Verizon’s lineup of tablets includes everything from iPads to Samsung
Galaxy tablets, but it might soon include Asus’ unannounced Zenpad Z8,
according to known leaker Evan Blass.
Possibly standing in as the Zenpad S 8.0‘s
successor, the Zenpad Z8 will reportedly sport an 8-inch, 2,048 x 1,536
resolution display, making the panel as sharp as the iPad Mini’s. Under
the hood, the Zenpad Z8 swaps out the quad-core Intel Atom processor
found in the original for a hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor.
In other words, while you should not expect to do some heavy gaming, the processor should be more than good enough for less specific, everyday tasks.
Elsewhere, the Zenpad Z8 is rumored to sport 2GB RAM, as well as 16GB of
expandable native storage. Seeing how Big Red looks to be the carrier
that will sell the tablet, you should also expect to find LTE radios.
Around front, the Zenpad Z8 looks to pack a 1.8-megapixel camera, with
an 8MP sensor. We expect the tablet to include a USB Type-C port, seeing
how the Zenpad S 8.0 included one. Finally, as for the operating
system, Blass did not say, though we hope the Zenpad Z8 runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.
Verizon’s lineup of tablets includes everything from iPads to
Samsung Galaxy tablets, but it might soon include Asus’ unannounced
Zenpad Z8, according to known leaker Evan Blass.
Possibly standing in as the Zenpad S 8.0‘s
successor, the Zenpad Z8 will reportedly sport an 8-inch, 2,048 x 1,536
resolution display, making the panel as sharp as the iPad Mini’s. Under
the hood, the Zenpad Z8 swaps out the quad-core Intel Atom processor
found in the original for a hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 processor.
In other words, while you should not expect to do some heavy gaming, the processor should be more than good enough for less specific, everyday tasks.
Elsewhere, the Zenpad Z8 is rumored to sport 2GB RAM, as well as 16GB
of expandable native storage. Seeing how Big Red looks to be the
carrier that will sell the tablet, you should also expect to find LTE
radios. Around front, the Zenpad Z8 looks to pack a 1.8-megapixel
camera, with an 8MP sensor. We expect the tablet to include a USB Type-C
port, seeing how the Zenpad S 8.0 included one. Finally, as for
the operating system, Blass did not say, though we hope the Zenpad Z8
runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box.
Blass also did not mention how much Verizon will sell the tablet for,
but given Asus’ previous tablet offerings, we should not expect the
price to be anything outlandish. Furthering the point, since the Zenpad
Z8 looks to be sold through Verizon, expect it to be sold in monthly
installments as an alternative to the total upfront cost.
Even though Blass did not say when the Zenpad Z8 might be released,
we consider it quite possible that Asus would officially announce the
tablet on May 30, when the company is slated to unveil its latest
ZenFone 3 family of smartphones.
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