Asus Transformer Prime ($499) vs HP Touchpad ($99)

Asus Transformer Prime (quad core 1.4ghz) vs HP Touchpad (dual core 1.7ghz)

I recently became the owner of the HP Touchpad and the Asus Transformer Prime. I did a side by side comparison of my normal use on both devices and this is the video.

Since I don't need two tablets, I was trying to decide which was better for my usage. I found that the HP Touchpad had a much better price, less defects and overall better performance. It runs pretty much any game I throw at it and (including tegra 2 enhanced), web browsing and netflix also run much better on it.

Which tablet would you choose? HP Touchpad or Asus Transformer Prime?

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Asus Transformer Prime
• HP Touchpad

[jzenism]

Its because it had a live wallpaper running. If you recall tegra 2 had an issue with this because it wasn't powerful enough to handle UI and a live wallpaper. Same problem with tegra 3.

[jzenism]

They are still selling the HP Touchpad, dont cry. You can pick one up new for $250 (32gb) at HHGREGG or just order from one of the many places selling it. Touchpad just got updated, and takes the cake once again!

[jzenism]

lmao, wow a lot more cry babies than i was expecting to see. In this video the Touchpad (leftside) clearly wins, get over it.

[jzenism]

I looked at your video, and honestly IMO netflix lagged just the same, it was not anywhere near as smooth and lagg free as it was on the touchpad (no im not a touchpad sales person).

[jzenism]

Also according to setcpu the touchpad is only really using 1 core clocked at 1.7ghz... Interesting.

[jzenism]

Battery on touchpad is good overclocked, id say about 6-7 hours normal use non-stop. and for me it lasts all day because i use it a little throughout the day.

[Sandman86ful]

@Tristanmsnyder -- well the fact that a $100 tablet atleast comes close to a $500 tablet is worth comparing.

[Pindamann]

Why does your Prime stutter so much in the menu? The Prime's in other reviews i watched had alot better performance (watch?v=wYBT9I0UmRE for example). Is that an old Android build maybe?

[Tristanmsnyder]

Considering the fact that HP doesn't even sell the touchpad anymore there is no real reason to compare. The ASUS Transformer is the way to go... better graphics and far better multitasking capabilities.

[Metube8166]

videos like this are a waste of time.. no explanation of what's going on

[1lann]

Continuation of my previous comment: Also you didn't point out what apps you had running in the background and whether the prime was running on power saver mode or not.

[1lann]

Wow rly? How is that even really fair. In the description you said the HP touchpad had 1.7 ghz dual core. That meant you overclocked it from 1.2 Ghz. Also the launcher and apps may not be well multi-threaded. Even Tegra 2 optimized 1.7 * 2 compared to 1.4 * 2 is a 0.6 Ghz difference. Also not at anytime did you prove you were actually using the HP touchpad and Asus Transformer Prime. Also you didn't point out what apps you had running in the background and whether the prime was running on power

[GamingFreaksHD]

HP destroys This tablet.

With the latest update an support for android dual boot an more updates coming.

It even beat the Ipad in certain tests if you check reviews on youtube.

I don't think people understand how good the HP is an going to be now it's a open source.

Bought mine for £170.

Every other tablet on the market right now besides apple an samsung are irrelevant.

Stop crying that your prime sucks.