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Tablet review: Wishtel Ira 8

New Delhi, March 21: Indian tablet maker Wishtel launched its premium tablet Ira Icon 8 for a price tag of Rs 13,500. It comes with an 8 inch display, Android 4.0 OS, 1.2 GHz processor,

India TV News Desk Updated on: March 21, 2013 16:15 IST

Processor



Wishtel has deployed a 1.2 GHz single processor coupled with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of ROM (internal memory). Wishtel has used a Rockchip chipset and it looks as if not much effort has been put to optimise Android 4.0 on this hardware, as it is sluggish right from the word go.

Games like Temple Run won't even play, and Subway Surfer runs at an unacceptable frame rate. For normal web browsing, ebooks (you get class (10ư) books for free,) the tablet does a nice job. Some light games also play decently.

Camera

The tablet has a 2 megapixel rear camera and a VGA front camera, both of which are fairly average. The rear camera therefore is more or less useless, though the front camera does a reasonable job for video chats.

Connectivity

This is one of the strongest points of this tablet. While it lacks full USB port, it has mini as well as micro USB ports, which is a very good thing. Apart from that there is also a mini HDMI port to connect and share the tablet's display on a TV.

There is a 3G SIM slot and WiFi support as well as Bluetooth, which makes it a complete package in terms of both wired and wireless connectivity. We faced no issues with connectivity.

Battery

The tablet gets a 5500 mAh battery, which leaves you wanting just a little bit more juice. It officially supports only 3 hours of WiFi browsing and actually delivers around 2.5 hours, which is nothing great.

You put it through games and 3G browsing and it starts to lose charge really fast.

Verdict

Price at Rs 13,500 the device is in the proximity of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, 7 inch 3G tablet, priced at Rs 15,000. This tablet faces formidable competition and massively fails to deliver.

Agreed, it gets all the connectivity options, and a decent display, but in the area of performance and battery backup it's closer to being a dud and absolutely not worth the money.
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