This is my second review (sort of) post, after some more light use of Pipo s3
Soooo.. now can also see the cons!
• This tablet sucks at multitasking. I am not sure if this is something it is supposed to do or it's my problem configuring it. By multitasking I mean that if there is big file downloading and you do something else, i.e. browse Play store, webs, switch multiple programs, in other words - lag becomes very annoying. Never experienced that in my previous tabs.
• short battery life - well never expected much from 3000Mah battery, but seriously, it's annoying. Didn't measure time but right now it works 3-4 hours tops. On half brightness. Sounds off.
• first serious software crash - woohoo! - tablet didn't want to turn on, waited about a minute, screen was black, but I could see touches (I have enabled them at dev mode). Booted up - sort of - but unlock was not working. However after reboot it turned on, except had to wait more than usual.
• cannot connect to Ad Hoc network. This is really serious issue to me. In my previous tablets I was able just to change wpa_supplicant, perhaps I'll try it here too, but wifi reception right now is really good, not sure if this can mess it up.
• screen is nice and sharp, but at big angles bright colours goes way up.
But then again, there are more pros:
• compatibility - all my usually used apps shows up as compatible.
• performs amazing. Tried Dark knight rises for short time - wouldn't say it is smooth as possible, but possible to enjoy playing it with almost no lag.
• changed fw to English version, 2013. Was not that hard, now tablet boots 2-3 times faster, and almost no bloatware! I would recommend you first thing to do once you get yours. On the down side, or it was just my case, auto rotate won't work, but I changed launcher to halo - no problems right now, and looks even better.
• rooted using
pimpinez root guide and supplied link with moborobo. Took some time since drivers would not install, but few moborobo restarts helped and I could connect the tablet. Removed unnecessary stuff with titanium - works even better.
Anyway, as of now I'm still impressed by this tablet, and considering it's price and performance ratio - I'm pretty sure is one of the best you can get right now.
Antutu, taiji, quadrant, vellamo scores attached :