Compared to other manufacturers like Acer and Asus that
brought new devices in Computex, Dell has remained a bit reserved this year
with announcements mainly in the form of refreshes of its products from lastyear.
First one up is the company’s Android-powered Venue tablets.
This year, the Venue 7 and Venue 8 both received an upgrade.
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| Dell Venue 7 |
Compared to last year’s model, the two tablets now pack
updated Intel chips. To be specific, the Venue 7 now comes with an Intel Atom
Z3460 chip (compared to last year’s Atom Z2760 Clover Trail chip) with a 1.6GHz
dual-core 64-bit Silvermont-based Merrifield processor. On the other hand, the
Venue 8 now comes with an Intel Atom Z3480 chip with a 2.13GHz dual-core
processor.
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| Dell Venue 8 |
In the display department, the Venue 7’s display has a
resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels while that of the Venue 8 is set at 1920 x 1200
pixels. Moreover, the Venue 8 has a 2MP camera which is a step higher than the
1MP camera placed at the front of the Venue 7. Both models will have a Waves
MAXXAudio Pro technology, a 5MP rear camera, 16GB of expandable internal
storage and Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box.
The Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 will be available starting July
via Dell’s website for $160 and $200 respectively.
