Cube iWork 10 10.1 inch Flagship Tablet PC Intel Atom X5-Z8300 Quad Core 1.44GHz 4GB RAM 64GB ROM OTG Dual Cameras FHD IPS Screen
CPU: Intel Atom X5-Z8300 ( Intel Cherry Trail Z8300 ) Quad Core 1.44GHz ( up to 1.84GHz ) is equipped with better performance, delivering plenty of power for multitasking and fueling casual games and movies
GPU: Gen8-LP10 / 12EU up to 600MHz is better and faster in playing games and watching videos than the previous generation
RAM + ROM: 4GB + 64GB offers quick surfing online, video playing and gaming experience enhanced with DDR3L memory which makes all applications faster. Whether it is needed for work, study or play, it will suit your all needs
10.1 inch screen: 1920 x 1200 pixels 10-point capacitive IPS screen offers wonderful experiences for watching videos and browsing the Web
64bit Windows 10 system: With more excellent interface, compatibility and running effect, the latest OS will lead you into a different world
Dual cameras: 2.0MP back camera with auto focus makes HD video recording more clearly and vividly, 2.0MP front camera for selfie
HDMI output: Designed with Micro HDMI slot, supporting 4K output and easy to show PPT, you can connect it to TV, monitors or projectors, creating your personal home theater
7500mAh battery: Large capacity helps you free from shortage of power and frequent charging trouble and delivers long battery life
TF card: Up to 128GB Max, you can download whatever you like to enjoy yourself
Bluetooth 4.0: Supports fast transmission of data, pictures and files
Gravity sensing system: Can fluently and sensitively run various applications
Optional OS Version: Windows 10 / Windows 10 + Android 5.1
Note: Windows OS is built-in Chinese and English, and other languages need to be downloaded by WiFi. Android OS supports multi-language
Network:
WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
USB 3.0
Notice: The keyboard is not included.
Top comments
joeho
23 Mar 1636#64
Why is this lukewarm deal highlighted as a 'HUKD Pick' on the front page?
Is it because of the commission that GearBest pays to HUKD?
I used to like HUKD a lot, as it was a community driven forum that promotes genuine good deals / mispriced / shopping tricks etc.
However, as the site grows bigger and bigger and the profits paid by vendors' commission becomes more and more, this place seems no longer the same place that I knew few years ago...
soza
19 Mar 1630#15
If you look at reviews you'll find that this tablet has awful speakers, but the main issue that I have with this deal is that it's GearBest. Yes they often have some cheap deals, but their returns policy is pathetic.
If you have any issues with the tablet then GearBest will give you some options. You can either pay to send the tablet to China (even though you might of bought it from their UK or EU warehouse) and then get screwed over by them saying that they didn't receive it, or you can accept aprox £20 worth of "credit" that goes to your GearBest wallet and you also keep the defective tablet. None of their options result in you getting a fully working replacement for free.
Pay a little more and go with a company that isn't going to screw you over if you receive a defective product.
polly69
18 Mar 168#1
$56.61 for the keyboard so its actually a tablet not a ultrabook.
Astec123 to MrAlbert
18 Mar 167#4
Yes, it will be like a number of these devices. Chuwi Hi8, Hi10, Vi8 and Vi10 all had the same feature. Usually it's swapped in the OS using a simple icon on the desktop/UI.
All told I don't think I would be willing to risk over £100 with Gearbest and getting no customer service.
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polly69
18 Mar 168#1
$56.61 for the keyboard so its actually a tablet not a ultrabook.
Yes, it will be like a number of these devices. Chuwi Hi8, Hi10, Vi8 and Vi10 all had the same feature. Usually it's swapped in the OS using a simple icon on the desktop/UI.
All told I don't think I would be willing to risk over £100 with Gearbest and getting no customer service.
SimpleStreet
18 Mar 161#5
Never heard of gearbest, anyone ordered from these guys and can give some insight on this website ?
amour3k to SimpleStreet
19 Mar 162#8
They've been around for a few years now, & yes, I've ordered a few things from them in the past myself, & no issues either. :-)
noncho to SimpleStreet
20 Mar 16#38
Yes, I got a Meizu phone from them.
But the cheaper it gets - the more problem can occur with Chinese dealers.
parkz to SimpleStreet
23 Mar 16#63
hi. im always skeptical of these chinese sites i use wish. bangood and gearbest with no issues. ive ordered 3 things from gearbest. all 3 items were perfect. good communication instant replies to quiries. all 3 items were slow delivery but every time i emailed them they responded. id use them again no problem.
repouk
18 Mar 16#6
Have they fixed the overheating problems with these yet?
I was reading this week about a similar Onda Win10 tablet that can only be charged whilst in sleep mode, so be careful of the silly issues some of these Chinese tablets and phones can have. Gotta do your research on them.
masterplanner
19 Mar 162#11
fantastic specs for the price. ive ordered several cheaper items from gearbest with no issues. I believe they offer a postal insurance for a small fee to ensure against delivery issues for more expensive items.
chortle
19 Mar 161#12
Fantastic spec. I will keep an eye open for the brand. I worry that lesser brand tablets will break. I bought a Hudl last year and the screen cracked, making it useless, almost immediately.
chortle
19 Mar 16#13
Benchmark comparing this tabs CPU with the Z3735 you commonly see in tablets these days. Mostly the same except that this tab has better 3D. Of course it also has much more memory than you normally see in a Z3735 tab and more storage.
I've been shopping with then for a couple of years. Never had any issues really. I did buy some really cheap wire strippers from them once and they broke on my first use. Amazon had em at 26quid these people had them for like 7quid. I just stuck them in the bin. All other stuff has been fine.
soza
19 Mar 1630#15
If you look at reviews you'll find that this tablet has awful speakers, but the main issue that I have with this deal is that it's GearBest. Yes they often have some cheap deals, but their returns policy is pathetic.
If you have any issues with the tablet then GearBest will give you some options. You can either pay to send the tablet to China (even though you might of bought it from their UK or EU warehouse) and then get screwed over by them saying that they didn't receive it, or you can accept aprox £20 worth of "credit" that goes to your GearBest wallet and you also keep the defective tablet. None of their options result in you getting a fully working replacement for free.
Pay a little more and go with a company that isn't going to screw you over if you receive a defective product.
Gearbest1 to soza
19 Mar 16#16
Hello soza,
Alice here. Apologize for the inconvenience regarding the returns policy.
As for the after-sale in the local area, we have been conducting a project. As you can understand, it needs some time. However, we are on the way to be better
Best regards,
ssimonian to soza
19 Mar 16#34
Up until today, I would have disagreed. However, just bought a little wifi remote from them (Rii 8 mini I think) and hasn't come with the wifi adapter and yet to hear from them!
bobdylan to soza
21 Mar 161#56
Agreed, when you buy from China, basically you accept you are buying with absolutely ZERO returns policy so if anything goes wrong then it's simply tough luck and just write it off.
This is fine if it's an item only worth a few quid but don't think I'd like to take a chance on a tablet worth over £100
samueljr1
19 Mar 162#17
If I'm ordering from Gearbest I always use a credit card and then just go to them with problems. This is what I would recommend.
uptwisting to samueljr1
19 Mar 161#18
Good advice.
Seemingly more positive reviews nowadays than negative ones, and like buying xbox games from Brazil etc. it's taking me a little time to get used to the risk element.....surprised and more inclined to order seeing there's a gearbest poster on the forum.
meagain0
19 Mar 162#19
I've installed the Cube iWork 7 ROM on my Linx 7 therefore converting it to dual-boot and for that at least it's just a simple touch-screen menu at boot and additionally options in both OSes to reboot into the other.
soza
19 Mar 164#20
Well, that's good to hear. Too bad I wasn't offered that as an option as I would of returned my tablet to your UK warehouse and got a replacement. I refused to send it to China as the tracked postage costed at least half of what the tablets valued at.
I'm sure that if you accepted returns to your local warehouses then you'll start getting some more positive reviews.
When you do start accepting local returns I'll consider using GearBest again. Right now though I wouldn't like to take the risk as I've already been burned.
Gearbest can take months to send something that's 'in stock' when you buy...
Sorry but if this had of been a better company I'd have ordered immediately
tfeb
19 Mar 16#30
worth getting to stream xbox one??
joshtbh to tfeb
20 Mar 161#45
I think the problem will be network. It's only 802.11n, and not the newer faster 802.11ac and no Ethernet port for a wired connection
louiselouise
19 Mar 161#31
I'm so tempted by these but dual boot isn't for me. Nearly bought a Chuwi Hi10 a few months back but the Z8300s seem to have overheating issues across the board - the Linx 10 I have doesn't have the world's greatest speaker either. Hoping a UK seller offers a competitively priced Windows tablet with more grunt and a better screen soon.
soza
19 Mar 161#32
The audio on the Linx 10 isn't amazing, but based off of the video evidence it's still way better than the iWork 10.
After getting burned by GearBest I ended up buying a spares/repair Linx 8 from eBay for £20. I taken the LCD screen from that and used it to fix my original Linx 8, so I now have a fully working tablet with a good quality screen and amazing audio quality again.
I'll probably wait a while before I buy another tablet, especially from GearBest.
Bhooska96
19 Mar 161#33
Gearbest are fine apart from the inexplicably slow dispatch times on some items and their inability to answer the simplest of questions. Pay via Paypal and you've got nowt to fear
soza
19 Mar 166#35
Not true. Via PayPal GearBest will only offer partial refunds (~£18) and if you let the claim get escalated then PayPal will agree to give you your money back only if you send the tablet as a tracked parcel to China (it costs £50+ to do that), even though you might of bought it from GearBests EU or UK warehouse.
So if you pay £114.46 for this tablet and it has issues then you'd only get about £65 back in total as you'd be down £50 from shipping it to China.
When you receive a defective product you expect to be able to return the item to wherever it was shipped from and either get your money back in full or a replacement free of charge, right? You don't get either with GearBest though and that's a fact. Yeah, it's fine if you don't run into any issues, but the second you do you'll remember posts like this one and wish that you hadn't of bought whatever you did from GearBest.
lordi
20 Mar 16#36
Agree with Soza, I bought the chewie through PayPal as I had a problem with the unit over heating to cut a long story short I claimed my money back through PayPal, and, it wasn't worth it in the end it was going to cost me £50 to return it tracked. In a nutshell it's a false economy, £47.00 for the Chewie or £50 to return my new doorstop every time I look at my defunked tablet it reminds me never to buy from Bangood or Gearbest please if you are going to buy from these companies use a credit card.
woldranger to lordi
20 Mar 16#37
I can't comment about Gearbest as I've managed to avoid using them so far, but the one time I had an issue with a purchase from Banggood, things were sorted pretty easily! There was a crack in the locking mechanism on the waterproof case of my SJ4000 camera. I emailed some pics and described the problem and they said they could send me a replacement case from China. I said that I'd like one from their Eu warehouse as that was where the camera was shipped from, and after having checked that there was stock there (via live chat) I was sent out a replacement case! Not exactly perfect customer service (trying to claim they didn't have Eu stock) but not too bad.
I was reading up on the latest Chinese Surface Pro clones and the latest Telcast has 8gb RAM and a 128gb SSD!
titooo
20 Mar 16#39
Did any chinese tablet last for more than 2 years for anyone?
I know well that the build quality (inside) is usually crap, so I'm just wondering if someone was lucky enough to get one workinf longer than that period
Fleabum to titooo
23 Mar 16#60
I've had a Pipo M9Pro that has been going strong for 3+ years.
Regards
Flea
flash2k
20 Mar 16#40
malware??
captainbeaky to flash2k
20 Mar 16#42
The Android roms on these imported tabs are invariably full of weird Chinese apps for that you can't understand or uninstall.
CrispEditor
20 Mar 16#41
I had the Onda equivalent - higher spec screen. Strangely the mods here pulled the deal because the seller (based in UK and on ebay), were considered not a UK seller. Strange.
The Onda device was great except it randomly crashed/rebooted about every 20m.
So buyer beware on all these devices.
noeltech2000
20 Mar 16#43
keyboard out of stock
UncleStan
20 Mar 161#44
Well, that's good to hear. Too bad I wasn't offered that as an option as I would of returned my tablet to your UK warehouse and got a replacement. I refused to send it to China as the tracked postage costed at least half of what the tablets valued at.
I'm sure that if you accepted returns to your local warehouses then you'll start getting some more positive reviews.
When you do start accepting local returns I'll consider using GearBest again. Right now though I wouldn't like to take the risk as I've already been burned
Well said that man!! Be careful with these cowboys peeps I recently ordered a phone from them that was listed as in stock but took over a month before shipment was made. I should have known better as the handset was on pre order everywhere else! That's the kind of dirty tricks Gearbest are pulling I tried through PayPal numerous times for a refund but had no joy it seems like they have made the right friends in all the right places.......
banggood seem much better imho
gyenming
20 Mar 16#46
I actually own a cube i6 air (which is an older model) and it came installed with android 4.4 and windows 10. The 4.4 was a completely clean install of stock android.
alexus
20 Mar 16#47
I thought was a bit if a sweeping statement he made. Not like not seen same issues with UK tablets Hudl and amazon ones for example. Yes found apps I don't want or need annoying normally have to Google how to remove. But lot worse when you have 1Gb ram and small memory as then they take us a percentage chunk with this seems far less significant and even then it's an if. An if that might be the case but doubt it's not fixable. Think it's likely some manufacturers get paid to put apps on in first place seen it on phones even samsungs
GwanGy
20 Mar 16#48
Yes I think its a virus called Win10, dashed hard to rid of
simont_space
20 Mar 16#49
Can you link to where you got the ROM please. Found a few links but not sure of correct one. Thanks.
You don't buy from China for their great warranties. You buy for the low low prices. You'd experience the same from all Chinese sellers. It's just a calculated risk.
soza
20 Mar 161#52
Except you're not buying directly from China if you get something from their UK/EU warehouse. You should be allowed to return items to that warehouse, but GearBest don't allow it. People don't seem to be aware of that which is why I've said what I've said.
alexus
20 Mar 16#53
Purchased for my Mum as a thank you present for looking after the kids at short notice.
So Thank you OP.
rev6
20 Mar 16#54
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks :smiley:
winchman
21 Mar 16#55
You are quite correct, Gearbest use Oneworld as their UK delivery company. What i find strange is that Oneworld actually offer a returns service for companies based abroad, surely it would be quite simple for Gearbest to use that service, but at the moment, as you say, which ever way you buy from Gearbest, you have to return items to China for repair.
splender
22 Mar 16#57
how many GB storage for android, how many for Windows please ?
joe156
22 Mar 163#58
just bought for £111 (after PayPal conversion) with leather case, PayPal offering 5% discount at the moment, also £15 cashback tracked via quidco, currently at 10%
sancheez
23 Mar 16#59
On paper, it sounds great. Specs for the money are indeed very good.
But I've had a Chinese tablet before. The build quality was total junk and Android had issues on it as well. I expect things have improved now, for the better known/higher end Chinese stuff. But my one was so bad it pretty much put me off stuff like this. Factor in the slow delivery and dodgy returns policy and I'd probably go elsewhere.
That said, if you take a punt and get a good one, it does appear to represent great value for money.
Mrepg
23 Mar 16#61
If its sold from a UK location we have this thing called the law. No need to try and follow it, you must abide by it end of discussion.
gmdlogan
23 Mar 16#62
Ordered a phone from them, I skimped on postage lol and paid the price. I waited 4 weeks or something.
But they were quick in response to emails etc. If you can order from the EU warehouse, all the better :smiley:
joeho
23 Mar 1636#64
Why is this lukewarm deal highlighted as a 'HUKD Pick' on the front page?
Is it because of the commission that GearBest pays to HUKD?
I used to like HUKD a lot, as it was a community driven forum that promotes genuine good deals / mispriced / shopping tricks etc.
However, as the site grows bigger and bigger and the profits paid by vendors' commission becomes more and more, this place seems no longer the same place that I knew few years ago...
mackashworth to joeho
23 Mar 163#66
It was the worst during Christmastime, where clearly sponsored posts were bumped back to the top of the Hot list, despite having expired in most cases!
jaydeeuk1 to joeho
23 Mar 16#67
Yeah, they pay up to 9%! Who cares if they're legit, just as long as the HUKD owners get their slice.
ddotp to joeho
23 Mar 16#72
:disappointed:
Houstieboy to joeho
23 Mar 161#75
I feel the same way. I'm sick of seeing rubbish 'HUKD pick' deals on the front page, wish there was an option to not see them.
Battenberg to joeho
23 Mar 162#76
I know what you mean. I had a deal taken down the other day and when I asked why I was just told "the seller's not on our approved list and we're not adding sellers right now". It was probably actually the best deal I've found and people in the comments had confirmed it was working so I've assumed the reason it got taken down was that there's no commission deal in place.
I know I'm not the first person to have had that problem and seeing a shady company like gearbest get 'HUKD pick' while legitimate deals get shot down makes me trust the site as a whole less.
I've just ordered the Teclast x98 plus 3G from DealsMachine,hope I don't get screwed over :disappointed: The Teclast's our some of the best Chinese phablets on the market,so the reviews tell...
lundapapa
23 Mar 16#70
I ordered Teclast X98 pro from Everbuying when it was £165. http://www.everbuying.net/product1081123.html
It is supposed to arrive in 7-15 days. I am scared of customs and if the device has a fault, the return procedure. The company themselves seems to be good as they have replied to every email of mine on delivery progress.
the_bart123
23 Mar 16#71
bought with the same spec Chuwi Hi8 Pro for...... £70 new
DeanJones
23 Mar 16#73
They had a review of both on Tech Tablets on YouTube Papa,both look nice tablets but the pro is faster like.I can't believe the hidden charges,it said £143 only for the end price to be £171 ;-( I wanted a tablet with 3G for working nights,and I can use the Android side to run Kodi which I've on my Android TV and my Nvidia Shield ;-)
msharif911
23 Mar 161#74
As soon as I r4ead Gearbest, I instantly thought "give that a wide berth". Ordered 5 times and 3 times have had problems with them or their products.
iliko
23 Mar 161#77
Cold it is Gearbest! because if an item develops fault you need send it to China, then good luck proving them the item is reached them. They fooled me once....
Gavin01
23 Mar 16#78
anything like this but with sim card lte slot?
natlor
23 Mar 161#79
I thought this is Hot UK Deals, not Dodgy Chinese Deals
One crucial point of consideration between the two is that the Onda seems to have a 4:3 aspect ratio, whilst the Cube seems to be 16:9. The Onda resolution is also sharper.
dodgydave69
23 Mar 16#82
While i can't comment on the tablet....my advice would be to avoid buying anything major (and that costs upwards of £100+) that COULD develop a fault from sites like these. As one of the "top comments" mentioned that if electronics develop a fault or are DOA its up to you to pay (they insist on tracking) to send items back. I got stung with this by Banggood (a similar site) where they insisted that they hadn't received something back that i'd sent almost 2 months previously. I'd err on the side of caution.
FearTheBassPlayer
23 Mar 161#83
Can't see how this is an HUKD top pick when the seller is **** poor!
If anyone does buy one and it is DOA I have a winner of a point to help you claim your mkney back from PayPal WITHOUT sending the item back. Worked for me, but will never buy direct from China again because of the way the sellers conduct themselves and are beyond the law in our own country.
afterdeal
23 Mar 16#84
So you say. Israelis and Palestinians have been telling the world they are working on a peace deal for nearly 70 years now. Frankly I think peace in the middle east is more realistic and will come sooner, if at all, than your boss turning honest. Sure buddy.
komi
23 Mar 16#85
I paid $190.94 including the keyboard at Gearbest. If you buy this as a package deal then you get the keyboard for $50.95 over the original price of ($56.61). Plus I added the code which reduced it further and Paypal added a further $10 discount automatic at check out as they where doing a promotional deal. On top of this I went through Topcashback which has always paid out with gearbest (tracked at £10.90) effectively making a total cost of £123.50 (£134.40-10.90)!
And not to forget I got 248 points (nearly $5 free).
As for those that are crying about service. Any Chinese company will do this. These companies are poor with service hence you pay via paypal and always win!
As to the sound quality, it isn't too bad but as with all my devices I always use my headphones/earphones to get a true and better sound
The keyboard is a must as it also contains two full sized USBs and made of a very good quality and the screen can fold in to it in many ways
Some of you may have read that android does not have google play service. They have just released an automatic update which now has this - Not bad from a china company to provide an update via OTA android :smiley:
Since this has a metal back, this guy at techtablets has opened this up and confirm that it has good thermal padding. results has shown that is hits around 75 degrees as apposed to 85 on most Chinese tables.
Hope this helps, cant wait to get my hands on this :smiley:
FearTheBassPlayer
23 Mar 161#86
You always win with PayPal?
Good luck with that! They ask you to send it back with tracking.......between 30 and 40 quid for that!
Unless you know my get out clause :wink:
John74
23 Mar 162#87
Buyer beware. When something goes wrong you will have a battle on your hands!
Gearbest failed to deliver an order to me from their EU warehouse and it has been three months of talking to their time wasting customer service to try to resolve this. It had to be escalated to a Paypal claim for a full refund as they would only offer a 50% refund and then a final offer of 80%. Within the Paypal claim the story changed from the goods being lost to them being held in customs and asking me to wait another week. There are too many inconsistencies in there claims and they do not appear to respect any form of consumer law.
As has already been mentioned Trust Pilot have "discovered a large number of fake reviews on this domain. Consequently, we have investigated all reviews connected to this domain and have removed several hundreds of reviews from the domain.". That and the Gearbest employee lurking in the HotUKDeals forums trying to manage PR all add up to a company that cannot be trusted.
afterdeal
23 Mar 162#88
Nonsense @ monkey talk. Gearbest has thousands of complaining victims online. No other company comes close in numbers of victims. I have bought numderous items from Chinese companies via Amazon and ebay as well as many orders from fasttech banggood everbuying and many more via aliexpress and dhgate. because I bought so much there were problems and not all were as good as others. In my experience Gearbest routinely:
1- Sends broken items which they had as returns
2- Send wrong items in huge numbers by intent. Saw them sending a power adapter to someone here instead of TV Box & many more.
3- NEVER EVER acknowledge receiving an item even if recorded and paypal colludes. BASIC FRAUD.
4- Ask for returns to china which costs often more than items specially if recorded.
5- Even if orders cost hundreds of dollars, they only offer $20 vouchers!
Basically there are various levels of service but in terms of sheer evil, Gearbest is the ISIS of the lot.
Don't listen to monkey business hype, AVOID.
daro_london
23 Mar 16#89
hot "NOT-UK DEALS" :/
woldranger
24 Mar 16#90
Link? I didn't see these for a similar price
lordi
24 Mar 16#91
Suprised this company hasnt been banned from hukd, honestly they are the worst bought a phablet of them Suprise it was out of stock they asked me to pick another, guess what out of stock told me it wouldn't get restocked until after the Chinese holidays, after that I paypal reversed them they are the worst there ticketing system ahh it drives you up the wall.
iwo
24 Mar 162#92
Something similar happened to me when they took a deal of mine down because, I was informed at the time, the seller wasn't allowed here; only for the exact same deal to resurface a couple of days later from one of the more cliquey and prolific members and it went scorching.
Needless to say I cottoned on pretty quickly to the rather unpalatable admin policies of this site and vowed to never bother linking a good deal ever again.
Battenberg
24 Mar 16#93
To be fair that's kind of a different issue. That good deal still got posted by someone so people could find out about it (as is the point of the site), it just ended up with a different username at the top. Don't get me wrong it's still poor conduct on their part but it's not in the same league as outright banning/ deleting legitimate good deals while promoting dodgy sellers imo. One issue is an irritation I could live with, one makes me wonder if I should use reddit instead.
On an unrelated note I'm not getting any notifications for likes/ replies on this thread (and this one only). Wonder if it's just a random technical anomaly or there's a comment purge incoming.
soza
24 Mar 16#94
My recent activity should be showing that I'd commented on a deal a week ago, this deal 5 days ago and another deal 4 days ago. This one had been removed from my recent activity though and it probably isn't due to a technical issue either.
I've said this before, but ever since HUKD started using their own Amazon affiliate links and blatantly promoting deals that make them the most money I've had less respect for the site. And I understand that they've got bills to pay, but they're making thousands per day and I can tell you as a developer myself that it doesn't cost that much to run a website like this.
What bothers me the most is that HUKD will hijack links with affiliate codes and redirects even in the comments now. Just try to post an Amazon link without it getting tagged and you'll see that you can't without posting a short URL, but they'll ban you for using even the official short Amazon URL. They'll say that it's for safety reasons, but it's really only because they can't tag it with their Amazon affiliate ID.
sniperuk
26 Mar 16#95
Did the code intel04 work for anybody? When I try it, the price of the tablet increases lol.
alexus
1 Apr 16#96
Anyone received yet? I cancelled my first order to reorder at an offer price and since then lost a few days and am on the slow delivery mine still stuck in processing. Wondered if anyone's here yet and impressions. Normally find these things take 4 weeks to arrive but fast shipping made it sound like would be far faster. Mind you I would normally avoid that as can't help feeling increases chance to get hit by a vat charge.
joe156
13 Apr 16#97
arrived a couple of days ago, so far so good, Android has play store and only needed a couple of apps removing, feels solid, err that's about it really, not had chance to use it much tbh
alexus
14 Apr 16#98
One I ordered has arrived too couple of days ago was a present for my mum (aged 68). They seem over the moon with it, even though are yet to try the windows side. Was worth it to make her happy. She had a 3 year old galaxy 10 inch tab says this is a massive improvement.
joe156
16 Apr 16#99
it appears to have Windows 10 pro, not sure what advantages that offers? it charges slow, sound is distinctly average, everything else is Bob on, can recommend the case if you haven't ordered already, perfect fit.
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Cube iWork 10 10.1 inch Flagship Tablet PC Intel Atom X5-Z8300 Quad Core 1.44GHz 4GB RAM 64GB ROM OTG Dual Cameras FHD IPS Screen
CPU: Intel Atom X5-Z8300 ( Intel Cherry Trail Z8300 ) Quad Core 1.44GHz ( up to 1.84GHz ) is equipped with better performance, delivering plenty of power for multitasking and fueling casual games and movies
GPU: Gen8-LP10 / 12EU up to 600MHz is better and faster in playing games and watching videos than the previous generation
RAM + ROM: 4GB + 64GB offers quick surfing online, video playing and gaming experience enhanced with DDR3L memory which makes all applications faster. Whether it is needed for work, study or play, it will suit your all needs
10.1 inch screen: 1920 x 1200 pixels 10-point capacitive IPS screen offers wonderful experiences for watching videos and browsing the Web
64bit Windows 10 system: With more excellent interface, compatibility and running effect, the latest OS will lead you into a different world
Dual cameras: 2.0MP back camera with auto focus makes HD video recording more clearly and vividly, 2.0MP front camera for selfie
HDMI output: Designed with Micro HDMI slot, supporting 4K output and easy to show PPT, you can connect it to TV, monitors or projectors, creating your personal home theater
7500mAh battery: Large capacity helps you free from shortage of power and frequent charging trouble and delivers long battery life
TF card: Up to 128GB Max, you can download whatever you like to enjoy yourself
Bluetooth 4.0: Supports fast transmission of data, pictures and files
Gravity sensing system: Can fluently and sensitively run various applications
Optional OS Version: Windows 10 / Windows 10 + Android 5.1
Note: Windows OS is built-in Chinese and English, and other languages need to be downloaded by WiFi. Android OS supports multi-language
Network:
WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
USB 3.0
Notice: The keyboard is not included.
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Is it because of the commission that GearBest pays to HUKD?
I used to like HUKD a lot, as it was a community driven forum that promotes genuine good deals / mispriced / shopping tricks etc.
However, as the site grows bigger and bigger and the profits paid by vendors' commission becomes more and more, this place seems no longer the same place that I knew few years ago...
If you have any issues with the tablet then GearBest will give you some options. You can either pay to send the tablet to China (even though you might of bought it from their UK or EU warehouse) and then get screwed over by them saying that they didn't receive it, or you can accept aprox £20 worth of "credit" that goes to your GearBest wallet and you also keep the defective tablet. None of their options result in you getting a fully working replacement for free.
Pay a little more and go with a company that isn't going to screw you over if you receive a defective product.
All told I don't think I would be willing to risk over £100 with Gearbest and getting no customer service.
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This is tablet but if you want convert to ultrabook just buy keyboard
All told I don't think I would be willing to risk over £100 with Gearbest and getting no customer service.
But the cheaper it gets - the more problem can occur with Chinese dealers.
Whats the plus/minus compared to this one/
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Atom-x5-x5-Z8300-vs-Intel-Atom-Z3735F
If you have any issues with the tablet then GearBest will give you some options. You can either pay to send the tablet to China (even though you might of bought it from their UK or EU warehouse) and then get screwed over by them saying that they didn't receive it, or you can accept aprox £20 worth of "credit" that goes to your GearBest wallet and you also keep the defective tablet. None of their options result in you getting a fully working replacement for free.
Pay a little more and go with a company that isn't going to screw you over if you receive a defective product.
Alice here. Apologize for the inconvenience regarding the returns policy.
As for the after-sale in the local area, we have been conducting a project. As you can understand, it needs some time. However, we are on the way to be better
Best regards,
This is fine if it's an item only worth a few quid but don't think I'd like to take a chance on a tablet worth over £100
Seemingly more positive reviews nowadays than negative ones, and like buying xbox games from Brazil etc. it's taking me a little time to get used to the risk element.....surprised and more inclined to order seeing there's a gearbest poster on the forum.
I'm sure that if you accepted returns to your local warehouses then you'll start getting some more positive reviews.
When you do start accepting local returns I'll consider using GearBest again. Right now though I wouldn't like to take the risk as I've already been burned.
https://youtu.be/9EVzS7CkGhc?t=851
Like I said, the speakers are really bad.
Thanx.
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/gearbest.com
Sorry but if this had of been a better company I'd have ordered immediately
After getting burned by GearBest I ended up buying a spares/repair Linx 8 from eBay for £20. I taken the LCD screen from that and used it to fix my original Linx 8, so I now have a fully working tablet with a good quality screen and amazing audio quality again.
I'll probably wait a while before I buy another tablet, especially from GearBest.
So if you pay £114.46 for this tablet and it has issues then you'd only get about £65 back in total as you'd be down £50 from shipping it to China.
When you receive a defective product you expect to be able to return the item to wherever it was shipped from and either get your money back in full or a replacement free of charge, right? You don't get either with GearBest though and that's a fact. Yeah, it's fine if you don't run into any issues, but the second you do you'll remember posts like this one and wish that you hadn't of bought whatever you did from GearBest.
I was reading up on the latest Chinese Surface Pro clones and the latest Telcast has 8gb RAM and a 128gb SSD!
I know well that the build quality (inside) is usually crap, so I'm just wondering if someone was lucky enough to get one workinf longer than that period
Regards
Flea
The Onda device was great except it randomly crashed/rebooted about every 20m.
So buyer beware on all these devices.
I'm sure that if you accepted returns to your local warehouses then you'll start getting some more positive reviews.
When you do start accepting local returns I'll consider using GearBest again. Right now though I wouldn't like to take the risk as I've already been burned
Well said that man!! Be careful with these cowboys peeps I recently ordered a phone from them that was listed as in stock but took over a month before shipment was made. I should have known better as the handset was on pre order everywhere else! That's the kind of dirty tricks Gearbest are pulling I tried through PayPal numerous times for a refund but had no joy it seems like they have made the right friends in all the right places.......
banggood seem much better imho
So Thank you OP.
But I've had a Chinese tablet before. The build quality was total junk and Android had issues on it as well. I expect things have improved now, for the better known/higher end Chinese stuff. But my one was so bad it pretty much put me off stuff like this. Factor in the slow delivery and dodgy returns policy and I'd probably go elsewhere.
That said, if you take a punt and get a good one, it does appear to represent great value for money.
But they were quick in response to emails etc. If you can order from the EU warehouse, all the better :smiley:
Is it because of the commission that GearBest pays to HUKD?
I used to like HUKD a lot, as it was a community driven forum that promotes genuine good deals / mispriced / shopping tricks etc.
However, as the site grows bigger and bigger and the profits paid by vendors' commission becomes more and more, this place seems no longer the same place that I knew few years ago...
I know I'm not the first person to have had that problem and seeing a shady company like gearbest get 'HUKD pick' while legitimate deals get shot down makes me trust the site as a whole less.
Above is a good site for Chinese tech reviews.
http://www.everbuying.net/product1081123.html
It is supposed to arrive in 7-15 days. I am scared of customs and if the device has a fault, the return procedure. The company themselves seems to be good as they have replied to every email of mine on delivery progress.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=2585&cmp[]=2326
If anyone does buy one and it is DOA I have a winner of a point to help you claim your mkney back from PayPal WITHOUT sending the item back. Worked for me, but will never buy direct from China again because of the way the sellers conduct themselves and are beyond the law in our own country.
And not to forget I got 248 points (nearly $5 free).
As for those that are crying about service. Any Chinese company will do this. These companies are poor with service hence you pay via paypal and always win!
As to the sound quality, it isn't too bad but as with all my devices I always use my headphones/earphones to get a true and better sound
The keyboard is a must as it also contains two full sized USBs and made of a very good quality and the screen can fold in to it in many ways
Some of you may have read that android does not have google play service. They have just released an automatic update which now has this - Not bad from a china company to provide an update via OTA android :smiley:
Source: http://techtablets.com/2016/03/cube-iwork10-ultimate-dual-os-gets-play-store/
Since this has a metal back, this guy at techtablets has opened this up and confirm that it has good thermal padding. results has shown that is hits around 75 degrees as apposed to 85 on most Chinese tables.
Review: http://techtablets.com/cube-iwork10-ultimate/
Hope this helps, cant wait to get my hands on this :smiley:
Good luck with that! They ask you to send it back with tracking.......between 30 and 40 quid for that!
Unless you know my get out clause :wink:
Gearbest failed to deliver an order to me from their EU warehouse and it has been three months of talking to their time wasting customer service to try to resolve this. It had to be escalated to a Paypal claim for a full refund as they would only offer a 50% refund and then a final offer of 80%. Within the Paypal claim the story changed from the goods being lost to them being held in customs and asking me to wait another week. There are too many inconsistencies in there claims and they do not appear to respect any form of consumer law.
As has already been mentioned Trust Pilot have "discovered a large number of fake reviews on this domain. Consequently, we have investigated all reviews connected to this domain and have removed several hundreds of reviews from the domain.". That and the Gearbest employee lurking in the HotUKDeals forums trying to manage PR all add up to a company that cannot be trusted.
1- Sends broken items which they had as returns
2- Send wrong items in huge numbers by intent. Saw them sending a power adapter to someone here instead of TV Box & many more.
3- NEVER EVER acknowledge receiving an item even if recorded and paypal colludes. BASIC FRAUD.
4- Ask for returns to china which costs often more than items specially if recorded.
5- Even if orders cost hundreds of dollars, they only offer $20 vouchers!
Basically there are various levels of service but in terms of sheer evil, Gearbest is the ISIS of the lot.
Don't listen to monkey business hype, AVOID.
Needless to say I cottoned on pretty quickly to the rather unpalatable admin policies of this site and vowed to never bother linking a good deal ever again.
On an unrelated note I'm not getting any notifications for likes/ replies on this thread (and this one only). Wonder if it's just a random technical anomaly or there's a comment purge incoming.
I've said this before, but ever since HUKD started using their own Amazon affiliate links and blatantly promoting deals that make them the most money I've had less respect for the site. And I understand that they've got bills to pay, but they're making thousands per day and I can tell you as a developer myself that it doesn't cost that much to run a website like this.
What bothers me the most is that HUKD will hijack links with affiliate codes and redirects even in the comments now. Just try to post an Amazon link without it getting tagged and you'll see that you can't without posting a short URL, but they'll ban you for using even the official short Amazon URL. They'll say that it's for safety reasons, but it's really only because they can't tag it with their Amazon affiliate ID.