Cube U55GT - 7.9 "tablet with 3G and GPS / Box Overview

lfrolov September 24, 2013 at 10:55

Cube U55GT - 7.9 "tablet with 3G and GPS

Today, we are testing another tablet with a 7.85-inch screen, but unlike the Onda V818 mini and Chuwi V88, it is built on the Mediatek 8389 chip and has 3G, GPS and Bluetooth built in, as well as a fairly high performance with moderate power consumption due to 4-core Cortex-A7 processor with a frequency of up to 1.2 GHz.

► Specifications

Screen: 7.9 ", 1024x768px, IPS, 175 °

Chip: Mediatek 8389 (Cortex-A7, 1.2 GHz, 4 cores) Video accelerator

: PowerVR SGX 544

Operating system: Android 4.2.2

RAM: 1 GB DDR3

ROM: 16 GB

Camera : front 2 MP, rear - 5 MP

Optional: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

Communication: 1 SIM card (nanoSIM)

Battery: 4500 mAh

Dimensions: 200.2 * 134.8 * 7.4 mm

Weight: 360 grams

► Appearance and equipment

The tablet comes in a compact eco-friendly box made of gray cardboard. The compartment for the charger and headphones is not provided, so they just wound on top with tape.

The kit includes: USB cable, charger, headphones:

Appearance U55GT copies one of the "apple" devices:

The thickness is only 7.4 mm.

The rear panel is made of metal with a plastic insert on top: The

front camera is located at 2MP, the light and proximity sensor, as well as the earpiece:

At the rear is a 5MP camera. It takes off

mediocre: There are no

hardware or touch buttons on the front panel:

Volume control and power button are on the side:

Also on the side are 2 speakers:

The sound is loud, with a predominance of high frequencies.

The slot for nanoSIM cards is on the right: It

supports work in 3G networks WCDMA-850/2100 MHz, as well as work in 2G networks GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz.

Build quality at a height - everything is smooth, beautiful and does not creak.

► Screen

The tablet has an IPS screen measuring 7.9 inches with a resolution of 1024x768. Bright, juicy, with excellent viewing angles

►GPS

GPS, as is usually the case on devices with a Mediatek chip, started out of the box for a very long time. But, having done some manipulations, you can significantly improve the results.
To do this, enter the engineering menu by entering the combination * # * # 3646633 # * # * in the Phone application. Go to the tab Location> Location Based Servise> EPO and select Enable EPO and Auto Download. Go back, select YGPS, go to the Information tab and click Full, then Cold, then A-GPS restart.

Go to the Sattelites tab and wait for the satellites to fix.
Then go to the GPS settings and turn off the EPO and A-GPS. These manipulations will help improve GPS performance, even if you spend them without a SIM card inserted.
After these manipulations, a cold start will take about a minute, and a hot one will take 10-20 seconds. And even satellites will be caught in the room:

►Hardware

The “heart” of the tablet is the Mediatetk 8389 chip. In fact, this is the well-known MT6589 telephone chip that was installed in the tablet. It consists of a 4-core Cortex-A7 processor with a frequency of up to 1.2 GHz and a PowerVR SGX 544 video accelerator.
The amount of RAM is 1 GB, the constant is 16 GB. Built-in Wifi-module with support for 802.11 b / g / n, as well as Bluetooth 4.0. There is no memory card slot for expanding internal memory.
Information about the tablet in Antutu:

Performance test: The

expected result for the MT6589 platform is about 13 thousand points.

In Quadrant, the tablet scores 4808 points, which is also a good result:

Nenamark2:

Vellamo test results with a standardly good HTML 5 processing speed:

In general, the results are close to the performance of MT6589 phones.

► Software

Pre-installed Android 4.2.2, without unnecessary launchers.

The interface, as expected, is similar to the telephone:

►Games

There is enough performance both for arcade games:

(Aces of the Luftwaffe, Rail Rush)

(He-Man: The Most Powerful Game)

And for 3D:

Of course, in heavy games like Modern Combat 4 there will be a noticeable drop in frame rate due to lack of performance .
(AVP: Evolution)

►Working time

The Cube U55GT has a 4500mAh battery, which is pretty good for a tablet with a 7.85-inch screen.
In the Antutu Tester synthetic battery test, the result was 508 points.

When playing video at 50% brightness with Wifi turned off, the tablet worked for 6 hours 31 minutes.

With mixed use - viewing web pages via Wifi, games, watching movies, the tablet’s operating time is about 6-7 hours.
The tablet can be charged not only from an outlet, but also when connected via USB to a computer.

► Advantages and disadvantages

Quality screen

Built-in 3G, GPS, Bluetooth

Battery life

NanoSIM

No memory card slots

► Conclusions

Despite the shortcomings in the absence of a memory card slot and the non-standard size of the SIM card, the tablet looks very decent. A good bright screen, built-in 3G and GPS, a productive 4-core platform and a capacious battery make the Cube U55GT a very versatile tablet that can be used not only to watch movies lying on the couch, but also as a navigator or phone.

You can buy a Cube U55GT tablet in the Tinydeal store at a price of $ 185.30 using an additional talk7914off discount coupon .

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