- 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" Tablet
- 7"
- 32 GB
- WiFi
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Released October, 2012
Rated 100% by by Diana (Aug, 2012)The tablet is fast and very easy to handle, smooth touch screen and excellent for netflix and many other applications.
Conclusion Check out the Coby Kyros 7" Tablet
First reviewed November, 2012
Features Key features of the Coby Kyros 7" Tablet
7”
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Rated 100% by by Babs--Reader (Jul, 2012)It's fast, the touchscreen is responsive (mine is the capacitive), pinch and zoom, apps work great.
screen size
7"
11.6"
10.1"
Kyros 7" Tablet by Melissa (Jul, 2012)So I purchased the 10-Inch Coby Kyros so that I have something small yet big enough to display images and photos to clients during meetings.
Kyros 7" Tablet by William-C.-Seward--VMax12 (May, 2012)Amazing screen, and if you've never actually held one of these, 7" is plenty big enough to do anything you need to do with a tablet.
screen resolution
Kyros 7" Tablet by plokiju (Jul, 2012)Even so, the screen is colorful, and has good resolution (800x480).
Kyros 7" Tablet by homeros (Jun, 2012)The first feeling of the sharpness made me thought, "I shouldn't have bought it.
memory
| 0 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB |
processor
Kyros 7" Tablet by plokiju (Jul, 2012)It's a single core, but it's fast enough to handle Android 4.
Kyros 7" Tablet by pennywyze (Apr, 2013)Plays almost any game provided it isn't dual core processed.
Performance Real world tests of Coby Kyros 7" Tablet
cpu speed
Kyros 7" Tablet by Bulldawgzz (Sep, 2012)I watched videos,read the reviews and heard alot of complaints that it wasn't fast enough, This is crap, if you know anything about computers you would know that unless you want to pay big money for dual processors and an apple on the back of your machine, this tablet Is plenty fast!
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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Resistive -
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich -
Oct, 2012 -
Detects movement for interactive apps -
bypass PIN entry, easier to unlock with one hand -
Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash -
572 MB/s (USB 3.0) -
Can be operated hands free
cons
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Single core -
7" -
Can't automatically adjust for changes in ambient light -
more limited set of interactions -
Cannot detect when the tablet is rotated -
Cannot automatically pinpoint your location on a map -
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 -
1 GHz
Reviews Word on the street
| Rated 80% by by Scott (Dec, 2012) Rated 60% by by Maxx-Creese--maxximuscree (Feb, 2013) Rated 60% by by Thomas-Legge (Dec, 2012) |
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Apps
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 80% by by your-name-here (May, 2012)I've been about to find about 5-8 educational games for each age group to install on their tablets after testing well over 50 games!
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 80% by by miskalaylay (May, 2012)This android tablet is not compatible with the google play app store, cnet app store, and one other one that I can't remember, but it does allow third party app downloads.
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 60% by by Pierre-Fontaine--Pierre-Fontaine (Dec, 2012)I haven't tried any games but I'm certain this tablet has sufficient specs to play most low-end games well.
Screen
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 40% by by KKL (Aug, 2012)My samsung phone displays clearly and the tablet was so dim (regardless of the brightness setting).
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 40% by by John-Curtis--jgcurtis (Dec, 2012)Normally on my other devices, I am happy with the touch performance and the OS layout.
Battery
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 20% by by S.-Moats (Feb, 2013)Spend the extra $50-75 and get a device that will last longer then a few months...UPDATE *** After 24 HOURS the device refuses to charge or work anymore.
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 100% by by KyrosKid (Aug, 2012)So it's safe to say that this tablet has a pretty good battery life.
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 80% by by Gabojpb (Dec, 2012)The bad thing is that it didn't come with google play and the battery runs dry fast.
Battery life
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 80% by by Doug-Metoyer (Nov, 2012)Only reason the 4 stars instead of 5 is short battery life and camera is not very friendly as it's only front facing so it's not able to take pictures of anyone except the one holding it.
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 80% by by Exspes (May, 2012)Device charged fast and I have been getting 4ish hours per charge with heavy use.
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 100% by by melcal--melcal (Jun, 2012)battery life is incredible - ran on it yesterday for 7 hrs.
Touch
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 80% by by ShAgEr (Nov, 2012)The touch screen is not perfect, but it works pretty good.
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 100% by by D.-WALTER (Jul, 2012)The touch screen is very good.
Coby Kyros 7" Tablet MID7034 | Rated 20% by by Elson-L-M-FreireVery low quality product, looks good but touch screen features barely work.
Competition What else you should consider
| | 1 | Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Most CPU cores Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 vs Coby Kyros 7" Tablet |
| | 2 | Acer A700 Longest battery life Acer A700 vs Coby Kyros 7" Tablet |
| | 3 | Archos 97 Titanium HD High resolution front camera Archos 97 Titanium HD vs Coby Kyros 7" Tablet |
| | 4 | bModo WiFi Biggest screen bModo WiFi vs Coby Kyros 7" Tablet |
| | 5 | IdolPad + Unknown 3-way tie: Has a microphone jack IdolPad + vs Coby Kyros 7" Tablet |
| | 6 | Coby Kyros 7" Smallest 7" MID7024 vs 7" Tablet MID7034 |
| | 7 | OEM SYSTEMS COMPANY WiFi 2-way tie: Really fast USB OEM SYSTEMS COMPANY WiFi vs Coby Kyros 7" Tablet |
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