Quality of Chinese brand tablets?

[Ben]

Do you find the quality of Chinese brand tablets to be any good?

 

I’ve owned:

• The Chuwi Vi10 but had to return it because the screen would glitch and the device would freeze and become unusable.
• The Teclast x98 Plus but the wifi is flaky and the LED backlighting on the screen has problems.

 

I know I have a small sample size! But my impression is that quality control is poor: some tablets may work great and be a bargain, but many seem to have various problems, it’s just the luck of the draw, there’s no consistency.

 

What do you think? Have you had many experiences? Have you found Chinese brand tablets to be consistently good / bad?

[Vincent]

Yeah my first china tablet was the chuwi hi8 pro.  Bought it off ebay since I figured at least that way, someone had already tested that everything worked.  SD card slot stopped working within 90 days, just says SD card is blank.  I get around 3.5hrs of battery life – which is pathetic.  My kindle fire 7 gets over 7 hours.  Tablet also gets really hot around the CPU while charging; I have no idea why this happens.

Very interested in the Cube Mix Plus, but once bitten, twice shy.  The Surface Pro 4 has been on sale recently for 550, at least with that, I’m guaranteed 7-9hrs of battery life.  What attracts me most to the Mix Plus is the size.. it will fit inside of an Ipega 9023 for handheld gaming.

[Ben]

Thanks for the reply – glad to hear I’m not the only one. I’d love to hear that Chinese branded tablets have become more consistent in their quality… but right now, I’m still wary.

[Ben]

Now I can add the Cube iWork 10 Ultimate to the list of duds I’ve experienced.

 

Sadly, I’ve gone back to the mainstream PC area – using emulators to get Android. It was nice dabbling with Chinese tech – maybe I’ll come back in a few months / years when quality assurance improves!

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