- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Coby Kyros 7"
- 7"
- 4 GB
- WiFi
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
#1 in Coby tablets
Released October, 2011
Rated 80% by by Man-Nurse--Man-Nurse (Dec, 2011)This is a great intro tab and obviously isn't a vizio or galaxy s tab but video is crystal clear and screen responds well with touch or stylus.
Conclusion Check out the Coby Kyros 7"
First reviewed December, 2011
Features Key features of the Coby Kyros 7"
7”
Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Rated 80% by by Kat-P. (Feb, 2012)It's MUCH better than other tablets in it's price range for the picture and sound quality, but it could be a little better with it's responsiveness to touch.
screen size
7"
10.1"
8"
Kyros 7" by J.-Williams--Jim-Williams (Dec, 2011)The tablet does have a resistive display, which, along with some other considerations resulted in my exchanging it for its big brother, the 8127.
Kyros 7" by Krista-Lane--new-to-kindle (Jan, 2012)It is nice and compact, has a nice weight to it and the icons on the screen are large and easy to use.
screen resolution
Kyros 7" by zipmom (Oct, 2012)The manual could use more details to help introduce the buyer to the product.
memory
| 0 GB | 2 GB  | 600 GB |
processor
Kyros 7" by M.-Gehret--G-Man-ColoradoCoby finally is going to get it totally right~ They will offer Android 4.0, Dual Core Processor, 1GB of Ram, and a far larger internal flash memory.
Kyros 7" by MedsReX (Jan, 2012)The clarity is superb and the load times are decent enough when keeping in mind the 800mhz processor.
Performance Real world tests of Coby Kyros 7"
cpu speed
Kyros 7" by Robert-M (Jun, 2012)The quality is very good it's a solid unit No rattles if you shake it the buttons seem pretty sturdy, the speed was also impressive its not on the same level as say a core duo but it would give the best celeron processors a run for its money, fast streaming youtube videos.
Kyros 7" by Jeffrey-D.-Hill (Mar, 2012)Not satisfied with that, I also rooted the device using SuperOneClick v2.3.3 (might require pressing the reset button on the back), and installed CPU Tuner from the market, and got about another 10% speed boost by setting it to Simple.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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Resistive -
Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash -
191 x 120 x 12 mm -
Can be operated hands free
cons
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Single core -
7" -
4 GB -
No motion detection -
Can't automatically adjust for changes in ambient light -
more limited set of interactions -
Cannot detect when the tablet is rotated -
0.8 GHz -
Cannot automatically pinpoint your location on a map -
Android 2.3 Gingerbread -
800 x 480 -
No sense of direction when standing still -
Poorer input sound quality -
need wi-fi or wired connection to be online -
133 ppi -
must unlock manually
Reviews Word on the street
 |   Rated by 584 users at amazon.com Rated 80% by by BDT--NEPA-Hunter (Jan, 2012) Rated 80% by by Timothy-Norton (Jan, 2013) Rated 40% by by Mad-Tanker (Jan, 2012) |
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Apps
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 20% by by Meng (Mar, 2012)I needed a device he could listen to music, watch his animations, plays games with the added benefits of some learning apps.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by Bruce-Richardson--Puppetguy (Dec, 2011)The included gallery app isn't so great, I recommend that you find a good app on Amazon to play your videos and music.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 40% by by Rothomp (Dec, 2011)After it connected, I decided to go to the apps market to see what I could download to have some apps ready for xmas morning.
Screen
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by L.-Chambers (Mar, 2012)The screen is colorful and bright and is excellent for reading and displaying photos.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 20% by by Jeffrey-M.-Barr (Jan, 2012)A nice color screen and price but the touch screen is non-responsive to touch most of the time.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by llee (Dec, 2011)My daughter loves it took a little time to get used to it she plays on my ipod touch all the time so this took some getting used to but now all is good.
Touch
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 20% by by lisa (Dec, 2011)the stylus and touchscreen are awful...way better quality in a smaller package is all you can ask for.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 60% by by imdevine (Mar, 2012)Screen is good, works best with touch, not stylist.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 100% by by Darren (Apr, 2012)The Cobie Tablet has a great touch screen that switchs web sight pages fast.
Battery
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by S.-Allen--in_the_pocketAnd this from a girl who has already broken an MP3 player and the LCD screen on her digital camera...Battery life is adequate, and she only has to charge it 1-2 times each week - about 4-6 hours of heavy app use (Angry Birds, YouTube, etc.) between charges.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by k9 (Oct, 2011)has one charge on it prob played with it about 3 or 4 hours worth and is only reads 1/4 gone so not to bad i guess.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by Stephen-A.-Madurski (Jan, 2012)Some have complained about the battery, but I am finding the battery is better than the one on my phone, and the one on my wife's I Phone.
Games
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by OK (Dec, 2011)So if you just want something cheap for your kid to play games on or for you to play games on, this tablet would be very nice.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 80% by by trstno01 (Feb, 2012)She doesn't like to play games but uses YouTube 80% of the time and surprisingly YouTube is pretty fast for a tablet that only has 256 megs of ram.
Coby Kyros 7" MID7012 | Rated 100% by by MedsReX (Jan, 2012)i am not much of a Game app guy, i prefer video games, board games and rpgs) I also have some mp4 movies (they look great) and music on here (the internal speaker is crap but headphones or ext speakers sound cool.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 Longest battery life Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 vs Coby Kyros 7" |
 | 2 | Acer Iconia Tab W500 Biggest screen Acer Iconia Tab W500 vs Coby Kyros 7" |
 | 3 | Toys”R”Us Tabeo More recent operating system Toys”R”Us Tabeo vs Coby Kyros 7" |
 | 4 | BlackBerry Playbook 4G LTE Really high resolution front camera BlackBerry Playbook 4G LTE vs Coby Kyros 7" |
 | 5 | Kobo Vox 5-way tie: Supports voice commands Kobo Vox vs Coby Kyros 7" |
 | 7 | Ainol Advanced Novo 8 6-way tie: Is multitouch Ainol Advanced Novo 8 vs Coby Kyros 7" |
 | 8 | Archos Arnova 7 G2 5-way tie: Has a gyroscope Archos Arnova 7 G2 vs Coby Kyros 7" |
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Editions Editions of the Coby Kyros 7"
| Price | Edition | Android OS | RAM capacity | Has a microphone jack | Manufacturer code | Compare | ||||
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 | | Android 2.0 Eclair | 0.25 GB |  | MID7015 | | ||||
 | | Android 2.0 Eclair | 0.5 GB | | MID7024-4GA37 | | ||||
 | | Android 2.0 Eclair | 0.5 GB |  | COBMID70164G | | ||||
 | | Android 2.3 Gingerbread | 0.5 GB | | MID7022-4G | | ||||
 | | Android 2.3 Gingerbread | 1 GB | | MID7012-4G | | ||||
 | | Android 2.3 Gingerbread | 1 GB | | MID7127-4G | | ||||
