Cheap tablet review of major US supermarket Wal-Mart: Can be used as a sub terminal for more than the price

Wal-Mart is the cheapest in America.

Wasn't it the first time you visited overseas at SXSW and was more fun than the main SXSW? Wal-Mart's gadget corner that the editorial department enjoyed. Wal-Mart, the largest supermarket in the United States, is anything. Our own brands also have a wide variety of genres, from apparel to groceries, pet supplies to camping equipment. Of course, home appliances too. Wal-Mart's own home appliance brand Onn's super-discount tablet "Onn Android Tablet", Gizmodo editorial department in the United States tried using it for 3 weeks. That price is $ 64 (about 7,000 yen)!

It's cheap and easy to get your hands on. That's the $ 64 Wal-Mart tablet "Onn Android Tablet." This 8-inch terminal is easy and cheap! It's cheap or bad, but it's not all bad. For example, Amazon Fire is a relatively cheap device, but it's not bad. Don't be afraid to misunderstand, the gadget is in a position where you can easily throw it away. What users want for cheapness, in other words, what they can trade for cheapness, is the key to cheap handsets.

Onn Android Tablet

What is this? : Wal-Mart own brand discount tablet. Price: 8 inches is $ 64 (about 6,900 yen). The 10-inch is $ 80 (about 8,600 yen). Favorite place: Can be used properly. You can use the Google Play Store. I don't like it: It's slow. It gets hot when I keep watching the video. Useless long items (Wal-Mart related things) will come with you.

Inexpensive tablets are (naturally) unsuitable for tasks

It's a $ 64 tablet, so it's a big premise that it's not suitable for high-quality games and high-performance tasks. If you want high performance, you should buy the $ 800 iPad Pro, not the same dimension in the first place. (You can buy 12 Onn Android Tablets for $ 800.) So what should you look for in $ 64? What can i do? This is the basic spec. It has an 8-inch IPS touch screen (800x1280), a processor of 1.3GHz, RAM of 2GB, and an OS of Android 9.0. What you want is a second (or third) tablet terminal that you can use a little, leaving it in the kitchen or living room. You can use it as an e-reader, watch videos, or play games. Sub to the last.

In exchange for cheapness (too much)

After carrying it around for 3 weeks and using it, there is no basic problem in browsing the web. When scrolling web pages and e-books, there is a lag and it is sometimes scratched. It's perfectly fine to watch a few minutes of YouTube videos, but if it's longer than that, the device gets quite hot and sometimes scratches. While watching the 4/5 minute video, I started to feel the heat in my fingers. A 30-minute video is pretty hot. I stopped watching longer videos.

It is within the expected range that cheap terminals will be delayed. It's not that much of a fuss when it comes to readers and web browsing. However, when it comes to video calls, it gets frustrating ... Video Gacha Gacha, sharpness, jumping. In addition, the front camera is 0.3 megapixels, so I can see myself in a mess. The sound is not good either. However, considering the price, it shouldn't be good, so it's like this.

The front camera is 0.3MP, so don't expect much from the rear camera. It is 2 megapixels. By the way, Onn is not suitable for shooting. It's better than not having a bad battery because your smartphone is dead! Only at that time, I would like to shoot with this.

That said, lag and cheap cameras aren't the biggest problem. Further compromises are needed to achieve the low $ 64, and that's what the material is all about. Onn is cheap from the moment you open the box! There is a sense of cheapness that can be seen with the naked eye. Not only the plastic feeling of the body, but also the feeling that the screen seems to be damaged immediately. I put it in a tablet case and put it in my bag with my laptop, but the screen was scratched in a blink of an eye. After using it for a week, the headphone jack went crazy, and half of it became unrecognizable if the earphones were stuck. By the way, other terminals use the same earphones, so it's not a problem on the earphone side. The battery is decent. One charge can last for two days. If you're just reading and browsing the web, you might have a little more.

There are some good points (a little)!

If you read this far, there is no good point! I think, but that shouldn't be the case. There are also good points. The biggest good point is that Android 9.0 is included! For example, the cheap terminal Amazon Fire has an Android-based Amazon specification OS. But Onn is Android 9.0 as it is. Therefore, there is a big advantage that you can use the Google Play Store. (Amazon Fire cannot use the Google Play Store, and it is troublesome to go through Amazon App Sotre.)

There is pre-installed

However, Android 9.0 as it is = Wal-Mart is not installed by default. Of course it is included. This is the Wal-Mart icon in the menu area at the bottom of the screen. With this tap, you can use all the pre-installed Wal-Mart related apps. Walmart app, Walmart Grocery app, Sam's Club, Vudu, Walmart's eBook Store and more. And so on! I've played around with it, but there's no easy way to remove the Wal-Mart menu.

Not only the terminal but also the box has a Wal-Mart bonus. There was a Walmart's eBook Store coupon ($ 20). It's free, so I decided to use this coupon. … This was a mistake. I need to create a Wal-Mart account as a condition to use the coupon, but this will trigger me to receive the Wal-Mart e-mail newsletter. I've done the procedure for unsubscribing 3 times, but I'm still coming. I'm messed up. The other good thing is Bimu, but the Wal-Mart logo is small and unobtrusive in the lower left, so you can easily hide it with your hands while using it, making it difficult for Wal-Mart to get caught.

The biggest rival is Amazon Fire

As a tablet under $ 100, the biggest rival is Amazon Fire, which we have already compared. As for the specs, Amazon Fire HD 8 is almost the same line. It's $ 80, but it sells well. The big difference is that Onn has RAM on top and Fire has the front camera on top. The rest is advertising. Fire is annoying with Amazon ads, while Onn has a lot of Wal-Mart related apps pre-installed, but you can ignore it as you often have to use it.

Price-appropriate or better

How good is it? It is a review that seems to be taken, but that is not the case. I think it's not a bad tablet. I think it's a tablet that is worth the price of $ 64, maybe more than the price. Again, it's not the main terminal. Simple basic tasks such as checking / replying to emails, reading net news, and watching a little video can be done without any problems (although it is a little slow). However, you can do that with your smartphone, even faster. The camera is good and it doesn't get hot ... Still, if you're hoping for a bigger screen, or if you're just for kids, it's not a bad buy. As I said at the beginning, this is a second and third device that can be left in the living room or kitchen, a disposable device. Is it divisible?

summary

・ $ 64. Cheap and easy Yasui!・ Reading, web viewing, and short videos are OK. However, there is still a slight delay.-Google Play Sore can be used on Android 9.0. Wal-Mart is pre-installed. ・ The device gets too hot to watch a video of 30 minutes or more. ・ Honestly, there is nothing better than your smartphone.However, when I think that it may have been a worse terminal at this price, I think it's okay.

Wal-Mart sells cheaply, so the biggest attraction is the price. And it's a device that's worth the price (or better). Well, the price of gadgets is rising year by year, so on the contrary, it may be good for the user base to expand as cheap routes are enhanced.