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this video was brought to you by NCI X great technology selections and service hey guys this is Dmitry with Herick NOx and today we've got the Acer Iconia w3 with Windows 8 tablets slowly emerging onto the market you've got to ask yourself - why they matter and who are they competing against with iOS and Android dominating the tablet and smartphone scene there's still plenty of reasons to opt out for a Windows 8 machine is your alternative portable device well because you get full office suite which is included with the iconians and on the limited version found on iOS or Android and you can finally work with Windows 8 OS the way it was intended with touch the Konya double three is an 8 point one inch device the smallest in its category and one of the least expensive Windows 8 tablets out there retailing for 299 for a 32 gigabyte version and 369 for the 64 gigabyte model this is about $200 less than the competing devices from Asus Lenovo or same song which makes w3 an attractive choice because of the size but also the price it is slightly thicker than similarly sized tablets weights about 500 grams but absolutely fine for one hand holding now it's not the most hideous stomach out there but the black screen bezel and the white plastic frame around and the metallic plastic at the bottom just seemed out of place now it's nice there trying to be different from the conventional black style but perhaps the simpler the better it is a responsive and flu tablet the Metro UI running until atom dual-core 1.5 gigahertz and with 2 gigs of RAM for browsing the web YouTube playback and working on documents it will do just fine plus a few casual games here and there wake up times are good but there is that occasional hiccup with apps given the screen size precise navigation is more difficult at times frustrating having to constantly miss the desired location on the screen no wonder we haven't seen 8-inch Windows tablet yet also w3 gets quite hot in the top portion of the device near the front-facing camera that using it and landscape mode gets quite uncomfortable and reverting it into a portrait mode to keep your hands cool is the only option the flower storage included with the device it's quite slow running HD tomb the transfer rate is slower than your regular 7200 rpm drive so just something to keep in mind all of the buttons and connections are scattered around with power button microUSB for data only you're not able to charge the tablet through this port and micro HDMI located at the top stereo speakers headphone and power jack located at the bottom and volume rocker plus a microSD card slot on the side now watching videos in landscape mode and you get that one sided audio effect because the speaker location it is not ideal and quickly gets annoying for any video playback now the biggest issue with the Akoni ow3 is the display the resolution on this tablet is perfectly fine with 1280 by 800 but it's the color reproduction and the very visible grain in the panel itself that makes this one of the worst displays I've ever seen on tablet if not the worst the grain is especially visible on lighter backgrounds looks almost like digital noise it gives the impression of a pixelated screen which it is not at 186 PPI text look sharp and perfectly clear with the size of the screen and the embedded grain in the panel is completely an acceptable decision from Acer this is by far the biggest turnoff with the w3 and I'm surprised this was released like that the color reproduction is not as vibrant as we've come to expect from tablets and has a very warm overtone on the white furthermore the viewing angles are very limited there's a huge contrast drop with vertical angles especially when leaning tablet towards you in portrait mode it resembles a very poor TN panel side to side viewing is much improved however with no contrast job or color shift but still I questioned a sirs decision to release a very competitive device like this with such a terrible display yes it is more portable than the competition and yes it is slightly cheaper but I would rather see a non grainy and usable screen for a bit more cash of course Windows 8 is huge thank God we have a micro SD card slot and micro USB for additional storage as out of the box our 32 gigabyte model is full with just over three gigabytes of free space by far the best thing about the tablet which surprised me was how long it lasted with a milliamp hour battery pack I got over eight hours of mixed use with medium brightness plus a really fast recharge rate is always a bonus honestly in the Akoni double three feels rushed and unpolished a better screen would have turned things around for this Windows 8 tablet as its portable factor more aggressive pricing micro HDMI port decent battery life and the included office suite are all irrelevant when the basic feature of a handheld device such as the screen is so terribly designed stereo speakers are completely out of place and having only three gigabytes of free space out of the box is so limiting I wonder why the 32 gigabyte capacity is even an option while the performance is acceptable with the Atom processor if your main tasks include browsing the web entertainment and social media there's absolutely no advantage going with Windows 8 unless you seriously require that full office suite the concept of packing a full desktop experience into a tablet is very appealing it's the execution with the a Konya w3 that is not and your best to look elsewhere so thanks guys for watching we'll see you in the next review