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this video was brought to you by NCIX great technology selections and service hey guys this is Dmitry and welcome back to another Harkness review so I think by now the most recommended tablet of 2013 is the 2nd gen Nexus 7 because the form factor the specs but what if you're trying to stay in budget and cannot afford to spend $250 on a tablet well you're pretty much in luck with this latest and extremely affordable tablet from Asus the memo pad HT 7 with a very appealing price tag of $150 now because of this relatively low price you might question the performance the quality of the screen or the construction but I was actually quite surprised and impressed at this latest memo pad HT 7 plus you can get them in several different colors so starting off with the specs under the hood the HD 7 is running an armed v7 SOC which is a quad-core processor at 1.2 gigahertz one gig of ram and only 16 gate capacity with nothing higher than 15 watt hour battery pack and all the usual goodies like a gps a miracast bluetooth 4.0 and running Android 4.2 the displays a 7 inch IPS panel with 16 by 10 aspect ratio and resolution of 1280 by 800 which is really clear and vibrant viewing angles are really good but like with any glass tablet it's a highly reflective also it's very clear that the blacks are slightly washed out and not that deep black found on more high-end tablets or phones so from the form factor it's pretty much identical to the first gen Nexus 7 this is the perfect size for holding it in one hand plus the slightly concave backing helps with sturdier grip now you see the backing is not rubberized but it's not slippery either so it works just fine we have front and back facing cameras for FaceTime or just to stamp pictures we also have a micro SD card slot to expand your 16 gigabyte capacity with power and volume rocker on the opposite side now initially I was not a fan of displacement it was quite awkward for me to reach there but I did get used to it and it no longer bothered me at the top we have a micro USB for charging and data transfer and a headphone jack right beside it the speaker is located in the bottom now these are stereo and actually quite poor for playback take a lesson and notice the lack of any loud projection or any presence of bass of course this was quite expected for the price performance wise this is not the most powerful tablet of course but throughout my regular use with you to playback browsing the web Twitter and my favorite Android games the memo pad HT 7 was completely satisfactory while it's not the most fluid experience there was some lag when opening some apps or pressing the home button at some time it wasn't a deal-breaker especially considering the price the UI here is quite standard with virtual buttons at the bottom and top swipe to access notifications that have been merged with all your quick settings it's very convenient and of course you can customise your main screen and the rest of the four pages the hd7 is preloaded with a few Asus apps like the main weather app on the front page power saver task manager and a few other productivity apps so I'm really happy to see no annoying bloatware I also have to give it to Asus for designing their own keyboard layout which includes all the numbers the alphabet and all the punctuation czar right on the screen which is much better layout compared to the standard Android one which is included but it really is inferior to the Asus keyboard layout the front camera is 5 megapixels capable of producing a decent enough shots for sharing and also 1080p video the fact that the camera is included is a huge bonus but I wonder what the price would be without it say it was even 30 dollars cheaper without the camera now that would make this an even better value tablet so the hd7 lasted me a few days of casual use you know to check your email while away from home play some games or watch some videos so i've got about 10 hours of use until i had to recharge which is pretty good if you're not constantly on it so the memo pad HD 7 is truly an amazing tablet for the price with a decent display excellent form factor for one-handed use both front and back facing cameras absolutely acceptable performance with intuitive custom UI and brilliant asus keyboard a very good battery life and all four excellent value of $150 really my main complaint here are the speakers with very weak projection and quite poor audio quality but this most likely won't be your main audio source anyway and besides there is also a headphone jack now after having used a memo pad HT 7 for some time it really has gotten rid of my desire for the latest Nexus 7 because it suited all my needs for portable entertainment it sure has less PPI and weaker performance but for $100 less the memo pad offers an incredible value for your money and we're giving you the hard-working Long's damn good and damn good value of words and that was highly recommended for those on tighter budgets so thanks guys for watching and we'll see you in the next one