Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue review: Budget extravagance

Budget extravagance

GSMArena team, 02 September 2013.

Display

The Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue has a 7" IPS LCD display with a resolution of only 1024 x 600 pixels, which is the lowest that makes sense on a tablet - WVGA seven-inchers are stretching it really. Pixel density is mediocre at 170ppi but something you can live with - of course there are devices that will gladly double that, like the new Nexus 7 at 1920 x 1200.

The display has inadequate viewing angles, with quick loss of contrast and colors getting washed out.

Display test 50% brightness 100% brightness
Black, cd/m2 White, cd/m2 Contrast ratio Black, cd/m2 White, cd/m2 Contrast ratio
Apple iPad 2 0.18 167 925 0.55 429 775
Apple iPad 0.18 178 834 0.53 410 776
Apple iPad 3 0.21 167 809 0.6 477 779
LG Optimus Pad 0.19 170 889 0.57 458 811
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 0 200 ∞ 0 328 ∞
Asus Google Nexus 7 0.25 244 954 0.36 327 908
Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue 0.24 230 950 0.47 441 945
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 0.31 257 826 0.55 502 915
HTC Flyer 0.18 169 921 0.41 409 1002
Huawei MediaPad 0.19 223 1149 0.35 396 1117
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 0.17 196 1141 0.34 424 1236
Motorola XOOM 0.12 216 1853 0.21 436 2041

The brightness control in the notification area is a four-step virtual key: Automatic, 100%, 50% and 0% brightness. There's no brightness slider as in competing Android devices. There's an additional Smart Backlight toggle in the Display Settings - this could be On or Off and we're not sure how it affects the image quality.

Brightness is reasonable all in all, but doesn't seem to help sunlight legibility, which suffers greatly form the highly reflective screen coating. The Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue can be really frustrating at times to use outdoors.

You can find all about our display testing routines here.

Battery

The Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue is powered by a 4100mAh Li-Po battery with an intelligent power management mode. Huawei claims it delivers 16 days of standby, 20 hours of voice calls and up to 6 to 8 hours of video playback.

Our results proved Huawei's estimations and even upped the company's voice call estimation by 2 hours. You can check the full battery test breakdown of the Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue here.

Reader comments

  • jef
  • 24 Oct 2013
  • 0ZE

I bought the table MediaPad 7 Voguet, but I can not run on the TV using the Link Micro USB to convert HDMI Is the device supports MHl?

  • Sam.. Ng
  • 16 Sep 2013
  • thu

Good tablet and good price...

  • henrymakoi
  • 11 Sep 2013
  • thi

Why can't manufacturers create tablets with thinner bezels