the charger can easily
wobble much more than any other electronic device i've ever
had...because of this, i noticed that the charger has been bending the
connector pins and misalign them causing the intermittent charging
problem. perhaps this isn't a big problem for people with the dock since
there are two more points of connection and it increases stability, but
i have never had any intention of buying the dock because i want a
tablet and i already have a computer.
i feel like this is
potentially a serious design flaw and i've already seen that i'm not the
only one with bent connector pins...
i still love this tablet and
i'm not here to bash it or android, but i think people need to know that
your sd card will stick out a little and at least be careful when
plugging in your charger because the connector pins are pretty exposed
and fragile and it can move around a lot
