With an octa-core Mediatek processor and 2GB of RAM, this is a tablet that’s designed for activities like streaming Netflix and Disney Plus, reading ebooks, and surfing the web. 8-inch Tablet Pro with me everywhere for about a week, using it for everything from email and web browsing during the day to watching movies at night, and even a little video chatting. The first version of the hardware was cheaper, which made it easier to recommend, but the Pro has enough upgrades to justify the price increase. It’s more powerful, has much better cameras, includes USB-C instead of micro USB, and features metal construction instead of plastic.
The back is largely featureless, with a single rear-facing camera in the upper left, the Onn logo centrally located, and the model number and some specifications printed in the bottom right corner. It features a resolution of 1280 x 800 that’s a little on the low side, but it’s a small enough display that I didn’t find it overly distracting.
The display is bright and colorful, and it looks good in most lighting conditions, but it lacks any kind of oleophobic coating. That means it attracts fingerprints very easily, is harder to clean than you might be used to, and also feels slightly unpleasant to touch.
The main issue with the display is that it has a tremendous amount of light bleed around the edges that’s impossible to ignore when you use the tablet in the dark.
The display is bright and colorful, and it looks pretty good in most lighting conditions, but it lacks any kind of oleophobic coating.
About 8GB of that storage is taken up by the operating system and pre-installed apps, but you can always plug in an SD card if you need extra space. That’s to be expected from a budget tablet like this, but it’s important to note that you aren’t going to be playing a lot of games on this, and you may even have some issues with productivity software.
It’s a benchmark that tests how well a device handles basic productivity tasks like word processing, and the onn. That lines up with my experience, as I didn’t have any issues streaming media on apps like Netflix, surfing the web, and reading emails.
I ran a couple of graphics benchmarks from GFX Bench that are intended to show how well a device can be expected to run games. While it was playable, and I was able to complete a few races, I noticed an unacceptable level of screen tearing and frame drops.
Walmart’s tagline for this device is “surf onn,” and that’s a pretty good descriptor for its productivity capabilities. I had zero issues watching videos on Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney Plus during my time with the tablet, and I also used it to answer emails and check stuff on the internet during the day.
It gets loud enough to fill my office, although it’s on the tinny side and the high tones are ragged enough to make full-volume listening more than a little unpleasant. I plugged in my favorite set of earbuds for my before-bed Netflix and YouTube streaming sessions for a much more pleasant experience.
8-inch Tablet Pro supports 802.11n dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for wireless networking, and I didn’t have any real issues with either. I was able to connect to my Wi-Fi network and stream video without any hiccups, and I paired a few devices like a Bluetooth speaker and a Logitech keyboard and everything worked as expected.
After that initial disappointing test, I moved into a hall about 10 feet from the router and measured a slight drop-off to 31 Mbps. These speeds were universally disappointing and significantly lower than I’m used to seeing, but it’s important to note that I never noticed this issue in actual use except for when downloading apps.
Streaming video on a fairly low resolution display like this doesn’t take that much bandwidth, so I wouldn’t have even known the connection was so slow if apps didn’t take so long to download. It’s more of a chat with friends or family when you don’t have any better camera options sort of deal, and less of a business-ready situation. I found that I was able to get several days of use out of the tablet between charges, with daily use for checking email, light web browsing, and an hour or two of streaming video.
Load some videos into memory, shut off the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and maybe turn down the backlight a bit, and this tablet could easily provide entertainment, or keep a kid occupied, on a flight or road trip.
Android is open source, so a lot of phone and tablet manufacturers feel the need to pile their own stuff on top of the stock operating system. The only difference between stock Android 10 and the version that ships with this tablet is that it includes a handful of Walmart-centric apps and a dedicated “favorites” button in the interface.
The only difference between stock Android 10 and the version that ships with this tablet is that it includes a handful of Walmart-centric apps and a dedicated ‘favorites’ button in the interface. Despite a few stumbles, like the lack of an oleophobic coating on the screen, this is a great tablet for streaming media, email, and surfing the web.
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decent screen, pretty quick with opening apps takes a while to start up but i think a lot of tablets are like that. The only draw back i have found is that it doesn’t seem to work well with bluetooth earbuds for chatting online thru Google Hangouts or FB messenger.
attempted to watch a BB game last nite between Celtics and Heat and it never loaded.Read full review
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