Murena /e/OS Tablet Review: Privacy for a Price

Inside the Volla is an Octa-core, MediaTek Helio G99 chip—which, portion not the fastest mobile spot around, was plentifulness speedy capable for web browsing and watching 4K video. The lone spot I would spot this spot arsenic a limiting origin is successful gaming. For that, you'd astir apt privation thing much powerful.

Along with the processor you get 12 GB of RAM and 512 GB of built-in retention space. There are nary further configuration options, and disappointingly there's nary microSD paper slot to grow the storage. There is simply a sim paper slot, though, and I was capable to usage the tablet connected T-Mobile's web without immoderate issues.

The mentation of /e/OS that ships with the Volla is based connected Android 14, which is simply a small down astatine this point, but is astatine slightest the merchandise which saw Google yet adhd a fewer features that marque it easier for developers to physique apps for ample screens. Any apps taking vantage of these features should enactment conscionable good connected /e/OS.

For its part, Murena has not added immoderate tablet-specific tools to /e/OS, the mode Samsung and OnePlus person built their ain productivity-enhancing UIs for their tablets. You get the features of banal Android 14 successful the signifier of divided surface apps, but that's astir it successful presumption of tablet-specific features. The main entreaty is, of course, the privacy-focused /e/OS and the deficiency of Google Services installed connected the Volla. Instead, you get Murena's services (optional), oregon you tin bash what I bash and usage your ain web services (a premix of Syncthing and NextCloud with immoderate different likelihood and ends). Either way, you get to commencement without Google.

This does mean that determination tin beryllium issues with apps. As I noted successful my reappraisal of /e/OS, immoderate banking apps successful peculiar look to person issues with microG, which is what /e/OS uses alternatively of Google's assorted APIs and tools. On this tablet, I ran into different contented that could perchance beryllium related to microG (though it could besides beryllium hardware-related).