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brightness outdoor unboxing of the ASUS memo pad. I wanted to make a point about
the lifestyle of this particular product by resting on this here grassy
embankment while I open it up and uh
show what you would look like using this particular little 7-in tablet. So, this
is a more valueoriented product. U so it's not like their Transformer series
where it's got all the bells and whistles and you can attach it to like
you know a keyboard and all that kind of stuff. This is using a single A9 core.
So, it's a a via what is it again? A
WM8950. It's got wireless N, a gig of
memory, 16 gigs of storage. That's eMMC
storage. It's got a very similar overall feel to it. Like, it's very similar form
factor to something like a Google Nexus 7. And it's got a very actually very
stunning backing on it here. Check that out. So, it's got a diamond patterned
back that's just got a an ASUS logo. What I like about it is the fact that
it's textured. So many guys are going with uh smooth feels. Like I personally
hate the feel of the iPad because it's so smooth on the back you could easily
just drop the thing. Whereas this isn't quite rubberized. But here I'm going
to if you guys can hear that noise. It
has a bit of grippyiness to it so you can actually hold the stupid thing
because a lot of the time you've got all these new tablets that are coming with
thin enough bezels that you can or thick enough bezels that you can hold them
here, but it's hard to support it because it's not grippy enough on the back and the glass obviously won't
provide any of that. So, there you go. It's got a it's got a good overall feel
to it. In terms of functionality, we've got or in terms of buttons, we've got
the lock button up here at the top, which I'm pressing to hopefully turn it
on. We've got a volume rocker. It comes with Android Jellybean 4.1, micro SD
slot. Love to see this on the Value tablets, especially cuz they don't come
with that much storage. 16 gigs on board, so you can expand that with another 64 gigs if you want. Micro USB
for charging as well as data transfer on the other side. Not a whole lot. You've
got a single speaker on the back as well as a single microphone port right there
and a single 1 megapixel camera on the front of the device. Now, let's have a
look at what ASUS includes with this guy. So, you got a warranty
card. Coup. Uh, you've got another one
in French. You've got a memoad user manual. You've got a USB to micro USB
cable as well as a what's this guy going
to be? Is this a 1 amp 0.3 amp? No, 2
amp. 2 amp 5volt output wall wart. So,
let's get it fired up and we'll be back in just a moment. So, we've got this bad
boy fired up. I've brought up the camera app just for the lols. You guys aren't
going to be able to see anything there because the sun's directly behind us.
But what I can do is I can show you a video that I already took. I've got the
screen on full brightness here. So, this is what the usage scenario would
probably look like. You know, laying on the grass, opening with the gallery. Uh,
yeah, let's always open that with gallery. So, it's actually usable even
in an extremely bright condition. So, our camera is probably compensating for
it a little bit up there, but you can see how how white I am here because the
sun's directly in my face. I can also barely see anything, but with the screen
at full brightness, it's actually quite usable. Now, it is by the by all
appearances a TN panel. Uh, so you do
have some color shift when you when you angle it from side to side, but that's
what we expect with these value products. It's only about $170. Um, and because of Jellybean, even
though the processor is not as overpowered as something like a Nexus 7,
it is reasonably responsive. So, you can, you know, click and see all your
apps and browse between those and all that cuz of Project Butter. And I think
that pretty much covers it. Thank you for checking out this unboxing and first
look at the ASUS Memo Pad. I think I did miss something critical, which was the
resolution, which I believe was 1024x 600, although I could be wrong about
that. You'll have to give me a moment. Yep, that was all the time I needed.
1024 by 600. Oh yeah, we'll do my uh
trademark now HTC1 size comparison. So, there's the
thickness. This is a 4.3 in smartphone, so that should give you some idea how
it'll compare to a 7-in tablet in terms of the overall screen size. Don't forget
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