Making it to the first batch of Android Ice Cream Sandwich-based tablets to emerge in India, the iBerry Auxus AX02 follows the Zync Z990 and Ainol Novo 7 Paladin,
straight into our review labs. After dishing out a piece of the
Gingerbread, the company was quick enough to launch the Auxus AX02 and
it wouldn't make you grin over the price, which is well intact at
Rs.10,000. To know if the tablet is worth every penny, and how it fares
against its competitors coming with price tags that read Rs.1,000 to
2,000 less, here’s the review of the iBerry Auxus AX02 tablet.
Newest ICS tablet
Design and Build quality
The newest iBerry
tablet with Android’s newest flavoured operating system looks like the
usual 7-inch tablet. The Auxus AX02 equips a 7-inch capacitive
touchscreen on the front side with a steel circular button, giving this
tablet a distinct look, compared to the most recent ICS tablets that
we’ve got to lay our hands on. Besides, the front side also shows the
secondary VGA camera for video conferencing. Flip it, and the backside
imprints all logos and certifications, and before you overlook, there’s
the 2 megapixel camera, speakers and the reset button. It was nice to
see the physical, steel volume controls, while the right side has been
embedded the power button, charging port, microSD card slot, headphone
jack, HDMI and mini USB port.
Ports and power button on right edge
This iBerry device maintains the sturdy build that we saw in the BT07i.
It feels solid when held in one's palms, but it leaves us wishing it
were lighter in weight. It appears sleek and solid, but once you pick
it, you’d only wish it had been lighter. Also, the sturdiness has taken
away the smooth edges, or so. The device has some sharp edges on the
backside, luckily the front side is smoother. The buttons and ports also
seem well integrated. The 800 x 400 WVGA touchscreen is responsive, but
we were left wishing for a better display quality. The display of this
tablet is a fingerprint magnet.
Features:-User Interface
This
iBerry is fuelled by a 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor and 1GB RAM.
Running on the Android 4.0.3, iBerry hasn't customized the UI a lot for
the AX02. The homescreen shows the Google Search icon on the left upper
corner, while the Menu icon stays on the right side. A click on the
icon, and you are taken to choose between Apps, and widgets. Here you
will also find the Android Shop icon for quick access to the Market.
The user interface
The UI is slick and we didn't find it lagging and the navigation is
smooth, too (owing to the quick responding accelerometer). On the lower
right side, you will see the Back, Home and recent apps touch buttons.
The AX02 scored 3095 on conducting the AnTuTu test. The scores are far
better than most of the tablets in the same class. In fact, it's better
than tablets posing a much higher price tag. In the Linpack benchmark,
the single thread test emitted a score of 15.57 MFLOPS, while the multi
thread score was 14.39 MFLOPS.
| Screen |
|---|
| Screen Size |
7 inches |
| Screen Resolution (pixels) |
800 x 480 |
| Screen Type |
WVGA-Widescreen |
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| Memory |
|---|
| Internal Storage (GB) |
4GB, 1GB RAM DDR3 |
| ROM (MB) |
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| Expandable |
Yes |
| Memory Type |
MicroSD |
| Onboard storage |
32GB |
| |
| Camera |
|---|
| Megapixel (MP) |
2MP |
| Resolution (pixels) |
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| Optical zoom |
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| Video resolution / frame rate |
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| Front facing camera |
0.3MP |
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| Sound |
|---|
| Speaker |
Yes |
| Audio connector |
3.5mm |
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| Connectivity |
|---|
| 2G |
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| 3G |
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| 3G USB Modem Support |
Yes |
| A2DP |
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| Bluetooth |
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| Wi-Fi |
Yes |
| WiFi (802.11b/g/n) |
802.11 b/g |
| USB |
Yes |
| EDGE |
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| Software |
|---|
| OS |
Android |
| Version |
4.0 |
| |
| Hardware |
|---|
| Processor |
ARM Cortex A8 |
| Speed |
1.0 GHz |
| GPU |
400MHz OpenGL 2.0 |
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| Battery |
|---|
| Type |
Li-poly |
| Capacity |
4000MAh |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) |
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| Weight (g) |
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| Warranty |
1 Year |
