Review on 🔹 ASUS MeMOPad HD 7-Inch 16 GB Tablet in Blue: The 2013 Model (ME173X-A1-BL) by Daniel Ton

My Asus MeMOPad died after less than four months of use. This tablet was too good to be true and I'm pretty sure ASUS knew about it before launching it. Specs are top notch at this price point and it has delivered excellent ownership for around three months. I bought this tablet to replace a 5 year old laptop that broke. I've never owned a tablet, but I've had good experiences with ASUS products. I was so enthralled with the MeMOPad in the first two months of ownership that I almost convinced a few friends to buy it (I'm glad I didn't). I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 and my wife has a Galaxy S3, so I'm familiar with the Android platform. I was amazed by the speed of the processor, image quality, battery life, etc. I mainly used the tablet for web browsing (Revain, Gmail, etc.), but it also handled games quite well (even those that were graphically intensive ). ). I bought this tablet at the end of November. It worked very well for the first two months but started not turning on at times. When it didn't turn on the first time, I thought the battery was just dead. I plugged it in and tried turning it back on but it didn't show it was charging. I found it weird so I left it on for a while. The next time I tried to turn it on, it came on again. I didn't think about anything else and everything seemed to be fine again. A month goes by and the problem repeats itself several times. The second time this happened I started thinking about what could have destroyed the battery (I couldn't think of anything). I plugged it in to charge and it gave me a battery charge indicator. The third time nothing helped. I couldn't get it to show that it was charging and it refused to turn on. I ended up opening the case (planning to remove/replace the battery) but the battery is not removable (it's attached to the board). I closed the case again, and oddly enough, it turned back on. At this point I started reading 1 star reviews and this seems to be a VERY common issue with MeMOPAd. I've successfully removed the case two more times to turn it back on (possibly an issue with the actual power button) but it's still "sleeping" from the last crash. I'm not sure what is causing this tablet to crash, but it's a serious issue. ASUS may have discovered the issue too close to the holiday shopping season to retrofit/fix this issue. They probably figured the price drop would be enough to sell these broken devices. I'm sure I can send mine back to ASUS and they will send me a 'refurbished' unit returned by another sucker (owner). If you're looking for a good disposable tablet that will last around three months, this might just be what you're looking for. If you want your electronics to last more than a season, spend your money on something better. For me, this will be the last ASUS product I buy. They sell lemons and they left a very sour taste in my mouth.