Wave Slate 11 Tablet

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A tablet sized for a book, a drawing or a spreadsheet. The 11 inch panel runs at 2560 x 1600, there is a matte screen protector in the box because most people read on these for hours, and the four speakers are tuned flat rather than boosted. Two cheats are specific to a tablet of this size and both are measurable. The first is the 120 Hz that only the home screen runs at: the launcher animates at 120, and the browser, the reader and most applications drop to 60 without telling you, so the number on the box describes a wallpaper. The second is PWM. An inexpensive panel dims by switching the backlight on and off hundreds of times a second, which is invisible to most people and gives a significant minority a headache within twenty minutes, and no box in this category prints a flicker figure at all. Beside them sit the two general ones: a battery quoted in mAh with no voltage, and a charging wattage that is a peak rather than a rate. All four have numbers below.

• 120 Hz across the whole system, including scrolling in the browser and the reader, not only the launcher animation
• DC dimming at every brightness level, percent flicker under 3 percent against IEEE 1789. No PWM anywhere on the scale
• 11.0 inch IPS, 2560 x 1600, measured 486 nits full-screen white on a production unit, sRGB 99 percent, Delta E under 2 after factory calibration
• 8,000 mAh at 3.87 V nominal, which is 31.0 Wh. Both figures printed
• 12 hours of reading at 150 nits and 60 Hz, and 6 hours 40 minutes of video at 300 nits and 120 Hz. Two numbers, two conditions
• Battery rated for 1,200 charge cycles to 80 percent of its rated 31.0 Wh, and replaceable when it finally tires
• 30 W USB-C Power Delivery charger and cable in the box. 30 W is the peak; averaged over a full charge it is about 22 W at the wall, and 0 to 100 takes about 95 minutes
• Storage is UFS 3.1 at a sequential write of 1,100 MB/s, soldered, and stated as soldered. A microSD slot to 1 TB and a 3.5 mm jack are both kept
• No IP rating, and none is printed. Six Phillips screws, a clip-fit back and a replaceable battery are what we chose instead of a sealed shell
• Every unit is new. No returned display or battery is fitted into a new tablet
• There is no Shuunnya service-centre network. A warranty claim means sending the tablet to us, and no turnaround time is promised because none can honestly be promised yet