Exactly a week ago, HP surprisingly launched a premium brand budget tablet – the HP 7 Plus expected to retail for $100 (roughly N16,500) in the US. Almost a week later, a strong competition to the HP 7 Plus has surfaced with Toshiba unveiling the Toshiba Excite GO for $110 (roughly N18,000) in the US which is expected in July.
Both 7-inch tablet are budget slates but the Excite Go from Toshiba has a slight specs advantage to the 7 Plus from HP and also the former is slightly costlier than the latter. So for comparisons sake, we will be looking at comparisons and diffterence by pitching the Toshiba Excite Go vs HP 7 Plus.
Toshiba Excite Go vs HP 7 Plus – Specifications and Price Comparison
Display and Size
Both the Toshiba Excite Go and the HP 7 Plus features the same screen resolution with the a 7-inch 1024 x 600 pixels resolution display
Hardware and Software
The Toshiba Excite Go is powered by a Intel Atom Quad-core processor while the HP 7 Plus is powered by a Quad-core Allwinner A31 ARM cortex A7 processor.
Software
The Toshiba Excite Go runs on the latest Android 4.4 kitkat while the HP 7 Plus disappointedly runs on the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
Memory
The Toshiba Excite Go offers twice as much internal storage with 16GB compared to 8GB on the HP 7 Plus. The 16GB on the former is expandable up to 128GB with micro SD card support while the latter with the 8GB is expandable up to 32GB with micro SD card support.
Battery
The Toshiba Excite Go has a battery life of 8 hours compared to HP 7 Plus’ 5 hours 30 minutes of general usage.
how can i get one here in nigeria
At the moment these tablets are not available in Nigeria.