Review Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG, Economical Tablet with Intel - As the name implies, Asus Fonepad 7 (FE170CG) has a 7-inch wide screen. Fonepad name means that this device is a tablet that has the smart phone capabilities.
Therefore, Asus Fonepad 7 (FE170CG) equipped with two slots for SIM Card GSM type. That way, you can make phone calls, SMS, and internet connection via data packets.
Designs
Although only used by 7-inch screen, this tablet has a bezel that is thick, especially on the top and bottom. However, the thick bezel makes it comfortable to grip and operate well in portrait mode or landscape mode. Own portrait mode is generally used when reading e-books and surfing the internet. While the landscape mode to use when playing the game.
In order to remain comfortable when gripped, this tablet uses a plastic material that has a rough grip on the back side. With a unibody design, you can not remove the chassis cover on the back side.
Software & Interface
As with other ASUS products, Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG use interface named ZenUI. The interface looks simple but has a high functionality.
On the Screen Lock menu, you can directly open the camera application, the phone, and SMS. Not only that, you can also see some of the list of schedules you have entered in the calendar app on the Lock Screen. That way, you do not need to bother to open the calendar application to view the list of schedules.
Not only in terms of functionality, ZenUI also has a pretty good performance. The reason, feels smooth transition between each display. Both the Home Screen as well as on the menu Apps and Widgets.
Camera
With a 2 MP rear camera, the picture obtained from the camera appear less satisfactory. Moreover, there is no flash on the rear camera so that the camera is difficult to capture images during low light conditions. For video, the camera can record video at 720p quality.
Meanwhile, on the front side there is a VGA resolution camera. Although less suitable for selfie, at least the front camera can be used during video calls.
On the other hand, the tablet has a built-in camera application is quite satisfactory. Because, a lot of effects and modes are available on the application. The effects of these are available in Pencil, LOMO, Edge Detect, Negative, Cartoon, Pixelize, Hue, Sepia and Grayscale.
For photos, there are several modes, namely Auto, Time rewind, HDR, Panorama, Night, selfie, Miniature, remove Smart, All smiles, beautification, and GIF Animation. For video, there are modes Auto, Miniature, and Time lapse.
Performance
Armed with an Intel Atom Z2520 processor speed of 1.2 GHz, PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU, and 1 GB RAM, this tablet has a good enough performance to run a variety of everyday applications and 3D games.
Indeed, the processor only has two processor cores. But thanks to Intel's Hyper-Threading technology, each of the two core processors logically duplicated so that performance is not inferior to a physical processor using four processor cores.
We also use synthetic benchmarks to test the performance of Fonepad with 3DMark and PCMark application for Android. You can see the results below.
3DMark is a test application that focuses on the graphics processing capabilities of a device. While PCMark is a test application to test all the capabilities of the device. Tests PCMark itself includes typing, open the browser, edit photos, watch videos, and others.
Conclusion
For a low-end tablet, Asus Fonepad 7 (FE170CG) may be an alternative option that is quite tempting with the price USD 131.46 . Although the camera has not been able to produce a satisfactory image, this tablet has a built quality and design are quite good. Not only that, their performance can also compete with other chipsets that are already using the four processor cores.
For those of you who want to use more than one phone number, Asus Fonepad 7 (FE170CG) features a dual SIM Card. Do not just provide two SIM card slots, you can set which SIM card you normally use for telephone and packet data connection.