TechRadar Verdict
If you purchased all the parts of this product and assembled them yourself, you could probably get the same or similar experience for less. But there’s something compelling about it all being one piece, even if it has a few minor wrinkles that Apolosign needs to iron out.
Benefits
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32-inch 4K panel
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Rolling stand
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Integrated Android 16 touchscreen tablet
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Will run on battery
- +
Integrated anti-scald protection
Disadvantages
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Delicate assembly
- –
Modest SoC performance
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Battery life is limited
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Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV: 30-Second Review
Products that merge technology to create something interesting are not a new concept, and with the advent of the Smart TV, most of us have one or more of them in our homes.
But the Apolosign 32″ Smart Portable TV takes the idea of tech crossover to a whole new level, as it combines a 4K display, Android 16 tablet, and battery backup into one take-anywhere solution.
It’s perfect for promotional signage, but I could also see it as the perfect way to explain mobile apps in an educational setting.
If there’s a downside to packing so much technology together, it’s weight, and this product weighs 22kg in the box, and not much less out of it. Therefore, putting it together is probably a two-person job, and if it falls and hits something, it will break.
Plus, at almost $1,000/£1,000, it’s not cheap for what looks on the surface like a 32-inch TV, but that doesn’t take into account all the tech underneath.
If you need a huge 4K Android tablet that can run all the standard apps and be touch or voice operated while still being battery powered, the options are limited.
And, while there are a few places where it could have been a little better, overall Apolosign has done a decent job of making this fusion product design work.
Apolosign 32-inch smart portable TV: price and availability
- How much does it cost? $820/£1,000/€1,100
- When was it released? Available now
- Where can you get it? Direct from the manufacturer or through an online retailer
The Apolosign 32″ Smart Portable TV costs $819 from its manufacturer, although it can be found on Amazon.com for almost exactly the same price plus 99 cents. UK customers pay £999.99 on Amazon.co.uk and in Europe, €1,099.99.
Therefore, Americans are getting a much better deal here than anyone else, for no obvious reason, since the stuff is made in China.
If you want to save money but still like the concept, Apolosign also offers a version with a 1080p screen for $719. And, for $619, you can have a 1080p model with a 24-inch panel. While these are cheaper, saving a few hundred dollars might not provide the best experience, and that’s the goal of this device.
I noticed a few other brands selling what looked like similar gear, but their prices were generally higher. Although I did find one on Amazon.co.uk selling what appeared to be similar equipment for just £699.99. But I noticed that the product only has 128GB of storage, a 10,500mAh battery, and no HDMI input.
So you get what you pay for.
Taking that into account, with the Apolosign 32″ Smart Portable TV you get an Android tablet, a 32-inch 4K display, a 4K webcam, a remote control, a battery system that can power everything, and a tall stand, the asking price, even outside of America, is not excessive.
And for those living in the United States, it might even be a good deal.
- Value: 4/5
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Article |
Specification |
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Processor |
Rockchip RK3576, 8nm, octa-core (4x Cortex-A72 up to 2.2-2.4 GHz + 4x Cortex-A53) |
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GPU |
Mali-G52 MC3 |
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RAM |
8 GB |
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Storage |
256 GB |
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Display |
32-inch 4K 10-point capacitive touchscreen, IPS technology, 300 nits |
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Main camera |
4K webcam (provided) |
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Battery |
15,000 Ah double cell |
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Loading |
PSU Fees |
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Operating system |
Android 16 |
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5G |
N / A |
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Networking |
Wi-Fi 6, BT5.3 |
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Dimensions |
18x32x151cm |
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Weight |
22kg in a box |
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Colors |
White |
Apolosign 32-inch smart portable TV: design
- Pleasure of assembly
- Power Options
- Dual-use design
In the box, this stuff weighs 50 pounds, and the box doesn’t account for much of that weight.
This mass is mainly due to the construction of the base, which features intentional additional weight, as well as a battery, to increase stability when fully assembled. Assembly begins with the base, connecting it to a two-piece pillar, then, once assembled, attaching the monitor using a VESA 100 mount.
I strongly suggest that, unlike me, anyone doing this has a second support person on hand, as some of the parts and assembly are heavy.
The added complication of this design is that the power supply plugs into the base and power is transmitted through a series of connectors along the support arm to the display.
My installation was made even more fun because inside the lid of the box was a set of instructions that I decided to follow. To connect the base to the bottom half of the pillar, I was told to use screws labeled B3x16, and this was the only bag of screws that had a label.
Except that someone in the packing department had taken B3 as the number of screws and put three screws in there intended for the VESA connection stage, and they weren’t anywhere near 16mm long. I found them in an unmarked bag, give four to tie and one spare. But anyone who followed the instructions in the box to the letter would be stuck because the VESA screws are not long enough for this mount.
Once I realized the mistake, everything went smoothly, and soon the support arm and screen were treated as one unit.
For those wondering, there is a panel you can remove on the screen that provides access to USB ports and an HDMI port for those who want to use a PC or smart drive with it. And also in this place is a place to directly power the system with the PSU. However, if you use this power input, the base battery will not be charged and will need to be plugged in for use. This is a choice, but it allows the display to be used on a different VESA mount, such as one on a table.
The support column can tilt, rotate and swivel, and there is 18cm of vertical movement. And since the base is on casters, it can rotate completely.
The box includes a webcam and there are two points to connect it to the screen, depending on whether you’re using it in landscape or portrait mode.
My only concern is that, given the size and mass of the monitor and the way it’s supported, it wouldn’t be impossible for all of this to stick out, especially if someone pushed it up an incline, like one designed for wheelchair access. And if that happens, the panel’s chances of survival seem low.
If the screen does not need to be moved, a set of rubber feet is included to go over the casters, making it less mobile.
On the back of the screen are a power button and volume rocker, and pressing the power button will launch the Android installation routine, which anyone with a phone or tablet will be familiar with.
Two accessories are included with the display: a remote control and a webcam, but you can’t use either one until Android is fully operational. When I first did this, the tablet portion of this device was running Android 15, not Android 16 as the manufacturer’s page promises. However, a system upgrade was ready, which converted it to Android 16 and also fixed some limitations, like adding Widevine L1 encryption.
I wouldn’t call the Apolosign 32″ Smart Portable TV a unique design, but few hardware manufacturers offer anything like it. It combines a monitor, tablet, mobile signage, information kiosk, and presentation tool in one device. And, for those who want all of those things, this might be ideal.
- Design: 4/5
Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV: Hardware
- Rockchip RK3576
- VA display
- 15,000 mAh battery
When I saw that this Android device used a Rockwell chip, I was initially discouraged, but perhaps that was a mistake on my part.
The Rockchip RK3576 first appeared on Rockchip roadmaps in late 2023, alongside the smaller RK3506. At the time, it looked like a cheaper sibling to the mighty RK3588, and that reading turned out to be correct. Rockchip officially launched the RK3576 in Q2 2024, built on an advanced 8nm process, with a low CPU junction temperature that enables fanless designs in many applications.
The RK3576 uses the familiar octa-core layout, and in this design the cores are split 50/50 between performance and efficiency. Four ARM Cortex A72 cores handle heavy tasks and four Cortex A53 cores handle lighter tasks, with an additional M0 coprocessor for background tasks. Together, they provide around 58,000 DMIPS of computing power, which isn’t a huge number, but enough to build an Android tablet.
Graphics and media are where this chip earns its place. Video decoding extends up to 8K at 30fps or 4K at 120fps, and supports H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1 and AVS2. Encoding covers H.264 and H.265 up to 4K at 60fps, with JPEG encoding and decoding also reaching 4K at 60fps. The integrated GPU supports OpenGL ES up to 3.2, OpenCL up to 2.0 and Vulkan 1.1, so it comfortably meets mod display demands ernes, even though it doesn’t have the kind of GPU power that games like.
A new sixteen-megapixel image signal processor adds real power to working with the camera, with accelerators for HDR, noise reduction, sharpening and lens distortion correction. Rockchip has also integrated a 6 TOPS NPU for on-device AI, enabling things like facial recognition and voice interaction without the need for the cloud. Rock Chips
The chip supports dual-channel LPDDR4, LPDDR4X and LPDDR5; later revisions added support for LPDDR5X, giving manufacturers great flexibility based on cost targets.
In this implementation it has 8 GB of memory, but despite my best efforts I have not been able to find out what it is and, in the same vein, it has 256 GB of storage, but the type is not clear.
As this device is primarily purchased for the 4K display, this is the part that has clearly seen the most pressure when it comes to price reduction.
I’m reasonably sure it’s an IPS, not a VA or AMOLED, it only has a brightness level of 300 nits and a refresh of 60 Hz. The response time listed is 8ms and the contrast ratio is claimed to be 1:3000.
When I get into the weeds of performance I’ll get back to the screen, but my initial take was that while it was doable, it was the only part that Apolosign probably needed to improve to justify the cost of the whole thing.
- Material: 4/5
The last piece of hardware I want to talk about is the battery, something I didn’t really expect, which turned out to be really useful.
At the bottom of the base, but replaceable, is a dual 15,000 mAh sensor. l Lithium-ion battery rated at 14.8 volts. This is charged when the base is connected to power, although it charges much faster when the device is not in use. Apolosign states that if the device is used and the battery is discharged, it may take 6 hours to fully recharge. If you turn off the screen and tablet, they charge faster, probably in less than two hours.
The moral of the story is to provide a power supply with enough power to charge and power, not to do just one of those things efficiently.
The manufacturers have indicated that the discharge is also six hours, but this longevity depends on the brightness set on the monitor and what the tablet is doing. But meanwhile, you can drive it without any wires connected and it remains fully functional.
Overall, the hardware on the tablet portion of this design is decent if a bit disappointing. I wonder if a more modern 4nm SoC could be more power efficient and even higher performance, allowing more time on battery. But since most of the battery power will be used on the 4K display, there may not be much benefit to be gained.
Apolosign 32-inch smart portable TV: performance
- Modest SoC
- The display is of good quality
- 95% AdobeRGB
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Phone |
Apolosign 32″ Smart Portable TV |
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SoC |
Rockchip RK3576 |
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GPU |
ARM Mali-G52 MC3 |
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NPU |
6 integrated TOPS |
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Memory |
8GB/256GB |
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Weight |
20kg |
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Battery |
mAh |
15,000 |
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Geek bench |
Bachelor |
344 |
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Multi |
1228 |
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OpenCL |
1438 |
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Vulcan |
1436 |
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PC brand |
Rating 3.0 |
6164 |
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Battery |
8h 23min |
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Load 30 |
% |
15% |
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Passport |
Score |
7180 |
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Processor |
3704 |
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3DMark |
OGL Slingshot |
1941 |
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Sling Ex. OGL |
1473 |
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Sling Ex. Vulcan |
1694 |
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Wildlife |
864 |
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Extreme wildlife |
241 |
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Nomad Lite |
100 |
As this is a unique product for me, I have not compared it to any others.
However, under the skin it is a tablet, so I used the same criteria I would if it was a tablet I could carry around.
Compared to the typical rugged tablet I cover, this is probably one of the slowest I’ve ever tested. Looking at my data, the only tablet I tested that was roughly similar in performance was the Ulefone Armor Pad Pro, which uses the MediaTek Helio G88, and the Ulefone Armor Pad 3 Pro, which uses the MediaTek Helio P60.
This arrangement is slightly faster than those tablets, but the difference isn’t huge.
If the numbers don’t speak for themselves, the graphics performance here is good for block puzzles and Candy Crush, but it’s not amazing when asked to do 3D.
The manufacturers had predicted six hours of operation, but they far exceeded that, running the PCMark battery test for 8 hours and 23 minutes. This isn’t enough for a full day at a trade show, but it’s acceptable. It’s worth remembering that the battery here not only powers the tablet, but also the 4K display set to 120 nits of brightness.
For anyone wondering why I didn’t connect this display to a PC and run a full Datacolor analysis on it, initially there was a problem. Due to its integration with tablet components, this monitor does not have an OSD, so selecting the different brightness settings I needed for analysis proved difficult.
What I ended up having to do was switch back to Android, change the brightness if necessary, then switch back to the PC’s HDMI input. It’s not impossible, but the process took much longer than usual.
Here are my results:
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Color range |
Percentage |
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sRGB |
95% |
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AdobeRGB |
79% |
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P3 |
80% |
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NTSC |
74% |
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Rec2020 |
57% |
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Gamma |
2.1 |
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Brightness/Contrast |
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Maximum brightness |
287.8 |
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Maximum contrast |
1860:1 |
For an IPS panel, the one used here is correct, particularly in Gamut and Tone Response.
It’s also strong in terms of color uniformity and contrast, although it doesn’t reach the manufacturer’s stated levels of 3000:1.
Its weak points are color accuracy and luminance uniformity, the latter being quite poor. It’s an edge-lit design, and most of the light appears to come from the top left corner, making the bottom center and right much darker than the rest of the screen. Worst case scenario, we’re talking 22% darker at 50% brightness.
The viewing angles on this screen are 178 degrees, so it won’t be a problem for people watching content at an angle.
Overall, the tablet portion of this package isn’t anything special, but the display is better than expected.
- Performance: 3.5/5
Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV: Final Verdict
As a solution, I liked the Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV because it delivered in a small but important niche.
Signage, presentation, and instructional rolls are all satisfied with this product, and for marketing companies in need of exhibition booth equipment, the price is not crazy.
In retrospect, a bigger battery to last a full workday might have been worth it, and a high-end model with an AMOLED display would be an eye-catching option.
The only question any potential buyer needs to answer is whether they need 4K or whether one of the 1080p models would do the job just as effectively.
Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV: Bulletin
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Value |
Limited choices for good value |
4/5 |
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Design |
Difficult to put together but nice when we’re together |
4/5 |
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Material |
Modest SoC, but decent specs otherwise |
4/5 |
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Performance |
Mediocre tablet and decent screen |
3.5/5 |
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Total |
Not cheap, but useful for many jobs |
4/5 |
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Mark is an expert in 3D printers, drones and phones. It also covers storage, including SSDs, disks NAS and portable hard drives. He started writing in 1986 and has contributed to, among others, MicroMart, PC Format, 3D World.