Ainol is a popular Chinese brand and these tablets are available in India. The tabs look much better that the other low cost tablets and are competitively priced. The Ainol Novo 7 Tornados 7 is a 7 inch touchscreen tablet that comes powered by a 1 GHz processor, 1 GB DDR3 RAM and with 8 GB of internal storage.
The Ainol Tornados 7 comes for a price of under Rs. 7,000. This is different from the other tabs like the Micromax Funbook, Xtab A10, D10s etc., which are powered by an Allwinner CPU. The CPU on the Novo 7 is Amlogic 8726-M3L Cortex – A9 clocked at 1 GHZ with Mali 400 GPU.
Performance wise the Allwinner CPU is still considered the best. But the Allwinner tabs that we get for the same price band comes with 512 MB RAM, whereas in this case it’s 1 GB. Let’s have a look at the tab.
Box Pack
As mentioned before this is a very good product, it looks great, the finishing is superb and the performance as good as the other tabs. The box pack itself gives you the sense of satisfaction, simple and eye caching. Check out the Unboxing video, after the article.
Inside the box : The tab, headphones, USB to Mini USB cable for charging / connecting with PC, User manual and warranty card. There is no power adapter (you may need to buy it or you can use the PC to charge the tab.
Design/ looks
The tab is available in Grey-Black and white colours. The touchscreen edges have got a silver lining and are separated by a front panel (like a photo frame). The curves are perfect, the glossy finish gives out an elegant look and if you look closely at the buttons, ports, they are all perfectly placed; this is the type of quality you usually find on a high end tablet.
What is missing on this tab?
There is no HDMI port, no power slot – you can charge only via the mini USB port.
Anything new?
Yes there is the Haptic feedback, a small vibration when you press certain on-screen buttons. There is also a dedicated home button next to volume and power button.
CPU, GPU and Memory
The Amlogic 8726-M3L Cortex-A9 1Ghz CPU with Mali 400 GPU does the work pretty well. Add to it the 1 GB RAM further speeds up the system. You can play games, surf websites, listen to music and even play HD videos without any lags.
Internal / External Storage
This tab come with 8 GB internal storage of which about 5 GB is available for the users. You can use the microSD slot for adding additional storage of up to 32 GB.
Display Screen
A 7 inch standard display with 800 x 480 pixels resolution (but benchmark apps shows as 800 x 444 pixels). Touchscreen is capacitive, smooth and responsive along with heptic feedback. The display quality is as good as you have seen on other low cost tabs.
Connectivity
There is Wi-Fi and external 3G dongle is supported using mini USB, you will need to confirm which dongle will work. There is also an option to use the Wi-Fi as a hotspot. It’s in settings -> more -> portable hotspot. That is all the option it has, there is no Bluetooth and GPS.
Additional features
G-sensors with high sensitivity for 3G gaming, front camera of 0.3 MP resolution for video chats using SKYPE, supports MOV, MP3, AVI, MPEG, MP4, FLV and many other formats and built in speaker / mic.
Battery
The battery is 3,700 mAh Li-Polymer. Battery takes about 3 plus hours to fully charge. The battery life seems really good. This tab can play approx 5+ hours (6 hours in my case) of movie on speaker with minimal brightness. Web surfing with Wi-Fi will be approx 5 hours. Battery like is very good. Doing some more test.
Performance
I used two benchmarking tools the Quadrant and the Antutu. The Quadrant app gave it a score which was as good as seen on allwinner tablets with 512 MB RAM. But the Antutu gave it a higher score which is Xtab A10 Allwinner (512 MB RAM) = 2892, Ainol Tornados 7 (1 GB DDR3 RAM) = 3361.
1080p Videos playback was smooth. The rendering was a bit slow as you try to zoom in when viewing a webpage or viewing images. I played the angry bird which came preinstalled, was smooth. The sound quality and output is good, you can hear the sound comfortably when playing games, music or watching movies. When using heavy apps like playing games the tab gets heated up, this is a common issue with almost all low cost tabs.
Games
Shadowgun game worked smoothly, downloaded the game using Wi-Fi, the tab heats up when you play this game.
Angry Birds RIO was smooth, no lag.
Price
This tablet is sold by VeeDee for Rs. 6,990. Buy online click here.
Specifications
CPU : 1 GHz Cortex A9 ARM AMlogic 8726-M3L
RAM: 1 GB DDR3
ROM: 1 GB
Touchscreen: 7 inch capacitive 5 point multi-touch with haptic feedback resolution 800 x 480.
Internal Storage: 8 GB, 5 GB usable.
Others: External 3G, Wi-Fi, USB, Gsensors, 3.5 mm jack, microSD.
OS: Android 4.0 (ICS)
Battery: 3700 mAh Li-po.
Ainol Novo 7 Tornados in hand and Unboxing video
Games you can play on Novo7
Gogi, any suggestions? Wanted a tablet under 10K with Dual Core Processing power and 1GB RAM and preferably the Mali-400 or better GPU. Eyeing the Ainol Novo Dream 8 very keenly.
hi gogi this is mayil i want to ask about ramos tablet with quad core processor and is it good and how about the performance because they said its best in its class and how to check this out whether this tablet will be compatible with our indian mobile networks and internet connections so please help me out in this to come to conclusion and tell me the simple method to find the compatibility of any of the imported tablets with Indian networks and internet.
Hi Gogi,
I wanted to buy a 10” tablet and was interested in buying Ainol Novo 10 Hero. I have checked their site ainolindia.com and many video reviews for this tablet.
I am quite impressed by the specifications.
I just wanted to confirm if this tablet is good and what is the warranty for ainol tablets ( I am a bit apprehensive of the fact that its a chinese tablet and it would be difficult to catch hold of anyone). I am residing in New Delhi and there are no service centers for Ainol here.
Please advise.
Thanks
Vaibhav, the website is new and seems genuine. But do check with them via email and even on phone.
Thanks Gogi for the reply.
Can you also please tell me about their service and warranty they provide.
Thanks
Hey Vaibhav, Don’t buy AINOL product before checking wifi n bluetooth, i had purchased novo 7 flame, and its came out to be faulty, even tab’s frame/casing is not qobust and is quite loose on left side, this defect same line of product as i asked for replacement and this got the same problem with new one too.
Any updates on the same Nilesh? Is their service good? I was planning to invest in their Dream 8 tablet.
Gogi, any suggestions? Wanted a tablet under 10K with Dual Core Processing power and 1GB RAM and preferably the Mali-400 or better GPU.
That’s a good benchmark but my penta ws-702c outperforms it with antutu score of 4256 and in quadrant with 1654…. for the same price
Dear gogi,
I have purchased after seeing review.
pros:
Web browsing and wifi is good(not too far access point should be).
battery life is good and charging time is also good.
screen resolution is too good we cant expect more than that for price.
output sound is also good nice to here.
cons:
only Micro Sd cards are detected no sdhc supported.
tablet gets heat easily even if u r using normal things.
headphones is not good even if use branded headphones also no use.
sometimes unable to power on we have to connect for charging and power on the tablet if battery is full.
Main issue is memory issues this really bugs you. filesystem is not stable. if you copy any data like songs video or audio or any data in internal storage 6.04GB is existing even if you copy 500MB data. and open play those things. tablet makes you crazy..
“LAuncher will not responding”
“settings will not responding”
Can you tell me which one is best from Ainol Novo 7 tornedo And Ampe A76.
I have novo7 tornados but some problem this tab this tab has third class battery, surfing only for 30 to 40 minutes. And touch is very bad. Please tell me address of customer and care center in karachi Pakistan.
Gogi is cheat. Believing his review I had ordered for Ainol novo 7inch Tornados. Its such a crap tablet. Hundreds of issues.
– Battery gets discharged in 20-30mins
– Cannot hold tablet PC in any position, there are random touch events and you dont have any control on what application you want to run.
– Cannot charge using wall charger, always you have to run for running laptop or computer for charging your tablet PC.
– Touch is pathetic, horrible.
Its like burning your cash into ash if you are going to purchase this Tablet PC.
Regards
Ajay
Ajay, if you have issues with the tab call the seller from where you bought the tab, why call me a cheat, my reviews are a way of giving users an idea to the users what the products are. It is ultimately the uses choice. Thanks for believing but I cannot help it if you get a defective unit and why complain here go and fight with the seller and get the unit rectified.
Third point Cannot charge using wall charger – if you read the review I had already mentioned – "There is no power adapter (you may need to buy it or you can use the PC to charge the tab."
I got it from veedeedirect.com, again as recommended by you in your article. Its such a pathetic performing tablet pc, how can you rate it as good. Yes, all the benchmarks are good. But touch is bad, ghost touch problems, worst battery performance. You can't even use this tablet pc for 15mins. Its behavior is so random.
Reviewer shouldn't be baised. Its not a movie review (where the lose is only some time and little money).
Its not my piece, its how ainol tablet pc works. Google for ainol 7 tornados, you will see all the issues i'm talking about.
Highlighting benchmarks is misleading and misguiding people about the actual tablet pc performance in user's hand.
Ajay, boss the tab I got for review is what the review is about. The results are what I have tested. If you read the review it is exactly what I found it to be. Why should I be biased? If I had got the same unit that you got it would have got a bad rating as simple as that and if you would have still bought the tab even after a bad review by me and found that the tab is performing exceptionally well you would have still termed me as biased. In you comment no where have you mentioned if you tried to get the defects rectified or not, the veedee company would have replaced it. Ainol is a very good brand, it is a pure case of a defective unit you should get it rectified with the seller and / or ask for a refund.
Yes, now the tablet is with veedeedirect. With my expenses (450/-) I had couriered it to their Mumbai address. But all they did is use 'reset' and claim that its all fine.
Support team at veedeedirect is friendly. But cost of sending is still from my pocket.
And there is no guarantee that it works after they return it to. Seller's logic is simple, every time I send it will cost me, so at some point I will stop sending it.
No, they wont refund, they don't replace. In the name of repair, what they do is 'reset', which I had done myself many a times.
Again Ainol might be good, but not Ainol novo 7in Tornando.
For first 2-3months, I was under the opinion that all low-cost tablet PCs are performing bad (please read it as no-use-tablets).
Last week, I saw some guy in my apartment playing with "another low cost tablet pc". He was playing Temple run on it, it was smooth, no touch issues, I had played for 1hr (not much change in the battery status indicator).
I dont give the name of brand, it costs little less than Ainol novo 7in tornados. Giving brand details is like promoting that brand which I'm not doing since I really didnt check its performance over a period of time and over other aspects of usage of tablet pc.
All I realised from that experience is that I got duped by Ainol/Veedeedirect/gogi.in
I immediately raised a ticket on veedeedirect.com and courier the tablet pc back to them.
Gogi, you might be a honest reviewer. But I lost 7K (buying), 500/- in courier charges. Lots of time lost and mental pain for making such nasty decision to buy terrible Tablet PC.
Not me, there many who suffer with ghost touch problems
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/35262-ainol-novo-…
Ajay, thanks for letting me know. I also sent an email to Veedee to find out, no reply yet. I will stop doing review for VeeDee unless I get a satisfactory reply or your issue is solved.
Thank you.
Another link where people are blasting Ainol for putting a terrible, pathetic tablet pc in market.
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All people want is functional tablet pc, because its low cost tablet people dont expect wonders but we expect simple functional tablet.
Another good link regarding the ghost touch problem
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I heard somewhere that it does not support Skype. Just wanted to ask whether its true?
Hello can I have the link to update battery performance?
Search for battery booster on Google Play. https://play.google.com/store/search?q=battery+bo…
Where can I get ainol fire or flame in gorakhpur or lucknow and will these tablets(fire/flame) get 4.1 update?
is there any ainol tab with android 4.1, in built 3g, bluetooth and gps? Pls reply.
Can I have the link to update the battery performance?
Can I use the internet on tablet (NOVO7 tornado) via connecting it with my laptop that has broadband?
thanks a lot,
hyacinth
Hyacinth, no you cannot share the broadband net on your laptop with tablet using cable, however if the laptop has Wi-Fi, you can look for software that will enable hotspot on laptop's Wi-Fi that way you can share net with any other Wi-Fi devices including the Novo 7. Here is one such software http://mhotspot.com
How much charging time is required to charge 100%. I had purchased ainol 7 and in my tablet 6 hours is required for full charge. Is this time consumed in this tab and other tab also.
Hi gogi, can we avail BLUETOOTH via external dongles in tornados7?
No I don't think so. I did try a USB bluetooth dongle that I had it did not detect.
which one is better Ainol novo 7 tornado or Ainol novo 7 mars or iberry auxus ax01?
I bought this tab but I am facing some heating issue on backside middle region. Is it common in this tab? did you face any problem?
Yes, if you are playing games, or using some heavy app then it does heat up. Its a common issue with almost all tablets.
Where can I get charger or adapter for ainol tornado?
1. Do they give usb otg cable with it and if not can we buy it and use pen drives on it ?
2. Can you play city ville on this tab?
3. Can we use Indian dongles on it?
4. Is it ok to buy novo from wickedleak?
1. You get USB cable, please watch the video.
2. Not sure, but don't think it will work.
3. Yes for supported dongles, you need to call VeeDee.
4. It's your choice.
I have heard that nxg is coming up with xtab a10 1GB ram model in coming few days, so do you suggest waiting for it? Also I have never purchased anything online from sites like ebay. So I am apprehensive about ordering any tab from ebay. I live in a very remote village and doubt if ebay could send the product to me!
On ebay price of ainol novo tornados is mentioned as 6990/ is that all? Or there are certain hidden costs like handling/packing/courier/postal/delivery charges, if they have mentioned shipping free? How safe is such online purchase? Should I buy from veedee or ebay?
Not sure about the A10 1GB model, but it will cost more, may be similar to Ainol. Ebay is safe, buy I will suggest you buy directly from VeeDee, you can send them an email or chat online to find if they can deliver at your address.
I am regular visitor of you site. Your reviews are really good. I am expecting iberry auxus review. All most all review sites have not given the review on this product, see if you can arrange, thanks.
Devante 3D Wonder Tab i want parchase this tab how is the tablet sir yuor obinion sir pls
Are there other models of novo 7 with hdmi output?
I am looking forward to buy this tablet or wammy tablet(performance wise which is better) and I don't care about the absence of hdmi port.
The allwinner cpu (wammy) does perform well when compared with Amlogic (Tornados), but this one is with 1 GB RAM, great looks and excellent battery life. You can check the game videos on both the review pages, they work equally well. Ainol has got that beautiful look and finish and a bit longer battery life.
Thanks for the review.
I was planning to buy this tab but with your review came to know HDMI port is missing. So decided to wait for some more time.
So there is no way to connect Ainol Novo 7 Tornados 7 tab to larger display?
No don't think so.
Good evening gogi,
As per your review there is no power jack in this tab but veede is claiming that one dc-in jack
http://i45.tinypic.com/29esmmq.png
Rath, you can check the video, I did not find any DC point :-).
Are there any other option to connect hdmi like usb to hdmi etc?
I checked the net there is USB to HDMI but don't think it will be of any good, a HDMI port on a tab will do a better job. Any if USB to HDMI ports worked well then manufactures would not have added the HDMI port on the tabs.
Thanx for the review. btw its a cortex a9 i.e dual core therefore it should be far better than allwinner?
Shubham, its not dual Core, but performance wise as good as allwinner.
Dear Gogi,
I am confused with the Chinese Tabs (sub Rs. 10000) — which one will be best considering screen resolution, processor speed and camera. What about Kindle Fire which is around Rs. 10000/-
Rakesh, Kindle file I think is more that that, if you are looking for a quality product ( yes its made in china ) go for the Ainol Novo 7, I have updated the battery performance on the page, you can check it out.
Mr. Gogi I will slightly disagree. If talking about value for features then the biggest feature ainol novo is lacking is the HDMI port. I will strongly urge you to wait before giving your valuable opinion until you review domo slate n9 se as i feel it overtakes all the competitor budget tabs considering the price:features ratio.
yes HDMI is missing, but it also depends if user will be using it. The N9 has very good features, I will review it if I get a review piece from the dealer / manufacturer.
Can we charge this device using mains-to-USB power adapters
You will need to buy the power adapter (the one with usb). But you need to check with VeeDee the exact adapter that will work.
Hi gogi, I am a daily visitor of you site and really like to visit it daily.
I want to ask some question regarding ainol novo 7 tornados
1)When will you do complete review?
2)Does this tab support google play?
3)which tab is good in comparison tornados vs nxg a10 vs veedee d10 vs mmx funbonk vs karbon tab
*display wise
*battery back up
*touch response
*processor
4) Can I use custom rom to use my vodafone zte k3570-z or any other way to use this dongle with this tab.
Sam, I am currently testing the battery backup and will upload another video about game play and apps. There is google play, so far the tab looks really good. Not sure about supported dongle, as not possible to test everyone, but you can get the details from VeeDee who is selling this tab. I will update the battery test results and another video by monday or latest by tuesday.
Which tab is better for HD games Alino, xtab10, veedee 10 and which can play 1024p files smoothly?
There is hardly any performance difference, but Novo 7 does better as it is with 1 GB RAM. The battery life is also excellent.
Hi gogi!
which tab is best….?
1)Attitude daksha 3800mah 5400/-
2)karbonn smart tab 3700mah 7000/-
3)nxg xtab a10 8gb 6500/-
4)veedee d10s 5990/-
5)ainol tornados 8gb 1gb ram 7000/-
6)veedee d10 ics 8gb 6490/-
Hi of these lot I will go with Ainol, impressive finish and performance. On a single change I was able to view over 6 hours of video.
But it don't have an Hdmi port. I feel you should consider reviewing domoslate n9 se. Its just for 5990 with quite impressive features.
Ok will check that out.
Don't go for domoslate n9 se a better one is domo slate x3d is available for Rs. 6990? it has more or less the same specs as of turnados! gogi pls have a look at it?
Hi gogi,
I have one question for you. In review of wammy tablet, you have mentioned that during zooming in of images, there is a bit lag, which is acceptable. I want to know, how much is this lag? Is similar lag present in ainol novo tornados/nxg xtab/veedee d10s and so on ? Is it normal for a budget t-tab? Or is it present just in wammy tab because of fingerprint resistant coating? Also, the 1 gb ram and cortex a9 processor is justifiably fast over the 512 mb ram and cortex a8 based allwinner a10 cpu of wammy tab, or allwinner still wins?
Hi Allwinner is no doubt the winner. But you see when we talk about benchmarks its like formula 1 racing, every milliseconds count. But in reality you will hardly notice the difference. You can run the same games and apps on these tabs. There is a rendering lag, but its not like you have to wait for it. When I zoom in on a webpage I can see that the text takes a few milliseconds to clear itself, and by the time you realize it you would have actually started reading the text. You watch the video on both Ainol and Wammy, you can see the rendering for your self.
I couldn't find that option in antutu, and i don't have internet connection in my tab and it seems quadrant requires internet to gather info. Can't watch any videos since i am right now posting from a simple mobile phone. Does antutu benchmark has the option for system info without using net ?
For quadrant you need internet access when you perform the benchmark test, to view the results. The system information is available without need of net on both Quadrant and Antutu (you might see two options one is the hardware device and other is what the app may try looking up for a similar match on net. Browse through these apps and you will find it.
Hey gogi. I need your expert advice please. I am using domoslate n9 se. 1ghz cpu, 1GB ram. 8GB storage. I have used the antutu benchmark tool and have got the total score of 3149. Now my question is whether it has a dedicated gpu for high end gaming because the company hasn't mentioned about it. It has only mentioned about some Vpu in the user manual. Please reply. Thanks.
In Antutu and another app Quadrant there is an option (system information) use that to get more details. In the video you can see its mentioning GPU Mali.
Ok got it! The info says as follow.
Cpu mode: ARMv7 processor (vfpv3, neon)
cpu frequency: 60.0 – 1008.0 mhz
Gpu vendor: ARM
gpu renderer: mali-400 mp(yay!)
gpu version: opengl es 2.0
ram size: 643.3/814.3mb
sd card size: 5658.2/5821.7mb
android version: 4.0.3
now my questions are
1. Can i play hd games like in xtab a10, veedee d10, d10e, etc?
2. How come its showing android version 4.0 whereas the company mentions it as 2.3. It doesn't even look like ics.
3. There is no where mentioned whether the ram is ddr, ddr2 or ddr3
anxiously waiting for your comments gogi,
Hi I see mali-400, so you can play any games that other tab you listed. Not sure about android version you can also confirm that from about in settings. RAM again you can find by exploring the Quadrant / Antutu system infromation.
Ok one more question. Will it harm the screen in any way in long run if i use it without any screen guard or plastic coating ?
Depends on your usage, the screen guard will protect against minor scratches. But I don't think its required as you will be handling a tablet more carefully, unlike the mobile phones which you keep in pocket, purse etc where the screen can get damaged easily.
I downloade quadrant benchmark on my phone and transferred it to the tablet. Now in system information, in the memory part i get the below figures
Total 833836kB
Free 391632kB
Inactive 217136kB
now what does the inactive mean? Also the system shows free ram of over 630mb in settings. Why is it showing less free ram here ?
Any idea?
The benchmark tools are not always correct but it gives you fair idea of the today memory you have. You have 630 MB RAM which is true, the benchmark tools also do not get access to the real available free memory because after all its an app.
Then what does the inactive memory mean? Ok i understand that this app can't be accurate but how can there be so huge differece between actual free ram and free ram shown by this app. Also how do i find whether my tab's ram is ddr, ddr2, or ddr3. I couldn't find that info anywhere in system info.
Inactive ram essentially means free RAM, it may have been used by a process which has quite. This is to speed up the system and if the same process runs again it will work even faster. I think you should leave this to the OS you do have 1 GB RAM on your system. There is no way to check if its DDR3 / 2 etc.
DOMO Slate N9 SE is having only 4GB internal Memory. Where did u get the 8GB from? homeshop18,ebay,rediff all show it as having 4GB internal memory.
I got mine from homeshop18. Actually I too was expecting 512mb ram and 4GB storage but wow I truly got double the expectation! My main reason of buying this one over others was that this was the only one available in the market with a full size USB port.
Kz from where did u buy the N9SE? In HOMESHOP18 it doesn't show the ram specs? and how is the screen?
Request Gogi to please do a review on DOMO N9SE soon!
Thanks.
Hi. Its only available at homeshop18. They have updated their specs for n9 se few days back. Now it mentions 1GB ram and ICS os. In my experience the screen is good.