Update... For those interested. It turns out, Hisense is a State owned Chinese company... Nothing to do with Zenith. The corporation itself is huge. Megapolis size from what I see. I never heard of Hisense before I found this tablet.
It looks like the Sero 7 tablets are produced by a "Hisense USA". (http://hisense-USA.com/tablets/sero7pro). They are exclusively available from Walmart. Hisense-USA is the technology (R&D) subsidiary of Hisense Group. They are headquartered near Suwanee, Georgia. Near my stomping grounds considering I live in Atlanta. To start with...I refreshed by Nexus 7... and installed 3 apps on the Sero and Nexus. All available free from the droid store - SystemInfo, HardwareInfo, Smart System. Using all 3 I could better compare the internals of both devices. The main differences between the devices... The Hisense has 8gb for $149. My Nexus 7 had 32gb. Smallest capacity Nexus 7 is 16gb at $199. I pushed this tablet (Hisense Sero 7 Pro) all weekend. And I did do it hard IMO. I even (accidentally) spilled some water on the front face near the crease / side. No issues. I installed the same apps - one-by-one on each device. And played with the apps after each install. SoundHound, Kindle, Direct TV, SiriusXM, FoxNews, Drudge, Huffington Post, Daily Caller, Wikipedia, Police Scanner, FlipBook, Google Currents, Real Racing, Fun Putt Deluxe, Sky Castle 1, Sky Castle 2, Get the Light, Astro File Manager, ES File Explorer, Google Drive, FTP Server, Sky Drive, Box, Coin Dozer, Smash It, Papa Johns, Dominos, Pizza Hut, Email - 10 imaps accounts, 4 exchange accounts, trulia, real estate answers, real estate listings, Zillow, Realtor Rentals, Realtor Homes, VPlayer, Weather Channel, Radar Now, YouTube (which comes pre-installed on the Sero), Netflix, Vudu (pre-installed on Sero)... And more... Every app ran perfect. Go glitches, no errors. I could not reproduce - the issues I found on YouTube concerning the Sero. I did found an issue with the front facing camera. You can see the image you are about to capture - but when you press the button, the resulting image is black. Cameras are not an issue with me... but if video chat... there might be a problem. The Sero 7 Pro tablet runs a little hot near the top center. 1/3rd of the way down. Likely where the processor is located. I didn't find the heat to be overly excessive. It did not burn. Not by a mile.... I only mention it because the Nexus never runs hot. The Sero 7 Pro screen has a slightly higher resolution than the Nexus... But no real difference. The HDMI out feature of the Sero works wonderfully. Put a video on the device... Push the signal out via hdmi to a TV. No issues at all. The Nexus doesn't have an hdmi out. I bumped my Sero storage to 32gb with a microSD card. No issues. The Nexus doesn't have an ad card. The Sero has a extra commands button that allows you to capture excellent screen shots. I wish all tablets came with this feature. With the Nexus, I have to load an app to do this. I have a habit of unloading apps after I use them... So it's a PIA to locate the app, load it, get a screen shot, unload it. The Sero allows me to do everything with 1 press of a button. Neat feature if you do screenshots. Nothing special if you don't do screenshots. I mainly bought the Sero because I was looking for a Nexus comparable tablet at a lower price point. If you want a good device - comparable to the Google Nexus 7. But cheaper. This may be the one. ------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364372 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
