Volla tablet arrives in April

libremax

And will be compatible with Ubuntu Touch: http://tablet.volla.online/

domubpkm

It's exciting to have a new UT compatible tablet. I will buy it although I don't see it being 5G compatible.

tera

Makes me wonder which rebranding it is since Gigaset do not seem to make Tablet anymore... looks like a Blackview Tab 18 maybe (?)

domubpkm

The tablet will have two strong points :
12 gb ram !! + two SIM slots.

MrT10001

@domubpkm 5G implementation is pretty poor in some areas around me, so 4G would suffice. However, cell (mobile) providers seem to be dropping their data only SIM's!

domubpkm

@MrT10001 said in Volla tablet arrives in April:

However, cell (mobile) providers seem to be dropping their data only SIM's!

What do you mean please ?

MrT10001

@domubpkm Some providers seem to be dropping their data only SIM's, however Vodaphone is not according to their website. I think the loss of the 3G network coupled with personal choice of a smartphone over tablet (or the new foldable devices becoming phablets) is probably driving this! Some ISP's provided routers with a SIM slot to keep the Internet connection alive if ADSL/VDSL went down, but with the advent of fibre to the house which is really reliable, these are more than likely going to be phased out and there was another reason for DATA only SIM's.
Also the market share of SIM less phones seem to be hitting the US (thanks Apple), so will no doubt be hitting Europe in the same way, so looking to the future, eSIM's will become the norm (which UT doesn't support yet?) . I had the joy of repairing a SIM less phone which had SIM slots to get it to see a SIM card, but the device was locked to eSIM only, even though the provider had unlocked it (sorry digress).
I get good 5G coverage, but it flicks to 4G a lot and where I work, it is non-existent. If I leave my Android device to prefer 5G, the connection just drops! 4G just works, but then again, I have been in the middle of the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and got a better signal than I get at work with cell towers nearby.

Lakotaubp

@libremax Price?

libremax

@Lakotaubp Not announced for now. I suppose prices will be lower at the beginning in April on kickstarter.

kugiigi

Oh nice, I really want a UT tablet. I wonder how good the Mediatek SOC though. With a quick search, it's on par but a bit worse than SD845 which is in Poco F1 if I'm not mistaken. 12GB of RAM is nice though especially for running Waydroid Hopefully external display will also be supported.