
Yes, my impressions about this tablet are a few months late since I just bought it about a week ago online but just received it on Thursday. Since there are a lot of reviews out there already, I’m not going to go into the specs and general tablet information since they can be easily found through a simple search on a search engine. Instead, I’m just going to talk about my experiences with it.
First off, I love the tablet! The size is quite comfortable for me although, admittedly, a 7″ tablet would probably be even MORE comfortable for me to hold and type on but I do prefer the bigger screen.
Since I have a habit of writing a novel for a post, here are more thoughts in point form:
- Set up was painless!
- The screen is lovely and colours are quite vivid!
- I ignored and continue to ignore most of the pre-installed apps since they are useless to me and there are probably better alternatives anyway.
- Audio seems to hiccup a bit at the lowest or close to the lowest setting.
I’m not sure if it’s my device or if this is something that all MeMO Pad 8s experience. (A quick Google search returns with nothing. :()
- Battery consumption is …. suspicious. I will go into more details about this below.
- Screen brightness at the absolute lowest setting is strangely bright enough for indoor use without any issue.
It’s not like that with my Galaxy Tab 10.1 (where I have to squint to see things at the same setting) or iPad mini w/ Retina (viewable but a higher setting works better).
- Camera is all right. It does the job. :3
- Gosh, the Android ROM and customization community sure doesn’t care about this tablet! Can’t find a custom ROM for it anywhere. The closest I got was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2550264
All right. Now on with the potential battery problem.
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