MWC 2013: Various brands overview
MWC 2013
HP Slate 7
The HP Slate 7 is an upcoming tablet from HP aimed at rivalling the Nexus 7 from Google. It's not as robust as Google's offering, but it does occupy a lower price point. Inside the Slate 7 there's a dual-core 1.6 GHz processor, front and rear-facing 3MP cameras, 8GB of internal memory and 1 GB of RAM.
The display is a fingerprint magnet
The 7 inch display is of 600 x 1024 pixels resolution, and is about the same mediocre quality as that of the Nexus 7. Colors are washed out, there's not much contrast, and the screen is very prone to fingerprints; we suspect there's no anti-smudge coating to be found anywhere.
The buttons on the sides are solidly built and don't feel as if they'll break anytime soon, but the back seems to be made of a material that, although it looks nice, will undoubtedly scratch easily from use.
The construction of the tablet is decent
You can check out a brief hands-on video here:
Benchmark performance is also about what you'd expect from a device of this caliber.
Benchmark Pi
Lower is better
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Asus Padfone Infinity
144 -
HTC One
151 -
Sony Xperia Z
264 -
HTC Butterfly
266 -
Oppo Find 5
267 -
HTC One X+
280 -
LG Optimus G
285 -
Samsung Galaxy Note II
305 -
LG Optimus 4X HD
350 -
Samsung Galaxy S III
359 -
Meizu MX 4-core
362 -
HP Slate 7
422 -
Nexus 4
431
SunSpider
Lower is better
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Asus Padfone Infinity
875 -
Samsung Ativ S
891 -
Apple iPhone 5
915 -
Nokia Lumia 920
910 -
Samsung Galaxy Note II
972 -
HTC One X+
1001 -
Motorola RAZR i XT890
1059 -
HTC One
1124 -
Samsung Galaxy S III
1192 -
Meizu MX 4-core
1312 -
LG Optimus G
1353 -
HTC Butterfly
1433 -
HP Slate 7
1698 -
Sony Xperia Z
1906 -
Nexus 4
1971 -
Oppo Find 5
2045
The Slate 7 comes with Android 4.1.1 on board, and has Beats audio integration thrown into a very competitive $169 price tag. Look for the HP Slate 7 this April.
Reader comments
- Mashhood
- 29 Jul 2013
- t1$
My best phone fujistu arrows x
- Mr Bluesman
- 01 Mar 2013
- Jpb
LOL Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets make iOS and Android look so outdated! I want one, hope developers join the ecosystem, it has future.
- smanuola
- 01 Mar 2013
- j8S
@Bart from Esato: no it's not, it looks cool but it's the next Kyocira Echo, a short lived phone @gilbs: I don't think either of those OSes will succeed, I actually think there's only room three major OSes and Android and IOS have secured their spo...