Android tablets shouldn’t cost much, and they don’t have to. Dell kept this in mind when designing and building their Venue 8 tablet. A decidedly mid-range tablet, the Venue 8 may still pack a punch. How brutal could that gut-shot be? We find out in our review.

Hardware

The Dell Venue 8’s hardware is about what you’d expect from an Android tablet. Plastic, glass, and not much else. The plastic housing was textured on the rear, which was pleasant. The full 8-inch screen keeps with the 16:9 aspect ratio of other Android tablets, and stands in tall contrast to the 4:3 ratio of the iPad.

At 800 x 1280 pixels, it’s right around 189 PPI — definitely not the monster it could be, and it reminds us of the original iPad mini in tat respect. A 5MP camera sits on the rear of the Dell Venue 8, with a 2MP camera up front. That leaves this one adequate for a quick video chat, but not one you’d want to take pics with (because you don’t take pictures in public with a tablet, do you?).

Dell’s Venue 8 sports an Intel Atom processor, clocked at 2GHz. You’ll find 16 or 32GB memory, and a microSD card slot that can support an additional 32GB. A full 2GB RAM and Android 4.2.2 keep things moving along.
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