Magnificent Misfire: Dell's Venue 8 Budget Tablet Isn't Worth the Bargain

You get what you pay for. Take Exhibit A: budget tablets. It's not easy to cover up deficiencies in design and performance in an all-screen, all-touch device.

The Dell Venue 8 with an 8-inch HD screen, due in stores the first week of December in either black or red, starts at $179.99. Like other sub-$200 tablets, Dell was forced to cut corners and thus produced a tablet with a sub-standard touch experience, sub-standard camera and sub-standard battery life

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Pay less and you'll get less. The Venue 8 costs $100 less than the 8-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 and $120 less than the original 7.9-inch iPad mini Read more...

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