I loved that there was finally a pad in the market that could teach my kids my native language while playing. My kids definitely love it, so for that thank you. Enough reviews have talked about the great pros about it, maybe it is helpful to share a few things that could be better - hopefully helps to improve it even further. Though the buttons are not tactile and easy to push especially for a 2 year old, but a 4 year old is able to push in hard and it works. I wish the buttons were tactile though.
I loved also that it has numbers, letters, music, colors and other miscellaneous concepts. The last line especially is like an Easter egg hunt haha. Overall, the concept is very novel but the quality of the product could use a little improvement, especially for the amount of $$ they charge (for reference, my kids have Spanish and German similar items from competitors for less than half the price of this pad, and they are way sturdier and of significantly higher quality).
We got the telugu pad. In particular, a few things that stand out to me are that the speaker is at the back and so when a kid is using it the sound is very subdued. This is while holding it. If the pad is put on the floor or a surface with face up, then forget it one can’t hear literally running, and this is with a new item (assuming has fresh batteries 🤷♀️) . The sound is muffled and can be loud when the surroundings are way too silent, so just to me seems like it wasn’t designed properly and the quality of the material wasn’t super high.
Secondly, some of the buttons make the same sounds under music option like 50, 55, 85, 40, etc. or 33, 75, or … a few other such groupings? Doesn’t seem like a logical or obvious reason for this to happen other than that I have a defective piece or bad design again? I mean, my kids pointed this to me, I didn’t even pay attention, but if needed we can compile all of the cases where this is happening? If this is infact defective? then would love a replacement.
Thirdly, moving to colors it seems like most of them repeat, like atleast 5-6 times? I mean repetition is good, but why couldn’t either new colors or new concepts be added to these squares instead of repeating them? Again, this seems like a simple enough thing that shouldn’t have to be pointed out.
Fourth, overall it’s functional but I doubt how long it will last especially with a 2 years old etc who like to throw things around. It is denftly not built sturdy enough to withstand that. The German/Spanish pads that I have from other companies have been thrown to ground for years and years and they work just fine, I doubt that will happen with these weak pads. I hope they do, bcs I can’t afford to get a 2nd one as they are so expensive haha.
Overall, love the concept, thanks for bringing this to market but hopefully you can do a better job at designing and creating the final product in the future. I didn’t wanna dock more stars so I am leaving it at 4. Thanks and good luck cheers