Alcatel Evo 8HD unveiled: sleek aluminum tablet
posted by Victor H.
/ Sep 04, 2013, 2:32 AM
The Evo 8HD is by no means cream of the crop - it shoots for affordable and stylish instead. The aluminum body is merely 9mm thick, and the tablet features an HD display, a dual-core 1.6GHz chip and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
Alcatel touts the Evo 8HD to be a modular tablet, and in this case this means that you can swap its cellular modules and upgrade it to either 3G or 4G LTE radios. It’s offered with plenty of accessories like a ‘magic’ flip cover that informs you about incoming messages with an LED light. Then there’s a docking station, or a simpler magnetic flip cover.
Alcatel has not yet announced pricing and release date for the Evo 8HD, but our guess is for affordable device.
Alcatel Evo 8HD unveiled
source: Alcatel
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- Display 8.0" 768 x 1024 pixels
- Camera 3 MP / 2 MP front
- Processor Rockchip RK3066, Dual-core, 1600 MHz
- Memory
- Storage 4 GB + microSDXC
- Battery 4150 mAh
13 Comments
1. itsdeepak4u2000
Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012
Nice sleek design. I liked it.
posted on Sep 04, 2013, 2:38 AM 1
2. PhoneLuver
Posts: 481; Member since: Jul 05, 2010
That bezel is HUGE!!!!
posted on Sep 04, 2013, 2:50 AM 9
3. CX3NT3_713
Posts: 2347; Member since: Apr 18, 2011
Dual core???
posted on Sep 04, 2013, 2:57 AM 1
4. gx3kgx3k
Posts: 10; Member since: Aug 19, 2013
LOL at the comparison with the Galaxy Mega 6.3. Of course the 8 inch screen will be bigger, and they forgot to mention the bigger bezels.
posted on Sep 04, 2013, 3:28 AM 0
6. Pancholo
Posts: 380; Member since: Feb 27, 2012
And they even got the image mirrored - look at the capacitive buttons of the Galaxy Lolmega. Their darned graphic artists are lazy.
posted on Sep 04, 2013, 4:13 AM 0
8. gx3kgx3k
Posts: 10; Member since: Aug 19, 2013
They even put black bars at the bottom of the Mega and a Google search bar on top to make it look even smaller. The arrows on the mega doesn't even point at the actual corners of the screen unlike on the tablet they are selling.
posted on Sep 04, 2013, 5:20 AM 0
10. pellegrini
Posts: 84; Member since: Jun 14, 2012
Forget the bezel guys. They brought a very cool innovation here IMO. I'm impressed with the idea of be able to swap the cellular module of a tablet.
We all were waiting for the "customizable" hardware of the Moto X, and now that we finally are able to make some, you guys only complain about the bezel!
posted on Sep 04, 2013, 7:11 AM 0
11. tomn1ce
Posts: 247; Member since: Mar 12, 2012
Sure with 4GB of internal storage how much of that will the user be able to use. I understand it has a sdcard slot but how many apps can you put on that 64GB sdcard that you would get for it when you can't store apps onto the sdcard. Why would I want to swap the cellular module? If I'll be able to swap out the cpu for a better one or swap out the ram module that would be nice but it's not possible. Oh by the way those bezels are still huge O_O
