What is Lenovo IdeaTab A2107?
If you are looking for smaller tablet pc for entertainment purpose while on travel, Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 is good choice. It is good for using in bus or train to see movies or listen music, because of the 7 inch size make it more portable than 9-10 inch bigger sized tablets like Samsung Galaxy Tab 2(10.1). The design is highly portable and very handy one. But, coming to performance, even basic navigation have small amount of lag found. It supports two dual GSM SIM’s; only support the data connectivity both 3G and 2G networks. It is too cheap to buy and is best for reading and watching movies (needs headphones to avoid noises).
The Pros
- Portable design
- Good build quality
- 3G support
- Slower performance
- Low quality camera and no flash
- No voice calling
- Volume is not much Loud to watch movies
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Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Review: Design (7/10)
One of the useful feature of IdeaTab A2107 is differ from bigger sized tablets is portability. Because of 7-inch size and light weight (400 grams only) makes it easier to handle with one hand. It is 19.5 cm in length, 12.5 cm is width and 1.1 cm in thickness. The body is not that much impressive due to plastic body, but provides better grips to hands.The top edge contains the power on/off button, charging/USB port and 3.15 mm audio jack. The battery is built-in type and only top back portion is slide to open it. At the back portion, top center contains 3.15 MP rear camera; left side contains microSD slot and dual GSM SIM slots at right side. The back bottom portion contains two speakers also. Overall, it got a portable design and good build quality.
Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Review: Display (4/10)
The cheap priced tablets display is not always impressive one like IdeaTab A2107. It got ordinary TFT LCD screen having a resolution of 600 x 1204 pixels and 170 ppi pixel densities. Due to lower resolution the display is not pleasing to eye at lower brightness. I also felt a contrast shift while held at different angles. In case of lower budget tablet displays, Samsung Tab 2 (7.0) and Amazon Kindle Fire got much improved than Lenovo’s IdeaTab.Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Review: Performance (5/10)
As compared with its main competitor (Google Nexus 7) processor, 1 GHz dual core with 1 GB RAM is less powerful. Because the Quad-core Tegra 3 processor of Nexus 7 performing better than IdeaTab’s Coretx A9 CPU. I felt the tablet pc is little slower in basic navigation and lag in apps opening time. The Android v4.0 Ice Cream sandwich OS is doesn’t help much to improving the speed and response.The jelly bean upgrading will slightly improves it but not hopeful speed of performance. The 2D gaming like angry birds, Puzzle games etc are works fine and only loading takes more time. The PowerVR SGX531 graphics processor unit controls and processes the graphics quality well and supports the processor to handle the media loads. The webpage scrolling also have more lag and not that browsing friendly as compared with Galaxy Tab2 and Nexus 7. But its storage capacity is expandable by using microSD card up to 32 GB; not in Nexus 7 tablet.
Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Review: Software (6/10)
It fisrt comes with Android Ice creme sandwich operating system looks good and ease to use. When you upgrading to Android v4.1 jelly bean, you get improved user interface and more apps availability than previous one. But the disappointment in speed is not improved. The basics apps like calculator, Messaging, email, internet browsers, document viewer /e, Photo viewer/editor etc are included. It also support MP 4/H.264 video and MP3/AAC/WMV/WAV formats.Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Review: Camera (4/10)
The IdeaTab A2107 contains two cameras, one in front and other in rear. The 3.1 MP rear camera captures images and results good quality images only at bright sunlight conditions. The manufactures offer s720p video recording, but I don’t get good quality videos from rear cam. The front camera is VGA type and helpful for video calling; no quality images or videos captured. Nexus 7 tablet got better camera than IdeaTab.Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Review: Other features
Like other android tablets it contains Wi-Fi and Bluetooth v4.0 connectivity including the hotspot tethering feature. It also has 3G and 2G GSM network support. Both the SIM slots support 2G, but only one slot accepts 3G. The device only allows use the data connection and not support voice calling.The two stereo speakers are included in this tablet, but the volume and sound quality is not good. I prefer noise cancelling headphones while watching movies.
It contains non-removable Li-ion battery with 3550 mAh battery capacity provides average life of 7 hours per day. If you are using this tab for internet browsing, charge will drain faster than video playing.
Final Words
Like android low budget tablet, Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 is an average choice. Because of the slower performance, the usage of this tablet is limited to watching movies and reading purposes. The camera quality is very low and not good for both 3D gaming and internet browsing. If you need mixed usage go for better tablet. For the same price range better tablet pc’s are available like Google Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7 inch with 4G LTE connectivity.Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 Full Specifications:-
General Specs
| Name | Lenovo Idea Tab A2107 |
| SIM Type | GSM |
| Storage | 16 GB; Expandable up to 32 GB; MicroSD Card |
| Operating System | Android v4.1 Jelly Bean |
| Dimension | 18.9 x 12 x 1.12 cm |
| Weight | 1.9 lbs |
| BatteryLife | Avg. life up to 7 hours |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi (802.11 bgn)/Bluetooth/EDGE/GPRS /HSPA(3G) |
| Model no | A2107 |
| Manufacturer | Lenovo |
Display & Performance Specs
| Screen size | 7" inches |
| Type | LED display; 170 ppi; Capacitive Multi-touch |
| Resolution | 1024 x 600 pixels |
| Glass Type | Normal |
| CPU | Qualcomm processor |
| CPU Cloak Speed | 1 GHz, Cortex A9 |
| RAM | 1 GB DDR3 |
| Graphics Driver | Intel HD Graphics (Integrated) |
| Camera |
Rear: 2 MP
Front: VGA
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Miscellaneous
| Port | MicroUSB/MicroSD/Charging |
| Audio | 3.5 mm Headphone Jack |
| Battery | 3550 mAh; Li-ion Battery; Non-Removable type |
| Sensors | Accelerometer |
| What's in Box? | Lenovo IdeaTab A2107 (7 inches); Charger; USB cable; operating instructions |
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