What to Expect from the HTC A101 Budget Tablet

HTC lost the smartphone market. It is a fact. Despite loud statements about the release of updated versions of HTC Desire with blockchain support. The shortsightedness of the management (or maybe greed) led to the loss of the TOP 10 positions, and then the TOP 100 of the best mobile devices in the world. Having switched to the manufacture of spare parts and household appliances, apparently the company had some plans for a revival. The budget tablet HTC A101 announced for production is a confirmation of this.

 

The vector is correct. After all, no one will buy a flagship with a high price tag of an unknown brand. Exactly, the unknown. Young people don't know who HTC is. Sounds like a completely different brand name.

Nokia and Motorola also started “rising from their knees”. HTC also has a chance to return to its former glory. Indeed, in the early 2000s, Hitch Technologies (HTC) produced the world's best pocket computers (Pocket PC). And mediocrely lost the market for 10 years. Just because they didn't want to develop.

 

What to Expect from the HTC A101 Budget Tablet

 

The mobile device is aimed at emerging markets. That is, in general, for people from all over the world who are limited in finances. The HTC A101 tablet is based on the Unisoc T618 chip, released in 2019. This is an 8-core chip on a 12nm process. It has 2 Cortex-A75 cores with 2000MHz and 6 Cortex-A55 cores with 1800MHz. Graphics core - ARM Mali-G52 MP2. The feature of the chip is the support of LPDDR4X memory modules on a 16-bit bus. Plus, it is possible to install eMMC 5.1 SSDs. If compared with Snapdragon chips, then in terms of performance it is an analogue of Snapdragon 662.

To attract the attention of the buyer, the HTC A101 tablet received 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of permanent memory. Declared support for Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi ac and LTE. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack. The battery has a capacity of 7000 mAh.

 

The low price is achieved through an inexpensive 10-inch display with a TN matrix and FullHD resolution. Photography leaves much to be desired. The main module is 16 megapixels, and the selfie is 2 megapixels. Moreover, the manufacturer does not focus on them in the presentation. Apparently the quality is low. The HTC A101 tablet will work on Android 11. I wonder if the updates will be as bad as with smartphones? I remember there was such an HTC U11 with underdeveloped firmware, which the manufacturer promised to fix. But he deceived the buyers.

As for the cost and sites for the sale of a mobile device, it is still unclear. The price of the HTC A101 tablet should be less than $200. Otherwise, the buyer will simply give preference to Xiaomi budget solutions, Huawei, Blackview or Realme.