Shopping for budget tablets is an exercise in managing one's expectations. With the Sero 7 Pro, Hisense seems to have strategically carved out its budget, using modest materials for the hardware. With dimensions of 7.87 x 4.95 x 0.43 inches, the Sero 7 is a comfortably sized tablet that feels fairly sturdy in-hand. dell venue 11 pro power cord And at 12.7 ounces, it's not the lightest Android tablet on the block either, but the slight heft does add to that feeling of durability. Design-wise, the plastic backing is textured to to provide a decent grip, and the coppery hue looks more expensive than it is, especially in sunlight. Hisense seemed determined to prove that inexpensive materials don't necessarily correlate with an inexpensive aesthetic; the Sero 7's clean lines make for a nice-looking budget device.45w dell 0w34yt w34yt gm456 Continuing our tour, the power button is located near the top of the device on the right-hand side, right above the volume rocker. Both are made from black plastic that feels a bit flimsy, especially compared to that textured backing. Along the top you'll find mini-HDMI and micro-USB ports, a covered microSD slot (which can handle up to 32GB), a 3.5mm headphone jack and a pinhole microphone. The HDMI-out is a nice touch, and it worked adequately when we paired it with a Sony HDTV to watch a few high-quality YouTube videos (included, we're not proud to admit, the "Sad Cat Diary" more than once). Should you decide to add the Sero 7 Pro to your gadget collection, you'll be happy to know that USB on-the-go is enabled, allowing you to use it with a flash drive, keyboard or mouse.Out of the box, hp 7 1800 charger you'll find a sticker near the bottom of the device's backing, marking off the area where the NFC sensor lives. Right beneath that are two small stereo speakers (more on those later). An embossed Hisense logo sits in the middle, while a 5MP rear facing camera and its accompanying light sensor sit near the uppermost edge. Also included are GPS, Bluetooth and 5GHz 802.11n. Lastly, the tablet comes with 8GB of internal storage space, so that microSD port will almost surely come in handy.
Software
In addition to having the build quality of a premium tablet, this tablet also has the bloatware found on a lot of name brand tablets.toshiba pa5013u 1brs The Sero 7 Pro is running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean which, from what I have seen, is unmodified from the stock version released by Google. In addition to all of Google's bloatware (Google+, Talk, Play Music/Books/Movies/Newsstand), this tablet also has apps for Walmart, Vudu, and Sam's Club. (A lot of the tablets which are exclusive to Walmart have those apps; it's part of Walmart's sub rosa online sales efforts.)But there is an upside to the bloatware; Hisense also bothered to include a decent media player app and Kingsoft Office suite.There's no file manager, though, and the included Nook app is frankly terrible.hp 0957 2262 I made the mistake of trying the app rather than sideloading ebooks and reading in Aldiko, and I noticed that the Nook app is slow to wake up, slow to load ebooks, offers limited formatting, and throws a hissy fit if I wake up or start the app without an internet connection. Would you believe it tries to redownload the book covers each time I wake the app?
Performance
With an Antutu benchmark score of 12,011, the Sero 7 Pro falls solidly in the middle of the benchmark scores earned by dual-core Android tablets.In the month or so that I have owned this tablet it has lived up to the reputation which it's gotten online. It's a pleasure to use, charger for g75vx but to be honest that is largely due to the polished hardware design and high resolution screen.Samsung a3514 dhS If I were to judge the actual performance in the absence of its physical design, I would have to say that I'm not sure I see how this tablet is significantly better than some of the sub-$99 Android tablets I have tried - even though few of those tablets hp deskjet f4580 power cable had more than a dual-core CPU.For example, the HP Mesquite tablet (my choice for the $99 market) is outpointed by the Sero 7 Pro on the benchmark test but (when I had my hands on it) was about as capable.To be more exact, the Mesquite tablet is about as capable for my uses. I don't get into medium or heavy gaming on Android, so I am not pushing the Sero 7 Pro to its limits. But when I played games like Angry Birds, the Mesquite tablet was as fast or faster than the Sero 7 Pro.
Display and sound
While the Sero 7's hardware might lack a certain pizzazz, the same can't be said about the 1,280 x 800 display. This is one area where Hisense decided to splurge. Colors appear vivid, with dimension and depth. Blacks, which so often turn gray on mobile devices, look deep and dark here,sony sgpt111gb s charger and the screen gets bright enough to sear your eyeballs (a useful quality in direct sunlight). Additionally, the 7-inch screen offers great viewing angles without losing much color vibrancy when looked at from the side with the device laying flat.From the rainbow-hued landscape of Candy Crush Saga to the eye-popping bubblegum pinks of Nicki Minaj music videos (played in HD, of course), the Sero 7's display served up rich, vibrant colors. Similarly, videos played back smoothly and beautifully. Text, in Play Books and Chrome, was as crisp as you'd want it to be. For a budget tablet, the display was nothing to shake a stick at, google nexus 7 2013 charger and we were left considerably impressed with its quality.Unfortunately, the quality wasn't as consistent when we got to the Sero 7's sound. It's not that the audio coming from the device's dual speakers was bad. Not at all. Mobile speakers are what they are -- we weren't blown away by the Sero 7's audio capabilities, but they performed adequately, even at maximum volume. Tablet users are no strangers to the tinny effect that often accompanies their devices' audio, but it was less noticeable here than it was on a similarly priced tablet, the HP Slate 7. Dialogue and background music in movie previews played well, with the slight tinny echo more evident in songs that called for more bass than the Sero 7 could provide.Our disappointment heightened when toshiba pa5109u 1brs battery we tested the tablet with some headsets we had lying around. We discovered that the Sero 7 has pretty severe compatibility issues with more than its fair share of brands. When paired with Sony, Apple and Jabra earbuds, the Sero 7 didn't register that a headset had been inserted into the 3.5 mm jack, and the audio came out of the device's speakers as if our earbuds weren't even there. We had better luck with a pair of over-the-ear Panasonic headphones and Tylt Tunz earbuds. When the Sero 7 actually recognized that the headphone jack was in use, asus model u47a battery we were sufficiently pleased with the quality, which was rich and true on the songs we tested despite the lack of an EQ setting in the tablet's main menu. However, the compatibility issue might be problematic if you find yourself needed to run out to purchase brand new headphones to use with your device. No one wants to be bothered with that.
Battery life
Hisense promises seven hours of continuous video playback, so we were pleasantly surprised when our test exceeded the company's estimate.dell venue 8 pro charger cable With the brightness set at 50 percent, we looped a video at a resolution of 1,270 x 720, and the Sero chugged along for eight hours and 28 minutes before the battery called it a day. That number places it in the middle of the pack, as you can see in the table above. So, galaxy note 10.1 charger it's not overly impressive, but when compared to similar budget Android tablets, it's not too shabby either. During somewhat more quotidian usage, the Sero 7 (in balanced mode) happily survived an entire day of browsing, gaming, Facebooking and tweeting.DNP Hisense Sero 7 Pro review Hisense tries its hand at a budget Android tabletWhile the Sero 7's 4,000mAh battery can't quite catch up the Nexus 7's herculean ten hours on a charge, Hisense's offering does have a reason to toot its horn. Three reasons, to be exact. The Sero 7's dell m3800 charger power saving modes offer three distinct tiers: Performance priority, balanced and power saving modes, which can all be switched on and off from the settings menu. With power saving mode enabled, the Sero 7 Pro should get you through an entire workday. Our only complaint in terms of power management was the tablet's tendency to overheat. While it's pretty common for devices to warm up while charging, the Sero overheated when plugged in to the point where it was too hot to touch barehanded.