The budget tablet Acer Iconia One 7 (B1-750) have landed in US stores now, though release still appears to be a month or two away in June – July: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00WVZQNGW/
The Acer Iconia One 7 became available in Europe in the first quarter of the year. This is a 7-inch budget tablet with Android, and the successor to Acer Iconia One 7 (B1-730), launched in June last year.
It doesn’t ship with Android 5.0 yet, but is supposed to upgrade to 5.x during the summer. The other main specs are at the level of a quad-core 1.33 GHz Intel Atom Z3735G processor, 1GB of DDR3L RAM, and 16GB of storage, while the 7-inch IPS screen has a HD resolution of 1280 x 800.
Acer Iconia One 7 (B1-750)
It has 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi support, and Bluetooth 4.0, a 1-cell 3520 mAh battery capacity which gives it a maximum battery life of 7 hours, it weighs 320 grams, and it has a 0.3MP front camera, with a 5MP camera on the back of the tablet.
The lackluster battery life in combination with Acer build quality does not make for a compelling case. Acer looks set to become a little more exciting tablet brand later this year, but not with this tablet.
The best alternative to Acer Iconia One 7 (B1-750) in this price range, is the Asus MeMO Pad 7 (ME176). It is currently cheaper than the Acer, it has more features, and in some areas it has higher specs too.
Acer Iconia One 7
– Tom Bowen
