We have a new participant in the open war of the low cost Android tablets. Toshiba Excite 7 It has been presented with specifications that will not really make anyone jump out of their chair, but at an interesting price. We are facing another case of a large company that adopts the standards of white-label Chinese tablets, trying to take over its market thanks to its reference name.
The chosen format is that of the 7 inches, how could it be otherwise. Your screen resolution is X, a really old standard. Inside it has a chip RockChip 3188 composed of a processor quad core ARM Cortex A9 and a Mali-400 GPU. It is accompanied by 1 GB of RAM and will carry 4.2 Android Jelly Bean as an operating system.
It comes with 8 GB of internal storage that we can expand another 32 GB, thanks to its microSD card reader.
It has two cameras: a 0,3 MPX front and a 3 MPX rear. Its stereo speakers have been powered by SRS Audio technology. Of course, it comes with 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0.
It is 10,5mm thick and weighs 340 grams, this is like the first Nexus 7.
Your battery will give us a autonomy of 12,5 hours in normal use and 7,5 hours in multimedia playback, according to Toshiba. The guys from Android Police tested it and it was only 6 hours in this last aspect.
The Excite 7 starts at $ 170, which isn't terribly competitive considering Chinese tablet deals that have the same or better specs for less. If you get a good distribution in large areas, you may have a chance. We do not know its availability for Spain, but we hope to inform you of it soon.
This move by Toshiba is in contrast after they attacked with three tablets of high-end that mounted Tegra 4, although it is logical to cover the market more widely.