Toshiba Excite X10 vs Toshiba Thrive | Speed, Performance and Features Reviewed | Full Specs Compared
When the outcome of a certain design is considered as a failure by the majority, the manufacturer has to do their level best to avert the image caused by that. One of the particular ways they would pursue is to come up with a new design to replace the old one and promote it well. But when the predecessor is not an utter failure yet unpopular, then the choice they have to make is hard. The key is to adjust the time between two releases to maximize the predecessor throughput without entirely tarnishing the brand and releasing the successor at the recession. But then, sometimes you have no option but to release it with the pressure from the events in the market. The counter argument is also true, sometimes; you have to wait for events in the market to unleash your product. In the case of what we are going to discuss today, the latter has happened.
When Toshiba released Toshiba Thrive to the market, it was a good device, yet it was not so popular. It was apparently released in July, and the market share it has acquired has been relatively low. So in the light of these events, Toshiba announced the release of Toshiba Excite, which comes as a successor for Toshiba Thrive. Unfortunately, we think that they were actually waiting for the CES 2012 to release the Excite X10 for optimum impact, but then that has caused some damage to Toshiba’s reputation in the tablet market. That is why keeping them in balance is so important. We will talk about why Toshiba Thrive wasn’t a deal magnet, while how Toshiba has improved their design in Toshiba Excite X10 with this comparison.
Toshiba Excite X10
We’ve seen some pretty impressive tablets at the CES 2012, and Toshiba Excite X10 is one of them, of course it isn’t on the elite lineup, but nonetheless, we are impressed. The 10.1 inch tablet has a LED backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen featuring a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels at 149ppi pixel density. The screen is of good quality, and we like the color reproduction of the panel. The resolution is top notch too, although with Asus and Acer hitting the 1920 x 1200 pixels, this one seems history. Nonetheless, we have to admit it’s a great resolution. It has 1.2GHz dual core processor on top of TI OMAP 4430 chipset with PowerVR SGX540 GPU. The setup is boosted by 1GB of RAM. Excite X10 runs on Android OS v3.2 Honeycomb while Toshiba promises an upgrade. We find that Honeycomb commands the resources well, but ICS must be the ideal choice. The UI looks clean, and there are some upgrades to the layout too, especially the media player has been upgraded with their own design and it’s rather neat and beautiful.
On the optics department, Toshiba Excite X10 comes with 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash with geo tagging and the camera can capture 720p HD videos at 30 frames per second. The front facing camera can be used for video conferencing along with Bluetooth v2.1. Toshiba Excite is one of those tablets that defines it’s connectivity through wi-fi. The Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n adapter enables it to connect to any hotspot that is available. It also has DLNA to enable wireless streaming of rich media content. It has two storage options, 16GB and 32GB, and since it has the microSD slot that can be used to expand the memory, we won’t complain. We have been talking about the core functions of the tablet, but let’s get back to what’s special in Toshiba Excite X10 as Toshiba promotes it. The Toshiba Excite is the thinnest tablet in the market as per their claim, and we have to go with that for the moment. It counts for really a light tablet as well scoring a thickness of 7.7mm and weight of 535g. The device comes in black, and the black plate has an expensive look since they have textured it with Magnesium Alloy. We were told that the battery can drive the tablet for a duration of 8 hours straight from a charge.
东芝蓬勃发展
阅读介绍后,如果您假设蓬勃发展是坏品种,那么事实并非如此。这是一款不错的平板电脑,但不如其余平板电脑友好,因此在观众中不受欢迎。它具有10.1英寸的IPS LCD电容触摸屏,其16m颜色的分辨率为149ppi Pixel密度为1280 x 800像素。它于7月发布,当时该决议是市场上最好的。我们对屏幕根本没有任何问题;该面板简直太棒了,可以重现自然色,同时具有在宽敞的日光中使用的能力。消费者的主要投诉之一是蓬勃发展太笨重了。确实如此,因为它长272毫米,宽175毫米,厚15mm。您可以忘记长度和宽度,但是对于现代平板电脑来说,厚度太大了。这可能是因为它具有USB V2.0端口,但权衡不正确。 It is also unnecessarily hefty with a weight of 771g. This is actually where it didn’t appeal to customers. Despite been a tablet with good performance, it lacked the necessary ergonomics to keep the consumer satisfaction.
东芝(Toshiba)已在Nvidia Tegra 2芯片组以及ULP GEFORCE GPU和1GB RAM上包括1GHz Cortex A9双核处理器。该系统在Android OS v3.2蜂窝上运行,东芝不太可能对ICS进行升级。这是一个问题,但不是一个主要问题,因为姜饼确实设法在此设置中同样有效地控制了资源。它具有5MP配备自动对焦和2MP前置摄像头,用于视频会议与蓝牙v2.1捆绑在一起。作为继任者,Thrive还通过Wi-Fi定义了它的连接性,具有Wi-Fi 802.11 B/G/N适配器。它具有三个存储选项:8 GB,16 GB和32 GB,可以使用microSD卡扩展存储空间。没有关于东芝蓬勃发展的电池性能的实质性报告,但我们认为它将大约7到8个小时。
东芝的简短比较X10与东芝壮大 •Toshiba Excite X10由Ti Omap 4430芯片组的1.2GHz双核处理器提供动力,而Toshiba Thrive由NVIDIA TEGRA 2芯片组的1GHz双核处理器提供动力。 •东芝激发X10在Android OS v3.2蜂窝上运行,并希望对ICS进行升级,而Toshiba在Android OS v3.2 Honeycomb上蓬勃发展。 •Toshiba Excite X10具有10.1英寸的LED背光LCD电容式触摸屏,在149ppi Pixel密度下具有1280 x 800像素,而Toshiba Thrive具有IPS LCD电容式触摸屏,具有相同的像素密度相同的分辨率。 • Toshiba Excite X10 is smaller, thinner and lighter (256 x 176mm / 7.7mm / 535g) than Toshiba Thrive (272 x 175mm / 15mm / 771g). |
Conclusion
我们在介绍了包装本身,so there’s no doubt that you would have understood what’s coming. Toshiba Excite X10 is obviously better than Toshiba Thrive, and that is the reason why they have pushed Excite X10 into the market. Let us discuss how exactly Excite X10 is better than Toshiba Thrive. To start with, as we have been saying, the general complaint was that Thrive was hefty and bulky. Toshiba has not only addressed that issue in Excite, but they have made it the thinnest and one of the lightest tablets in the market. This itself is a great leap for Toshiba. They have also redesigned the ergonomics to fit easily in hand for extended amounts of times. That is about the major differences between Excite and Thrive. There’s a slight improvement in the processor overclocked at 1.2GHz and a change of chipset to TI OMAP 4430 from Nvidia Tegra 2. There are also some improvements in the UI, and the Magnesium Alloy back plate is an eye catcher. Finally, comes the price factor where we tend to see a problem. The 16GB version is priced at $529, which is very steep, whereas the other tablets leading the industry are well below that marker, even the Apple iPad 2. So this may not be appealing to a larger audience, nonetheless, if you’re in for it, go for it, because Toshiba Excite X10 sure is an impressive tablet.
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