Having not much upgrade in hardware when
compared to its predecessor, but with stable performance, KingCom Joypad C72 is
a good value for its price.
Following KingCom Joypad C-Series, KingCom
Joypad tablet comes with a capacitive 7-inch touchscreen plus 800x480 pixel
resolutions.
With regard to design, Joypad C72 has
considerable changes from its predecessor Joypad C71 which has appeared
recently.
KingCom
Joypad C72 is the 7inch tablet having a reasonable price, suitable for common
users.
KingCom Joypad is covered in glossy black
hem, appearing elegant and sturdy. Seeing horizontally, users can notice that physical
buttons of Joypad C71 is now replaced by touch buttons that are more fashionable.
Despite not having pure-aluminum back lid of Joypad C71, Joypad C72’s glossy white-plastic
back lid still looks robust.
Physical
buttons lying in the edge includes power buttons and volume keys.
Front-facing camera is moved to the middle
to give more support to video calls. Besides, in the edges lie only power
button and volume keys. Joypad C72 also has its speaker integrated in the back,
which assists users to enjoy music and movies.
The
tablet is equipped with front-facing camera for video calls.
Interactive connectors consisting of 5V DC
power slot (for recharging), USB port (for connection to PC), HDMI port (for HD
outputs) and headphone slot are all placed in the right edge and easily
interacted.
From
left to right: 5VDC power line, micro USB connector, HDMI 1.4 port, micro SD
card reader and headphone slot.
Inside, there are Cortex A8 processor
(1.5GHz) and 512MB of DDR3 RAM. This model has two options for internal memory:
4GB and 8GB.
Integrated
speakers in the back are optimized for movies, music and games.
To satisfy demand for large storage, Joypad
C72 also comes with micro SD card reader, which can be extended up to 32GB, and
convenient accessory for common USB flash drive.
Joypad
C72 also comes with USB cable for connections to USB flash drive and USB 3G.
Similar to its predecessor, Joypad C72 has connectors
for Wi-Fi b/g/n in order to allow users enjoy Internet services. Despite lack
of Bluetooth and 3G connectivity, users can link Joypad C72 with USB 3G via
inbox USB cable. However, it must be noted that Joypad C72 is most compatible
with some 3G devices that support WCDMA or CDMA2000/EVDO standards and have
names listed in manual. Moreover, in the package, there’re also charging
adaptor, 2 USB cables, mobile earphones and quick instruction manual.
The
complete package
Through practices as well as tests of tools
like Quadrant, SunSpider, BrowserMark, Nenamark2 and Linpack, we realized that KingCom
Joypad is quite capable of serving web browsing and regular gaming. When marked
by Quadrant, total result of Joypad C72 is a little higher than that (1,719
points) of Joypad C71. Even with integrated web browser, Joypad C72 could give
us a good experience through webs with many Flash contents.
Total
performance, web browsing and JavaScript process are marked by Quadrant,
SunSpider and Browsemark, respectively.
In test of HD movie playing, we saw that Joypad
well supported HD 720p contents in various formats. Quick action scenes were
smoothly reproduced with no lagging (like on other common tablets). With Full
HD movies (1080p), there was a little lag but this was acceptable. Integrated
speakers delivered medium sound and they are more comfortable than enclosed
earphones.
Results
were done by measurements of graphics and processor.
Joypad C72’s touchscreen owns high sensitivity
even with multi-point interactions such as zoom in/out, double-tap and quick
scan to change screen. Despite nice color display with clear small texts, the 7inch
screen still had reflection and limited viewing-angle under outdoor conditions.
Android
4.0 interface
By setting of maximum brightness, after
4.5-hour experience with movies, music, web browsing and games, the tablet’s
back didn’t get too hot and battery still had 10% of capacity left, this was
such an appealing figure among mid-class tablets.
Overall, with the same size of other 7-inch
tablet and 366g weight, Joypad C72 can be simply interacted by just one hand. Besides,
touch buttons are appropriately situated. They can be conformably touched by either
left hand or right hand in Android 4.0 interface. However, the model’s back has
low friction surface, which is not so easy for users having regular hand sweat.
RRP is $140.
Highlights
Operating system: Android 4.0
Screen: 7inch, 800x480 pixel resolutions
Processor: 1.5GHz, single-core
RAM: 512MB
Storage: 4GB of internal memory, micro SD,
USB
Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Size: 192x118x11.9mm, 366g
Runtime: 6 hours
Accessories: Mobifone E173-1 USB 3G (compatible
with SIMs from other provider) priced $39.5
Overview
Good
Reasonable price
Stable operation
Sturdy design
Versatile compatibility for extended
storage
Bad
Glossy back lid with low-friction surface
Low-resolution screen plus reflection
effect
Quite hard physical buttons
