Overview Teclast M89 - an inexpensive tablet, which is useful in the new academic year

While tablets have already experienced the peak of its popularity, just write them off too early. There are some areas in which they are simply irreplaceable.

To carry to school or university laptop hard. You can try to do a smartphone, but it is not always comfortable. It is quite another - the tablet: it weighs little, fits in any bag, and the charge of holding the whole day. Yes, and read much more convenient than the small screen of the smartphone on its screen.

We are sure that some such thoughts come on the eve of the new school year for many students and their parents. Therefore, we want to introduce you to a new tablet Teclast M89Which claims to be the ideal educational gadget.

Specifications

Electronic filling Teclast M89 is not too impressive. It is almost identical to the hardware Xiaomi Mi Pad 3. On the one hand, this kind of as commendable, but let's not forget that this tablet will be more than a year ago. So today MediaTek MT8176 - this is the average chip performance. Roughly the same can be said about the memory subsystem.

However, it all depends on the tasks. If, as we mentioned above, to use the device for training purposes, it will work fine. His performance will be enough to surf the web, watch videos, play music and work needed programs. Even lovers of play will not feel uschemlonnymi: all simple games, "fly", and for the complex can be a little lower graphics settings.

But this tablet is equipped with support for GPS, which is somewhat expands the scope of its application. Teclast M89 perfectly manifest themselves in-car navigator. Large bright screen and high precision positioning like many drivers.

Packaging and appearance

The tablet comes in a neat box with orange sides and a white cap. It's made of cardboard so that easily withstand any journey without additional packaging.

The package includes only the USB cable Type-C and charger. In our case, it was the Chinese fork. However, the fresh batch, as far as we know, are completed in a normal European charger.

In appearance Teclast M89 resembles Apple Xiaomi or tablets. The same thin metal body quality screen with an aspect ratio of 4: 3 and a similar arrangement of controls. This is not surprising: such a design has already become a classic.

The main part of the front of the Teclast M89 takes the screen. It is framed in black plastic frames, the thickness of which the top and bottom is 18 mm, and on each side - 7 mm. On the screen surface protective film is adhered. No front buttons not only on top of the eye is the front camera.

The volume rocker and the power button located on the right side. On the opposite side there is a tray for inserting a memory card. The top of a lot of things: two external speaker, headphone jack, USB Type-C and microHDMI. Infimum device completely empty, except for a tiny hole for a microphone.

Such an arrangement of connectors can be convenient when carrying the plate in a bag or briefcase. You can simultaneously connect an external battery and headphones, without fear that the wires are hanging around in different directions and in some cases formed the audience.

The rear cover is made of anodized metal with a light golden tint. In the upper left corner of the eye is the main camera, in the center - the company logo.

In general, the assembly and the appearance of the tablet causes only positive emotions. All parts fit tightly, no squeaks and shakes. Teclast M89 has a thin metal body, but the bends, even when considerable force. He looks very strong, but at the same time light enough to be used with one hand.

Display and Audio

Screen may be attributed to the main advantages of this gadget. It does not yield the same Mi Pad 3 and greatly exceeds Mi Pad 4, wherein the solution has been reduced.

In Teclast M89 uses qualitative matrix with a resolution of 2048 × 1536 pixels and an aspect ratio of 4: 3. It is made on the OGS technology, thus reducing the thickness of the display and to achieve excellent pictures. Read books, surf the web, work with texts on the device - a pleasure. The letters look as if they are written on paper, pixels can not be seen even at close range. Picture of different vibrant colors, high contrast and correct white balance.

The tablet supports MiraVision technology that allows you to adjust color and contrast to your liking. For lovers of reading a special mode that makes the image on a monochrome screen. brightness levels vary widely, which makes it possible to use the tablet in almost any lighting.

Two built-in speakers sound loud, but it is clearly not enough bass. Therefore great pleasure from listening to music or watching movies, you do not get. So it will still have to connect the headphones - they sound much better picture.

Performance

As we have said above, in terms of performance Teclast M89 belongs to the middle class. Synthetic test results that you see in this section, it is confirmed.

Surf the web, social networking, watching movies, reading books, and any other tasks that do not require a record of processing power, Teclast M89 is ideal. Programs run fast, the operating system interface does not lag, enough memory to run several programs simultaneously.

the situation is more complicated with the games. The Hardware tablet is not designed for modern action, so even if the game is started, the logs can be seen with the naked eye. The device thus starts to warm up significantly.

In this case, will have to reduce the graphics quality settings in the game to squeeze out of the tablet acceptable amount of frames per second. However, the more simple games, such as too many hits, go without any problems.

Camera

Usually in tablet reviews, we do not focus on their photographic abilities. However, the manufacturer has supplied Teclast M89 pretty good camera that has a resolution of 8 megapixels. Camera, or smartphone camera you do not replace it, but in some situations, be able to help out.

As you can see for yourself, test shots do not claim to be high quality. However, most of the tablets in this price category, even so are not able to take pictures.

autonomy

In Teclast M89 used non-removable battery capacity of 4840 mA · hr. This is sufficient for continuous operation of the device (web surfing, watching videos, playing music, word processing) for about 5 hours. In other words, one intense day of work or school precisely enough. If not much strain and give the tablet the time to relax, you can stretch the battery and for several days.

Special mention deserves the good optimization software. At rest, the device practically does not consume energy, so it can safely lain somewhere on a shelf for a week without a significant drop in the level of charge.

results

Every buyer wants to find a gadget that has all the characteristics of champions, but it is worth while penny. However, this is impossible. We have to find a balance between their desires and real options.

Teclast M89 - a good example of such a compromise. It's pretty inexpensive device that copes with all the usual tasks, has a gorgeous screen and good sound in the headphones. The tablet has a sturdy metal casing, fit into any bag and can work without a break all day. A great buy for the new school year for those people who know how to count money.

At the time of this writing, the cost of the tablet Teclast M89 is 9674 ruble in-store and GearBest 9927 rubles on AliExpress site.

The author expresses his gratitude to the company Teclast for providing the test device.