> Also, their claim is that they're not outsourcing. If you check their website, it claims everything is designed and manufactured in Australia.
Looking at pictures like [1] and [2]
I suppose it's possible they're making their own generic android tablet control panel,
designed and manufactured in Australia
and they just happened to add a camera, side-mounted USB charging connector, a headphone socket, microsd card slot, and a battery charge level indicator, loads of space for a battery that isn't present, a connector named VBAT
and also a chinese-language bootloader
but accidentally forgot to include the power and data connector they need, poking out the back of the device
so they had someone bodge it on afterwards by hand with a soldering iron
but IMHO it's more likely they mean
"manufactured in Australia from components sourced internationally"
and one of those components is a generic android tablet.
Should've added a bit more snark to that line to properly communicate that I absolutely don't believe their claims that everything is designed/made in Australia.
It's very obvious they just went for the cheapest bottom-of-the-barrel tablet Alibaba has to offer on one of their main products. I wouldn't trust this company to do anything competently.
Looking at pictures like [1] and [2]
I suppose it's possible they're making their own generic android tablet control panel,
designed and manufactured in Australia
and they just happened to add a camera, side-mounted USB charging connector, a headphone socket, microsd card slot, and a battery charge level indicator, loads of space for a battery that isn't present, a connector named VBAT
and also a chinese-language bootloader
but accidentally forgot to include the power and data connector they need, poking out the back of the device
so they had someone bodge it on afterwards by hand with a soldering iron
but IMHO it's more likely they mean
"manufactured in Australia from components sourced internationally"
and one of those components is a generic android tablet.
[1] https://www.myplacenz.co.nz/are-you-making-the-most-of-your-... [2] https://blog.hopefullyuseful.com/blog/advantage-air-ezone-ta...