User Reviews for Lenovo IdeaTab A1000

This tablet is a nightmare.nI had a friend order one for me. I came from some third party vendor through flipkart. It came with a no return policy. I did not bother one bit. I had bought it for keeps really. I thought what ever problems it could have would be minor.nnbut wait. 2 days after I bought it, it goes of into a self test mode. And then fails a series of tests and stays put with a character screen for ever.nnYou cannot turn off this blasted piece of trash. nnYou just have to let the battery drain for the next 8 to 16 hours. Apparently then you can recharge it and use it.nI ran in panic to the service center in Hyderabad - Ameerpet with this thing. There is an aged couple sitting right in front of me with exactly the same problems. And there is an engineer helping them with the issue. But they put me through the same rigmarole for 3 hours before they diagnosed it as a faulty battery (same as the other case). And kept it for 2 weeks.nnI cannot reach these angels on the phone. for 5 working days straight (with several holidays in between) I tried their landline. It connects, and a beautiful voice from heaven on the IVR tells me I am a very valuable customer etc and I have to wait for service. Several minutes later it goes off into a forbidding vacuous silence.nnI am able to get to the lenovo call center. The gentleman on that call center also tried the service center for some time. And then advised me that the service center is not receiving calls and the only way for me to find out what is happening is go back to this place 17 km from my home. Oh it is just next door. He is not asking me to go to Delhi like the local MPs have to do for resolving issues on a case by case basis.nnI land at this service center. And then suddenly I am informed that the nice folks have noticed my case and are replacing the battery. I have to sit for 1 hour to collect my tab.nnAnyway I bring it back home after two weeks. And then the fun starts again.nnI come home and then notice my google account is not working on this tab. After 2 hours of panic again, suddenly it starts working. And the next couple of days I scramble to install my apps that I had cleared out before handing it in for service.nnThere is a very interesting design bomb in this tablet. To start with it has only a 4 gb internal storage. Bad design in the first place, but a workable hardware for os and apps. nnBut wait a minute. 1.5 gb is occupied by the OS. and 2.5 GB is left. Not too bad. But here is the real joke. you can install apps only on 500 mb. Some engineer with a wicked sense of practical humor produced this crap. the remaining 2gb is reported as external usb memory. apps will not typically install to this. You have to install an additional app like app2sd for moving apps out to this 2 gb partition.nThen this workaround it will not work with many apps. the 500 mb fills up very rapidly. in about 20 apps. facebook occupies about 50 mb. updates to default existing apps will eat up your "internal" 500 mb without your even having to install anything. And these updates typically cannot be moved.nnNow here is the real kick. two days after I brought back this unit from the service center, the crazy piece of junk starts it system test again randomly. Again I have to let the battery drain out and perhaps take it back to the service center.nnI have to rate the whole experience 50 stars below zero. nnBuy this machine if you want to go through a science project designed to be a practical joke at considerable personal expense and heart burn. There are already enough reviews about this machine on the web. There is no reset button on the tab anywhere. The bright folks who produced this tab are so confident about their brilliant work, that nobody noticed this simple feature. There are safety valve in 200 year old boilers. But nothing on this one. Oh we can dispense with such uncivilized thing. Just let the damned thing explode.nnthis is for a1000 f.nI have a a1000g no updates yet. can they fix anything with any updates?

Lenovo you can not fool Indian consumers by offering such products ,World has moved on to 4g we in India have 4g in few cities but 3g has picked up remarkably ,in this age of technology upgradation you offer a product with 2g at a price of 9000rs ,when even a 5000rs phone has 3g ,Lenovo R & D and the Marketing department really need to get into the drivers seat and reconsider there thougths of launchign this product in 2013 ,well if there was a time machine taking us back in 2007 this product would have been definitely hit then.

Hi All, nI had purchased this in Flipkart from WS Retail and delivered on April 1st 2014. nGot this for Rs 6688/- . nBrought this for my son’s use and for my dad to get used to Android. Didn’t want to invest costly tabs or very cheap products. Personally no trust on Micromax,Lava etc. nHence zeroed down this model.nAm writing this review after using it for 7 days. nDid some checks with my Samsung Grand which has almost same spec (like 1GB Ram,1.2Ghz DUAL core proc) for few aspects. Below is my review.nNote:- I not mentioning any specs about A1000 here since its available everywhere. n1) Looks and Build. nLook wise this Tab looks very very old model, bulky and thick. The build quality is good. However leaves finger print where ever you touch. nWill rate 3/5 considering the cost what i had paid.n2) 2G qualitynNo so great. Had a call directly on tab (without headphones) the call was feeble even at high volume. Tried loud speaker option, due to Dolby the speaker sound was really good. The tried with handsfree Samsung headphone I could hear clearly however the other person was not able to hear me clearly. Internet browsing was slightly better than BAD. nWill rate 2.5/5 considering the cost what I had paid.n3) Display.nNot bad as i thought. Has HD display.Played few HD movies the display was good. However in side angles the screen looks washed out. Colour reproduction was okay. nWill rate 3.8/5 considering the cost that I had paid.n4) Processor.nCompared here with Grand. Installed "Clean master" and put both the devices in Airplane mode checked for CPU utilization Lenovo showed 48% against 59% in Grand (note lower is better). By the time I did the test I was having more apps in Tab than in my phone. Had some HD games for my kid and they played without Lag. However noticed one point where You tube videos take more time to buffer and some dont even play (in high bandwidth Broadband also). Will rate 4.2/5 considering the cost that I had paid.nn5) Speakers.nOne of the best I had seen. Will rate 6/5 considering the cost that I had paid. Yes I mentioned 6 deliberately. n6) User FriendlinessnThe icons are big enough and lag free while operating. However the settings icon and menu icon are very small and placed in odd places. Even the tab is 7inch we will face challenges in clicking them. On/Off and volume buttons are not so easily accessible. Will rate 3.5/5 considering the cost that I had paid.n7) OTG support. nGot a OTG cable for 100rs in local market and device identifies it within seconds and able to play videos without lag. Even some of Samsung devices dont have it. n8) Battery Back up :- nHad a very good battery back up. Runs close to 9hrs with heavy gaming and videos. Also charges in 3 hrs. Will rate 4/5 considering the cost that I had paid.n9) Memory:- nInternal memory is less. The bad news is post update from lenovo the install space is only 1.5 GB. Try using apps like "Clean Master" which will help to move apps to SD card. Will rate 2.5/5 considering the cost that I had paid.nn10) Flipkart Services and WS Retail. nI was expecting good services from Flipkart and moderate services from WS but suprisingly Flipkart didnt impress me. I ordered this tab on 28th march and 29th march at 11.36am it was dispatched and reached a hub near my location on Sunday 30th March at 5am. It could had been easily delivered on that day however I got the same delivered to my location (not even 4 kms away from nearest hub) on 1st April. Note March has 31 days net to net 2 days delay. nWhen I opened the box the packing was neatly packed and box was brand new. Even the cover and seal was untouched. nWill rate 2/5 for Flipkart service and Will rate 5/5 for WS Retail. nnnTips for usage. nn1) Always keep the Tab switched off when not in use. Afterall this is not a phone to kept on all time. nn2) If you are buying this model once you are on Wifi or 2G you will get a update from Lenovo (to increase the usable space to 1.5GB) pls install that first before you install anything. nn3) Put a screen guard immediately from a local vendor. This will be about 250-350rs.nn4) Dont buy a flipcover online Im having issues in that. Get it from a local market after inspection. nnFinal verdit. nnIf you are planning to get a tab for rugged use , kids to play or elders to get used to Andriod with minimal or no call/2G and having Wifi this is a very good tab.nWill rate 4/5 considering the cost that I had paid. Im not giving +1 point because n1)Memory allocation issue(1.5GB) n2)could have better screen resolution. n3)Most importantly as an Indian and expect full paisa vasool and even am satisfied will declare one point less. nnThanks for your time and kindly share your suggestions, comments and feedback. nnRegards,nShiv Kumar.

I have got this tab in 24 hours, Got it for very low price Rs.6449/-. The overall performance or quality of the product is very good. Prior to this I'm using Ubislate 7c+.I have noticed that there are lot of quality and performance differences in between Ubislate and lenovo idea tabs.n For ubislate 7c+ I spent Rs.5700/ But this tab I got it for Rs.6449/- with extra features.I'm very much happy with this tab. This tab is having good Wi-fi and phone signal capability. But in case of ubislate its very low.nnThis tab is having IPS display with front speaker and Dolby dts audio out. Its very good for watching HD movies and playing games. Touch sensitivity is also good.nnThis tab is having 3500 Li-polymer batter, This is giving very good battery backup.Also having GPS. Really good. I'm 200% satisfied with this tab.nnI would suggest all don't buy other small brands like Ubislate, Once again many thanksnto Flipkart for their quick and quality service.nnIMP NOTE FOR EVERY NEW CUSTOMER:n----------------------------------------------------------------n Please Upgrade the tab version to latest version by going to Settings->about Tablet->System Upgrade before using it or before installing any apps. Otherwise you will get some low memory issues. By upgrading to latest version, the internal memory will be increased to 2gb. where as the initial internal memory is around 500mb only.nSo make sure that you are doing system upgrade to latest version.nnLatest build number is : A1000G_A412_01_10_131008_2G

After using it for 16 days...nnAttributes!nn1}Superb battery back up!nn2}Amazing front speaker audio quality/clarity!nn3}Mp3 quality through 3.5 mm headset jack even more better than speaker!nn4}can pair very easily with bluetooth version 3.0 enabled wireless headset!nn5}Sexy Manly Looks! Especially the all black in color one! I just loved it!nnDrawbacks/Limitations!nn1} Call receiver quality sound through earpiece is very poor!nn2} Never get messed/muddled with OTG & 2g internet because this device only supports 2G sim internet. No one can insert any of 3g dongles into that OTG female connector what meant only for pen drives or other normal USB port!nn3}internal memory one could have of merely 503 MB(?) out of that 1 GB DDR2 RAM which is way pathetic especially for downloading other apps differently from marketplace! The device only gives warning to uninstall a few apps to free spaces very frequently which I personally think a major limitation of this phone!nn4}This device always get heated from the backwards while charging; no matter whether you put it into switch on or off mode!nn5}I'm not even bothering about the rear camera but front one which comes with a 0.3 MP, but by quality it's simply way deplorable even if me compare it with micromax funbook 0.3 MP camera one. Not expected at least this from Lenovo.nn6} Tricky travel adapter one is not even a branded lenovo product but been manufactured by some china based third party named HuntKey.nn7}UI and Touch is desperately needs massive improvement & upgradation. Well I personally assume, regarding UI & Touch sensitivity no one would been dare to level its shoulder with SAMSUNG!nnApart from all these this device is not that bad in this price amount especially after a self renowned branded company followed by Samsung!nnThank folks!