Topic: Processors

$100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

Summary: Bill Detwiler cracks open the $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet. This low-price tablet has chips from Samsung, Hynix, Wolfson Micro, and VIA.

By Bill Detwiler | February 9, 2011 -- 10:45 GMT (02:45 PST)

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Next to the battery wires, which are soldered to the main PCB, is a connector with red and black wires that run to the LCD. There are likely wires for the backlight on the LCD.

Photo by: Bill Detwiler / TechRepublic
Caption by: Bill Detwiler

Topics: Processors, Hardware, Laptops, Mobility, Networking, Samsung, Tablets

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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

"I seen LY-706 devices with black and white back covers. Our unit has a shinny black one."

Really, Bill Detwiler? "I seen...a shinny black one"?

The death of Journalism.

behindthecamera
9 February, 2011 12:15

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  @behindthecamera
  Spelling error corrected. Thanks for pointing it out.
  
  David Grober
  10 February, 2011 05:32
  
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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

Our first clue that this is a POS is right up front, on the box: the glossy cover photo makes usable screen area appear to be ~20% larger than actual size.

Justa Notherguy
9 February, 2011 16:53

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  @Justa Notherguy I usually stop reading when I see the word "resistive". I'd rather pay more (exorbitantly more) for a capacitive screen and not have to shout obscenities at my device every day, than get the resistive screen and be out $100 when I chuck the f$%king thing out the nearest window within a week.
  
  Honestly, I don't know who is buying these slow, clunky devices, when you can pick up the cheapest iPad for 499, and there are 1ghz capacitive tablets targeting the 399 range soon.
  
  Full disclosure: I took the plunge and bought a Galaxy Tab and I've been supremely pleased with it. I toyed with a few of the less expensive devices (the Cruz, some others that the names escape me) and they were frustrating - you spend more time just trying to get an app to open than actually using the device.
  
  clokverkorange
  10 February, 2011 09:25
  
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    @clokverkorange
    Depends for what you use it for. A capacitive screen responds to changes in temperature and resistive responds to pressure. It also depends on the quality of each, i.e. a poor capacitive screen would be just as bad as a poor resistive screen, but resistive screens are relatively cheaper. Plus, the 'brand' issue as you yourself just mentioned. Amazon bought a resistive screen company last year that can detect thousands of independent inputs on a screen. Who knows what the end result of that will be.
    
    hoaxoner
    10 February, 2011 16:04
    
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Amazing

Amazing what $100 can buy now! I remember when $100 wouldn't buy you a 10BaseT Ethernet card!

Amazing, but not necessarily very useful.

Capitalism sure does suck.

wkulecz
10 February, 2011 06:18

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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

"as we take a peak"

Unless you're climbing a mountain with your device, it should read "take a peek". =p

#corrections

clokverkorange
10 February, 2011 09:20

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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

Had three or four of these under-powered junk tablets, spendin more time waiting on them, rather than working with them.

I finally took the plunge, buying a proper tablet, selecting the iPad over the Galaxy solely because of screen size. No regrets. Great performance too.

grillomalta@...
10 February, 2011 12:04

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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

I have one right now and i love it! I mean sure it isnt ANYTHING close to an ipad or galaxy tab, but for those of us who cant afford to drop 400+ this tablet will suffice. I mean it plays music, responds to touch O.K and i can download music directly on the tablet from the internet.
Of course if you compare it to a ipad its gonna suck, i mean they ARE only 150 (which is what i payed for mine). and ipad is in the 400 - 1000 league which is a much bigger pool. Now if you compare them to the other 100-200 range in android tablets MID comes out on top. I mean it has a camera, Wifi and 3G service all for 150. Im not goning to drop an extra 300 or so because i dont like how it feels? i mean come on people

helooruok
27 July, 2011 15:56

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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

I just wanted to read the reviews before I paid for one I won in an auction for $98, the price was too good to be true, so now I know thank you. I will save for an iPad.

wiggyloow@...
1 August, 2011 15:59

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  @wiggyloow@...
  The newer devices are MUCH faster although the look exactly like this one. They are running at 800 Mhz and are actually quite useful.
  
  raggi
  26 August, 2011 02:28
  
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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

I have one of these "no name" $100 tablets. I don't do anything fancy with it: I use it while sitting on the sofa to do casual browsing on the Web, read emails, watch a download video, and read ebooks.
If your needs are very basic, it is a useful supplement to a laptop. If you're just looking up something on Google, it's simply less hassle and less clunky to fire up a 7" tablet than to power on a 15" Windows laptop.

LS650
8 August, 2011 09:55

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software

I own one of these and it will not get past the boot screen. anyone know where i can get the specific android for this tablet.

ryanlane200
11 September, 2011 09:54

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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

I was extremely pleased with mine. I mean it isnt an ipad but it works great and was affordable for me at the time, definitely a solid product. I only paid $95 for mine at NewfieDeal.com

duffenp
16 September, 2011 05:48

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good idea about android

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gavin.chan
20 September, 2011 23:36

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RE: $100 LY-706 MID Android tablet teardown

Any chance of you tearing into a newer one like this http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-7-Google-Android-2-3-WIFI-G-SENSOR-Camera-Tablet-PC-MID-4GB-/330648752148?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item4cfc339014 with Android 2.3 and 4GB Nand Flash, for only $79.99USD and seeing if it is any better?

BenAar0n
29 December, 2011 21:19

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Good tablets.

I have an android tablet from Vizio and a playbook. Both do as good as my friends ipads and and I paid $199 for each.

RobertMoore12@...
5 April, 2012 15:14

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BATTERY

I ran across a little tablet like this in a trade. i gave it to my fiance (until we get something better) but in the meantime cani hack the battery? do you know the v and mah?

DLUCHOVICH
7 June, 2012 09:16

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thx for sharing

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vinvint67
11 April, 2013 11:31

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very impressive

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frankaa
20 April, 2013 04:48

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