Review : Tablet Lenovo A8-50 A5500, Dolby Audio Technology

Review : Tablet Lenovo A8-50 A5500, Dolby Audio Technology ~ Lenovo's presence in the tablet market seems to have not been able to displace the dominance of the country of origin of ginseng tablet vendors. To increase market penetration, Lenovo launched the 8-inch tablet variant called A8 Tab is released at an affordable price, which is 2 million. Tab A8 already armed with a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and Dolby audio technologies made​​.

Design 

• Dimensions: (WxDxH): 217 x 136 x 8.9 mm, Weight: 360g

Review : Tablet Lenovo A8-50 A5500, Dolby Audio Technology

Tab A8 we tested comes wrapped in black on the front and white on the back side. Lenovo itself provides a choice of four colors each of black, white, yellow and red. Using a plastic material, Tab A8 feels slippery in the hand. Design A8 Tab by default are in a portrait position with a rounded body corners, In the upper section of the body, pinning Lenovo micro USB port and audio jack. While for the SIM and microSD card slot you can come across on the left side. As for the power and volume buttons, Lenovo put it on the right side.

With a weight of 360 grams and 8.9mm thick, the Tab A8 does not feel heavy even using one hand grip. However if you want to type, use one hand would be very inconvenient.

Display

• TFT LCD 8k "Capacitive Multi Touch Screen 1280 x 800 (189 ppi)

Review : Tablet Lenovo A8-50 A5500, Dolby Audio Technology

Carrying the TFT LCD screen measures 8 inches, the Tab A8 comes with a massive resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels which serves about 190 ppi pixel density. Hers capacitive touch screen tech could receive up to ten finger touch input.
Although it is equipped with auto brightness, the screen A8 Tab arguably quite reflective when used, making it difficult to read the writing.

Hardware 

• CPU: MediaTek MT8382 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, GPU: Mali-400MP, Internal Storage: 16GB (12GB user available) Micro SD Card Up To 32GB

Hardware

To support the performance, Lenovo uses a quad core processor 1.3 GHz speed MediaTek. As for storing images or multimedia collection, already available internal storage space of 16GB which leaves 12GB capacity for net users to use the system.

While for boosting performance, Lenovo to equip A8 with 1GB of RAM. Affairs power supply, Lenovo entrust the Li-Ion battery with a capacity of 4200mAh. Apps battery saving, Power ManagerHD also pinned Lenovo. Besides being able to set the battery save mode, the user can also monitor the power consumption of each application and turn it off when not needed.

Measurements with Antutu Benchmark placing A8 with a score above Xiaomi Redmi 16822. While the performance of the Quadrant Standard test scored 5438 which put him in the top rank.

Interface and OS 

• Jelly Bean Android 4.2.2 upgrade to Android 4.4.2 KitKat

Interface And OS KitKat

When first turned on this Chinese tablet vendors, PULSE find these devices running the operating system Android Jelly Bean. But once we connect with Wi-Fi, a 683MB update notification for direct KitKat we received.

There is no fundamental difference between the A8 interface while running Jell Bean and KitKat. Page A8 menu disabled so resembles interface of the Apple device. Smart Side Bar which is a mainstay of Lenovo's interface you can enable it by going to the settings.

By swiping a finger from left to right, the user can see the side bar that contains shortcuts to the last application that you visit.

Multimedia 

• Dolby Audio Front Speakers; 1080p @ 30fps video playback.

Multimedia Dolbi

In accordance with a tag that carried advertising, relying A8 Tab Dolby audio technology as a major selling point. Armed with the equalizer settings as well as the front speakers, Lenovo is ready to spoil the user's ears with the music of various genres. You can also buy it separately Lenovo Bluetooth speakers to listen to audio with better quality.

Turning to the video player, A8 tab displays a list of videos to display the same video playback video player found in Android gallery. By rolling the update KitKat, Lenovo added a subtitle settings that include the type, size and font color. New settings even provide support for Japanese fonts, Arabic, Chinese, Thai and many others.

Camera and Video

• Rear Camera: 5 MP (2592 х 1944 pixels), Video: 1080p Front Camera: 2MP

Tab A8 comes with a 5 megapixel fixed focus camera in the rear and 2 megapixel camera on the front side. Lenovo camera application is equipped with scene modes such as Face Beauty, live photo, panorama, HDR and setting saturation, hue, brightness and others. The absence of the flash would affect the images A8 in low light conditions.

While recording video, the camera is able to capture the A8 Tab video with full HD resolution. Unfortunately though it was equipped with a 2 megapixel front camera, A8 Tab has yet support video calls via 3G.

Internet and Connectivity 

• GSM 850/900/1800/1900 (SIM 1 and SIM 2), HSDPA 2100 (SIM 1), Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0

Besides equipped with the Android browser to explore the virtual world, Tab A8 is equipped also with UC Browser and Chrome. With its micro SIM slot, you can surf the internet with 3G HSDPA speed class. You can also make phone calls and send sms using the A8.

For connectivity, Lenovo to equip A8 with options wireless data transfer Bluetooth v4.0 and ShareIt. ShareIt itself is a transfer of data between applications via Wi-Fi network.

Features 

• AccuWeather, CloneIt, Evernote, File Manager, Movie Studio, Norton Mobile, Power Manager HD, HD SyncIt, ToDo

KitKat carry Android, Lenovo has completed Tab A8 with various applications and games galore. To manage documents, you can use the Kingsoft Office. As for the record, existing Evernote can sync with your online account.
To ensure that the agenda goes smoothly, Lenovo also been pinned ToDo application. While with AccuWeather, you can get information on the weather forecast before deciding to travel.

Excess 

• Dolby Audio
• Phone and SMS
• Android KitKat

Disadvantages 

• minimal features video player
• Camera without a flashlight

Conclusion

To increase market penetration, Lenovo launched the A8 Tab with audio features as the main selling points. With the 8-inch landscape display, which is already running Android A8 KitKat is very suitable for you who crave a tablet with the new OS inexpensive.