HP Slate 7
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Average of 7 scores (from 11 reviews)
Reviews for the HP Slate 7
Affordable entertainer. HP's seven-inch Slate 7 tablet brags to be an able companion for all multimedia situations and is partly available for far below 150 Euros (~$195) despite this versatility claim. We took the manufacturer at its word and tested the Slate 7's capabilities in our test course.
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
Given the attractive hardware and the low price, we'll admit that HP's Slate 7 had us excited. Unfortunately, HP has had to cut too many corners to whittle the price down. With rival devices putting in a far more competent all-round performance, we'd advise you to look elsewhere.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/06/2013
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 67% performance: 50% features: 50% workmanship: 50%
Source: Slashgear Archive.org version
In the end, the HP Slate 7 is just an OK tablet, and it would be a good option for casual users who don’t need the greatest device, but want something just to play around on. It’s low $169 price tag is definitely something to keep in mind, but we’d really just recommend saving up only $30 more to buy the Nexus 7. It comes with all-around better performance, a better-looking display, and the latest version of Jelly Bean. If the price of the Slate 7 was lowered to around $149, we’d maybe consider it ($99 would be a deal), but the Nexus 7’s extremely-attractive $199 price tag is just simply hard to beat at this point.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/15/2013
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
HP has a laudable effort in the Slate 7, but it just doesn't really offer many reasons to choose it over a tablet like the Nexus 7. There are a few key areas where the Slate 7 just isn't up to snuff—namely the lower resolution screen and modest battery life. At $170, it's more affordable than the Nexus 7 and offers competitive performance, but I'd take the sharper screen, stellar battery life, and timely updates direct from Google any day. Unless a rear-facing camera and a microSD card slot are must have features, I'd spend the extra $30 and grab the Nexus 7.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/12/2013
Rating: Total score: 70%
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
We like some aspects of the HP Slate 7, but we'd like the tablet a lot more if it cost less. On the plus side, this $169 device has a premium design, long battery life, a microSD Card expansion and Beats Audio. The Slate 7 also performs fairly well with its dual-core processor.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Reg Hardware Archive.org version
For all its good looks, the HP Slate 7 does seem a bit of a mixed bag. The Beats Audio treatment is impressive with both music and movies, but the tablet itself is not too happy with HD content. The 3Mp camera on the back is a bonus and OK for snaps but with video it's terrible. Given its weight you might expect something more than a 13.4Whr battery too although, luckily, you're not stuck with just 8GB of storage – the redeeming feature here is its micro SD slot. So there are pros and cons aplenty, but with 16GB 7in HD tablets around for the same price, the HP Slate 7 is not exactly an easy sell.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 06/04/2013
Source: V3.co.uk Archive.org version
Summing up, the Slate 7 is on paper a good move by HP, showing that the firm is willing to move on from its Windows roots and truly enter the mobile race. Sadly its opening foray into Android is a slightly clumsy one, with the firm choosing to cut too many corners to keep the Slate 7's price down. Doing so, HP has loaded the Slate 7 with a low-powered processor and blurry display that make it hard to appreciate its positive points. For that reason while are excited to see what the company does next with Android. For the moment, we'd recommend tablet buyers on a budget shell out the extra £40 and get a Nexus 7.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/23/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
More entry-level tablets are good for the market. HP’s Slate 7 is a long way from being amazing, but if it’s priced well it’s nothing but good news for the consumer as it offers something a little different and is pretty good looking too in our opinion.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/27/2013
Foreign Reviews
Source: Techno Zoom IT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% performance: 70% mobility: 75% workmanship: 80%
Source: Notebook Italia IT→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Robust body; attractive design; excellent performance; bright display.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/28/2013
Source: 01Net FR→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/21/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Tekit FR→EN Archive.org version
Positive: Good design. Negative: Low resolution of the screen.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/01/2013
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ARM Mali-400 MP4: OpenGL ES 2.0 GPU for ARM based SoCs with 4 fragment processors and 1 vertex processor.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
RK3066: Cheap dual core SoC with two ARM Cortex A9 cores (including NEON extensions) and a ARM Mali 400MP4 GPU.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
7.00":
It is a small display format for smartphones. You shouldn't be severely defective in vision, and you won't see much detail on the screen and only have a small resolution available. For that, the device should be small and handy, easy to transport.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.HP: Founded in 1939, the US company is a major server and printer manufacturer and one of the leading IT companies in the world. Until 2015, the company was called Hewlett-Packard Company. After a split, the computer division was renamed HP Inc.
In 2023, HP had an approximate market share of 22% of global PC sales, making it number 2 after Lenovo.
64.86%: Such a poor rating is rare. There are only a few notebooks that were rated even worse. The rating websites do not give a purchase recommendation here.
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