Okay, I bought one. I already have a Nook HD+, but it's too big to fit into anything other than a bag, and I was getting tired of slinging it around on my shoulder all the time. Plus, I really enjoy reading comics on it, and I was getting sketched out about paint dust getting in the ports and messing it up (They're not making Nooks anymore, so once this one goes I might not be able to get another). I tried a refurb iPod Touch Gen 4 from Gamestop (traded in Last of Us towards it), but if you do anything other listen to music on it the battery life drops drastically, and I take a lot of notes and use the calculator a lot during the day. I loved the size, but if the battery shits out before the day is over that is no good. I wanted something that A) was more portable than the Nook HD+, B) I could use for more than listening to music/old radio shows, and C) was lower-cost, so I wouldn't give much of a shit about were it to get clotted with paint dust. Also, I have a bit of extra money nowadays, and I had some BD money, and I have an electronics problem. Anyway, this Hisense was only five bucks more than what the refurb touch cost, so I took it back and just used the refunded trade credit to get Steam cards for SRIV.
So, it's nice enough. Build quality is a little lesser than the N7, but it doesn't seem like it'll fall apart in a month. Nice textured back for grip. It has a microSD slot, people have reported using 64GB cards in it just fine. Screen is nice, seems brighter than the N7 from what I remember, same 1280x800 res. Camera is fine and has a an LED flash, I can use it to take "before" pics of really wrecked apartments in case there's a question about my billing. It has a mini HDMI port. It supports USB OTG. It has NFC. It has Bluetooth 3.0. Don't know about the long-term battery life, but seems decent so far, and there are power-saving settings if you're just using it to listen to music or whatever. It fits into the pocket of my painter pants. It looks stupid, but it fits. It's basically a better version of last year's N7 8GB. Definitely worth the $129 so far.