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Cheap and Cheerful: The ASUS MeMo Pad Comes to Malaysia with a RM499 Pricetag
Posted:
January 31, 2013
By: ccsoya
14 comments
If you’re looking for a really cheap 7-inch tablet to occasionally tote around, the ASUS MeMo Pad is worth a look.
At RM499 — RM500 cheaper than the iPad mini and Nexus 7 — the MeMo Pad is specced to a budget with a 1024×600 (versus 1280×800 on the Nexus 7 and 1024×768 on the iPad mini) display producing 350-nit of brightness and a pixel density of just 170ppi, well below the industry average though viewing angle is good at a claimed 140 degrees.
A 1GHz single core processor and 1GB of RAM keeps performance decent on the Android 4.1 tablet while a 4,270mAh battery offers a claimed 7 hours of running time. There’s 8GB of onboard storage plus 5GB of free cloud storage thanks to ASUS WebStorage and a microSD card slot too. Like the Nexus 7, the MeMo Pad only has a 1MP f/2.0 front-facing camera with 720p video capability. Adding cheerful to the mix, ASUS offers the tablet in three colours — Sugar White, Titanium Gray, and Cherry Pink.
While we don’t doubt that ASUS can capably build a quality tablet on a budget, the MeMo Pad does make a few sacrifices in the name of affordability. If cheap is your thing, then this is worth a look. At that price the MeMo Pad would make a good mini entertainment computer for your car but if you can, saving up for the the quad-core Tegra 3 Nexus 7 or even iPad mini is probably a better idea.
Details on the availability of the MeMo Pad here.
14 Comments for Cheap and Cheerful: The ASUS MeMo Pad Comes to Malaysia with a RM499 Pricetag
imsickwithphone
Doubt that it can play HD movies
Hmm…..
Grammar Nazi
You guys underestimate a single core device. Ya processor do count for 1080p video playback but it also relies on the GPU . The mali 400 gpu which is seen in the gsnote , sgs2 is easily able to play 1080p videos without lag. I doubt this device will as well. I've used many of the single core devices and one of em' is the samsung galaxy with a single core and a sgx530 GPU (slower than the mali 400) and is still capable of 1080p vid playback.
imsickwithphone
YOur right!!
single core can play HD movies
exor430
i just bought it. 1080p playback is smooth. but certain game is quite laggy. lag about once in 10 second.
Grammar Nazi
Good for you . How is it on games like subway surfer and temple run2 ? Isit not playable or jst fine but laggy at certain time. Well for Memo user , maybe you can wait for some xda devs if there is any to compile a kernel allowing you to overclock at least to 1.3-1.5ghz if that is possible. And grats again on yr new device. Cheers ~
smartguy
Another disappointing case of a lacklustre not here-not there kind of tablet. For kids, then to be discarded in 3 months ?
matyuz
thank you ASUS. this will be a good present gift for kids and oldies. at least my mom can read iQuran Pro using this. Cant afford above 500.
resolution is ok for me, hopefully the screen is IPS
exor430
Not IPS. Just basic TN matrix. But it is enough for daily use.
straight eyes
Cheap & no good! Has Asus decended into the depths of those fly by night Chinese cheapos that dun last more than a few months?
Kwyang
I think you're the one who's cheap. price and spec low means low quality?
Fragster
Nexus 7 – pricey, complain
MeMo Pad – cheap, no good, complain
geee… i'm speechless. what's wrong with consumers nowadays lol
@wizview
I believe Asus is clearing its no-future stock.
It smells the fragrant aroma of Huawei, ZTE, Samsung etc right at its MWC Barcelona doorstep
memo pad user
I bought this memo pad and I cant install Air Asia apps. coz Air asia apps need gps and the memo pad 7" dont have gps. I cant find Air Asia app on play store with this memo pad.
1GHz single core processor not sufficient lerrr…