Teased last year, Dell’s newest Android tablet is now available. And the Venue 8 7000 is an Android tablet like no other, designed and built with few compromises by comparison to the glutted market of Android slates.
Dell actually previewed the slim Venue 8 7000 a few months back at Intel’s Developer Forum event, naturally showcasing the Intel tech that helps make this tablet standout.
One of those features is RealSense, which uses a pair of 720p cameras to capture depth in photos for later refocusing; something we’ve seen before, but not from Intel nor Dell. Using the multiple sensors, you can measure distances between objects in a picture — handy for home projects and such.
Inside the tablet is an quad-core 2.3GHz Intel Atom processor, 2GB of memory, 16GB of storage, microSD card slot, 8-megapixel rear camera and radios for 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. A future model will include LTE support, presumably using an Intel XMM radio. Aside from a few Dell apps and features, the tablet runs a fairly stock version of Google Android. Expect to get around 10 hours of battery life on a charge.
These components are tucked behind an 8.4-inch OLED edge-to-edge display with crisp 2560 x 1600 resolution, which works out to 361 pixels per inch. That display density is higher than most Android tablets as well as Apple iPads. With minimum bezels and sharp lines, Dell’s tablet looks to have a premium build quality rivaling those too. And maybe most impressive is that the slate is just 6 millimeters thick.
Of course, you can expect a premium price for a premium product: The Dell Venue 8 7000 with Android 4.4 — Lolliop is coming soon — costs $399 for the Wi-Fi edition.





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