Review of the Chinese tablets Ainol Spark and Ainol Venus: Price vs Quality

People always chase the price (and this is logical), but they also need quality.

Everyone knows about Chinese products, but everyone is afraid to buy it. For the most part, “made in China” is really not a better quality product, but now there are brands worthy of at least respect. And recognition? And they have already received recognition. This, for example, ZTE, Meizu, Lenovo, Xiaomi.
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Perhaps soon this number will join Ainol. The other day, two tablets of this company came into my hands, and, you know, I was surprised ... and the price and quality.



Ainol Spark and Venus, and they will be discussed, are cheap. These are budget devices, and at the first price is about 10 thousand rubles, and at the second - about 5 thousand rubles. Well, what kind of animals - read below (or watch the video).



Ainol Spark is a 9.7-inch tablet with a Retina-display and 4-core processor.

Specifications:

OS: Android 4.1 without add-ons
Processor: Allwinner A31, 4 cores, 1000 MHz
Video Processor: PowerVR SGX544 MP2
RAM: 2 GB (tests show 1.5 GB)
Built-in memory: 16 GB
Memory card support: microSDHC
Cameras: 5 MP base, 0.3 MP frontal
Dimensions: 241x185.6x10.6 mm (LxWxD)
Weight: 642 g
Screen: IPS 9.7 '2048x1536
Battery capacity: 10,000 mAh

Spark, formerly known as the Novo 9 FireWire, received the design of the original iPad (whatever you say, which is a fact). That's just such a "first iPad" Retina-display and 4-core processor. The tablet has just appeared on sale and will cost about 9-10 thousand rubles in Russia, and considering its functionality, this looks tempting.

It is not clear that the material was used to make the back cover, but it does not feel like plastic, but not aluminum. Apparently, this is some kind of special alloy. I did not drop the tablet, so I can not say how durable it is, but the appearance and ergonomics inspire confidence. And the assembly at a high level. The only thing that disappointed was the “inhibition” of the system. The manufacturer responded with a promise to correct the flaws by updating the firmware, as now it is not fully optimized for the device. Let's believe, after all, there was a pre-release version in my hands.



Strangely enough, according to the “Chinese tradition”, there are a lot of connectors, including USB, MicroHDMI and, of course, a place for an SD card (up to 32 GB).

By the way, it's cool that the manufacturer positions the tablet for use in portrait mode.

Pros:

- Price (9-10 thousand rubles)
- Really high-quality Retina-display with good viewing angles
- Connector for SD card and HDMI
- 4-core processor and 2 GB of RAM

Minuses:

- No Bluetooth
- Slightly slows down the interface (due to beta firmware, so it will be fixed)
- Some applications from Play Market are not supported



Ainol Novo 7 Venus

This tablet went on sale a little earlier than Spark, but it is also worth attention (and there were no reviews on Habré). The tablet costs about 5-5.5 thousand rubles, and for this money you get a really powerful device with a good design. And if you are not confused by the unknown inscription “Ainol” - then this option should be considered. By the way, I will say in advance that I have already bought myself Ainol Venus (to me, it is true, I got a little less than 5 thousand rubles).

She really lacks GPS, but in a familiar workshop during parsing we found there is not a connected GPS-receiver, so theoretically, when you buy an adapter for 20 bucks, you can connect GPS.



I was struck by the speaker - it sounds very high quality and loud.

Note : There are two versions of Venus - regular and lite. In the photo and video, the Lite version can be distinguished by the back cover: there are diamonds instead of circles. But there are differences in the insides - in the Lite-version, the processor is at 1000 MHz, and not at 1500. I did not hold the usual version in my hands, but I can say that the lightweight version works very fast.

Nevertheless, the specifications:

OS: Android 4.1 without add-ons
Processor: Cortex A9, 4 cores, 1500 MHz or 1000 MHz (Lite version)
Video Processor: Vivante GC1000
RAM: 1 GB
Built-in memory: 16 GB
Memory card support: microSDHC
Cameras: 2 MP base, 0.3 MP front
Dimensions: 186x127x11 mm (LxWxD)
Weight: 320 g
Screen: TFT IPS 7 '1280x800
Battery capacity: 4000 mAh

Pros:

- Price (about 5 thousand rubles)
- Connector for SD card and HDMI
- HDMI wire to the set
- 4-core processor
- Nice design and lightness

Minuses:

- No Bluetooth
- The case crunches a little
- Plastic (not glass) screen protection

General conclusions:

I spent about 2 weeks with both tablets, and I was so used to Venus that I decided to keep it. He is cheap and he has a cool design. Spark is also good, but I'm not used to 10-inch tablets at all. In addition, Android 4.1 on Spark slowed down a bit, but the manufacturer stated that in the next couple of weeks there will be an update that fixes all the flaws.

In general, Ainol shows the level, once again proving that the price may not affect the quality.

Useful links:

News about Ainol Novo 9 [ link ]
Review Ainol Novo 7 Fire [ link ]
Another Fire review [ link ]
Review Ainol V9000 HDX Megatron [ link ]

The tablets I sold the store Touchetta.ru