The Venue 8 7000 is the "world's thinnest tablet" according to Dell. It hosts Intel's RealSense camera tech which makes use of two 720p rear mounted cameras in tandem with a single 8MP shooter and an 8.4-inch (2,560x1,600) "infinity edge-to-edge display" inside a 6mm thick aluminum casing.
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All things considered, I enjoyed nearly every aspect of the Dell Venue 8 7000. It's $399 price point is $100 cheaper than an iPad Air 2, the same price as the pointless iPad mini 3 and $100 more than the venerable iPad mini 2.
Dell also sent along its HDMI streaming dongle, Dell Cast, as well as a wireless keyboard and mouse combo. Similar to other HDMI dongles, Dell Cast allows users to stream content from an Android tablet. All you need is a free HDMI port and a USB port for...
Dell's latest 8-inch Android tablet is a statement product. Hey world, it says: remember that company that made crappy laptops you hated seven years ago? Well, it can make great things now. Beautiful things. Thinner-than-the-iPad things. Things that...
The Dell Venue 8 7000 is an attractive Android tablet with a super slim design, a great screen and offers smooth performance combined with good battery life. However, it's more expensive than closely matched rivals and the RealSense camera technology which is supposedly a selling point isn't worth the time of day.
On the whole, then, it is safe to say we were amazed by the Dell Venue 8 7840.The tablet's design is phenomenal, proving incredibly thin yet strong and sturdy. The aluminium construction looks and feels premium. Yes, the front camera is at the bottom of...
Function dictates form in the design of the Venue 8. The shape is asymmetrical with a thin 6mm bezel framing the screen, sans for the tablet's base. There lies excess bezel 30mm wide and it has been used to house a front facing camera and speaker.Pasting...
The Venue 8 7840 is a killer tablet, with a great screen and stunning build quality. It's let down a little by awkward bezels and a lack of Microsoft Office, but other than that, it's a...
As a tablet, the Dell Venue 8 is impressive. It is small, compact, thin, well-built, has good-sounding front-facing speakers, brilliant high-resolution display. There is also a companion Keyboard Folio of the same size where you can fold up neatly, so...
The Dell Venue 8 7840 is unquestionably one of the best mid-size tablets on the market, thanks to its beautiful display, outstanding performance, and long battery...
Dell takes several risks with its latest tablet, but they don't always pay off. The slim design grabs headlines but doesn't make a big difference in real-world use, and the off-centre style helps and hinders in equal measure. The three-camera...
Dell's flagship Venue 8 tablet is thin and well-made with a stunning screen and long battery life. It's one of the best Android slates you can buy, but we'd like it even more if the image quality from the camera were better -- and if it weren't so easy...
The Venue 8 7840 is packed with interesting technology. Not all of it will come in handy day-to-day – being able to measure distances within photos is a neat trick rather than an indispensable innovation. However, the core specifications, performance and...