Taiwanese OEM, Huawei is kind of popular these days, thanks to its Ascend Mate smartphone, Ascend P6, and MediaPad range of tablets, which have some of the largest Android screens in the market outside Samsung. Huawei, like Asus, has now come up with a tablet, 7 inch tablet that can make phone calls. You may remember Asus FonePad, a pad that is a ‘Fone’ too. Here is Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue, another pad that is a phone too.
Here are the major technical specifications of Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue.
Display: 7 inch capacitive touch; 16 million colors; 600x1024 pixels
Processor: Quad-core 1.2 GHz K3V2 (Huawei owned HiSilicon)
Camera: 3.15 MP; no front-facing
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: Internal 8 GB; expansion slot provides up to 32 GB
Dimensions: 193.8x121.3x9.5 mm
Weight: 335 g
Operating System: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Battery: Non-removable Lithium-Polymer 4100 mAh
Connectivity: HSDPA/HSUPA 42 Mbps downlink; mini-SIM; no LTE
The technical aspects are not quite enough to dazzle anybody. Let’s get into the details.
The tab is a simple one, of the size of our Google Nexus 7. It is not powerful enough with 1 GB of RAM and 1.2 GHz processor. It should be perfect for simple tasks like web browsing and reading e-books.
The one specialty of the tab is that it can be used for making phone calls. The idea of making phone calls from a tab has always bewildered me. Why Asus made the FonePad in the first place was not known. While companies like Apple are striving hard to create a smartphone that fits in your hand and is comfortable on making calls, Asus and Huawei are hell-bent on creating tabs that can replace phones. Galaxy Mega from Samsung is another massive smartphone-tab.
In terms of usability, what Huawei states as the advantages of MediaPad 7 Vogue are its 20 hours of battery life that is good for ‘calling’. Also, the playback of HD movies. Both of these advantages are not quite considerable compared to another tablet like Google Nexus 7 for instance. Or the Galaxy Note.
Hence, our recommendation is you can do without MediaPad 7 Vogue. If the price is right, there is no problem in buying this tablet. It may hit stores in July. Huawei does try to make products that look good. It’s the usability that the company needs to focus on now. It is making products by taking ideas from other companies like Samsung or Asus in this example. It should try to build something quite unique that can set it aside in the world of Android OEMs.
Technical Specs
Here are the major technical specifications of Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue.
Display: 7 inch capacitive touch; 16 million colors; 600x1024 pixels
Processor: Quad-core 1.2 GHz K3V2 (Huawei owned HiSilicon)
Camera: 3.15 MP; no front-facing
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Storage: Internal 8 GB; expansion slot provides up to 32 GB
Dimensions: 193.8x121.3x9.5 mm
Weight: 335 g
Operating System: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
Battery: Non-removable Lithium-Polymer 4100 mAh
Connectivity: HSDPA/HSUPA 42 Mbps downlink; mini-SIM; no LTE
The technical aspects are not quite enough to dazzle anybody. Let’s get into the details.
The tab is a simple one, of the size of our Google Nexus 7. It is not powerful enough with 1 GB of RAM and 1.2 GHz processor. It should be perfect for simple tasks like web browsing and reading e-books.
The one specialty of the tab is that it can be used for making phone calls. The idea of making phone calls from a tab has always bewildered me. Why Asus made the FonePad in the first place was not known. While companies like Apple are striving hard to create a smartphone that fits in your hand and is comfortable on making calls, Asus and Huawei are hell-bent on creating tabs that can replace phones. Galaxy Mega from Samsung is another massive smartphone-tab.
In terms of usability, what Huawei states as the advantages of MediaPad 7 Vogue are its 20 hours of battery life that is good for ‘calling’. Also, the playback of HD movies. Both of these advantages are not quite considerable compared to another tablet like Google Nexus 7 for instance. Or the Galaxy Note.
Hence, our recommendation is you can do without MediaPad 7 Vogue. If the price is right, there is no problem in buying this tablet. It may hit stores in July. Huawei does try to make products that look good. It’s the usability that the company needs to focus on now. It is making products by taking ideas from other companies like Samsung or Asus in this example. It should try to build something quite unique that can set it aside in the world of Android OEMs.