UKZN Tablet

[DieLyn]

Hi guys

Just found this on my "Watch later" list on Youtube: I have no recollection of when I put it there, but it was uploaded just three weeks ago.

I've heard from a confidential source that UKZN plans to sell these tablets to students in the near future and that they're currently doing a pilot program with the IT staff and testing them out.

Would be nice to take a look under the hood of this and see what the specs are like.

Thoughts ?

[MattDN93]

Thanks for this tip Dylan, interesting find. Hope you don't mind the topic move

Judging by the model number (AK888-15B) it's a Proline Smart Tablet, .

These tabs have a dual-core Cortex A9 CPU, presumably the MTK (MediaTek) SoC.
it's got 1024x600 res, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, WiFi, BT etc. What's interestng though is the HDMI output and the MicroSD slot, which plenty of high end tabs don't have. Seems interesting this, I like the keyboard that comes with it!

Now we know why the campus WiFi went open, so these tablets can access the Play Store. Nice!

UKZN gave these to the Health Science students , I don't know if they're coming to the rest of us anytime soon. Just as I ordered my Nexus 7 FHD, lol

[DieLyn]

[MattDN93]

I watched that video like 3 times to try get the model number from that booklet, that got me to the spec list

Agreed the UKZN branding doesn't add any features to the device so the selling price should be the same as what Proline is offering it for, else it makes no sense, students could just fork out R1500 and buy direct. A subsidy plan or monthly billing to a student account might be sensible for those strapped for cash.