7 Inch AllWinner A13 1.5GHz Android 4.0 Tablet - €55.44

Barr · 12-07-2012 10:56pm

tomslick wrote: »

Mine arrived today. Ordered last Sunday week. Marked gift and $20 value. No customs to pay. Unit works perfect. Once it has settled down after booting up and you don't dog it, it works as good if not better than many phones. For €55 you can't go wrong.

Did you take the Insurance option at the end for €1.99 ? Could this have something to do with being caught by customs.

ThunbergsAreGo · 13-07-2012 9:21am

Got this yesterday for my parents, very impressed so far

Only downside is the lack of HDMI so far altough i havent fuilly put it through its paces

AwayWithFaries · 13-07-2012 10:01am

Ordered mine on the 19th of June and it still hasn't arrived. :mad:

gerryk · 13-07-2012 10:25am

AwayWithFaries wrote: »

Ordered mine on the 19th of June and it still hasn't arrived. :mad:

What is the tracking info? That seems like a long time.

vibe666 · 13-07-2012 11:41am

naughtb4 wrote: »

Got this yesterday for my parents, very impressed so far

Only downside is the lack of HDMI so far altough i havent fuilly put it through its paces

yeah, you'll need an A10 based tablet for that. they apparently stripped out the HDMI and a few other bits to enable them to manufacture the A13 chips more cheaply.

ThunbergsAreGo · 13-07-2012 12:38pm

vibe666 wrote: »

yeah, you'll need an A10 based tablet for that. they apparently stripped out the HDMI and a few other bits to enable them to manufacture the A13 chips more cheaply.

Oh not complaining, was fully aware, my Archos 70 does the HDMI (and feels like a brick compared to this)

Just saying tis the only thing it "lacks" to me as a causal user.

The Wi-Fi also drops occasionaly but theres a large change Eircom are the cause of that

AwayWithFaries · 13-07-2012 2:03pm

gerryk wrote: »

What is the tracking info? That seems like a long time.

An Post are after receiving, then sent it to Roscommon for some reason:

ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER RETURN LETTERS ROSCOMMON CO ROSCOMMON 12-Jul-12
ITEM DESPATCHED FROM DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE DUBLIN 12 12-Jul-12
ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER RETURN LETTERS ROSCOMMON CO ROSCOMMON 12-Jul-12
ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER RETURN LETTERS ROSCOMMON CO ROSCOMMON 12-Jul-12
ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE DUBLIN 12 10-Jul-12
ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE DUBLIN 12 10-Jul-12
ITEM RECEIVED DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE DUBLIN 12 07-Jul-12

moodrater · 13-07-2012 2:30pm

AwayWithFaries wrote: »

An Post are after receiving, then sent it to Roscommon for some reason:

Phone them before they send it back, roscommon po has sent stuff belonging to me back to germany after 3 days.

Chris_5339762 · 13-07-2012 2:46pm

Paid my €19 in customs today and have the tablet. My first tablet, very impressed so far (for the price its ridiculous, even with the customs). Worth buying for definite. Mine was marked "Digital Photo Frame €40" and was opened by customs.

tomslick · 13-07-2012 2:53pm

arrianalexander wrote: »

you ordered it on the 1st?

i ordered mine on 7th, hoping to have it before i go on holidays on the 30th..ordered unit plus keyboard for 69 euro

Yes it was ordered on the 1st

Barr wrote: »

Did you take the Insurance option at the end for €1.99 ? Could this have something to do with being caught by customs.

I didn't use the insurance option. I wasn't "caught" by customs.

AwayWithFaries · 13-07-2012 3:05pm

moodrater wrote: »

Phone them before they send it back, roscommon po has sent stuff belonging to me back to germany after 3 days.

Rang them today, they had sent it back yesterday morning. No reason given for sending it back, but the guy I was talking to reckons it was an in complete address. ffs :mad:

BlackWizard · 13-07-2012 3:22pm

vibe666 wrote: »

yeah, you'll need an A10 based tablet for that. they apparently stripped out the HDMI and a few other bits to enable them to manufacture the A13 chips more cheaply.

Anyone know of one like this? I would love if it had HDMI

gerryk · 13-07-2012 3:42pm

AwayWithFaries wrote: »

Rang them today, they had sent it back yesterday morning. No reason given for sending it back, but the guy I was talking to reckons it was an in complete address. ffs :mad:

I know it's no help, but I start tracking an item as soon as I receive tracking information. I have lost more than enough items due to An Post's ineptitude in the past, so these days, I leave nothing to chance.

Chris_5339762 · 13-07-2012 3:52pm

For ****s sake, mine wont charge. I'm absolutely raging.

Heres what I sent them back -

"This order has arrived in Ireland today but unfortunately the tablet will not charge, at all. If I use the USB the screen says it is charging but the percentage charge will not increase. If I use the power adaptor, it does not say it is charging at all. This occurs whether the unit is on or off."

Has anyone had to deal with replacement from this company?

ThunbergsAreGo · 13-07-2012 4:03pm

ACtually i tried to connect it to my laptop ast night and it wasnt recognised, anyone else have this issue?

Its as likely my laptop as the tablet tbh, as the same happens with my Archos sometimes

tomslick · 13-07-2012 5:10pm

naughtb4 wrote: »

ACtually i tried to connect it to my laptop ast night and it wasnt recognised, anyone else have this issue?

Its as likely my laptop as the tablet tbh, as the same happens with my Archos sometimes

You more than likely have "usb debug" turned on. Turn it off on the tablet and your laptop will see the tab as a HDD

Old Perry · 13-07-2012 10:41pm

Hi , problably a stupid a question but how does one go about tracking these orders?

Barr · 13-07-2012 11:03pm

Has anyone tested the battery life in the tablet ? - would be interested in finding this out.

sparksfly · 14-07-2012 9:34am

Barr wrote: »

Has anyone tested the battery life in the tablet ? - would be interested in finding this out.

Yes I have and I am disapointed with it, getting 2 - 2.5 hours max on surfing and most apps.

I have changed the screen brightness and I have reduced the screen timeout to 2 minutes inactivity from 20. I'll see if this makes a difference.

Barr · 14-07-2012 11:45am

sparksfly wrote: »

Yes I have and I am disapointed with it, getting 2 - 2.5 hours max on surfing and most apps.

I have changed the screen brightness and I have reduced the screen timeout to 2 minutes inactivity from 20. I'll see if this makes a difference.

I thought it would have been better out of a LI 2200mAH battery

philbee · 14-07-2012 2:32pm

Maybe you could upgrade the battery, there's plenty of room for it.

Cantona's Collars · 15-07-2012 4:14pm

Was thinking of ordering this one http://www.mcbub.com/item/7-Inch-Ainol-Novo-7-Tornados-Android-4-0-Tablet-PC-Cortex-A9-Amlogic8726-M3L-1GHz-1G-RAM-8GB-White--CP147040--147370/

But might just go with the op's choice & get the extra memory via micro sd & a couple of bits such as the cover etc. which bring it to the same price as the one above.

Ok experts,which one should I order?

Chris_5339762 · 16-07-2012 11:05am

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

For ****s sake, mine wont charge. I'm absolutely raging.

Heres what I sent them back -

"This order has arrived in Ireland today but unfortunately the tablet will not charge, at all. If I use the USB the screen says it is charging but the percentage charge will not increase. If I use the power adaptor, it does not say it is charging at all. This occurs whether the unit is on or off."

Has anyone had to deal with replacement from this company?

Rage over. The USB charging is REALLY slow but it does charge. After testing the supplied charger, that is faulty so they're going to send me a new one.

gerryk · 16-07-2012 11:27am

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

After testing the supplied charger, that is faulty so they're going to send me a new one.

My experience of many of these Chinese suppliers has been positive. I have had replacement parts, and entire replacement units sent out FOC based on my say-so. I think they understand the cost and time factors involved in returns, and are happy to absorb the cost of straight out replacement rather than doing the wrong thing, and possibly getting a bad reputation.

hollands · 16-07-2012 3:24pm

Mine arrived today guys, just two questions, I keep getting an error message when signing into Facebook and does it take a class 4 sdhc card ?

hollands · 16-07-2012 3:35pm

Solved the facebook problem guys, just wondering about which shdc card now?

arrianalexander · 16-07-2012 4:10pm

hollands wrote: »

Mine arrived today guys, just two questions, I keep getting an error message when signing into Facebook and does it take a class 4 sdhc card ?

What date did you order it ?

hollands · 16-07-2012 4:28pm

shipped 27th June, so about 2 weeks to delivery. Held in customs mail centre for five days !!

Barr · 16-07-2012 8:43pm

zerks wrote: »

Was thinking of ordering this one http://www.mcbub.com/item/7-Inch-Ainol-Novo-7-Tornados-Android-4-0-Tablet-PC-Cortex-A9-Amlogic8726-M3L-1GHz-1G-RAM-8GB-White--CP147040--147370/

But might just go with the op's choice & get the extra memory via micro sd & a couple of bits such as the cover etc. which bring it to the same price as the one above.

Ok experts,which one should I order?

I'd be interested in hearing peoples opinions on this one as well.

Its got a bigger RAM and better battery.

The CPU is a ARM Cortex A9 .I'm not to sure if thats better than the allwinner in the op's tablet.

Access · 16-07-2012 9:01pm

hollands wrote: »

shipped 27th June, so about 2 weeks to delivery. Held in customs mail centre for five days !!

That was fast enough!... happy days. But 5 days in customs? - are you sure they were not playing games on the night shift in the mail centre!

7 Inch AllWinner A13 1.5GHz Android 4.0 Tablet - €55.44

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