GOME's first batch of tablets was accused of failure

Beijing time on September 21 news, large reference founder Li Yi broke the news in its Tencent microblogging said, "The use of VIA program GOME first generation tablet FlyTouch has been declared a failure, the second generation of products will use ARM11 program."

Li Yi said that the second-generation FlyTouch (ie, flying touch) tablet PCs will be divided into 8-inch and 10-inch sizes, and retail prices will exceed 1,000 yuan.

Li Yi hinted that GOME's second-generation fly-touch tablet computer will no longer cooperate with VIA. He said, "I just finished corruption with the second-generation solution provider."

Tencent home appliance connection Gome insiders were informed that Gome is indeed ready to launch the second generation of tablet PCs, is expected to be listed before the National Day this year.

According to the insider, the difference between the second generation of flying touch tablets and the first generation is that the quality of the screen has been improved, the operating system has also been upgraded, consumers who have purchased the first generation of products can be upgraded to the first free Second-generation operating system, but the screen can not be basically replaced.

According to a consumer who purchased a touch tablet, the Gome Fly tablet uses a VIA 8505+ solution, which has a processor clock speed of only 400 MHz. The processing speed is even lower than that of a mainstream smart phone, and Android 1.5 is pre-installed. The maximum video playback capacity is only 320x240 MP4, and the Internet connection speed is very slow.

An executive from BOE introduced Tencent’s home appliances. The first generation of touch-sensitive tablets had a relatively low screen quality due to the low price.

"The other reason for the low price of the first generation product is that its function and quality are not good, so this product will definitely not become a mainstream product." Lu Jiebo, deputy secretary-general of the China Electronic Chamber of Commerce, said to Tencent's home appliance that Gome is a home appliance chain store. It does not have the service capabilities of professional manufacturers of tablet PCs and therefore cannot compete with other companies. Failure of the first generation of products is inevitable.

Lu Renbo also stated that although the quality and performance of GOME FLY touch tablet PCs have improved after the second-generation product upgrades, it is difficult to change the “unprofessional” industry characteristics, so the second-generation tablet PCs will also fail. .

On June 24 of this year, Gome and VIA officially launched a custom-designed fly-touch tablet PC. The first batch of custom-made one-million-piece units has a membership price of 999 yuan. So far it has only been listed for three months.