CloudFone CloudPad One 7.0 Unboxing: First Locally Branded Lollipop Powered Tablet in PH

CloudFone CloudPad One 7.0 Unboxing: First Locally Branded Lollipop Powered Tablet in PH

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CloudFone’s first ever Lollipop tablet!

We’ve been wrapped up in Android One and consequently, Android Lollipop news in the last few days but lest we forget, it’s not only MyPhone and Cherry Mobile that have a Lollipop-equipped Android devices. CloudFone has one too, in the form of the Intel-powered One 7.0. This particular tablet was sent to us by the good folks at CloudFone, and today we’ll be unboxing it to see what Lollipop has in store for the tablet equation of Android. Let’s take a look at the specs:

CloudFone CloudPad One 7.0 specs

  • 1.83GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3735G processor
  • Intel HD Graphics
  • 1GB of RAM
  • 7-inch IPS XGA display, 1280 x 800 resolution
  • 5-megapixel rear camera
  • 1.3-megapixel front camera
  • WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, USB OTG
  • 4000mAh battery
  • Android 5.0 Lollipop
  • Php 6,999

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Packaging and contents:

The One 7.0 comes in CloudFone’s typical yellow box that they use with most of their smartphones. There’s a photo of the device in front and a quick rundown of the specs on the rear.

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Once you open the box, you’ll see that it’s housed in a rather utilitarian cardboard packaging with the USB cable and charger hidden away in separate nooks. CloudFone did not include headphones with the One 7.0.

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Initial Impressions: Good looking tablet with very fast navigation thanks to Android 5.0

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We were very suprised at the heft of the One 7.0. While it’s not extremely heavy, it has a certain weight to it, thanks to the aluminum back and frame of the tablet. The sides and edges of the One 7.0 are rounded and gives you positive purchase on the device when you’re handling it.

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When oriented vertically, you’ll see the physical controls on the right of the device, along with the microSD card slot. On top sits the USB port and the 3.5mm audio jack. Up front, you’ll see the 7-inch, IPS XGA display and the front-facing 1.3-megapixel front camera.

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Like most of Android Lollipop-equipped devices, the One 7.0 ditches physical Android navigation keys for software ones that lies on the bottom of the display.

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The One 7.0 is powered by Intel’s quad-core Z3735G Atom processor, paired with 1GB of RAM. Probably the biggest weakness of the One 7.0 is its overall storage space – you’re only looking at a measly 8GB of storage (with only 4.9GB of storage usable), though the One 7.0 does have microSD expansion as well as USB OTG.

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The Atom processor paired with Android 5.0 Lollipop makes for a smooth navigation, though we did notice a definite lag in actually pressing an app’s icon to the app actually launching for us. We’re not sure if it’s the hardware or software (Android 5.0 has its fair share of bugs), though we’re leaning towards the latter rather than the former.

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The new Atom processor in the One 7.0 is definitely more capable than the one we’ve seen in other devices previously – initial benchmarks show that the Z3735G processor has some definite grunt to it compared to Atom processors in the
past.

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Another interesting feature of the One 7.0 is CloudFone’s promise of delivering Android updates to the device for up to two years. It’s certainly an interesting promise, one that we haven’t seen on other local devices before aside from the recently announced Cherry Mobile One and MyPhone Uno. While the One 7.0 probably won’t be receiving Android updates as fast as Google’s Nexus or Android One devices, it’s still an interesting value proposition.

Priced at Php 6,999, the One 7.0 isn’t what you’d call an affordable tablet, but its hardware and the promise of Android updates down the line make it stand out in a market that’s already flooded by affordable tablets. We’ll be using the One 7.0 as our primary tablet in the days to come, watch for the full review soon on the site.

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