If you are investing Rs. 10,000 on a tablet, you are probably new to the tablet genre and are looking to try your hand at this category before gunning for an iPad or the “A” league devices. But which of these tablets will give you an overall value for your money?
We have with us eight budget Android tablets that are below the 10k price tag. All these tablets boast of Android OS and some decent power under the hood.
A score of 0 for a benchmark in the below graphs signifies that the benchmark didn’t run on the tablet.
In this comparison, we’ll see that it’s not necessary that a tablet that costs more is a better device. We have tablets that cost a mere Rs. 7,000 approximately, and have performed better in terms of benchmarks when compared to tablets that cost roughly Rs. 10,000.
The tablets that are a part of this comparison are:
Beetel Magiq (read review here)
Zync Z990 (read review here)
iberry Auxus AX02 (read review here)
HCL Me Tab U1 (read review here)
Micromax Funbook (read review here)
WishTel Ira Thing
Milagrow Women TabTop
Mercury Mtab
Zync Z909 Plus
All the tablets share a few characteristics. They are homogenous in their appearance, have a 7-inch display and run on the Android OS.
So here’s a quick look at the comparisons of the specifications and the benchmarks of the tablets:
| Quadrant | AnTuTu |
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GL Benchmark |
Linpack |
| Brand | Mercury | Beetel | Zync | iberry | HCL | Micromax | WishTel | Zync | Milagrow |
| Model | Mtab | Magiq | Z-990 | Auxus AX02 | Me Tablet U1 | Funbook | Ira Thing | Z909 Plus | MGPT02 Women TabTop |
| MRP (Rs.) | 10,000 | 9,999 | 8,990 | 9,990 | 7,999 | 6,499 | 6,500 | 5,990 | 9,990 |
| Specs | |||||||||
| Processor | Telechip (ARM) Cortex A8 | Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 | ARM Cortex A7 | ARM Cortex A8 | ARM Cortex A8 | ARM Cortex-A8 | NA | ARM 11 | ARM Cortex A7 |
| Processor max clock speed / Processor cores | 1 GHz/1 | 1 GHz/1 | 1.2GHz | 1GHz | 1GHz | 1.2GHz | 800MHz | 1GHz | 1.2GHz |
| SoC | N.A. | N.A. | Vivante Corporation GC400 Graphics Engine | ARM Mali-400M | NA | ARM Mali-400M | NA | Vivante Corporation GC600 Graphics Engine | Vivante Corporation GC800 Graphics Engine |
| RAM | 512 MB | 512 MB | 1GB | 1GB | 512MB | 512MB | 512MB | 256MB | 512MB |
| Display size (in inches) / Display type / Display resolution | 7/TFT LCD/480 x 800 | 7/TFT LCD/480 x 800 | 7/TFT LCD/800 x 480 | 7/TFT LCD/800 x 480 | 7/TFT LCD/800 x 480 | 7/TFT LCD/800 x 480 | 7/TFT LCD/800 x 480 | 7/TFT LCD/800 x 480 | 7/TFT LCD/800 x 600 |
| Built-in storage space | 4 GB | 8 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4GB | 4GB | 8GB |
| Expandable Memory (Y/N)/Expandable Memory type | Y/microSD | Y/microSD | Y/microSD | Y/microSD | Y/microSD | Y/microSD | Y/microSD | Y/microSD | Y/microSD |
| Wi-Fi (Y/N)/3G (Y/N) | Y/Y | Y/Y | Y/N | Y/N | Y/N | Y/N | Y/N | Y/N | Y/N |
| Battery rating (mAh) | 4000 | 2200 | 3600 | 4000 | 3600 | 2800 | 2200 | 3000 | 4000 |
| Dimensions (in mm) / Weight (in gms) | 193 x 117 x 14/400 | 209 x 108 x 15.5/500 | NA/380 | NA/NA | NA/NA | 192 x 122 x NA/350 approx | 193 x 117 x 14/220 | NA/850 | NA |
| Operating System (tested with) | Android 2.3.3 | Android 2.2.2 | Android 4.0.3 | Android 4.0.3 | Android 4.0.3 | Android 4.0.3 | Android 2.2 | Android 2.3.7 | Android 2.3.1 |
| HDMI out (Y/N) | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | N | N | N |
| Front camera resolution (MP) / Rear camera resolution (MP) | 1.3/N.A. | 2/2 | VGA/NA | 0.3/2 | 0.3/NA | VGA/NA | NGA/NA | VGA/NA | 2MP/VGA |
| Customized application store | N | N | N | N | HCL Me App Store | Mstore | N | N | N |
