Alcatel One Touch Tab 8 HD
The Alcatel One Touch Tab 8 HD tablet is another exciting product announced by Alcatel shortly after the CES announcements. This is the new gadget released by the French, soon after the One Touch Scribe and the 7 inch tablet model that supports both 3G and 4G. So, this is a tablet with an 8-incn HD display. The exact resolution is 768x 1024 pixels, it runs Android Jelly Bean 4.1, built around the dual-core 1,6 GHz processor, supported by 1 GB of RAM. Analyzing the specifications above, we can note that this is a budget oriented product, a direct competitor of the Nexus 7 and the Kindle Fire. This model by Alcatel has a microSD slot and 8 GB of internal storage. There are also a main 2 MP shooter on the back and a VGA camera for video calls. In the design department, the tablet looks attractive; it is elegant and not so heavy – 355 grams. According to Alcatel, the starting price of this model is $180, which is a bit less than the Kindle Fire HD and the Nexus 7. The affordable tablet One Touch Tab 8HD is out in the US during Q3 in 2013. | |
General | |
2G Network | N/A |
Announced | 2013, January |
Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2013, Q2 |
Body | |
Type | Tablet |
Dimensions | 202 x 154 x 9.5 mm (7.95 x 6.06 x 0.37 in) |
Weight | 400 g (14.11 oz) |
Display | |
Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen |
Size | 768 x 1024 pixels, 8.0 inches (~160 ppi pixel density) |
Multitouch | Yes |
Sound | |
Alert types | N/A |
Speakerphone | Yes |
3.5mm jack | Yes |
Memory | |
Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
Internal | 8 GB storage, 1 GB |
Data | |
GPRS | No |
EDGE | No |
WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
Bluetooth | Yes, v2.1 with A2DP |
USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
Camera | |
Primary | 2 MP, 1600 x 1200 pixels |
Video | Yes |
Secondary | Yes, VGA |
Features | |
OS | Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean) |
CPU | Dual-core 1.6 GHz |
Messaging | Email, IM |
Browser | HTML |
Radio | No |
GPS | Yes |
Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator |
Colors | Black |
Other | - SNS integration
- MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player - MP4/H.264 player - Document viewer - Photo viewer/editor - Organizer - Voice memo - Predictive text input |
Standard Battery | |
Type | Non-removable Li-Ion battery |
Stand by | Up to 125 h |
Talk time | Up to 4 h |