The Chinese company CHUWI introduced low-cost 8-inch Windows tablet Vi8. Despite the low price, the novelty has good functionality.
Chuwi Vi8 is equipped with an 8-inch IPS-display with a resolution of 1280 × 800 and quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F ruler Bay Trail-T, used in many budget tablets on Windows. Resolution rear camera is 5 MP, has a 0.3-megapixel front camera.
On board the tablet also has adapters Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 4.0, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of flash memory, twice the memory capacity of competing devices PIPO W4 and Ployer MOMO8W. Just as the plates, CHUWI Vi8 is running Windows 8.1. Owner of the device will receive a free one-year subscription to the software Microsoft Office 365 Personal.
The dimensions of the tablet are 207.4 × 122.1 × 7.9 mm, weight - 350g. Battery capacity is 5000 mAh. In China CHUWI Vi8 tablet goes on sale in early December at a price of 499 yuan ($ 82).
Low-cost Windows tablet partly explained by the fact that Intel is subsidizing the production of low-cost devices in the processor Intel Atom, and Microsoft, in turn, provides free software to manufacturers of smartphones and tablets with a small screen.
According to analysts, in 2015, Intel will stop subsidizing the cost Windows-tablets will grow significantly.