Toshiba Excite 7 Pro Reviews

The Toshiba Excite 7's poor screen and high price make it an uninspiring choice for an Android tablet.

When it comes to budget 7-inch tablets, $149 is the new $199, and the Toshiba Excite 7's $169 starting price misses the cut with an underwhelming experience spearheaded by lackluster performance, a dull screen, and plastic-y build quality. The battle of the budget is getting fiercer and a 7-inch tablet with mediocre specs priced under $200, just won't cut it anymore. You can get more for less in the $139 Amazon Kindle Fire HD which features a better screen, or the $149 Dell Venue 7, which smoothly runs a pure version of Android Jelly Bean. However, an upgrade to a superior small tablet, like the Google Nexus 7 or Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7, isn't too far away. Budget tablets are expected to compromise performance and design to meet their bargain prices, but every year the standard for what's expected from a budget tablet increases. Unfortunately, the Toshiba Excite 7 sacrifices too much in value while keeping its price a tad too high to be worthy of a purchase.