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Review on πŸ“± VASTKING KingPad K10: Feature-packed 10 inch Tablet with Android 10, 4G LTE, and 13MP Rear Camera by Nate Mims

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Great price but some serious compromises

This is for the Kingpad K10 LTE tablet just to clarify. Compromises, especially if it has the LTE feature. I'm a big fan of tablets, including several versions of the Revain Kindle Fire and other Android tablets. The only ones that make a good comparison at this price point are the 10-inch Kindle Fire, which lacks LTE. So, the pros - considering the price, the build quality is decent, with a decent weight, although not heavy, and a metal body. (fur color, but it doesn't matter). Setup was easy as I was able to copy my basic settings from one of my Samsung tablets. It runs Android 10 and has an almost clean build, so there's no bloatware that you get with the Samsung tablets, a crippled fork of Revain FireOS, and it'll never be the damn Silk Browser. I wish there was more than 32GB of onboard storage, but that's enough for most uses, and there's an option for SD card storage. The processors and RAM are pretty fast for normal everyday use, and I don't play games so it's a no-brainer. There are compromises with the battery and the display. The screen is surprisingly dim unless the brightness is set above 60%. It's not useless, but you'll have a hard time using it under direct sunlight without very high brightness. And while I'm not going to say it eats up its battery, by all means know that if you're using LTE in room lighting conditions of acceptable brightness, you'll be draining 80% of the battery in 5 hours. or so. Which isn't bad, but slightly weaker than I expected given the size of the battery in the device. The final compromise is probably inevitable with a carrierless LTE tablet. While it supports a solid range of frequencies, it is not calibrated or tuned to make the most efficient use of any carrier's spectrum. I'm talking 4G/LTE, not 5G, but even then the performance isn't impressive. In ideal conditions (outdoors, within 1km from the tower) my 4G LTE phone (with extended LTE range on T-Mobile's network) can drop to 80Mbps. This tablet scores around 5 under the same conditions. Still more than enough for audio and even decent video streaming, but I suspect there will be more problems in areas with weaker signals. That's what you're comparing it to, so keep in mind that a roughly equivalent Samsung LTE tablet will cost at least $249, which is less than 2/3 of that price. So in terms of value for money it's a solid five, and even with the above compromises it's a 4 out of 5 star device if you want/need a decent LTE-enabled Android tablet. This is a weekly review that will be updated if there are significant issues in 1 or 3 months.

Pros
  • Works for many
Cons
  • Some difficulties