The WickedLeak Wammy Desire 2 is a very good performer for its price. However, it also suffers from poor build quality, interface scaling issues, average battery-life and a terrible camera. It still remains the best tablet to buy at its price but if you’re willing to pay a little bit extra, the Zync Quad 8 will serve as a better overall tablet. If you’re looking to make voice calls over the mobile network with your tablet, then go for the iBerry Auxus CoreX2 3G instead.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 wallpaper on the Wammy Desire 2.
The Wammy Desire II has a good looking 7-inch IPS display that’s quite sharp and offers good viewing angles and colour representation. We used the Wammy Desire II to browse through websites, read ebooks and magazines and check out some high-resolution pictures on Flickr and we had little to complain about. We also watched plenty of HD content and the display did justice to them all. One strange issue that the Wammy Desire II does have is that the default interface doesn’t scale properly which means that everything in the interface (especially the text) looks a little small. We set the system font size to huge and although that did improve things a great deal, the interface items still looked smaller than usual. Hopefully, Wicked Leak will release a software update to handle this issue.
The Wammy Desire 2’s interface has scaling issues (click on images to enlarge in new window).
Overall, the tablet is quite breezy and we don’t notice any show stopping lag or crashing issues when using it. There is a slight delay when the tablet wakes up but that’s about it. The tablet’s touch response is also accurate and that carries over to when typing on the virtual keyboard as well.
Performance
In terms of benchmarks, the WickedLeak Wammy Desire II is at the top when compared to other tablets in its price range. You can check out the actual benchmark results below:
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Benchmark
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WickedLeak Wammy Desire 2
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Zync Quad 8
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iBerry Auxus CoreX2 3G
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Quadrant Standard
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3945
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3258
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3143
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AnTuTu
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14338
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12861
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10388
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Browsermark
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2356
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1910
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1985
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NenaMark2
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57.2
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59.1
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44.9
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In terms of real-world performance, the Wammy Desire II, again, was impressive. The tablet works smoothly with no unnecessary lags or hiccups. Browsing the Web was also a painless affair although the default browser did crash a couple of times especially when on heavy sites. The Wammy Desire II’s battery-life isn’t very good and will barely last a day that includes heavy browsing or gaming. If you were planning to rely on the Wammy Desire to keep you entertained during long train journeys then you’ll have to make sure you have an accessible charging point nearby.
What will probably make that situation feel worse is that the WickedLeak tablet is actually very good at playing videos, both SD and HD. We’ve already talked about the Wammy Desire II’s good quality IPS display and that helps a lot in making videos worth watching. It’s just unfortunate that you will be worried about the battery when watching movies on the tablet. Camera performance is predictably terrible and both photos and videos shot by the WickedLeak tablet have tremendous amount of noise and extremely low clarity. The front-facing camera is also only as capable as a cheap webcam. We wouldn’t recommend using the Wammy Desire II’s cameras in any situation other than when you have absolutely no other options.
To sum it up, the Wammy Desire II is a capable performer and is very good for people who love watching videos on their tablets. Battery life and camera performance are two big drawbacks so do consider that if you’re thinking of picking up this tablet.
Bottom Line
In the WickedLeak Wammy Desire II you have a budget tablet that looks alright, performs admirably but also suffers from some serious issues like battery life and scaling issues that make the interface look too small. At about Rs. 10,100, the Wammy Desire II does look like a good deal but if you’re willing to pay about Rs. 2,500 more, you will be able to get the Zync Quad 8 that, if less powerful than the WickedLeak in benchmarks, feels like a better tablet overall. If SIM calling is a requirement for you, then also consider the iBerry Auxus CoreX2 3G that costs Rs. 800 more than the WickedLeak tablet. However, if SIM calling isn’t a necessity and you’re unwilling to fork over a little bit extra cash, then go for the Wammy Desire II.