Acer Iconia Tab 8 W
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Surfboard. Acer's Iconia Tab 8 W is an 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet available for around 150 Euros (~$169). The tablet features the same hardware as the competition: a bright IPS screen, a Bay Trail processor, 1 GB of working memory, and 32 GB of storage capacity. Does the Iconia have a unique selling point at all?
Source: Trusted Reviews
Archive.org versionAcer’s latest tablet has a reasonable price and a decent exterior, and it’s able to overhaul one competitor thanks to its better screen and build quality. However, poorer performance, battery life and screen quality mean it can’t beat Tesco’s cheaper Hudl 2 for the title of best budget tablet.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/03/2015
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 60% performance: 60% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70%
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Source: Tuexperto
ES→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Very affordable price; acceptable display quality; powerful speakers; modern design. Negative: Mediocre cameras.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/04/2014
Source: Geeks.hu
HU→EN Archive.org versionPositive: Good price; decent display; decent performance; good cameras. Negative: No HDMI and GPS.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/09/2015
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The Acer Iconia Tab 8 is an 8 inch tablet that comes equipped with Microsoft Windows 8 as well as a year of free subscription to Microsoft Office 365. The IPS display features a resolution of 1280 x 800 HD. The IPS technology ensures bright and vibrant images and makes up for the low resolution. The Iconia Tab 8 is only 9.8 mm thick and weighs only 379 g with its plastic case. It comes with a quad-core Intel Atom Bay Trail that clocks at 1.3 GHz with 1 GB of RAM and an impressive 32 GB of internal storage that can be expanded further with the microSD card slot.
The low powered processor means that the Iconia Tab 8 would not be able to handle more demanding tasks like 3D gaming. However, it is apt for basic browsing and text-editing tasks. It comes with two speakers, a microSD card slot, a micro HDMI port and micro USB ports. The Iconia Tab 8 can be coupled with a separately sold lightweight Crunch keyboard for users more comfortable typing on a keyboard. The battery is expected to last for up to eight hours.
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail):
Integrated GPU for tablet and notebook Bay Trail SoCs. Based on the Ivy Bridge GPU with four Execution Units and support for DirectX 11.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).
Z3735G: SoC with an integrated quad-core Atom processor clocked up to 1.83 GHz, an Intel HD Graphics GPU and a single channel (32 bit) DDR3L-RS-1333 memory controller.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
8.00":
This display format is in the mid-range for smartphones. It offers a compromise between good visibility, details and resolution on the screen, and you can still fit it into trouser pockets.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Acer: In 1976, the company was founded in Taiwan under the name Multitech and was renamed Acer or Acer Group in 1987. The product range includes, for example, laptops, tablets, smartphones, desktops, monitors, TVs and computer peripherals. Since 2007, the group has merged with Gateway Inc. and Packard Bell, which also market their own laptop product lines.
Acer computers are designed for a variety of purposes, including ultrabooks for mobile use, gaming laptops for gamers, affordable options for everyday tasks, and 2-in-1 convertible laptops for versatility. Acer's product portfolio also includes tablets that offer portable computing and multimedia capabilities.
69%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
