Is this a Samsung made tablet?

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#178931 19-Aug-2015 17:49

Can anyone tell me if this is a Samsung tablet?

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/GALAXY-TAB-T990S-Tablet-pc-Phone-Octa-Core-MTK6592-3G-GPS-1920-1200-IPS-screen-2G/32330895666.html

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#1370427 19-Aug-2015 18:14

I seriously doubt that it is. I can't find any mention of a Samsung T990S tablet anywhere. It's also stated as using a Mediatek chip, and I don't think Samsung have ever used then as a chip supplier. They've pretty much stuck to Qualcomm and their own Exynos chips for the last few years.

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#1370432 19-Aug-2015 18:38

wow blatant lying huh. about to buy a lenovo tablet which i suspect is also not a lenovo tablet. what about this, and why is the feedback names blanked out http://www.aliexpress.com/item/10-inch-8-core-Octa-Cores-2560X1600-DDR-4GB-ram-32GB-8MP-Camera-3G-sim-card/32359494164.html

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#1370439 19-Aug-2015 18:52

Considering they both look to be the exact same device I wouldn't touch either with a very large barge pole

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#1370442 19-Aug-2015 18:56

Based on how Lenovo tablets actually look, no. Logo in the wrong place on the front. Same with the Samsung.

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#1370444 19-Aug-2015 18:58

Brumfondl: Based on how Lenovo tablets actually look, no. Logo in the wrong place on the front. Same with the Samsung.

Ok thanks

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#1370456 19-Aug-2015 19:03

Certainly a fake of some kind; for one thing as far as I know there's no such thing as an octa-core Cortex A9 processor. It's quad core maximum.

Not that it's necessarily a bad tablet, it might be perfectly fine, but at the least something isn't right with the listing.

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#1370457 19-Aug-2015 19:04

As long as the screen resolution is accurate and the thing works at least as fast as a dual core I'd get one at that price.

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#1370471 19-Aug-2015 19:13

It's either not a Samsung device, or it's one not released in many markets. Samsung haven't released a landscape-oriented 9.7" 4G capable tablet, with the chipset or specs listed, in the EU/US/AU/NZ markets that I have seen.

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#1370682 20-Aug-2015 09:02

It's up to date with Android like a Samsung tablet though. 4.4.2 in this day and age

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#1370691 20-Aug-2015 09:21

paulmilbank: It's up to date with Android like a Samsung tablet though. 4.4.2 in this day and age.

I am curious as to why msot non branded tablets seem to be stuck in 4.4.x... I like hte idea of some of those dual OS W8.1/Android tablets but am yet to find one on Android 5.x