Sure, I enjoy watching ETA review expensive tech I can't afford in the same way that I enjoy watching videos about classic sports cars I can't afford. But, I discovered this channel thanks to his prepaid phone reviews (I'm still daily driving the Moto G7 Optimo Maxx he recommended three years ago) and my favorite videos on his channel, by far, are when he puts affordable stuff (either new and cheapish; or old and depreciated, but still capable like that Essential phone) through its paces. Videos like this one, and the Fire tab video, are useful to me because these are things I might reasonably consider buying in real life and he uses/tests them the way that I would use them. Just because something is affordably priced some reviewers get all elitist all of a sudden. But ETA seemingly takes all of his reviews seriously, no matter what price point the item is at, and I really appreciate that.
Totally agreed. I bought the 7" Onn tablet two years ago based on his review and I still use it. It's got a line down the screen now, but still works perfectly fine. I have a gamepad that I sometimes play emulated games with on it using RetroArch and it works as well if not better than the RPi to that end. Only paid 35$ because of a black Friday deal too.
Na, its not only him.... Remember that guys playing doom on a canon ink jet? Or doom on the old photo cameras?! I test emulators since 20 years on every device i can get access to, since ... We can🤣 it got a bit boring with batocera btw😂😜 too ez☹️
The only reason why we should be buying cheap tablets is to use it as emulation devices. In fact, let's just say that most tablets should be used as such. 😉
grabbed my little cousin a lenovo 8 inch tablet put every nes snes gba most ps1 games and a few n64 games on it hes 12 and now has every game i ever had as a kid and more in his pocket
If ONN really wanted to take on Amazon, they should have applied video over USB-C. The first budget manufacturer to include the feature will clean up, at least in the short term until others are forced to make it the default for phones and tablets.
that would assume that someone who's buying a budget tablet has a display with a USB C port, or has an adapter for such. Or uses their tablet for an external output at all. My 2-n-1 has USB C display out I think and I've never had a reason to use it.
Forget the naysayers. That would be a cool option and every phone and tablet should have it, period. It'd be useful for things they obviously lack the mental capacity to think of.
@@superkoopatrooper4879 thing is, even if you don't need it now, you will hate yourself if you are in a situation where it would have come in handy. In the end it's just a framebuffer that needs to be send to a screen, nothing fancy that would need tons of chip real estate.
@@trr5291 kind of a long story but bear with me. I spent a month in a hotel last year for some National Guard work but forgot to pack my laptop charger (it was a short-notice urgent kinda thing). I caught covid (like everyone else) so I was stuck in isolation in this hotel room with nothing but this tablet for binge watching shows I’d been putting off. In retrospect, it was awesome and I didn’t feel I was missing anything.
The unfortunate thing with tablets like these is that it'll probably only last a year or two before the usefulness degrades due to app updates. It'll run like garbage and have slowed response unless you never update anything in which case it might be a decent Ebook reader (as long as the apps remain viable) or lowgrade mobile gaming device so that you don't burn out your phone batteries idle gaming. I will admit the older emulators with a controller attachment might not be so bad if you can get it under 30 bucks on sale... it's basically a disposable tablet.
Agreed. Can't get the android web system app to update on my last gen tablet. Like you said, it's pretty much disposable now. I may just turn it into a system info panel for my PC.
This ^. I picked refurbished HD 8 2020 first for me and my mother, and they were brand new and excellent for the price, but after 3 months I bought two HD 10 tablets - full HD screen is so much better for reading manga and watching content, and CPU is slightly more powerful so it could handle x265 10bit encoding without issues (HD8 had problem with that). The only reason to pick 7" now is probably some form of backup Android device for emergency. But then again, 60$ is too high for that kind of device. Oh and Android Go is just awful with multitasking (as much as I hate FireOS bloatware, at least it's optimized).
@@zyz6325 I dont think it was microsoft but rather Nintendo prolly when he was showing Game boy advance and gamecube Emulation. He said in the video to check out gamr13 channel in the video. It has the setup there as well
I'm using last year's version of this tablet right now, and the problem has always been the RAM. Everything else on it's pretty good. Except this Google GO operating system, because some things are forced on you. It's excellent for everyday streaming, some Google Docs, email, online shopping, web browsing, or whatever you do on your phone but wished you could do on a 7in screen. There's also a glitch in the Google security updates. When the OTS updates it turns into widescreen view and makes it very difficult to hit the button. You have to to tap it exactly pixel perfect to have it select and move on to the download process.
I got the previous generation and was really disappointed in it until I added a fast SD card. Just use it for FaceBook, weather, looking up things on the internet, and Solitare. My guess this tablet will run about the same as the previous version for what I use it for with possibly slightly less buffering on some internet sites.
I bought one of these (8" 2022 model) for my mother to replace her dying Nexus 7 (2013) tablet. It's a great replacement - basically zero bloat, can install all Google Play Store applications, long battery life, expandable storage via SD Card (I put in a 128GB Sandisk card), and a decently bright screen. The two main cons I have are: 1. the speakers are fucking terrible - at max audio watching RU-vid or Netflix, it's basically inaudible 2. the screen resolution @ 720p is terrible - this really should have been a 1080p resolution screen 3. optional: the screen brightness could be a little better - it's fine, but it should be a little brighter If Walmart can make an upgraded version of the Onn 8" 2022 model in a few years with better screen resolution and better speakers, it will be *the* best budget tablet on the market. Here's hoping they release at least a few years worth of Android updates for these devices.
Im playing GBA, NES, SNES, Genesis, and some N64 games on RetroArch. Some games on PPSSPP stand alone. It supports wired controllers like 8bitdo and xbox 360
Hey ETA. will you be doing an emulation test on the new M2 macs? Specifically the AIR. Also can you please push the devices to see their limits by raising the resolutions a bit more.
I was surprised on this tablet which it can do decent performance in lowest areas for sure but for me I prefer going for a Samsung tablet, especially Tab S series. But I wish there were better cheap tablets which they can last for more than a year but you pay on what you get for. That being said, at least ETA, you doing this shows you really care about affordability.
I was wondering if the bootloader is locked. If not maybe its possible to put something like lineageOS on it. This might speed it up and would probably prolong the usefulness of it. Anyway it looks interesting especially when its dicounted.
,, was just thinking that ,, still have , and use my Nexus 7's . Thinking of how much tech has changed since then also . I remember being "wow'd" when the 2nd gen Nexus 7 got 2gig of ram and better screen .
I'm hoping you do a video on how to root one of these. I'd like to install a proper Linux if that's even possible, if not at least a better version of Android, maybe with less bloat. From the thumbnail it looks like they don't still have the annoying walmart button, that's a good start.
What about its other features? How’s the camera? You addressed its gaming capacity wonderfully, but I am looking merely for a tablet with a decent camera and just to surf the internet.
Maybe get the 10" for a e-reader you don't mind if someone grabs and runs off with it or a kid's 1st tablet. I wouldn't mind if if Samsung released a yellow color tab tho.
thank you for the video! always good to see your videos and thank you for the time on testing all those device's performance! can you include a test of how it handles multiapp or split screen apps, I had the onn 8 pro (1st gen or 2nd gen, I dont remember correct) and used it as a gps and youtube player since my car does not have a infotainment system and if the phone rings while I am using the gps I get very upset because I might lose a turn or exit, but sometimes that tablet would freeze or just lag a little bit which made it not suitable for that purpose, but before that I had a onn 7 2nd gen for a few days and that one felt better at the time which led me to assume that the 8 inch model would be better because of the "Pro" in the name, but that was not the case, now I am using a samsung tab a 2019 but it too big and too heavy for that purpose.
I would give both kidneys and possibly more for a modern, reasonably premium 7" tablet with good Lineage OS support. I suppose that's too much to ask, though.
ETA, I was hoping you might make a video on the following: Which would be better for emulation: A Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 (now that PS2 on Android is a thing) or a Steam Deck?
I've been thinking of getting this as an e-reader! Do you think it would be worth it for that? I've been looking at alternatives since I have apps for reading mangas & such but reading on my phone or my Samsung tablet is a bit annoying when out in public.
Wally bumps it up a smidge concerning their Onn Android Tablets the devices become a competitive product line; Walmart dropped the ball on this product's release this time.
My sentiments are exactly the opposite. Even without stock android, the fire tablets are a better buy. While the Onn tablets do offer close to stock android, Walmart will never provide any security patches, let alone full OS updates. On the other hand, Although Amazon may not provide many full fire OS software updates, they do at least provide several years of security patch updates. That alone makes them worth the buy, even with the forked fire OS.
Nice video man!😀👍👏 Do you have an idea why drastic performs so well on low spec devices (run it on a fire hd8) while desmume and melon ds are comparably weak on even strong pc?!
60 bucks for this one new is ok .for some low end emulation like GBA ,some PSP ,ps1 And android games are a lot of good ones out there definitely running on this tablet
I’m looking for a tablet just to read on. I use library apps as well as kindle and nook. I have a 7th generation kindle fire 8 and it’s ok, just a nightmare side loading and getting the other apps to work properly…..
Not to be *that* guy who has to correct someone online that's wrong, but just because it's a 7" tablet doesn't mean it can't use a TB card. I could totally see myself loading this up with tons of mp4s and mp3 and a bunch of emulation games to have it as a total entertainment powerhouse. In other words, size of tablet shouldn't dictate the size of the storage.
No point in WIFI 6 with a cheap tablet like that.. Even with WIFI 5 the speed is plenty.. Its not like it would benefit it any further if you tried using it as a small server storage, would probably be bottlenecked by the CPU.
hey did your new video explaining emulation on the xbox series x/s get deleted? I feel like I added it to my paylist yesterday and can't see it today.. thank you
Honestly I was hoping to get information on if this has a gyroscope, accelerometer and compass sensor built in. Seems impossible to figure this out without just buying one
Hello man I love this tablet but I have a couple of questions, does this tablet have a SD card slot inside, if the internal storage is full for extra storage and 2nd questions, how do you get the sim card out of tablet? Thank you
It wasn't that long ago if you got a cheap Android tablet, it was total garbage, with one of those terrible screens that requires a stylus. This doesn't seem too bad at all.
Before I start the video: "How bad can it be??" Ummmm....its wally world!! After video: Well the thing actually works fairly decently. Wow!! I wonder how it would run with standard Android 11 instead of Android 11 go??
Hello. I love your content. But I would not buy the ONN brand of tablets. I recently bought two of their 10in tablets that were new and thought they would work well. The first one after about two days I kept getting a message saying the boot loader was corrupted. I would have to reinstall everything. And then it would do the same thing. So I just didn't install anyting let it sit for a couple days and it did exactly the same thing. So I returned it and got a different one and it did the exact same thing. These ONN tablets are very problematic in my opinion. I went back to Samsung and bought a S6 Lite. It's working perfectly. I normally always buy Samsung but I thought I would give ONN a try. That was a mistake.
Still can't beat Fire HD 8 for that price. Especially considering that you can get Certified Refurbished HD 8 for ~40$ (and even have some 5-15$ discount as first time app buyer). 60$ for 7" 1024x600? Just nope.
I hate those USB-A to USB-C cables with a passion. You said it has a USB-C cable but can you actually charge with a straight USB-C cable from a USB-C port? Usually no. Usually has to be a USB-A port only.
