If you've
been in the market for your first tablet, then look no farther than the
Nextbook 8 inch dual core tablet from Efun. Used to be, when it came to budget
tablets, you could not expect much but with the Nextbook nx008hd8g model, folks
can expect a whole lot for the money.
Things you
can expect to see on this tablet is its beautiful 8 inch hd screen with a
screen resolution of 1024x768, 1.5ghz ARM Cortex A9 dual core processor, which
is considerably fast, 1GB DDR3 ram, along with 8gb of on board memory, along
with the option of an external sdcard slot to expand all your memory storing
needs, built in 802.11b/g/n wifi.
Other cool
addtional features folks can expect with the NextBook model nx008hd8g, its back
2mp camera for shooting all those family moments, and front facing 0.3 mp
camera for video chatting with family and friends, mini hdmi port for being
able to share past moments on the big screen at family get togethers.
Expect to
get the latest of the Android operating system's on this tablet as well,
Jellybean 4.1, with the option of having the Google Playstore as well to be
able to enjoy tons of apps on your new tablet.
Screen
The screen
on this tablet is by far, really good when it comes to budget tablets. My only
concern with the tablet is that when looking at it from sharp angles, it tends
to bleed off a lot, so I always have to make sure I look at the Nextbook
straight on. At 1024x768, for the price of this tablet, the screen is
exceptional for what it is.
Performance
Performance
wise on the nx008hd8g, it is not bad as long as you don't demand way to much
from it all at once. I found that when playing Angry Birds Friends sometime,
that the tablet would lag but very few times. This could of been in part to
that I was sharing my smartphone as a mobile hotspot on a 3G connection with 3
bars. And also, when looking at PDF documents on this tablet, I also noticed
when zoomed in on the document, if I scrolled downed to looked at the bottom of
the page, that it took the tablet a minute to render but after a few seconds,
the bottom of the page would appear. But overall, for the price of this tablet,
I would say one can not go wrong for ones money.
Features
For $99.00
at Wal-Mart right now, you get quite a few features on this tablet. It does have
wifi to connect to any wireless hotspot so one can check online material. Also
it comes with a mini hdmi port to connect the nx008 to your television to share
things on a television screen. This tablet also comes with an external charger
and DC charging port but one can also charge the tablet through the usb port as
well.
This tablet
doesn't come with the option of bluetooth or gps, which for some, that is
perfectly fine because most that will purchase this tablet just want to check
email, Facebook, or play a game or two.
Cameras
The
camera's that come on the nx008 are nothing to scream about. The rear camera is
2.0mp, and the rear camera 0.3mp. Don't expect to be able to take stunning
photographs with this tablet. With the rear facing 2.0mp camera, I found the
images to be grainy and washed out a lot of the times, and the front facing
camera only good for video chatting and nothing else.
Battery Life
The battery
life on this tablet is not all that bad, one can expect to get 5-8 hours
roughly from this tablet. Like any devise, it all depends on how long you use
it, and how much you demand from it, each time that you use it. Charging times
I found to be a little bit long than I would have liked.
Apps
Though this
tablet has allows you to download apps from the Google Playstore, unlike most
budget tablets that have a limited own version of their own apps store, I found
alot of the times that most popular apps where not compatible with the nx008,
for example, "Instagram", which is popular with a lot of folks.
In the Box
What you
can expect from inside the box is a cloth tablet sleeve, to put it in to keep
from scratching the tablet during everyday moving around, a few operating
manuals, 6 foot usb cable, and external dc charger.
