Well after going through a Dell Streak 7 for a year and having to replace it 4 times I finally gave up on it and paid the 15% restocking fee Dell charged me and went looking for a replacement. I was between this and the Google 7 but there were things I did not like about the 7 so I went with this and paid a bit more. Here is why you should and should not buy this Tablet.
Good:
-HDMI out. it outputs 720p and you will need an AUX jack for audio. Great as a Netflix hub or for watching you kids when they are using it.
-Memory slot. You can not live without a memory slot. All those apps will fill up fast and its better to pay for the feature vs paying $100 for a higher storage version.
-Processor. This thing has a 4 core Tegra 3 @ 1.2 Ghz. Its not the fastet out there but it is plenty fast and last you several years.
Bad:
-The camera. That thing is a joke, it is basically for skpye you will not be able to use it for anything else. How can you when its a front facing with no flash and you can't see what your shooting unless your in front of it. Apps that use the camera may not even detect it!
-Single Speaker. It makes little difference because you can use a good headset but its loud enough.
-Acer. Let be honest. Acer is known to be a budget/cheap company. To speak to anyone on the phone you will need a serial number from the service tag. The last Acer laptop I had literally fell apart. I assume you will have to pay for your shipping to and fro when you need service (Dell paid all my shipping) and except for the small update to the software that came out with it I do not see Acer updating their software unlike Sony (wife phone shipped with Android 2.3 and got 4.0 and 4.1 update that's nice!)
-Plasticy feel. I got a pretty good case so I do not touch it as much.
Lastly, the big thing a lot of people question is the screen resolution. Its not as high as the other $200 tablets but I would just ignore that because it is fine for what you are going to use it for and the Tegra 3 scales the ratio very well so you do not have malformed content.
| Standing screen display size | 7 Inches |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1024 x 600 |
| Max Screen Resolution | 1024 x 600 Pixels |
| Processor | 1.2 GHz tegra_3_0 |
| RAM | 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM |
| Hard Drive | 8 GB |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce |
| Wireless Type | 802.11bgn |
| Number of USB 2.0 Ports | 1 |
| Average Battery Life (in hours) | 7.5 Hours |
