When the new low-cost tablet from Huawei we already leave you one comparative in which we measured it with that of Amazon, but now that it has renewed its catalog of tablets, it is necessary to re-evaluate the confrontation: Fire 7 (2017) vs Mediatek S3 7, a tough fight to offer the best quality / price ratio.
Designer
Abroad is where the new tablet of Amazon, but it must be said that with regard to the design section, the difference is more than anything aesthetic, thanks to more stylized lines that make it more similar to the 8-inch model. That means that the main point he had in his favor was the MediaPad T3 7, which was the metal casing, remains, because in the new Four 7 plastic continues to predominate.
Dimensions
Where it is possible to objectively appreciate an improvement in the new model of the Four 7 It is in the dimension section, especially for what has lost weight and thickness. It must be said, however, that although it has cut a little, it is still quite a distance in this sense from the tablet of Huawei which is not only even more compact (19,2 x 11,5 cm against 17,9 x 10,37 cm) but also finer (9,6 mm against 8,6 mm) and, what is always appreciated even more, lighter (295 grams against 250 grams).
Screen
In the screen section we do have an absolute tie, because neither of the two manages to exceed the usual technical specifications in this price range: with both we will have a screen of 7 inches with 16:10 aspect ratio (optimized for video playback) and resolution 1024 x 600, one step behind the HD standard.
Unlimited
We also have technical specifications traced in the performance section: they both mount a processor Mediatek quad-core and 1,3 GHz of frequency and accompany it with only 1 GB RAM memory. The main difference to take into account here, therefore, would not be the hardware, but the software, because it must be remembered that the tablets of Amazon They arrive with Fire OS, a very strong customization of Android. The of the MediaPad T3 7 is the usual of Huawei, lighter, and based on Android Marshmallow (not Nougat, like the rest of the models in the range).
Storage capacity
Here we do not have any difference that helps us tip the balance, although it was not expected that there would be, because it is rare that tablets this cheap can offer us something more than the 8 GB common internal memory memory. The important thing is that with both we would have a card slot micro-SD to expand it externally, so it is normal that that figure falls short in the long run.
Cameras
Slight advantage in the cameras section for MediaPad T3 7, but basically only because the front camera does not stay at the essential minimum of 0,3 SMHow does the Four 7, but reaches the 2 SM, like the main one, where they would be tied. If we use it with some frequency it can be an interesting detail, but for most it will not be a very decisive victory.
Autonomy
Much more interesting is the autonomy section, but here we cannot say too much, because we have very little information regarding the Four 7: the only thing that has provided us Amazon of the new model is his own estimate and, logically, this is data that we cannot use to compare with those of other tablets. The only objective figure we have is the battery capacity of the MediaPad T3 7, that is of 3100 mAh and it seems a correct figure for a tablet of its characteristics, but we cannot say much more.
Fire 7 (2017) vs MediaPad T3 7: final balance of the comparison and price
The truth is that the result of the duel with the new model of the tablet from Amazon Regarding the technical specifications and if we look at the design, which is where there has been the most renewal, we find that it is precisely the point at which the Huawei tablet stands out the most and it still has a clear advantage in he.
The only thing that can really change our opinion is the price, because the new Fire 7 (2017) it is more expensive if we are not premium customers of Amazon (70 Euros) but cheaper if we are (55 Euros). In the first case, the motivation to invest a little more and get hold of the MediaPad T3 7 (what does it cost 100 Euros) grows, logically, while in the second we find that we would have to add almost double and we may have even more objections, when I design on the sidelines, they are so even.