PMID701c vs PMID701i display

[Fors78]

Have any of you besides me gotten both models? I have both models here and I notice the screen is much brighter on the 701c, with both units brightness turned all the way up and I load the same app or a white webpage side by side on the units the 701c is very bright. Could this be that ICS is just darker, or would it be the screen? I also seen another post about this in amazons reviews, someone else noticing the same thing.

[Nux]

Have any of you besides me gotten both models? I have both models here and I notice the screen is much brighter on the 701c, with both units brightness turned all the way up and I load the same app or a white webpage side by side on the units the 701c is very bright. Could this be that ICS is just darker, or would it be the screen? I also seen another post about this in amazons reviews, someone else noticing the same thing.

Yeah I've noticed the 701i is darker also the display content is smaller.

[Fors78]

Do you think it could be the actual screen, or could ICS be making it darker? I guess I will know soon once we get a stock rom of ICS, I will flash my C model with it and see how the brightness is then, then determine which one I will be returning depending on that. That is if we get a stock rom before my 30 day return period runs out.

[Nux]

Do you think it could be the actual screen, or could ICS be making it darker? I guess I will know soon once we get a stock rom of ICS, I will flash my C model with it and see how the brightness is then, then determine which one I will be returning depending on that. That is if we get a stock rom before my 30 day return period runs out.

I think it's ICS & not the device, I have 2 701i's and 1 701C and the i's are both darker and have the smaller content (the smaller content is what I don't like). I do like how much the 701C is like my other tablet, made getting used to it a snap, but I've grown to really like the ICS much better, esp the settings area what a tremendous improvement over the other android OS's!

[SingleDad]

Is that a possible reason for the longer battery life on the 701i?

Just a thought...I've heard a few people comment that the battery life is better on the 701i compared to the 701c. Is the darker display a possible reason for this?

Would they "dial down" the display's max achievable brightness via ICS to conserve battery life?

[Nux]

Just a thought...I've heard a few people comment that the battery life is better on the 701i compared to the 701c. Is the darker display a possible reason for this?

Would they "dial down" the display's max achievable brightness via ICS to conserve battery life?

The 701i unit stays much cooler as well, a lot cooler! The 701C feels like it's going to ignite when I play taxing games. Not sure if the heat I'm feeling on the backside is from battery dissipation or the heat coming off the circuitry or perhaps both? No worries though, I've run them both pretty hard and no fires of explosions etc... LOL

[SingleDad]

The 701i unit stays much cooler as well, a lot cooler! The 701C feels like it's going to ignite when I play taxing games. Not sure if the heat I'm feeling on the backside is from battery dissipation or the heat coming off the circuitry or perhaps both? No worries though, I've run them both pretty hard and no fires of explosions etc... LOL

Yeah mine gets warm..but I don't play many demanding games on it. The most taxing thing I do is probably attempting to watch something on Netflix..it does get moderately warm then. Not blazing hot ..but noticeably warm for sure.

[Fors78]

Yeah mine gets warm..but I don't play many demanding games on it. The most taxing thing I do is probably attempting to watch something on Netflix..it does get moderately warm then. Not blazing hot ..but noticeably warm for sure.

Are you actually able to watch netflix? It is horrible on my I with ICS. after 10-15s it freezes video completely and audio skips.

[SingleDad]

Are you actually able to watch netflix? It is horrible on my I with ICS. after 10-15s it freezes video completely and audio skips.

Well I don't have the I..I have the 701C which is basically the I with Gingerbread instead of ICS. It took forever to make Netflix actually watchable on it.

When I Initially loaded the newest Netflix app it ran like crap. Froze ....audio was way out of sync when it would play etc. I downloaded and installed an older version of Netflix...version 1.5.2.
That seems to play very well. There are moments when the audio seems a little out of sync but it doesn't freeze and is at least tolerable.

If you haven't found it there is a whole thread I have about trying to get Netflix working right on the 701c...I'm guess it would be helpful on the 701i as well. It's right here:

http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?577-Can-anyone-help-me-get-Netflix-working-smoothly-on-the-PMID701C&highlight=netflix

You could try installing the older version of Netflix (link is the thread). You might also try dialing down your Netflix video setting. If you go into settings on Netflix you can make the quality setting lower and it might helps. It seems my 701C is much more sensitive to wifi connection settings than any other device in my house when it comes to netflix.

Worth a try!

I'm a little bummed to see you have issues with Netflix. I've heard others say Netflix works well on the I. I was hoping the ICS would be an improvement over Gingerbread when it came to Netflix

[Nux]

Are you actually able to watch netflix? It is horrible on my I with ICS. after 10-15s it freezes video completely and audio skips.

With the 701C Net Flix is tolerable the 701i freezes up after a few seconds as well. I had it working on one 701i but did a factory reset and never got it to work again.

Try an older version of Net Flix that was working for other ppl, here's a link to 1.5.2:
((1.5.2, the one ppl found best, also I'd remove the 1st Net Flix app then install the new one, don't do a replace))

http://www.apktops.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=6156

Here's a page with a few versions to choose from:
((Scroll to the bottom))

http://www.apktops.com/netflix-1-5-2.html

[SingleDad]

Oh yeah...when running the old Netflix app it will constantly remind that an update is available. (When you first open it,when you return to browse after watching something...etc)

Just tap cancel to ignore their helpful reminder

[SingleDad]

With the 701C Net Flix is tolerable the 701i freezes up after a few seconds as well. I had it working on one 701i but did a factory reset and never got it to work again.

That's weird. Sucks to hear it's not any better on 701i. I wonder why it was working for you and then was messed up after a reset. Definitely sounds more like it has something to do with the OS/firmware than the actual hardware then.

Weird.

[c,lei]

Just a thought...I've heard a few people comment that the battery life is better on the 701i compared to the 701c. Is the darker display a possible reason for this?

Would they "dial down" the display's max achievable brightness via ICS to conserve battery life?

Easy way to find out. If someone has both units just compare the brightness settings of both units. If the 701c's bithness is higher, then the battery life will be shorter, just like the battery life on a laptop.

Another thing is that ICS maybe using a newer/more recent Linux kernel which has better power management features on the same hardware.

Personally I don't like the newer GUI's/interfaces like Gnome 3, ICS and Windows 8. Designed/Focused too much on/for the TeleTubbie set if you ask me.

[chuckr01]

Does the display on either the 701C or 701I seem a bit cloudy

I just bought the 701I to replace my old Huawei S7. I'm happy with most of the performance but the display seems cloudy. The white background on the WEB or e-mail seems to have a blue/gray cast compared to my Huawei and my ASUS Slider. Is this a factor of the display resolution or does mine have a video issue? I realize that the resolution on the Slider is much better but the Huawei is 1 1/2 years old and is the same as the Polaroid. The white background on it is much brighter. The other issue I have is the display blurs in areas when scrolling on WEB pages and clarifies at different rates within a page as I scroll. Do I have a video issue with mine or is this common on these devices. If mine is messed up I want to return it within the 30 day window, if this is normal I will keep it, the improvements over the old Huawei are worth the irritations with the display and scrolling. I realize there is only so much to expect of an ICS device for $99.99 but if mine isn't up to speed with what others are seeing I want to get another one before I load too many more things. I got the Market working and have Flash Player and e-mail and gmail loaded but there are others that I will load once I'm sure that I will keep this one.

One other question, has anyone found out how to get screen captures? I read that ICS has this feature but I tried holding the Power and Volume Down as was suggested in that article and nothing happens. My ASUS has this with 3.2 by long pressing the Recent Apps button, but I think that is an ASUS add on.

[SingleDad]

I realize there is only so much to expect of an ICS device for $99.99 but if mine isn't up to speed with what others are seeing I want to get another one before I load too many more things.

Unfortunately I'm not sure we can really judge what is "normal" on these as of yet. Based SOLELY on what I've been reading here in the forums, there seems to be a great deal of variability in these tablets.

Some people have reported making multiple exchanges before getting one that worked right. Some have described wifi connectivity issues or tablets that refuse to play Netflix smoothly. They return their tablet for another tablet of the same model number and things work fine with that new tablet.

There has also been discussion of some of the 701i's not having the TV output jack.

I have the 701C so I can't really help with your question about the 701i. I do know some have complained that the 701i display isn't as bright as the 701i. Hopefully someone here will be able to help compare your display with theirs.