Overview Teclast T8 - game pad with a quality screen and metal casing

Table of contents

• Specifications
• Packaging and appearance
• Display and Audio
• Performance
• Joystick
• Camera
• autonomy
• Software
• results

Despite the fact that tablet sales in recent years has been steadily falling, they are still too early to finally send to the scrap. There are a few niches in which the plates may have a resistance of smartphones and laptops. One of them - use as a gaming gadget.

The new tablet from a company Teclast It was designed with the expectation it to this application. His powerful filling allows you to run any modern game, and the additional joystick turns it into a fully fledged gaming console.

Specifications

IN Teclast T8 using six-core chip MediaTek MT8176, which combines two core Cortex-A72, quad-core Cortex-A53 and GPU PowerVR GX6250. This (summer 2016 was presented to the platform of the year) is not the most modern, but still topical solution that provides high performance and energy efficiency. For this reason, the chip is still very popular among manufacturers: for example, Xiaomi company installs it in the Tablet Mi Pad 3.

4GB of RAM is enough to run any applications and quickly switch between them. Roughly the same can be said about the built-in storage: 64 GB is enough for game and download movies, photos and more with the music space will remain.

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Packaging and appearance

Tablet comes in stylish white cardboard box, the upper and lower halves of the orange band which is visible. The package has a very rigid structure, besides the inner side of the lid glued soft foam that gives full confidence in the security of the gadget.

Inside we found the tablet itself, a charger, connecting cable and an envelope with the accompanying documentation. All components are arranged in a neat little boxes of black cardboard, which gives the packaging a premium look.

This impression is reinforced after a careful examination of the tablet. Anodized metal back cover with neat shiny chamfer on the faces looks great. The assembly is also at a high level: the buttons do not rattle, the body never pressed, no backlash and squeak even when trying to twist the device.

Teclast T8 boasts a screen with a thin side frames and the presence of a fingerprint reader on the front panel. The power button and volume swing located on the right side, if you use the tablet in portrait mode.

The top of the connector is USB Type-C for charging and data transfer, as well as the headphone jack. The opposite side contains the center of the tray to install an optional memory card, the left and right of which are speaker grilles.

In general appearance and assembly Teclast T8 leave only positive impression. It is immediately clear that the materials are not saved, but the design is not inferior to the best known manufacturers of tablets.

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Display and Audio

Teclast T8 Matrix made concern JDI, which combines the power of world-renowned Japanese company Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba. Products from this manufacturer is known for excellent quality and the most advanced technologies.

In this case we are talking about OGS-screen new generation, which has smaller thickness and better visual quality relative to other displays. This is achieved by combining a touch screen layer and the removal of an intermediate air gap.

One look at the Teclast T8 enough to enjoy the benefits of this technology. Display screen impresses the correct color, excellent contrast and wide viewing angles, which closely approaching 180 °. Resolution 2560 × 1600 pixels allows to enjoy a clear picture of the complete absence of even a hint of pixelation.

For lovers of night reading in the plate there is a special monochrome mode, which can be activated directly from the fast shutter settings. If you take a tablet on the street, it also will not be disappointed, as the maximum brightness level to cope even with direct sunlight.

The sound is output in two external speaker, placed on the bottom side of the device. For their work is no big claims: the sound loud and enough quality for a gaming device. However, it would be much better if the speakers are positioned on opposite faces of the device. In this case, the sound would be acquired and an additional amount of at least a small stereo image.

The sound quality of the headphones is good, so that in a pair with a good headset Teclast T8 can be used not only for games but also for listening to your favorite music.

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Performance

Many manufacturers of tablets in an effort to attract more customers call their products "game," but not all care about the corresponding stuffing. Fortunately, Teclast not one of them. This tablet will satisfy gamers hundred percent.

We tested on the tablet work of several popular games: World of Tanks, Shadow Fight 3, Asphalt 8. All of them start and run without any problems, providing a comfortable number of frames per second (FPS) in even the most complex scenes. That on the whole confirmed by the results of test programs that you see in this section.

The heating device during the games remains in the normal range. Metal case Teclast T8 good diverts and dissipates heat away from the CPU, so throttling is practically not observed.

Tablet copes with almost all, even the most advanced games. About the performance of other tasks and say nothing - everything just flies.

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Joystick

Since Teclast T8 is advertised as a gaming devaysa, then for him was released gaming joystick Teclast Master T8 Bluetooth Wireless Joystick Gamepad. The manufacturer has sent it to us, along with the tablet for testing.

The joystick has a telescopic design and is suitable not only for Teclast T8, but also generally for any tablet or smartphone, whose diagonal is less than 10 inches. When the device is securely attached between the arms, so there are no worries that it will drop out during vigorous movements.

Connecting a joystick comes with Bluetooth and takes less than a minute. The operating system it is defined as a gamepad, so no problem in most modern games do not arise. However, even if the game does not provide the appropriate control configuration, use the joystick can still be just some of the actions will be carried out is not as convenient.

Joystick Teclast T8 turns into a complete gaming device. In most games, it is an order of magnitude increases driving comfort and, in some, such as fighting games and racing, gives a significant advantage over other players. So to all fans of mobile gaming advised to reflect on your purchase of this gadget.

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Camera

Usually in tablet reviews, we do not dwell separately on your camera. Few people come to mind taking pictures with a tablet, and manufacturers often set in this type of device is not very high-quality matrix.

However Teclast decided done differently equipped and the main camera unit 8 M, and a front - 13 Mn. It is obvious that such a solution is primarily intended for fans selfie and video calls.

The quality of pictures taken with the main camera device, unfortunately, has not met expectations. Autofocus is slow and uncertain, the colors are faded and blurred. To capture documents or articles, is more suitable quality, but dear to the heart of people advised not to take photographs.

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autonomy

Diagrams of typical use tablets and smartphones differ significantly. Smartphone with us and almost always gets out of his pocket with or without, while the tablet It used most often in the evening, before going to sleep: read a book, go to interesting sites and play a bit.

With such a battery use mode capacity 5400 mAh accurately should be sufficient for two days. Especially in the state of rest, the device loses a day just a few percent of the charge.

However, if you're a drunken gambler, while the tablet of life will, of course, much smaller. But even under extreme gaming loads Teclast T8 rent at once: four hours of intense racing and tank battles you provided. Most fingers and eyes get tired, you finally sit down battery.

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Software

The tablet runs on Android 7.0 operating system. The manufacturer has made a small change in the stock image, in the those removed from the default launcher application menu, so that all the icons of installed programs are placed directly on the job tables. Innovation like not everyone, but it is fortunately possible to correct the installation of third-party launcher.

It would be possible to complain about the presence of several Chinese utilities, but they are easily removed from the system, even without root privileges. Check several antivirus showed that the operating system is pristine clean and free from spyware.

During the short time that has elapsed since the start of sales of the tablet, programmers Teclast released as many as three updates that improve the software. So, for example, it has reduced the minimum brightness of the screen, making reading in the evening much more comfortable. This gives us hope that in the future the device will normally be supported by updates and patches.

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results

Summing up the test, say at once: the tablet we liked.

Teclast T8 has a nice appearance, strong metal casing and sufficient performance for all applications. We did not have any doubt that the device can be used as a gaming gadget, especially if in addition to buy branded joystick.

But even if you're not a gamer, the tablet still does not disappoint. Its quality screen is perfect for reading, watching video and surfing the web, and a powerful battery will allow for these occupations, many hours.

At the time of this writing, the cost of the tablet Teclast T8 12 576 rublesAnd if you decide to purchase the game as soon as the joystick, the price will increase to 14 090 rubles.

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