Kruger & Matz EDGE 1082 Test your tablet

Kruger & Matz EDGE 1082 is yet another tablet that producer with Windows 8.1. Can they replace the laptop? Everything seems to indicate so. Before you test the 10-inch tablet with Microsoft, for 750 zł.

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Abbreviation, or wideorecenzja Kruger & Matz EDGE 1082

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HOUSING

EDGE 1082 looks exactly like its predecessor (at least according to numerology) – EDGE 1081. This model, however, we are not hosted in our editorial office, so for me it is still unknown structure. Admittedly, the tablet makes a very good first impression. It is designed thoughtfully and can even be said that the stylishly. Really there is nothing to be ashamed of with branded products, even noticeably more expensive. It also triggers positive feelings ergonomics and balance – the equipment is not historically light, but nicely in your hands.The casing is made mostly of plastic, but the back of the structure was strengthened by adding aluminum plate. It is large, but there is no edge, thus holding the tablet standard, two-handed grip we have contact only with plastics with a special anti-slip texture. Materials quality is very good and should not raise any objections, even among demanding users. The screen is covered with a "normal" glass, without amplification, but with very good properties. The shell is rigid and hard – so that, despite the large area Jacuzzi effect practically non-existent. The only inconvenience is the fact that every touching the bare hand leaves a visible trace in the form of a fingerprint. This adversely affects not only the appearance but, frequently, the visibility of the image presented on the screen. However, this is a problem so widespread that it can not be considered to be a major flaw.can have some charges for it in the context fold housing components. First of all, the design is not well-padded, combined with a large, flat surface that is above average susceptibility to bending. While a stronger compression housing in their hands are also numerous crackling, creaking noises and other evidence of not the best passing. Praise be to the physical buttons, but which have optimal stroke and is securely in place. The tablet is equipped with a very substantial list of wired connections, all of which are located on one edge – left if we hold the device horizontally. We have available: 3.5mm audio input, HDMI mini connector, memory card slot, micro USB input, USB 3.0 and classic input for the power supply. Of all of the attention is drawn most position 5, or USB 3.0. The mere presence of full-size connector deserve praise, but the use of its latest version is already spoiling the user from the manufacturer.

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Together with the tablet manufacturer sent us a keypad, which also can serve as a case. This is an accessory which, in the case of EDGE 1081 model was supplied as standard while for 1082 can be purchased for 119 zł. The keyboard is sturdy and stylistically consistent with the tablet. It is also convenient to use and practical – even through smart submitting one of the walls so as to form a stand for the screen. Her only drawback is not fully functioning pad.  A pleasant surprise is a good cooling system components of the tablet. Even with considerable load, EDGE 1082 does not tend to overheat. During the session, the longer the CPU temperature reaches at right approximately 77 degrees C (which is more than tested by us previously SlimTab 8 Pro MS based on the same configuration), but the housing itself does not exceed at the same time, the border 36 ° C – good result equipment not only achieved thanks to a combination of plastic and aluminum, but also thanks to the large surface area, facilitating efficient removal of heat from inside the unit. It should, of course, aware that the connection adapter need to reckon with an additional temperature increase by a few degrees, which is a natural result of the process energy supplement. [Temperatura_obudowa product_id = "20848"]

CAMERA

The device is equipped with two cameras – front with a matrix 2-megapixel and a rear 5-megpikselowy. The front, which could also record video in 720p (9 frames / sec.) Can be used properly only as a webcam for video calls because the quality of photos taken with him is very poor.

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The rear unit falls slightly better, though still far from the ideal. Photographs seem more accessible, but also have seen grain and are not too specific. The colors are a bit faded, and with low light really hard for clear image. The video, this time in 1080p (14 frames / sec.) Is neither an acceptably sharp or smooth – they can be seen in the test samples and keyboards. Photo Software not stirred. This is not the Lumia series device, so there is no typical applications Camera and several other photo processing. Instead, he is only basic, Microsoft's program with the most basic tools.

Sample Images

 

A sample video

SCREEN

10-inch IPS display is one of the stronger sides of the machine. Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels at the diagonal gives a decent density of pixels per inch (218), and the technology performance and good quality matrix result in a nice, saturated colors and wide viewing angles. The colors are rather cool, very close to natural.

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to adjust the brightness scale is not a record, but her extreme values ​​should be sufficient for everyday use. It is worth paying attention primarily to the lower boundary, which is practically the lowest possible and is 1 cd / m2. The highest value is 318 cd / m2. With a very strong sun, it can not yet guarantee perfect readability, but in ordinary daylight should not be a problem. It deserves praise the uniformity of illumination, which is very good, especially considering the size of the screen. [Test slug = "display-battery" virtual = "TEST_JASNOSC_AKU_MIN, TEST_JASNOSC_AKU" product_id = "20848"] Touch panel is responsive and accurate. As befits a modern unit, supports multi-touch. Maximum can detect 10 points and according to our observations, even in this case there are no problems recognizing user's intentions.

EQUIPMENT

EDGE 1082 offers almost everything that can be found in competing devices. Almost, because it lacked GPS and a little less significant, but still useful NFC module. Fi system operating in 802.11 b / g / n (The single) worked well with our test router, providing a continuous connection in each of the test scenarios. [Test slug = "wifi-tablet" axis = "negative" product_id = "20848"] Bluetooth, though in a slightly outdated version 2.1, it performs flawlessly. You can connect an external accessory use it as a mouse or keyboard, but also to upload files. Users of wireless streaming live video on the big screen pleased to hear that the tablet fully supports standard miracast.

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Tablet theoretically does not have a 3G modem, but such an accessory left the place under a special flap – a dedicated modem can be purchased separately at a cost of approx. 100 zł, which will significantly extend the functionality of the device, and at the same time does not entail having to reach for sticking with Housing dongle, for which the manufacturer definitely be commended. Tablet usable memory is 32 GB. This value is rather standard when it comes to the budget tablet with Windows, but if you plan on intensive exploitation of equipment and storage of any files on it we have to consider buying a memory card. [Test slug = "CrystalDiskMark" product_id = "20848"] microSD slot in theory supports up to 32 GB cards. We checked to be sure, but also support 128 GB (Kingston 128GB Ultra microSDXC UHS-1 Class10 ) and did not record any problems with its operation. By installing the desktop applications you can select a card as storage. But it is not possible for download programs directly from the store to Microsoft, tiled interface. Deciding to use the microSD card as extra data storage for programs and apps worth taking for the fact that the read and write performance external storage is not high – even with a fast card installed (in our example it was the Kingston 32 GB microSDXC UHS-I U3speed 90R / 80W) support for additional gigabytes will be noticeably slower, as seen in the graph below. [Test slug = "CrystalDiskMark-sd" product_id = "20848"] As I said on the occasion of the case, the tablet has two USB ports – classic 3.0 and micro USB. Both of which support OTG, meaning you can use them to plug in an external memory or accessory. We checked the mouse, flash memory (NTFS and FAT32), external drives without power and USB and distribution – each of the devices was easily handled by Edge. On the upper edge of the housing unit'll find stereo speakers emit sound from the loudness at the level of 82 dB. They play pretty good, but for more advanced solutions, known for example from Z3 Xperia Tablet, unfortunately, do not wash. 

BATTERY

The hardware is equipped with a battery capacity of 7900 mAh. As shown by our synthetic tests and practical battery parameters are well matched to the performance of the tablet, allowing you to work "on the ground" without constantly nervous peeking at the battery indicator. You have to remember that we are dealing with a device based on Windows, which is much more energy intensive than Android – should keep this in mind looking at evaluation time on a single charge. [Test slug = "accumulator" virtual = "video-wifi-offs, internet-wifi, 3g internet, IM-fi, charging-ac" product_id = "20848"] All our tests were done by bringing brightness to 120 cd / m2, roughly in the middle of the scale slider – the luminance seems to be the optimum balance between enjoyment from watching saturated colors, and economy. We also conducted a supplementary batch of tests, using scenarios prepared by specialists from Futuremark (in the latest PCMark benchmark, the eighth installment). There are Work respectively (the least demanding – web browsing, working with documents), Home (mean demanding – web browsing, working with photos, online communication) and Creative (the most demanding – editing photos and videos, compressing files, video conferences) . [Test slug = "accumulator" virtual = "pcmark8-home-battery, pcmark8-creative-battery, pcmark8-work-battery" product_id = "20848"] problem, which can be disruptive is a very high energy consumption in sleep mode. It is a question of so important that in order to keep the tablet as long as possible, without charge, in the intervals between its use it is best simply to disable. Fortunately start of the system are relatively short.

PERFORMANCE / FUNCTIONALITY

EDGE efficiency for 1082 corresponds to an Intel Atom Z3735F, which consists of four cores clocked at 1.3 GHz and Intel HD graphics (Bay Trail-T). Supported by 2 GB of RAM kit is rather a standard solution when it comes to inexpensive device with Windows, but our experience with the test tablet show that this configuration is sufficient for both work and entertainment. EDGE 1082 in benchmarks falls just as others reviewed by our devices based on Atom Z3735F – worse results recorded only in a graphical benchmarks, it is worth remembering, however, that in contrast to the likes of models Kiano SlimTab 8 Pro MS, layout in the test tablet is struggling with higher, native resolution (1920 x 1200 pixels vs. 1280 x 800 pixels), which has a significant impact on performance.

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Games for tablet available in the store to Microsoft, no longer pose a challenge for the test EDGE1082. This refers primarily of positions likes of Asphalt 8: Airborne. For more demanding users, who will do whatever they want to use your tablet for games also we have a nice information. Tested by us Desktop titles like Diablo 3, Starcraft 2 and Hearthstone launched without a problem. What's more, if you turn a blind eye to minor trim and you will not be demanding when it comes to graphic details, go ahead you will be able to roll a comfortable gameplay. [Test slug = "game-windows-new" product_id = "20848"] Tablet also has a lot of multimedia capabilities. After installing the software with the latest codecs can handle all popular video formats and 1080p, as well as audio formats AC3 or DTS habit. [Test slug = "peacekeeper" product_id = "20848"] [test slug = "SunSpider" product_id = "20848"] [test slug = "kraken" product_id = "20848"] [test slug = "3dmark" product_id = "20848 "] [test slug =" pcmark8-windows "product_id =" 20848 "]

Playing Media

Marked in red unsupported formats:

– MKV, 480p, xvid, 1Mbps, he aac, subtitles; – MKV, 720p, h264, 600kbps, AAC / MP3 audio dual; – MP4, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, aac; – MKV, 720p, h264, 3Mbps, vorbis, subtitles; – MP4, 720p, h264, 6Mbps, ac3; – MKV, 1080p h264, 10Mbps, dts; – MKV, 1080p h264, 40Mbps; – Mp4, 4K (3840×2160), h264, 34mbps (lack of liquidity in the image); – Mp4, 4K (4096×1716), h264, aac, 35Mbps (lack of liquidity in the image). The device runs on Windows 8.1 version "with Bing". Work on the interface – both standard computer and tiled – is very pleasant and almost effortless. Thanks to the complete, 32-bit version of the system we have almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to supported formats documents and files. Tablet copes well even with considerable, rich in images PDF-ami, and the browser, with full support for Flash is functional as a classic notebook. Seal of good equipment is the addition of an annual subscription to the full Microsoft Office 365. 

CONCLUSION / EVALUATION

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Kruger & Matz EDGE1082 is definitely one of the best Polish products manufacturer with German sounding name. It is a successful fruit of the evolution of the 10-calowców of Windows, which is finally able to some extent replace the classic notebook. It does not have major defects, by the way looks very nice, and this costs only 750 zł. So the question remains: what more could you want? [Temperatura2 product_id = "20848"] [inne_propozycje product_id = "20848"]