1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,960 This video is brought to you by CM Storm, preferred choice of mice, 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:08,160 headsets, and mechanical keyboards of Curse Gaming. Visit 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:15,599 www.coolermaster-usea.com/team_curse for more details. Welcome to my extreme 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:20,960 brightness outdoor unboxing of the ASUS memo pad. I wanted to make a point about 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:27,359 the lifestyle of this particular product by resting on this here grassy 6 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:29,439 embankment while I open it up and uh 7 00:00:27,359 --> 00:00:33,920 show what you would look like using this particular little 7-in tablet. So, this 8 00:00:31,359 --> 00:00:36,960 is a more valueoriented product. U so it's not like their Transformer series 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:40,879 where it's got all the bells and whistles and you can attach it to like 10 00:00:39,280 --> 00:00:48,200 you know a keyboard and all that kind of stuff. This is using a single A9 core. 11 00:00:44,480 --> 00:00:51,280 So, it's a a via what is it again? A 12 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:54,480 WM8950. It's got wireless N, a gig of 13 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:57,360 memory, 16 gigs of storage. That's eMMC 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:01,359 storage. It's got a very similar overall feel to it. Like, it's very similar form 15 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:07,280 factor to something like a Google Nexus 7. And it's got a very actually very 16 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:13,200 stunning backing on it here. Check that out. So, it's got a diamond patterned 17 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:17,040 back that's just got a an ASUS logo. What I like about it is the fact that 18 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:22,080 it's textured. So many guys are going with uh smooth feels. Like I personally 19 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:25,759 hate the feel of the iPad because it's so smooth on the back you could easily 20 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:33,040 just drop the thing. Whereas this isn't quite rubberized. But here I'm going 21 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,880 to if you guys can hear that noise. It 22 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:38,159 has a bit of grippyiness to it so you can actually hold the stupid thing 23 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:41,840 because a lot of the time you've got all these new tablets that are coming with 24 00:01:39,759 --> 00:01:44,560 thin enough bezels that you can or thick enough bezels that you can hold them 25 00:01:43,040 --> 00:01:49,360 here, but it's hard to support it because it's not grippy enough on the back and the glass obviously won't 26 00:01:47,439 --> 00:01:53,280 provide any of that. So, there you go. It's got a it's got a good overall feel 27 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:57,200 to it. In terms of functionality, we've got or in terms of buttons, we've got 28 00:01:55,119 --> 00:02:00,719 the lock button up here at the top, which I'm pressing to hopefully turn it 29 00:01:58,799 --> 00:02:06,000 on. We've got a volume rocker. It comes with Android Jellybean 4.1, micro SD 30 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:09,119 slot. Love to see this on the Value tablets, especially cuz they don't come 31 00:02:07,439 --> 00:02:15,360 with that much storage. 16 gigs on board, so you can expand that with another 64 gigs if you want. Micro USB 32 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:18,879 for charging as well as data transfer on the other side. Not a whole lot. You've 33 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:24,000 got a single speaker on the back as well as a single microphone port right there 34 00:02:21,120 --> 00:02:28,160 and a single 1 megapixel camera on the front of the device. Now, let's have a 35 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:36,000 look at what ASUS includes with this guy. So, you got a warranty 36 00:02:31,959 --> 00:02:38,000 card. Coup. Uh, you've got another one 37 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:45,519 in French. You've got a memoad user manual. You've got a USB to micro USB 38 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:49,360 cable as well as a what's this guy going 39 00:02:45,519 --> 00:02:52,720 to be? Is this a 1 amp 0.3 amp? No, 2 40 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:54,000 amp. 2 amp 5volt output wall wart. So, 41 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:58,879 let's get it fired up and we'll be back in just a moment. So, we've got this bad 42 00:02:56,640 --> 00:03:01,440 boy fired up. I've brought up the camera app just for the lols. You guys aren't 43 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:05,360 going to be able to see anything there because the sun's directly behind us. 44 00:03:03,519 --> 00:03:09,280 But what I can do is I can show you a video that I already took. I've got the 45 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:13,680 screen on full brightness here. So, this is what the usage scenario would 46 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:18,560 probably look like. You know, laying on the grass, opening with the gallery. Uh, 47 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:23,200 yeah, let's always open that with gallery. So, it's actually usable even 48 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:26,239 in an extremely bright condition. So, our camera is probably compensating for 49 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:30,080 it a little bit up there, but you can see how how white I am here because the 50 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,360 sun's directly in my face. I can also barely see anything, but with the screen 51 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:38,480 at full brightness, it's actually quite usable. Now, it is by the by all 52 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:40,239 appearances a TN panel. Uh, so you do 53 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,879 have some color shift when you when you angle it from side to side, but that's 54 00:03:41,599 --> 00:03:50,159 what we expect with these value products. It's only about $170. Um, and because of Jellybean, even 55 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:54,560 though the processor is not as overpowered as something like a Nexus 7, 56 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:57,280 it is reasonably responsive. So, you can, you know, click and see all your 57 00:03:55,760 --> 00:04:00,400 apps and browse between those and all that cuz of Project Butter. And I think 58 00:03:58,959 --> 00:04:05,599 that pretty much covers it. Thank you for checking out this unboxing and first 59 00:04:02,959 --> 00:04:09,560 look at the ASUS Memo Pad. I think I did miss something critical, which was the 60 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:14,319 resolution, which I believe was 1024x 600, although I could be wrong about 61 00:04:12,159 --> 00:04:19,280 that. You'll have to give me a moment. Yep, that was all the time I needed. 62 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:21,160 1024 by 600. Oh yeah, we'll do my uh 63 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:26,160 trademark now HTC1 size comparison. So, there's the 64 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:29,759 thickness. This is a 4.3 in smartphone, so that should give you some idea how 65 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:32,479 it'll compare to a 7-in tablet in terms of the overall screen size. 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