Mercury mTab NEO 2 Review

Web browsing is a pretty poor experience

Mercury bundles the NEO 2 with some Internet apps like Yahoo Mail, Hi MSN along with a whole bunch of Google apps that come with Honeycomb.

Misc. apps
Extra apps that come built-in include OfficeSuite and Advanced Task Manger. 

Camera
The rear camera is a 2MP sensor which is understandably quite poor and manages passable pictures only outdoors. There is no auto-focus either so forget about getting any sort of detail in the picture. The front camera is no different since it’s a VGA camera. The interface is stock Honeycomb and the options that you get with it are also the standard fare.

The camera is just for show

This was taken in a lightbox, so yeah...

Battery life
The NEO 2 comes with a 3400 mAh battery which gave us a decent 6hrs battery life in our video drain test. The only reason the tablet managed this number is due to the low resolution display and the fact that the brightness is not much.

Verdict and Price in India
The Mercury mTab NEO 2 is priced at Rs.14,999 which makes it expensive compared to other 3G 7-inch tablets. But the price is the least of their concerns, the tablet itself is quite a disappointment and it seems like they learnt nothing from their past models. The display continues to be the weakest link and in a device like a tablet, that’s a complete deal breaker. We’d recommend you stay as far away as possible from Mercury tablets for now till they get their act together.