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what's up guys lon here from Android authority and the selection of gaming tablets are few and far between but you're about to have a new one to pick from pretty soon this is your first look and hands-on of the Acer predator 8 the predator line from Acer is meant to deliver a high-end gaming experience and the predator 8 is a very uniquely designed Android tablet that is meant to bring the gaming experience in a small compact form factor it's an 8 inch tablet and you can already see right off the bat that it has a look unlike any other tablet with very sharp and aggressive body lines and the corners where the speakers are located flare out from the main body there's one speaker in each corner for a total of four front-facing speakers and this is what Acer likes to call predator qua do which is meant to deliver an audio experience like no other and I have to admit they do sound extremely good the full HD IPS LCD display features a resolution of 1920 by 1200 with zero air gap technology and Acer claims that it supports a hundred percent of the NTSC color gamut which is pretty impressive for a screen on a tablet as to how accurate that claim actually is it is hard to say but it is a very good-looking screen with great viewing angles color saturation and brightness on the inside the predator 8 houses the latest Atom x7 z8 700 processor by Intel with an Intel HD graphics GPU 2 gigs of ram and 32 or 64 gigs of internal storage with the option to expand up to an additional 128 gigabytes fire microSD for a device designed with gaming in mind the amount of RAM sounds a little bit low but the Intel chipset should make for a solid gaming experience and good all-around performance the predator 8 also comes with what Acer calls tax sense technology that provides vibrations and tactile feedback on the screen and throughout the body of the tablet when gaming similar to what you would experience on a DualShock controller on the ps4 this is meant to provide for a more immersive experience when gaming and it definitely does add to the experience and the vibrations are nice and strong but not overly so that they feel like a distraction should you ever need to take pictures or do video chats there's a five megapixel main camera on the rear and a two megapixel camera on the front and both of these cameras most likely aren't going to be anything impressive since this tablet's primary objective is gaming and simply because cameras on tablets are typically more of an afterthought than anything else for the software the predator eight is running on android 5.1 lollipop and it's a very stock like experience with the exception of a lot of pre-installed bloatware but otherwise acer has done a pretty decent job at keeping the OS as clean as possible the predator 8 tablet will be available in the month of November for a price of $299 and if you're looking for a gaming tablet that could potentially rival the Nvidia shield the predator 8 is most likely going to be your best bet as always thank you guys so much for watching this video if you did enjoy please give it a thumbs up down below we definitely appreciate it and also subscribe to the channel which is also down below if you haven't already and make sure to check out the website for more in-depth coverage because we are your source for all things Android you