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prices for a solid 7-inch tablet start at around 230 dollars but if your budget can't stretch that far this one hundred and $29 Acer slate may satisfy your simple needs I'm Xiomara Blanco prasena and this is a first look at the Iconia 1:7 the 7 inter is a budget tablet and it definitely feels like it the plastic back feels cheap and the smooth weaved texture doesn't help its case it is pleasantly lightweight however a bit flimsy feeling like you could easily break if I accidentally sat on it the top edge houses the microphone pinhole microUSB port and headphone jack while the power button volume rocker and micro SD card slot sit on the right edge the pair of speakers on the back sit close to the bottom edge and they work better for movies and audiobooks than music inside the tablet houses a 1.6 gigahertz dual-core Intel Atom processor 1 gigabyte of RAM and 16 gigabytes of internal storage the Iconia 1:7 is upgradable to android 4.4 and includes some free apps or blit whereas some like to call it and you can't delete them so unfortunately they take up some of your internal storage touchscreen response sometimes lags and apps have the tendency to randomly crash despite this I thought the tablet performed fine under pressure letting me smoothly stream video and play games while downloading files and updating apps the Acer Iconia won seven Don's a 1280 by 800 pixel resolution display and HD video looks fine but text often looks pixelated simple mobile games run smoothly even when plenty of apps are open in the background but large games take a long time to load and look choppy during gameplay the 0.3 megapixel front-facing and 2 megapixel rear cameras produce underwhelming photos there's no manual focus though the front-facing camera does have face detection photos are washed out in color a bit fuzzy and focused and grainy especially in low lighting the front-facing camera also has a greenish tint to its photos there are plenty of inexpensive 7 inches available that are great for casual use but the Iconia 1:7 is a more affordable option for those with a tight budget if you can pony up to the $229 Google Nexus 7 or Amazon Kindle Fire HDX they pack better screens performance and builds but if you can't the Acer Iconia 1:7 is a super simple 7-inch slate for a bargain-basement price once again I'm Xiomara Blanco for CNET and this has been a first look at the Acer Iconia one 7 tablet