4/28/2021 0 Comments Acer Iconia One
The Nexus 7 is better still, but the 100 price gulf is substantial, especially in this price tier.If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing.
The 129 (8GB) slate joins the ranks of affordable and passable, but utterly uninventive Android tablets like the Dell Venue 7 ( at Amazon) and Toshiba Excite 7. The One 7 looks and feels like a tablet from two years ago, and its inundated with useless bloatware, a lot of which cannot be removed. Itll suffice for light Web browsing or media consumption, but the Hisense Sero 7 Pro (130.00 at Amazon) offers better battery life and an HDMI out port for the same price. If you can afford to spend more, the Google Nexus 7 (199.77 at Amazon) is still our Editors Choice for small-screen tablets, outperforming all of the aforementioned devices by leaps and bounds. But otherwise, the One 7 doesnt deviate much from the cheap Android tablet script. At 7.8 by 4.7 by 0.4 inches (HWD) and 11.29 ounces, the One 7 is thoroughly average. Theres a micro USB port and 3.5mm headphone jack on top, while the Volume and Power buttons, as well as an exposed microSD card slot, occupy the right edge. It gets reasonably bright and viewing angle is sufficient, but everything just looks dull. Poor contrast and color depth are the culprits here, and youll get a better viewing experience with the Sero 7 Pro or Asus Memo Pad HD 7 ( at Amazon). There are two small speaker ports on the back, which sound predictably anemic. There are two storage options, a 129 8GB model and a 139 16GB model. The Sero 7 Pro lasted for 9 hours, 17 minutes in the same test. Its an x86 part, but still only performs on par with the ARM-based SoCs typically used in low-end Android tablets. Benchmarks really only tell part of the story, which is especially true of Intel based Android tablets. Heres what you need to know: Everything moves along at a reasonably smooth clip, gaming performance is good enough for casual gaming, and Web browsing is mostly responsive. There are still plenty of moments of lag and hangups, though, but thats pretty much the case with all low-end Android devices. In a move likely related to cost-saving measures, the One 7 comes jam packed with pre-loaded software21 total apps, to be exact. Some of these are removable, like eBay or Hulu, but apps like the aforementioned Wild Tangent and Booking.com are not. Acer also pre-loaded McAfee Security, which I can see being useful for some, but I found the constant reminders to activate service pretty annoying. Theres a rear-facing, 2-megapixel camera and a 1-megapixel, front-facing camera. They remind me of the camera on my first flip-phone back in 2008grainy and indistinct shots abound, and forget accurate exposure or white balance. The rear-facing camera is capable of 720p video, but it doesnt look great, either. Still, the low-end Android market is as competitive as ever, and better, equally affordable options are in abundant supply. The Hisense Sero 7 Pro matches the One 7s price, but offers a better display, longer battery life, and HDMI out for mirroring media content on the big screen.
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