Huawei IDEOS S7 Slim

“Overall, if you can still get one of these and they’re cheap enough, they’re definitely worth a punt. There’s a few ROM’s to try out but I would like a slightly higher resolution screen and perhaps a bit more real estate. The screen can be a little too “letter box” at times and you find yourself wanting a little more.”

“Things run well on the Huawei S7 Slim at the moment and it's honestly quite bizarre. I liked this device a lot more than I should have. Maybe going into the review with low expectations has allowed me to be a little more surprised when I found a number of things I really liked. However there are some drawbacks. First, is the screen. Not so much the odd shape, that is a matter of personal preference. The quality of the screen is not great. There is a limited viewing angle and the picture is not very sharp. Secondly, is the weight. It's a heavy beast, and that's the price you pay if you want a battery that is going to last this long. After a while your wrist will get sore from holding this and you'll be changing hands more other than other tablets. Lastly, is Android. We need to see Gingerbread on here. I've already said that Froyo runs well and Huawei's overlay has enhanced Froyo enough to make this a more accessible operating system, however after a couple of months of use I would imagine the OS will become bogged down with the usual rubbish and then you'll notice a performance decrease. Gingerbread may remedy this but it has been a long time coming and if Huawei want to make any form of success out of this then Gingerbeard is the easiest route to take. The Huawei S7 Slim is a good, but ultimately disappointing tablet. It's had a hard life so far and things don't look terribly bright for it's future. With Ice Cream Sandwich being flavour of the month this device will be completely overlooked by the masses and it's a shame is it's better than some of the competition out there. Doing a little digging on the Internet I have some unconfirmed specifications for the tablet. A 1ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon with 512mb of RAM and the Adreno 205 GPU. My source for this has no reason to lie and from using the device of a few weeks I have no reason to dispute this. These are fine specs for a budget tablet however the Slim is almost £280! A very worrying price considering some of the Tegra2 competition out there. My hat is off to Huawei for making a decent tablet here, they have added a number of very nice touches along the way however, unless you see this in a sale somewhere I can only advise you that you will find better value elsewhere.”

“Huawei Ideos S7 Slim is an elegant tablet designed to entice customers with its price, above all other features. It is not as technically enhanced as the most expensive and more popular 7-inch tablets, but compared to the basic models, which are frequently launched by other less famous manufacturers from China, it is far more modern, faster and pleasant for usage. The S7 Slim comes with an abundant set of applications, a solid hardware base, an average display and exceptional Internet connection options. However, while making the decision on its purchase, apart from the appealing price, one has to consider that it is quite heavy, can only be used in the portrait position and its response to finger movements for multi-touch is slow.”