If sales are slow, that's not a problem. All that is needed is to buy a few fake 5 star reviews to get the ball rolling, and the real sales will eventually start to trickle in. Sorry to burst your bubble if you weren't aware of these types of shady tactics, but that is the sad reality of the situation. They are all the rage in this day and age.
Am I being too harsh? Maybe. Not all cheap tablet brands do this, and not all of them produce completely terrible devices. Example: I'm not saying the OYYU brand of tablets have done this. Actually, looking at their other models I'd say they haven't, because the general Amazon review scores for most of their other tablets is not very good. And their OYYU T11 Tablet / Phablet is actually not a bad device for the price.
The key giveaways for fake reviews are either an excellent review score with not many "verified purchases", review text that seems odd, or a review score that started off with everyone rating five stars and then going downhill as soon as the "real customers" started buying the product. Some sellers are more savvy and will mix it up constantly. Needless to say, this type of deceit is much harder to detect.
However, I've been in this business for quite a few years now, and I've seen so many little known brands come and go. Take for instance, brands like PolaTab and NPOLE, they used to sell tablets under their brand name. In fact, some of the PolaTab models were pretty good. Where are they now? Well, PolaTab are nowhere to be found and NPOLE sell a whole range of other products. They have one tablet for sale in used condition.
What I'm saying here is that not many of the cheaper tablet brands originating from China specialise in only tablets. For most of them, tablets are just another product within a long line of products that they produce and sell, from PC accessories and mops, to toothbrushes.
That's one of the main reasons NOT to buy a cheap tablet from an widely unknown brand. There's not much support if things go wrong, and sadly, not much care has gone into ensuring a quality product is being sold to customers. Quality control and reliable parts are lacking. In so many cases, the internal components are just not of a high enough standard of quality to last a long time. Hence why you see so many of the cheaper tablet review scores filled with unhappy customers.
The really really good news for you, as a consumer, is that now in 2018 - 2019, you absolutely don't have to buy a tablet from an unknown brand with a poor review score. That's because brands like Samsung, Lenovo and Huawei now have tablets for sale at the same price as what many of the cheaper "no name" brands cost to buy. In some cases the better, more well know brands, such as the Huawei "T" models, are even cheaper.
So, before you buy a unknown brand just because the spec sounds amazing, and you think that's all your budget will allow, have a shop around for some of the brands mentioned here. I think you'll be surprised at what you can get for the same price.
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