Best Buy Launches Dell Venue 8 7840 for $399.99

Humberto Saabedra

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Best Buy has launched the Dell Venue 8 7840 Intel-powered Android tablet fort $399.99 online. The tablet is notable for featuring an 8.4-inch Quad HD display along with Intel’s RealSense camera technology which allows for image capture with 360 degree depth control using the rear 8-megapixel camera and front-facing 2-megapixel camera, with the images being claimed to be useful enough for 3D modeling data along with being claimed as being thinner than the iPad Air 2 by Intel. The rest of the specifications consist of an Intel quad-core Atom processor at 2.3Ghz with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage with a microSD slot for additional expansion, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth radios.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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