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First Impressions: Starmobile Engage 7-inch Android tablet
Starmobile is Filipino mobile phone company that specializes in affordable feature phones of their own design. It’s no surprise that sooner or later the company will also release their own Android devices.
The Starmobile Engage is their first Android tablet at 7-inch and has a retail price of just Php5,990. Can’t believe the price right? At that price, what you can usually get are entry-level Android smartphones.
We received a unit of Starmobile Engage recently so allow us to share to you our first impressions.
Inside the box, you’ll get the tablet itself, the charger, generic earphones, manual and the warranty card. Pretty basic stuff.
Lifting the Engage we immediately notice how light it is. The 7-inch display has a wide bezel surrounding it with the Starmobile logo below it. If you notice that the display is not that sharp, well it’s because of the low 800 x 480 resolution which you rarely see even in smartphones with 4.3-inch display.
It has a curved back with a matte black finish to discourage smudges and fingerprints. Upper right at the back you’ll find the typical 3.0 megapixel camera (no flash) you find in entry-level Android phones. Speaker grill is located on the lower right portion at the back. There’s also a VGA camera in front which works with video calls like Skype.
At the bottom edge of the tablet you’ll be greeted with a whole LOT of ports. From left to right you’ll get the Home button, Reset pinhole, mic, 3.5mm earphone jack, DC charging port, mini-USB, a regular USB, standard HDMI port, microSD slot, and the Power/Sleep button.
The Starmobile Engage is a WiFi-only device but you can use your 3G or 3.5G USB dongle with it. You can also plug in a USB flash drive and access its contents with this tablet. You need a file explorer app for it though which you can easily get from Google Play.
This tablet runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich already and is powered by a single-core 1.2GHz CPU with 1 GB RAM. Haven’t really used it that much but I experienced a little bit of lag when waking this device. There’s a 5GB internal storage here so you’d want to make use of the microSD slot for expansion.
Bottomline here is the Starmobile Engage won’t “wow” you in terms of looks but it has a unique design compared to other budget tablets in the market. The specs are not something you will like to show off either but they’re serviceable for the price that you are paying for. You will also get a lot of functionalities out of this device thanks to its myriad of ports.
The thing is, for just Php5,995, you’ll get a lightweight 7-inch Android tablet you can use to watch videos, surf, read books, video chat and play casual games with. Starmobile also prides itself with the high-quality of customer support they give which is their edge over other affordable brands in the market.
| Starmobile Engage |
|---|
| 1.2GHz A10 Cortex A8 CPU |
| 7-inch Capacitive Multi Touch Display, 800×480 pixel resolution |
| 1GB RAM, 5GB internal storage, expandable via microSD to 32GB |
| Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich |
| 3-megapixel rear facing camera |
| 0.3-megapixel front facing camera |
| WiFi, HDMI, USB OTG, supports 3.5G modem |
| No Bluetooth |
| 3000mAh Battery |
| SRP: Php5,990 |
paano ba maactivate ang globe tattoo broadband sa engage 7hd tablet, may signal naman pero ayaw lumabas nang 3G
kusa yang maactivate ung sakin nga eh smartbro nung sinaksak ko sa tablet kusang lumabas ung signal then ung 3G . baka may sira po ung tablet nyo o kaya sa settings lng yan
Paano po ba mag install ang Aking Sun Broadband???
the usb broadband capability is with this tablet however the newest version of those devices are mostly not compatible with tabs, mbps ea. 4-5 and lower are which can b used with this one. when i got mine i asked for the list of the dongles compatible with it.
Sun broadband plan? Ganyan ang gmit ko nkpag connect ako.. Just go to setting click more check data enable then click network operator then click select automatically.. Than wait for the signal, be sure to log in s google account then go to playstore.. You can now download games..
sir/maam panu po mg hard reset kng wla xa display. starmobile lng po display nya.tnx po
tulong naman po dyan, full bars ang signal pero ayaw lumabas nang 3g baka may kulang sa settings ko sa APN…..
look for your server minsan may mga area na mahina ang 3G/HSDPA even fullbar ang signal bar try mo lumipat ng location kapag may time ka or kelangan mo mag manual request ng gprs setting(smart/globe/sun)
paano po ulit mabubuksan ang tablet ko
nakalimutan ko kc ung pattern tas ayaw mag log in ung google acc. ko HELP plss
mag log-in ka sa pc gamit google account mo na kung ano ginamit mo sa android phone mo ppara mapalitan mo ng password kasi may alam me na ibang way kaso baka magkamali ka sa pag troubleshoot
pano po ung isang way?
Yes, anu ung isang way.. Same situation, thanks
HELP nyo nman po ako paano i hard reset ung starmobile engage 7.0″ android 4.0 . pls help i need my tablet back kc maraming important files dun
i realy realy need help anyone? plssss …
Yes, anu ung isang way.. Same situation, thanks
ano po yong gagawin. ginamit ko yong phone ko na myphone coonecting to starmobile gamit yong usb connector nang myphone. pangtanggal ko sa connector yong starmobile tab ko di na gumagana. para naman syang naka on kasi umiilaw yong screen. ang problema, wala naman akong makita. pls help po.
you need to reboot the system; dapat maalam ka sa way na to kasi medyo risk kapag kulang sa info.or knowledge about OS ng android soft reboot lang gagawin mo phonebook at kunting file lang ang hindi marerecover o e backup u muna sa sdcard
clear ba atsaka maliwanag ba ang camera nito pag gabi?? pls answer because i am planning to buy this tablet and i am looking for a tablet na mura pero clear yung camera….pls answer
clear po yung camera nito pero pag madilim yung room kung saan ka nagta-take ng picture halos hindi ka makikita
sir/madam ,
panu po gagawin ayaw magtuloy mag open ng s akin h’gang logo ng android lang po pls help nman po thx
Paano po ba ma-activate ang aking Sun Broadband(Alcatel One touch x090S) sa Starmobile Engage 9?
kailan po yung time tapos na ma-iinstall yung broadband? yung sa kin kc ang tagal nakalagay lng sa tablet ko installing pa raw
Bakit po ba madaling mag low battery yung tablet ko hanggang kailan po ba maglolow battery yung tab ko please give me an advise thank you
Bakit po hindi ko mai connect ung engage 9 tablet ko sa PLDTmyDsl na wifi? meron din po ba same prob. d2? thanks po
pwede po ba dito mag-install ng external webcam sa engage 7-Tv? like logitech webcam..mga ganyan? compatible po kaya?
Is it possible to re-set the Star Mobile Engage, nagpunta n ako s victory mall s service center ng Star Mobile pero hindi kaya ng nag assist skin kya pinapupunta ako sa Pasig.. Bakit hindi kayang support ung concern ko samantalang authorized service center ng star mobile ang victory mall s 3rd floor.. S Pasig ba kaya akong support kze plan ko na magpunta this coming week..????????
Bkt laging nag foforce close ung star mob. Engage9 q?? Wait or close ung lumalbas pag nag hang xa answer pls…
Good morning. We just bought a Starmobile Engage 7 TV and we cannot save downloaded files to the external sd card. May I request assistance on how to access the external memory?
Thanks in advance.