Swingtel Hello Tab 16GB Review

Battery Life
The battery life of the tablet is one of the best we have seen ever. Swingtel has bundled a 4250 mAh Lithium Ion battery with the tablet and usually brands tend to boast that their batteries have long lasting capabilities, but they never match up. However, with the Hello Tab, the brand has rated it at 10 hours for video playback and in our video drain test, the battery lasted 9 and a half hours before finally dying. In our extremely exhaustive Tech2 loop test to drain the battery, the Swingtel Hello Tab 16GB died out after 10 hours 37 mins. This test included one hour of voice calling, two hours of movie playback, two hours of audio streaming and two hours of music playback. The tablet completed the first cycle without any problems and when running the second loop, it survived the hour of voice calling, two hours of video playback and finally went off after more than half hour of audio streaming. This test was done with Wi-Fi as well as the SIM active in the process, indicating that it has a really good battery life.

Capacitive touchscreen found on this tablet

Verdict
The Swingtel Hello Tab 16GB is available in India at an MOP of Rs.16,900. Though the tablet is designed well with a good build quality and pre-loaded with a bunch of handy apps, it is quite overpriced. The screen, though capacitive feels like it is resistive, which we absolutely did not like. The only thing going for this tablet is its voice calling capabilities and the battery life. The tablet performs really well, even though it was put through some rigorous battery draining tests. If you are in the market looking out for a budget tablet, then you would want to check out some of its competitors like the Reliance 3G Tab or the iBall Slide, which cost a lot less and deliver almost similar performances, apart from the battery life. The Hello Tab 16GB could fare a lot better in the market, if Swingtel priced it lesser, until they do, this tablet does not get our stamp of approval.