Huawei S7 - Returned it today

[troyy0206]

The Huawei S7 tablet Best Buy is carrying is a decent unit, just wasn't for me. It was close, though.

Pros:
*Decent price at $299, should be about $249 compared to others
*Resistive screen was very responsive, enough to not really be annoying at all. Some things were better with a stylus such as hyperlinks.
*Built nice, sturdy.
*was able to put in my AT&T SIM card and manually set up the APN and have 3G data and make phone calls even though BB's price tag said WiFi only.
*speakers are nice and loud. made a hell of a speaker phone!!
*I thought the UI was nice enough I didn't install Launcher Pro
*typing was good on the resistive screen.

Cons:
*Battery life of maybe 2 hours.
*WiFi would often not reconnect to same network after putting into standby and I'd have to turn WiFi off/on to get it to work again.
*can only charge with the AC adapter, USB does not charge it.
*I use the WiFi Tether on my Android phone and it *would not* see the wireless network even though dozens of other devices could including Windows laptops, iPads and iPhones.

I think six months from now the Android tablet market is going to explode with nice units.

 

[alnova1]

I returned my today and got my money back..had it 2 days and developed dead pixels.

 

[turbobob924]

I was not able to get data with my ATT SIM

Did you do anything to configure/use it?

 

[dajobo]

I bought one yesterday and have been somewhat impressed with it. Definitely give it a try before you buy!

 

[shooterau]

Can anyone advise how long I Should charge this pad before using it first time.
Many Thanks

 

[xmr405o]

Can anyone advise how long I Should charge this pad before using it first time.
Many Thanks

I don't have an S7 but most of the time on electronic devices, its recommended to fully charge the device prior to using it for the first time.

 

[RMdroid]

My Huawei Ideos S7 runs at least four hours before it needs a recharge. I love it. I've had mine for about six weeks and use it extensively daily.

Yesterday I downloaded NDrive making the S7 an outstanding car GPS without having to be connected via 3G/4G or WiFi. The 2+Gb download puts all the maps onto the SD card, making it one of the best GPS navigation units I've used. I love the size of the screen and the voice commands are easily heard via the very good speakers.

 

[Llanyort]

Have you seen any pictures of the inside of a huawei s7-201u slim with 3G cellular capacity?
I have one but with a sim slot but no sim card holder on the board. I was wondering if I could hack a sim card holder onto board(there is a spot where one goes) ? But before I go down this road, I wanted to see the front and back boards of a s7-201u with 3G. You said your has AT&T 3G so urs might have the clues I need to hack mine up. I found some pics of an hs7-201w but I need a unit with working 3G.

Thanks