Review on 📱 ASUS MeMo Pad Smart ME301T-A1-PK: 10.1-Inch 16GB Pink Tablet - Reviews, Features & Price by Kiko Fanandriansyah

The tablet works well until you drop it. Good touch response, good screen brightness. Not much battery life either. The connections are well placed on the sides and not stupidly on the bottom. You can hear FAST audio if you turn it all the way down, so it beats pretty much every other tablet I've looked at in that regard. At least the speakers are placed discreetly at the back and there are 2. Good build quality. However, I strongly recommend that you buy a case that covers the corners and offers some protection because IF you drop it and it hits the corner, the glass will shatter. Revain sells a pair of Poetic brand cases that offer edge and corner protection. The tablet's plastic frame is so thin that it offers no protection and it's basically like a piece of glass falling on its edge. I think that's a direct result of all those idiotic review sites demanding thinner and lighter tablets. What did you end up with? More fragile tablets with smaller batteries. Our ACER ICONIA Tabs have been dropped a few times without breaking the glass, they're a little thicker around the edges and every so-called Expert Reviewer complained about that, but I'd be very happy to buy one again if ACER came out with an updated version. Model with the latest version of Android and Tegra3 processor. IF you break the glass of your notepad, the touch sensor will be destroyed as it is built into the glass. The ASUS RMA listed a price of $180 for its replacement. You also pay for the shipping. ASUS does NOT sell parts. How convenient. You can buy the digitizer glass on ebay, but if you try to remove the old one, you'll find that ASUS uses glue to fix it in the bezel, which is so strong it's almost impossible to peel it off remove without damaging the plastic frame . Before you drop $85 to buy one on ebay, scour YouTube for videos of people trying to replace the digitizer glass on ASUS tablets. I had to remove mine with a metal spatula, the glue is very strong. When I took it off, the glass shattered on the edge of the frame, I still have a shard in my finger. You must disassemble the tablet before attempting to remove the glass, otherwise you will surely damage the LCD screen. Be prepared with a magnifying glass, everything is tiny there. Once you take it apart you'll find that the bezel has a metal backing plate which is molded onto the back creating a nice solid construction once the glass is glued on. Unfortunately, you CANNOT buy this build if you don't want to risk it. with an eBay seller who ships it from China and you may receive it in 30 days or more. All in all, as you can see, I'm really disgusted that ASUS doesn't sell replacement parts for their tablets. What if Chevrolet didn't sell parts for its cars? If they sold a frame with a digitizer screen, I'd happily buy one and spend an hour or so replacing it. Since they don't bother selling parts for their products, you have a risky business if you buy one from an unauthorized supplier, hoping you can get one that will fit and work, and then spend hours on it To remove your old one without destroying your tablet and replace it with a new one. By the way, there was no glue on the new one. A silicone ball is used for this. Also, there are 2 different SKUs for the digitizer screens, so take the tablet apart first and get the right SKU. One has an L-shaped connector and the other has a J-shaped connector. Were it not for this fatal weakness in ASUS repair support, I would recommend this tablet after comparing it to a number of other tablets and using it for a while.