Unboxing and Look at Lenovo Tab E7 – Budget 7 Inch Tablet

I purchased #Lenovo Tab E7 for £59 to replace my broken Nexus 7 2013.
Its half the spec of the Nexus 7, feels cheap and tacky, the screen is bad, and the battery life is poor. But at least it was cheap, so I don’t care so much about the built in obsolescence.

Comes with #Android 8.1 #Oreo, Go Edition (built for lightweight smartphones).

Some Lenovo Videos:

[hyqhyp]

I remember the thing I learned to write on, a clay covered wooden writing tablet. Wasn't that long ago (many places in the world it is still the primary writing tool). I wish gratitude grew on trees like technology does.

[NeonCipher]

This video pretty much summarizes the modern tech industry.

[nodwaa]

You would of been better pissing in the wind then wasting money on that :(

[notpublic]

The nexus 7 still has a great life to live with custom rom. I am using my nexus 10 (circa 2012) to watch this video. Omni Rom

Cheers.

[thetdg]

Just a correction:
Raspberry PI 3 and 3B+ have 64-bit ARM CPUs. But Raspbian is 32 bit. In fact, you can install Aarch64 Ubuntu Mate 18.04 in Raspberry Pi3 and 3B+.

[thomashouse]

How about installing Lineage OS on your Nexus 7 2013?

[anarcho-linuxism]

Android GO is a new version of Android for low end devices with less than 2G of RAM.

[TheWilldrick]

Shame you're giving up on nexus 7... There are still a lot of active porters keeping AOSP and Lineage up to date for it.

Also "flo" variant can run both ubports Kali nethunter and sailfishOS with some tinkering. The latter can use a modified AlienDalvik patch (from Mako - Nexus 4) to run android apps as well along native ones.

If you want to give it another go, the half screen not working is probably the flex cable that runs along the battery on the back, it's really easy to take apart and you can replace the battery while you're at it. It'd be a nice video to se you revitalize an "obsolete" device with less than $60 in parts and linux.

[Mtthw]

when you read the box you sounded in so much regret :')

[leediot]

My Nexus 7 2013 runs Lineage OS Nougat Build with the Jan 2019 Security Patch, and can go higher If I need too. My oneplus one runs Android 9 Pie with Custom ROMS and has the Franco Kernal. I can assign how much CPU certain apps like Messenger and what not use. The only Issue I had with the Nexus 7 is that it died (Because of me) and I got a broken Nexus 7 off ebay for £20 and Took the board from it. My oneplus one needed a new battery and now it lasts a very long time. I have an app called drivedroid that lets me store ISOs on my phone and when one of them is selected I can emulate a Flash Drive and boot a Windows ISO or Linux on anybodies PC. Very handy because we always carry our phones with us lol If you feel like giving your nexus a shot at custom ROMS, Drive droid is something you will like. You need ROOT for it to emulate a FLash Drive and it can emulate a CD ROM DRIVE and the PC Bios picks it all up in the boot menu!

[DrDuckey]

I believe Android GO will receive updates from Google. I think it's just Android with a few modifications from the manufacturer.

[diuran]

Please do not buy devices from lenovo, because they usually give one or two updates and they abandon their devices. Most android devices like most tablets or devices like Lenovo yoga book or even phones, do not get updates later and you will stay with old version of android .

They do not make update later, people are running away from them.

[Thorpe]

Loved my Nexus 7 2013. It was sad when Google stopped updating it. The specs are still good for a tablet and screen resolution is better than many budget tablets. I have thought about putting LineageOS on it but it's likely just going to gather dust.

I am staying clear of these Android tablets mostly because they never get security updates. I think only Google's overpriced tablet actually gets updates. The iPad Air still gets updates (maybe not much longer) but then you are in Apple's walled garden.

[simplytechreviews]

What happened between 2008 and 2019 for Lenovo to go from producing the Thinkpad x200 to this pile of shit?
From a quick peek at XDA I can't even find any custom firmware for it so I guess you will be stuck on android 8 until you throw it away
Shame on you, Lenovo!

[westcoastninja]

You really need to tone down your excitement for this tablet. Now everyone is going to buy a pile of these things. 😁

[catsdgs]

@6:05... I thought you were into privacy... Why are you using Google Chrome on your personal phone??

[ryanmac]

I need basic (cheap) tablets for my kids to play youtube and won't be expecting much but would you recommend it for kids use?

[Floturcocantsee]

to be honest you coul'd have probably snagged an older iPad air for cheap and that thing would continue to receive updates for at least a year or two.

[chrishurley]

So for the money it seems OK? You were obviously against it from the start but I never heard any actual issues. Yes you paid budget price and yes you got budget spec. So putting the brand issues aside and assuming there are tech brands out there that are in it for the customer (chortle) what would you recommend over it at the price point. Bunch of us will be looking at these to serve as learning tools for kids not high end business devices.

[Art_bor]

My SAMSUNG TAB 4 10.1 inch has android 5.1 lollipop not GGOOO EDITION with only 1.4 gb ram