SurPad is a new thin and light Android Tablet launched by Chuwi. The high-performance tablet is structurally solid and comes with a magnetically attachable keyboard which could greatly improve functionality in many areas.
The SurPad has a textured metallic body and comes with a 10.1” display with very minimal bezels. Being an FHD+ display with a resolution of 1920X1080, which has become a standard for all devices, the Tablet should offer a pretty fair viewing experience. The SurPad comes with an 8 core processor that can handle most of everything you throw at it. Combined with a blazing fast UFS storage the device feels as smooth as butter.
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The key attraction of the SurPad will be the magnetically attachable keyboard which always remained an add-on only for the premium tablets like the iPad or the Surface tablet from Microsoft. Since the SurPad is sporting an Helio processor, it is no surprise that it will support Dual 4G.
Before we proceed to the benchmark scores of the tablet let’s have a look at the hardware specifications of the SurPad.
Hardware Specifications
- Helio 8 core MT677V processor
- Mali G72 GPU
- 128 GB UFS storage
- RAM: 4GB DDR4 memory
- 10.1” FHD+ (1920X1200) IPS Display
- 542G Lightweight metal body
- Dual 4G support
Performance benchmark
CPU
The 8 core CPU of the SurPad scored 301 for single-core and 1414 for multi-core in Geekbench 5 which if you are familiar with the software will agree that is a decent processor that could handle most of your daily tasks you throw at it.
GPU
GFXBench is a tool used by most tech enthusiasts to benchmark their GPU and the software runs large-scale scenes from games to test the performance of the GPU. The SurPad’s GPU performed well and gave high frames per second (fps) in HD resolution which is a good indication that it could handle demanding games. Also, games including Minecraft and Wild Speed 9 was smooth and didn’t experience any overheating. The Mali G72 GPU decoded a 4K video very smoothly and certain that the included UFS storage also had its part in it.
Storage
Most tablets available in the market use eMMC storage which is not a bad thing, but if we compare it with the modern UFS storage we could see that UFS clearly has its lead. This is why modern Samsung tablets feel smooth and fast. The SurPad also sports 128 GB UFS storage which not only means more space but faster read/write speeds. In the benchmark result, the SurPad scored an average data transfer speed of 463.29MB/s, and sometimes it was able to peak at as high as 552.35MB/s.
Display
The SurPad comes with a 10.1’’ FHD+ IPS display. With a resolution of 1920X1080, the viewing experience was great on the SurPad. It offered decent color reproduction and better blacks for an IPS display.
The included keyboard will be a game-changer for the SurPad. The kickstand is always is a must-have for every tablet. The typing experience with the keyboard was good, it had decent key travel for its form factor. The keyboard gave the tablet the feel of a 2 in 1. Combined with the keyboard the tablet is a good choice for productivity scenarios such as an office tablet. It can be used for preparing PPTs or DOC files using the Microsoft Office suite for Android.
To conclude, the SurfPad is a productive Tab with enough power to get your work delivered on time. What do you guys gave to say?
