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can the asus memo pad smart ten find a place in the increasingly crowded world of 10-inch tablets find out in our review hey everybody i'm chris book now when you think 10 inch tablet you're probably thinking a full HD display right that isn't the case here but is that really such a deal-breaker actually I'm getting ahead of myself here why don't we back up and start with the specs the Asus memo pad smart 10 runs a 1.2 gigahertz quad-core Tegra 3 processor pushing a 1280 by 800 10.1 inch display memory was it has 1 gig of ram and 16 gigs of internal storage expandable through the microSD slot it has a 5 megapixel rear facing camera and 1.2 front facing camera and is capable of capturing 1080p video more on that later the memo pad smart 10 is certainly a well-constructed device with no flexing or creak enos and a generally durable albeit plasticky feel it was definitely designed with landscape mode in mind and from the button layout to the branding everything just works better in this orientation you can use it in portrait mode but it's clear that this wasn't the focus during the design stage it's tricky for tablet manufacturers to nail down a perfect bezel size too small and your hands are all over the screen too big and the tablet just looks funky with the memo pad smart 10 asus has opted to go a little big on the bezel which i like but your mileage may vary the plastic body does actually help the sound helping the relatively small speakers push out comparatively large sound which works well for gaming or watching videos not so much for music the display is probably going to be the tipping point for most people for better or for worse yes with a 10.1 inch display in a resolution of 1280 by 800 you're not looking at a particularly high pixel density 149 pixels per inch in fact pixelation is definitely noticeable especially with texts and icons with text being the worst offender the thing is that isn't going to matter to everyone if you want to watch a movie on a 10 screen that pixel density isn't going to be nearly as apparent as you might think if you're going to be reading a lot of ebooks though you may want to look elsewhere otherwise colors are fairly vivid though the display looks a little on the washed out side when you crank the brightness above a certain level and black levels could be better with the Tegra 3 chipset and a comparatively small amount of pixels to push the memo pad smart 10 isn't much of a slouch in the performance Department though it is far from the best we've seen to start we ran and - to benchmark three times in succession and averaged the scores ending with a final score of 12,000 447 next up we ran Epic Citadel which produced average frame rates of 46 point 2 frames per second in high quality mode and forty nine point eight frames per second in high performance mode also it looked pretty next came real-world performance apps generally launched quickly and scrolling through home screens and the app drawer was smooth but we did notice some slowdown when scrolling through web pages or in certain apps like YouTube comiXology appeared to work fine on the other hand for gaming we tested Real Racing 3 and it performed decently though not without the occasional stutter the Asus memo pad smart 10 runs Android 4.1.1 jelly bean and while it's not heavily skinned it's not quite stock Android either an update to 4.2 is said to be on the way but though I did see two updates during testing my review unit is still at four point one point one included apps were generally more on the useful side of the spectrum than the useless side which is always a pleasant surprise press reader is pre-installed for example as is a file manager some other apps included app backup app Locker and Acer studio which is their gallery replacement for a tablet the included cameras are fairly decent though nothing spectacular outside and nice lighting pictures turned out fairly nice though inside even in fairly well-lit situations the quality took a step down low-light performance definitely isn't great here 1080p video capture was similar while playback is occasionally choppy the video itself looked nice enough basically this isn't going to be your go to camera but really ask to yourself do you want to be the person who's always awkwardly holding a tablet to take photos battery life seemed to vary wildly with the memo pad smart 10 watching an 80 minute standard definition movie off of the SD card one night train the battery to 50% very quickly while watching a longer Netflix streaming movie seemed to drain the battery less on another night running the antutu tester battery test left us with a score of 481 though the tablet was well and fully dead when I came back to check on it asus has included power saving modes to somewhat remedy this situation though the most aggressive power saving mode only seemed an add an hour or so at best with the memo pad smart 10 you're basically looking at a super-sized Nexus 7 with the same resolution for some people that's a good thing for other people well not so much if you want to spend a little more there are better tablets out there and if you want to spend a little less they're cheaper tablets out there it's kind of hard to figure out who exactly this is for that said it is a solid fairly decently performing tablet if you want to know more or if you just like reading there is a written companion to this video at Android authority comm you can find the link to the review in this video's description we have new videos popping up all the time so if you want to stay caught up or if you just like subscribing the things make sure to subscribe to our Channel I'm Chris book for Android authority and as always thank you for watching