The new MeMO Pad HD 7 was officially launched in Taiwan last Thursday on June 27. According to Digitimes, the tablet is priced at NT$5,990 (US$198) for 16GB model. The 7-inch Android Jelly Bean tablet made its first appearance earlier last month at Computex Taipei 2013.
To recap on the specs, ASUS MeMO Pad HD 7 features a 7-inch HD IPS display with 1280 x 800 resolution and 170 degree wide viewing angles. The tablet is powered by an ARM Cortex A7 quad-core processor with 1GB of memory and storage option of 8GB or 16GB. There is a microSD card slot to expand the storage. 16GB of free one-year ASUS WebStorage is also included.
Other features include a 1.2MP front-facing HD camera, a 5MP rear camera and a micro-USB socket. The tablet runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
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The tablet comes with five color flavors – gray, blue, white, green and pink.
To consumers in Malaysia, you can expect the tablet to reach our shore soon as the people over ASUS Malaysia begin teasing on the tablet on their Facebook page. Thus far, no detail has been revealed on local pricing and availability. Our wild guess is the tablet will most probably hit Malaysia by the end of this month or early August, just before our Muslim friends celebrate their Raya (which falls on the second week of August). 8GB model might cost around RM500 and 16GB for say, RM700.
