Asus Transformer Mini T102HA Review: Is this Surface-Clone Mini Worth It?

My battery life is at 3 hours coming from a 5 hour charge

First a little background. I bought an Asus TF210 Tablet/Computer many years ago. I still have and I still use it but it cannot be upgraded from Android 4.1 and despite getting all the updates and so on the browsers (there are two Chrome and another one whose name I forget) frequently crash. Further there are very few apps for it not that I need many but even so there are few. The appeal of the Asus was it was both a tablet and computer with a full sized functioning keyboard. Both the screen and the keyboard had batteries promising up to 18 hours on a charge. That was never achieved. Next I bought a Surface RT when it looked like the Asus had died – it turned out to be a faulty charger which I replaced by getting a new one on ebay. The Surface RT runs Windows 8.1 and can't be upgraded to Win 10. It uses Internet Explorer (yes I know) and there are very few apps for it in the Microsoft Store. I see now that there are a variety of new Surface Tablets including a budget priced Surface Go as well as that there is now dual screen device made by Microsoft that runs Android (so there will be many more apps). The point of all this is; you haven't at the mid point of the review mentioned anything about the Windows version and upgrades etc being available. We should not assume that this will automatically occur Asus may well have some statement about this but users need to be sure. Secondly although this is a new device it is to be hoped that there will be a heap of apps for those who need them and either a version of Office or a version of Libre Office that can be installed. I don't want to be a naysayer but I think it is easy to be sucked in by a new low price gadget that has no future. I say this because Asus discontinued the TF201 after a short time.

I like it as a secondary device – works well and for the money its a steal……..

Great review!

i would be happy if you make a comparison between the T102 and T103.

Is their an Asus mini 10'' that combined the Chromebook and Transformer?

Please, please review the Acer switch 3, the celeb on one, thanks

I quite like mine. It works well for in home streaming on steam when I'm too lazy to use my desktop

Our names are reversed.

wonderful review man you deserve more keep u the good work

Can it power a 22inch 1080p monitor, or should I consider something smaller resolution

Please mention weights in kilos too

I really regret that I bought this one. I use it for studying and the most important aspect is for me to write on the PDF script in lectures.
The problem is that the device can't handle this very well. The CPU is way too slow, so sometimes (& way too often) I get strokes over the display so I can't
write fluently with the pen.
Thats absolutely unacceptlable.

Oh well and when you whant to switch in YouTube for example to fullscreen and back you have to wait for a view seconds.
Thats waaay to slow.
The purchase wasn't worth it. :/

Does this come with ms office?

Love your channel. But note the spelling. "Aray" is array; "Firing" is faring. – at least I think that's what you are trying to say.

What will you recommend asus transformer mini or Lenovo yoga book? 🙂