And given that this tablet (the VANKYO MatrixPad Z4 Android 9), and the brand itself, is fairly new to the Amazon tablet marketplace, a trick that some sellers use (but not necessarily this one) to get their product feedback off to a flying start, is to pay for some "verified reviews".
This, in turn, makes that product look great and reels in genuine customers. Another tactic is to give some products away in return for a review. This is completely fine, and many companies do this. But needless to say, these reviews will most of the time be a bit bias in nature because the person has received a free product, so they will "be nice", while listing a few minor annoyances, rather than be brutally honest.
So what does the VANKYO MatrixPad Z4 have specification wise
It has a 10.1 Inch 1280 x 800 IPS display, Quad Core Processor @ 1.5 GHz, Android 9.0 (Pie) pre-installed, 32GB of internal storage space (expandable to 128GB via SD card), 2GB RAM, a fairly good 8 mega pixel camera (rear facing) and a 2mp front camera, WiFI, Bluetooth and a respectable battery life. It also comes with a 1 and a half year warranty.
So what's my opinion on this tablet?
Going on the research I have done, and what I know to look out for on Amazon regarding fake reviews, my opinion is that this tablet is not as good as it looks.
The big majority of 5 star reviews have conveniently added many pictures of the product, and a good amount of them have added video footage of the tablet in use, almost like they were given the product for free in return for an in-depth review that must include either pictures, video, or both. Seems very suspicious to me.
You don't even get that many people posting sample pictures taken from a top of the range camera they just bought from Amazon, let alone that many for a cheap tablet. Not even Apple iPads have that many picture / video reviews on Amazon per 54 reviews. That's the amount of reviews the VANKYO MatrixPad Z4 has as I'm writing this.
It may be a decent tablet, but with how much it costs, and with how dodgy the reviews appear to be, why buy this tablet over the many brands that are not just much more well known, but tried and tested, and also sit within the same price range. Brands like Samsung, Fusion5, NeoCore, Lenovo and Huawei.
