Apolosign 4K 32-inch Smart Portable TV Review

The Apolosign 32-inch Smart Portable TV is a convenient all-in-one solution, combining a 32-inch touchscreen display with Android functionality and an integrated stand with a built-in battery. It has a wide range of uses but is clearly designed for more corporate and educational applications.

I have had the 4K model in my house for a few weeks now, mostly living in the kitchen, and it has been an interesting one to test. It sits in an odd category. It is not a TV in the conventional sense, it is not a tablet, and it is not a digital signage display, but it borrows something from all three.

ApoloSign 32 inch 4K Smart Portable TV 2nd Gen with Android OS EDLA-Certified, Movable Touchscreen Full Swivel Rotation, Voice Remote Control

• Stunning 32-inch Touchscreen & Long-Lasting Battery:32-inch Ultra HD touchscreen supporting 10-point touch with vivid visuals. Equipped with a massive 1500mAh battery offering up to 6 hours of runtime, freeing you from power outlets. Features an 8MP HD camera.
• Powerful Android OS & Ample Storage:Runs the latest Android OS (Google EDLA-certified) for full access to Google Play Store and seamless Netflix/YouTube streaming. 16GB (8+8) RAM + 256GB storage ensures smooth multitasking for work and entertainment.
• Dedicated Family Calendar Hub & Digital Screensavers:Exclusive customizable calendar widgets and rich digital screensavers. Designed for families to coordinate tasks, reminders, and schedules. Syncs seamlessly with Google Calendar, Outlook, and to-do lists.
• Wireless/Wired Multi-Screen Connectivity & Easy Sharing:Supports wireless/wired casting (Android/iOS/Mac/Windows) to share content from phones/tablets/PCs. Includes HDMI, USB 3.0/2.0 ports for versatile connectivity.
• Foldable Dual-Section Pole & Omnidirectional Mobile Base:Innovative foldable pole design for compact storage and portability. Paired with 5 silent omnidirectional wheels for effortless mobility indoors/outdoors. Screen adjusts in height, rotation, and tilt for optimal viewing angles during cooking, yoga, gatherings, or movie nights.

Specification

Display

• Screen size: 32-inch
• Display type: LCD
• Panel type: VA
• Resolution: 1,920 x 1,080 (1080p) / 3,840 x 2,160 (4K)
• Contrast ratio: 1,200:1 (1080p) / 3,000:1 (4K)
• Brightness: 300 nits
• Aspect ratio: 16:9
• Touch: 10 point capacitive touch

Processing

• CPU: Rockchip RK3576, 8nm, octa-core (4x Cortex-A72 @ up to 2.2 to 2.4 GHz + 4x Cortex-A53)
• GPU: Mali-G52 MC3
• RAM: 16 GB (8 GB + 8 GB)
• Storage: 128 GB (1080p) / 256 GB (4K)
• Operating system: Android

Connectivity

• Bluetooth 5.3
• Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax with MU-MIMO
• USB-A: 2 x ports
• USB-C: 1 x port
• HDMI: 1 x port

Battery

• Battery type: 18650 lithium-ion
• Battery capacity: 14.6 V / 15,000 mAh
• Battery life: Up to 6 hours

Audio

Microphones

• Dual microphones
• Noise reduction and echo cancellation

Camera

It is worth clarifying the RAM claim, because 16 GB on a device like this is not what it sounds like. Geekbench reports 7.72 GB of physical memory, so the marketing figure is 8 GB of real RAM plus 8 GB of virtual memory swapped out to storage. That is a common trick on Android hardware at the moment and it is not the same thing as having 16 GB to play with. Geekbench also reported my unit as running Android 15 rather than the Android 16 build Apolosign has since started shipping, and the CPU clusters showed up as four cores at 1.92 GHz and four at 2.11 GHz rather than the higher figures on the spec sheet.

Design

The whole thing is finished in an off white, slightly warm cream that looks more like a piece of furniture than a piece of AV kit. The bezels are chunky by modern TV standards, but that is deliberate, because this is a touchscreen and you need somewhere to put your fingers.

The stand is the interesting part. A heavy circular base sits on four omnidirectional wheels, a two part column rises out of it, and the screen mounts to a VESA 100 x 100 plate at the top. The screen tilts roughly 20 degrees up and down, swivels about 15 degrees left and right, rotates a full 90 degrees into portrait, and the column gives you around 180 mm of height adjustment. The power button, status LED and the main power input all live on the base, with the cable running up inside the column, so there is only one lead going to the floor.

Assembled, it is about 151 cm tall at full extension and weighs somewhere around 20 kg, with the box coming in at 22 kg. Most of that mass is in the base, which is what stops it toppling over, though I would still be careful around small children or a boisterous dog. The 8 MP webcam is a separate module that screws onto mounting points on the frame rather than clipping on, and there are two sets of holes so you can position it for landscape or portrait.

Set Up

Assembly is straightforward but not quick. The base, the two column sections, the screen and the accessory box all come separately, and you join the two column halves with a plug and socket connector for the power cable before screwing the VESA plate to the back of the panel. The screen is the awkward bit. It is not heavy in isolation, but it is large and you are lifting it onto a column while trying to line up four screws, so a second pair of hands makes life considerably easier. I managed on my own but would not recommend it.

Once built, the software side is the usual Android setup wizard: language, Wi-Fi, Google account, then a Bluetooth pairing screen for the remote. The remote needs its batteries fitted before pairing, and you hold the back and microphone buttons together until the indicator flashes. That step is easy to miss because the on screen instructions are a little vague about the timing.

The home screen is a launcher built on top of Android with large tiles for Movies, Music and Fitness, a widget for Bluetooth audio playback, and shortcuts to MixCast, HDMI and USB inputs. A second page gives you a full app grid with Netflix, YouTube, YouTube Music, YouTube Kids, Prime Video, Disney+, Peloton, TikTok, Spotify, Twitch, Instagram, Chrome, Google Drive, Photos, Flipboard, Google News, a whiteboard app, parental controls and the Play Store. It is a proper Google certified build rather than a sideloaded mess, which matters more than it sounds. Netflix and Prime Video play at full resolution because the panel has Widevine L1, and that is the single biggest thing separating this from the cheaper Android signage displays floating around on Amazon.

Display Quality

You may notice a couple of lines on my pictures to the right of the display. This seems to be a fault on the display. My review unit looks like it was a return to Amazon, and I assume it was returned for this reason. I thought it was important to highlight, but I am not going to use this as a negative for my review and I will assume that most units are fault free.

Beyond that, the display is fine. It is a VA LCD panel with 300 nits brightness. This 4K model then obviously runs at 3,840 x 2,160. It is also a touch screen display and I have had no issues with the touch responsiveness.

The 4K panel is rated at 3,000:1 contrast, and in a dim kitchen in the evening it looks perfectly good for what it is. Colour is reasonable rather than accurate, sitting at roughly 95% sRGB coverage, so it is fine for video and web browsing but I would not use it to grade photographs. The 300 nit brightness is the main limitation. In my kitchen with the lights on it is fine, but I would not want to use this in a conservatory or anywhere with a lot of direct sunlight, and it is not an outdoor screen despite the battery inviting you to think of it that way. Refresh rate is 60 Hz with an 8 ms response time, which is what you would expect at this price and not a problem for the sort of content it is designed for.

Uniformity is the other thing worth mentioning. On a full white screen the lower portion of the panel is noticeably darker than the top. You will not see this watching video, but it is visible on a plain background such as a document or a whiteboard app, which is slightly awkward given the corporate and educational positioning.

Performance

It will probably come as no surprise that the chipset inside this is on the low end of the spectrum. It uses the Rockchip RK3576. This seems to be a popular chipset as it is used in the Ugreen HomeAgent HA100, Ugreen DH2300 NAS, and iFLYTEK AINote 2.

While Android is usable on it, it is not the most responsive, and I experienced some Wi-Fi connectivity issues on my dual band network. I have a complicated UniFi network, so this likely contributed to the problem.

Benchmarks are quite poor with a Geekbench 7 result of 362 single core and 1430 multi core. Breaking the single core result down, file compression scored 530, navigation 557, PDF viewer 558, HTML5 browser 400, Clang 330, text processing 286 and photo library 282. The pattern there is telling. Anything that leans on the browser engine or heavy text handling drags, and that maps directly onto how the device feels in use, with web pages and app launches taking a beat longer than you would like.

PCMark tells a slightly kinder story for everyday use. The Work 3.1 performance score came out at 6,859, with web browsing at 6,617, video editing at 5,566, writing at 6,767, photo editing at 14,723 and data manipulation at 4,138. Those are respectable numbers for productivity style tasks, and they explain why the thing is perfectly pleasant for streaming, browsing recipes or running a presentation, even though the raw CPU figures look weak.

Graphics are where it falls over. A 3DMark Wild Life stress test returned a best loop score of 859 and a lowest loop of 854, giving 99.4% stability across twenty loops. The stability figure is excellent, and the panel showed no meaningful thermal throttling at all, but that is largely because the Mali-G52 MC3 is never working hard enough to get hot. The actual frame rate hovered between 4 and 9 fps throughout the run. It is stable because it is slow.

I was able to get Zwift running on this with acceptable performance, but MyWhoosh has much more demanding specs and this did not run well, which was to be expected as the Rockchip RK3576 does not meet the minimum specs.

Audio, Camera and Video Calls

The speakers are dual 5 W drivers and they are adequate rather than good. Dialogue is clear enough at moderate volume and they are fine for YouTube in a kitchen, but bass is basically absent and there is audible distortion if you push towards maximum. For a meeting room or a classroom they will do the job. For film watching you will want to pair a Bluetooth speaker or soundbar, which is straightforward enough given Bluetooth 5.3 is on board.

The 8 MP camera and dual microphone array with echo cancellation are aimed squarely at video conferencing, and they work well enough for that. The camera mounts are the weak point. On my unit the practical mounting position works properly in portrait orientation, which is an odd choice when most video calls are conducted in landscape.

One notable gap: there is no AirPlay support. Screen mirroring from an iPhone will pass audio but not video, so if your household or office is Apple based, your only reliable route is an HDMI cable, which somewhat undermines the point of a wire free portable display. Android and Chromecast casting work as expected, as does the built in MixCast option, so this is really an issue for Apple users rather than a general fault.

Use Scenarios

For my testing, I used this predominantly in my kitchen allowing me to watch TV and YouTube while cooking.

Additionally, as I am a keen cyclist, I use Zwift and an indoor trainer a lot, so used the TV for this. This was a convenient solution when using it in the kitchen as I can move the TV to where I need it and no worry about wires all over the place.

While I used this in a home environment, it is clearly something that would appeal in more commercial or educational settings. A portable, battery powered, touch enabled 4K display with a webcam and a whiteboard app is a fairly obvious fit for a meeting room that does not have a dedicated screen, a training room, a trade show stand, or a classroom that needs to share one display between spaces. The 90 degree rotation into portrait also makes it usable as temporary digital signage in a reception area or at an event, and being able to unplug it and wheel it somewhere else without touching the wiring is genuinely useful in those contexts.

Portability

Portability is one of the selling points here. While you are not going to be carrying it around with you, it is very easy to roll around, and during my time with it I have really appreciated being able to roll it out of the corner of my kitchen to where I need it.

Due to the physical size of it and relatively heavy weight, carrying it up and down stairs is not the most convenient but certainly possible for one person, and I have used it while working from my office to watch Netflix.

The wheels themselves work well on hard floors and are quiet, but they do not deal with thresholds or thick carpet particularly gracefully, so you end up lifting the base over anything that is not flat. It is best thought of as room to room portable within a single floor rather than truly mobile.

Battery Life

The 18650 lithium-ion is rated for up to 6 hours of use. I have not timed this but it does seem to run several hours without me getting worried about the battery life.

In practice the rated figure appears to assume around 50% brightness. Running the panel at full brightness will pull that down considerably, so a full working day away from a socket is not realistic. Charging takes roughly two hours from flat if the screen is off, and considerably longer if you are using it at the same time, since the charger has to cover the running load as well. For the sort of use I put it to, a few hours of TV in the kitchen or a Zwift session, it never became a limitation.

Price and Alternative Options

ApoloSign 32 inch 4K Smart Portable TV 2nd Gen with Android OS EDLA-Certified, Movable Touchscreen Full Swivel Rotation, Voice Remote Control

• Stunning 32-inch Touchscreen & Long-Lasting Battery:32-inch Ultra HD touchscreen supporting 10-point touch with vivid visuals. Equipped with a massive 1500mAh battery offering up to 6 hours of runtime, freeing you from power outlets. Features an 8MP HD camera.
• Powerful Android OS & Ample Storage:Runs the latest Android OS (Google EDLA-certified) for full access to Google Play Store and seamless Netflix/YouTube streaming. 16GB (8+8) RAM + 256GB storage ensures smooth multitasking for work and entertainment.
• Dedicated Family Calendar Hub & Digital Screensavers:Exclusive customizable calendar widgets and rich digital screensavers. Designed for families to coordinate tasks, reminders, and schedules. Syncs seamlessly with Google Calendar, Outlook, and to-do lists.
• Wireless/Wired Multi-Screen Connectivity & Easy Sharing:Supports wireless/wired casting (Android/iOS/Mac/Windows) to share content from phones/tablets/PCs. Includes HDMI, USB 3.0/2.0 ports for versatile connectivity.
• Foldable Dual-Section Pole & Omnidirectional Mobile Base:Innovative foldable pole design for compact storage and portability. Paired with 5 silent omnidirectional wheels for effortless mobility indoors/outdoors. Screen adjusts in height, rotation, and tilt for optimal viewing angles during cooking, yoga, gatherings, or movie nights.

The 1080p version of the Apolosign 32″ Smart Portable TV is available on Amazon for £900, with the 4K model also listed around the same figure and a 24″ 1080p model at £700. Apolosign has listed the 4K model at up to £999.99 in the UK at various points, so it is worth checking both Amazon and the Apolosign site before buying.

For US buyers, the Apolosign website has the 4K 32″ model for $819, the 1080p 32″ model for $719 and the 24″ model for $619.

There are various competing options from random brands on Amazon including:

• SYLVOX 32″ 1080p for £999, which has no camera and a smaller battery
• Cozyla 32″ Smart Portable TV Tablet for £1,100, which is 1080p, includes a 4K camera, but has a much smaller battery
• XDTIME 32-inch Mobile Portable Smart TV for £700, a 4K TV with a smaller 10,500 mAh battery and only one review on Amazon which is just 2 stars

Samsung has the 27″ The Movingstyle QHD Portable AI Smart TV available for £999. It is not Android but uses Samsung’s Tizen OS and benefits from being detachable from the stand so you can place it on a desk or carry it around with you, which is easier.

Against that field the Apolosign holds up reasonably well on paper. It is the only one of the group combining a 4K panel, a 15,000 mAh battery, a camera and Widevine L1 certification at anything close to this price, and the Samsung is smaller and lower resolution for the same money. The RRP is still a touch high for what the hardware actually is, though.

Overall

The Apolosign 32″ Smart Portable TV is an excellent portable TV that is best suited for business presentations or in classrooms, though I found it worked well in my home environment in the kitchen, allowing me to move it to where I need it, watch TV or view recipe guides, and as a portable display for exercise.

While I thought it was useful within my home, the price is a bit steep for the convenience of having a portable TV. You can pick up a 32″ 4K TV for £150, a Fire Stick for £25 and a portable TV stand for £35, which an extension lead or portable power station providing power. It is not the most elegant solution but considerably cheaper, hence why I think this is better suited for commercial applications.

If you are buying it for a business, the calculation changes. The assembly is fiddly, the chipset is weak and the brightness is limiting in bright rooms, but the touchscreen, the Widevine L1 certification, the camera and the ability to wheel a working 4K display between rooms without re-cabling anything are all things the DIY alternative does not give you. That is what the extra several hundred pounds is buying, and whether it is worth it depends entirely on how often you actually need to move the screen.

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