Hisense launches Sero 8 budget Android tablet

1. Dont go by the specs. my sero 7 pro starts giving problems after 15 days. Wifi used to go off and on. So its no fun without wifi and the battery takes tooo long a time to get charged… 🙁 . I feel i have made a mistake by falling for the specs of this tab…

2. Well Hisense doesn’t sell their tablets in Canada anyhow so whoop-de-do. I tried for a long time to get a Sero 7 Pro and eventually, I gave up. The specs for the Sero 8 aren’t too appealing I’m afraid, even for the $150’ish price point. I’d have paid an additional $50 for a microSD slot and 2GB of internal RAM.

   1. The Rockchip SOC is a good one but they went for the cheaper slightly wimpier “T” variant.
      The rest is yawnsville, daddy-o.
      Note to Hisense: Garner more success before attempting to cash in on it.

      1. Any idea what the battery life is like? My experience with Rockchip chips is that they’re fast but burn through batteries very fast. I’ve rarely got more than 3 hours of use from the three Rockchip Tablets I’ve had, both dual and quad core. Mediatek chips are generally somewhat slower, but I get 9h of use from the Asus Memopad hd7 with one of their quad core chips.

         1. I watched 3 movies during a plane trip and got around 6.5 hours of use in total…internet browsing and mails getting at least 9 hours

   2. I think there is a microSD slot if you look at the photos

      1. You are relevant captain! 😉 Thanks to you I looked up the specs…and indeed there is one:

         Hisense Sero 8 Tablet PC Product Description
         Processor

         Rockchip RK3188T, 1.6GHz Cortex A9 Quad Core
         Memory

         1 GB RAM
         16 GB Flash
         Software

         Operating system: Android 4.4 KitKat
         Language Support: English, Chinese Simplified, French, Spanish, etc.
         Play Store, YouTube, Chrome, Google+, Google Search, Maps,
         Play Music, Play Games, Clock, Email, Gmail, Calculator, Calendar, Voice
         Search, Play Newsstand, Downloads, Gallery, Settings, People, Google
         Settings, Camera, Movie studio, Drive, Play Movies, Play books,
         Hangouts, Video, Photo
         Display

         8” TFT HD, IPS Capacitive Touch,
         Supports 5 point multi-touch
         Resolution: 1280 x 800
         Audio / Video

         Video Formats: AVI(H.264, DIVX, DIVX), MKV(H.264, DIVX, DIVX), MOV, MP4(H.264, MPEG, DIVX), MPEG, MPG, FLV(H.263, H.264)
         Audio Formats: MP3,WMA,MP2,OGG,M4A,FLAC,APE
         Image Formats: JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG
         Networking

         Wifi: 802.11b/g/n (2.4G)
         Bluetooth 3.0
         Power Supply

         Battery Capacity: 4000mAh
         Charge Time 3 to 4 hours
         Standby Time 170 hours
         More than 4Standby current 10mA
         Battery voltage 3.7V
         Minimum voltage 3.5V
         Operating voltage 3.5-4.2V
         Maximum voltage 4.2V
         Rated voltage 3.7V
         Power supply voltage 110-240V
         Charger parameters DC
         Charge voltage 5V
         Charge current 2A hours HD Video Playing, up to 7 hours web viewing using Wi-Fi
         Dimensions

         Length 208.5 mm
         Width 129.5 mm
         Thickness 10.5 mm
         Weight approx. 450 g
         Interfaces

         Micro USB, charging/data transmitting
         3.5mm earphone Jack
         Micro SD(up to 32G, support hot plug)
         Camera

         2MP Rear Camera
         0.3MP Front Camera
         Warranty / Miscellaneous

         1 Year Manufacturer Warranty
         G Sensor Support

         1. It is only 1.4ghz (Yes I have it)

   3. I have one and there is a Micro SD Slot

3. Hisense sells in the US. I suspect this will be available in the US in the next few months.

   1. True. Last I checked the Hisense 7″ Android tablets were in stock at my local Walmart.

      1. According to Hisense Sales in an e-mail, the only way to get a Sero 7 currently is a refurb from Fry’s or the like.

   2. According to an e-mail i got from Hisense sales, the Sero 8 is due out “thjis quarter” – which gives them slightly under two months.

      1. I bought the Sero 8 yesterday from a Walmart store in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

         1. Yee and also Haw.

         2. How much did it costed?

         3. I bet you also paid only $50. LOL.

         4. Let me know how its doing [email protected] thanks

         5. How’s is it doing?

   3. The product will be in the shops within 4 weeks

4. cool, something else we cant buy here…but at least we can read about it..

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