Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite Review

Battery and Performance:

There is a 4,100mAh battery dealing with the 7 incher’s energy hunger. It is rated to last around only four to five hours, and we found that’s around as much as we got on it in actuality.


Conclusion:

Let’s be honest, the Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite is one of a few tablets that lost much of its appeal after Google launched the Nexus 7. This is a review, not a comparison, but in this case the difference is so obvious, we can’t simply turn a blind eye to the 7-inch Nexus as the most obvious competitor.

The good about the MediaPad is the fact that it delivers 3G and phone functionality at a relatively affordable price. The tablet sells for $260, and you can just pop in a SIM card, and be ready to go. Storage is also easily expandable via microSD.

But then come the problems. The more we look at it, the more clear is our realization that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean obliterates Ice Cream Sandwich in a radical way. Big specs like a quad-core chip can cover up a bit, but with the paltry 1.2GHz single-core Cortex A8 processor on the MediaPad, stutter happens more often than we find acceptable.

The unibody design is also passable, but slight issues with build quality and the thickness of the tablet undermine it. And that’s our overall impression with the Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite - passable. It’s up to you if you can settle for that, but if you don’t absolutely need the 3G connectivity and phone function, it’s hard to imagine why you’d pick it over, say, a Nexus 7.

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