Budget Tablet Review: Coby Kyros MID7048-3G Connect even without WIFI

Of most of the budget tablets that I have been able to review for the past couple of months, there have only been but a few that were notable ones that I feel would be worthy to be written about. One of these is the Coby Kyros MID7048-3G. The Coby Kyros Mid 7048 is a 7 inch tablet that is powered by a single core 1Ghz A5 Cortex chip coupled with a 1 GB ram allowing it to support running Android's Ice Cream Sandwich software also known as 4.0. It has a front facing VGA camera, multi-touch capable screen, microSD card slot capable of handling upto 32Gb, Wifi and is capable of delivering a 16:9 aspect ratio viewing angle to its users.

Now looking at those specs, the Coby Kyros MID7048-3G brings something of what most budget tablets would normally offer their clients. However, the Coby Kyros MID7048-3G as its name indicates, this Coby Kyros is equipped with 3G technology meaning that you have an option to insert a sim-card giving its users the power to browse the internet without having to use wifi. This is something that many of the budget tablets that I have seen thus far have lacked. This means that if you have an internet plan attached to your simcard, you can now use your Coby Kyros MID7048-3G on the go as long as of course you have signal.

In terms of how it feels to be using a Corby Kyros MID7048-3G. The specs will pretty much give you hint on its performance. It is like the Kata T1 Tablet as it tends to be slow to start up but once it has fully loaded it runs pretty smoothly and since it runs the basic stock 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich software, navigation is pretty smooth and pleasant. Battery life is pretty good too since it only runs on a single core. Being at 1Ghz it is capable of running games such as temple run and Contract Killer Zombies, but dont expect it to run full on 3D games. Camera is basically for skype calling and isn't of the best quality but still does the job. GPS isn't part of the package either but with 3G you can use the assisted GPS navigation by google to help you get to places.

Is it worth the price tag though? That is still up for debate but being at the less than Php5k range it is quite cheap. It has good trade-offs such as the inclusion of 3G technology allowing users to gain access of the internet using the mobile networks but then again that depends on the carrier of choice for internet and connectivity performance. Personally I would recommend buying this for your kids as it is an awesome e-book reader and is a pretty good alternative to the models being dished out by kindle fire and kids don't really need high powered tablets to get to do most of their school works. For the none discerning adults, especially those that just want something they can carry on the go to read emails and browse the web, this is a pretty good alternative pair to carrying around your bulky laptop while not costing just as much as that lappy.

Overall, I think it is quite a buy but if you value full on functionality for your tablet and 3G is something you can sacrifice then I'd steer you to the earlier budget tablet reviews I have made for the models of the CDRKing FastPad 10" and Kata T1 Tablet.

For those considering the Coby Kyros MID7048-3G, Check out its specs below:

Coby Kyros MID 7048 7.0'',LCD, WVGA, Capacitive Multi-Touchscreen OS - Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Cortex - A5 (Telechips) 1.0 GHz Processor Internal Memory : 4 GB Flash + 1 GB RAM Front Camera 0.3 Mega Pixels, VGA Standard battery, Rechargeable Li-Poly Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 or higher and Mac OS or Linux in mass storage mode Multi Languages Release Date : In December 2012

Size & Weight Height 7.5 Inch Width 4.4 Inch Depth 0.5 Inch Weight 0.65 lbs

Display Srceen Type LCD,WVGA, Capacitive Multi-Touchscreen Srceen Size 7.0 Resolution 480 X 800 Srceen Size 7.0 PPI 117 Multi touch Yes Aspect Ratio - 16;9, Digital Zoom

Camera Main Camera - Type Main Camera - Mega Pixel Main Camera - HD Recording No Main Camera - Recording resolution Front Camera - Type VGA camera Front Camera - Mega Pixel 0.3 MP Front Camera - HD Recording Yes Front Camera - Recording resolution 640 x 480 Pixels Supports 1080P and 720P

Battery Built-In Standard battery, Li-Po Video Audio Power Input/Output AC 100-240VAC INPUT, DC 5V output

Storage RAM 1 GB RAM Internal 4 GB Internal Flash Memory Card Slots MicroSDHC External Memory - Up to 32 GB

Processor Processor Cortex - A5 (Telechips)      - Type Single core      - Frequency 1.0 GHz High-speed 1 GHz processor

Connectivity GPRS - EDGE - WLAN WiFi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth - Infrared port - USB USB 2.0 High Speed Full Size and USB 2.0 Mini-USB Connector Input / Output 3.5mm Headphone Jack, Built-in Speaker, Built-in Microphone, High Speed HDMI,

Multimedia Video - Formats Multi Format Video Player      - HD Supports 1080P HD Playback Photo Format Support - Displays common internet formats Audio - Formats Multi Format Music Player Microphone Yes, 3.5mm Headphone Jack Radio - Speakers Yes HDMI Yes

Other Features OS Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Sensors Accelerometer Messaging Email, Push Email, IM GPS - Java Yes Softwares E-book reader, popular games and apps , Browsers HTML Colors Black Compatible with Microsoft Windows XP, Vista, 7 or higher and Mac OS or Linux in mass storage mode

Till the Next Time...

-Metz-