Home Hi-Tech Android World ,,,,,Teclast T20 is a latest generation tablet that imitates the design of Apple's thinnest iPad but offers the latest technologies with some advantages that have always characterized Android devices (such as memory expansion).
In a brief comparison with iPad Air equipped with the latest version of iOS 12, speed and responsiveness are almost the same but here there is also a sensor for scanning the fingerprints that speeds up (and a lot) access to the device, connection USB-C for fast charging and connection of external peripherals and a practically halved price.
How it's made
We already wrote it: it looks like an iPad Air. The chassis is in fact in brushed aluminum of gray color in the same shade that has always distinguished the Apple devices, with a glossy cut around the frame that faithfully replicates the one adopted by Apple by many devices including the iPad Air with which we compared it. .
The bezels are thinner and the aspect ratio of the screen is different, as it is a 10.1 '' LCD panel with QHD resolution at 2,560 x 1,600 pixels. The camera and the sensor for the analysis of ambient light are clearly visible due to the white frames, while on the back stands a camera and the sensor for scanning the circular-shaped fingerprints and placed in an area that is easy or impractical according to to the orientation in which this device is handled.
The orientation is in fact a point against this terminal, which must be “understood” and used for a few days in order to become familiar with the profile, especially for those who in the past have had an iPad of this size for many years. The USB-C charging socket is located at the corner of the side where the rear camera, the Standby button and the volume rocker protrude.
On the short sides we find, on one side the speaker, on the other the second speaker and the tray for memory expansion via microSD and the insertion of a 4G nanoSIM card to surf the Internet without WiFi. Finally, on the opposite edge, the hole for the microphone.
The impression one gets when holding it is that of a high-end device. Accomplice to this sensation is undoubtedly the rigid metal structure as well as the thin bezels, in line with the recent trend of minimizing them in favor of a larger display within bodies as small as possible.
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Other technical data
How are you doing
Replaced to the tablet we use on a daily basis, the general impact it has is that of a device that, in relation to the price, is rather reactive. The only drawback is Android 7.0, especially if you are used to the latest 8.0 Oreo version. The most recent functions are all there but the feeling is that that extra something is missing from the point of view of the graphical interface. It is more or less the same feeling that an Apple user has when installing the latest version of iOS, using it for a few months and then picking up an old device with the previous version of the operating system: it works fine, but something is missing. …
The fingerprint sensor is not very fast and sometimes it is necessary to touch it with the same enabled finger a couple of times before access is granted, during all our tests however it never gave an error.
The scrolling between the pages is fluid, the start of the app quite fast while where it suffers most is from the multimedia point of view. The audio, although stereo, is slightly metallic and a bit muffled, as if holding your hands over the speakers (even when they are actually somewhere else).
The screen resolution is very good while the saturation did not convince us: this tablet has in fact been heavily advertised for bright colors but in our opinion this effect is too strong, offering colors that very often are not faithful to the original. Where he exaggerates is above all on reds and blue shades. Fortunately, among the settings there is MiraVision, a technology that optimizes image quality by allowing you to adjust contrast, brightness, color temperature, sharpness and, of course, saturation. Thus, once the user profile has been activated, it will be possible to act on these individual parameters and adjust the final effect to your liking.
Among the modes we liked the most, quick access to the Eye Comfort and Reading Model functions directly from the Notification Center. The first warms the colors of the screen by reducing the blue tones (function which is recommended especially in the evening), the other makes the whole screen black and white. If combined together you will have a very comfortable warm white-black for reading news between apps: it will be like leafing through a paper newspaper and is equally useful for reading digital books, as little strain on the eyes as possible.
4G reception is very good: during our tests we used a card with Iliad operator and we did not notice any differences in signal strength and data transmission using the same card, in the same areas, with the smartphone we use every day. We were not used to a tablet with 4G and we must say that the advantage of being able to surf even without WiFi is not to be underestimated, especially with the really low costs that there are today for subscriptions with virtual operators (Iliad but also Ho Mobile and Kena Mobile).
With games it behaves quite well: nothing to report if they are undemanding titles in terms of resources (like Candy Crush) while with apps like Asphalt the device is slightly affected in the scenes where you need to load a lot of content. You can still play well but the gaming experience is not as smooth as the one you would have on top of the range.
Comparison with iPad Air
As mentioned we have made a small comparison with iPad Air. The comparison might seem a bit forced because today there are much better performing iPad models, but they are also sold at a much higher price. At the moment an iPad Air with 64 GB WiFi + Cellular, on Amazon it is found around 350 euros while Teclast T20, at the time of writing, with the same capacity and 4G connectivity, costs 190 euros.
Our comparison lasted a few minutes so it is difficult to give a complete judgment but the impressions we had were positive: despite costs, almost half offers the same performance in terms of reactivity, app launch and general fluidity of the system.
Conclusions
Precisely for these reasons, those who own an iPad Air, unless they need to change the operating system, will not find any benefit by buying the Teclast T20. While if you don't own a tablet and don't want to spend a fortune to buy one, agreeing to have an Android device in your hands, then this could be a really good solution.
The performance is sufficient for all common operations, ranging from streaming video playback to web browsing, email consultation, messaging and light gaming. It should also be borne in mind that the capacity can be increased via a microSD and there is the advantage of unlocking via fingerprint, which is faster and certainly practical than manually entering the PIN.
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Price
Teclast T20 is on sale on GearBest for 190 euros approximately. For more information on shipping costs and times, any charges and order management, you can consult the seller's website.
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