«The slate tablet market is over-saturated and is experiencing declining demand from consumers, so we've decided to discontinue the Android - based
Venue tablet line,» a Dell spokesman told PCWorld.
Update: As of June 2016, Dell has discontinued
its Venue tablet line, and will issue no further software updates to the tablets.
Dell launched their Dell
Venue tablet line in October last year, which included an 8 - inch budget tablet by the name of Dell Venue 8.
Not exact matches
In 2013, Dell expanded the Dell
Venue line by launching a
tablet brand on 2nd October.
This new
tablet line is called Dell
Venue.
Dell representatives have confirmed an internal memo dated March 8th that confirms that the Dell
Venue and
Venue Pro smartphones have been officially discontinued as of this month and that mobile devices will shift away from the highly competitive North American market and move to emerging markets such as Latin America, China and India, where local variants of the
Venue Android and
Venue Pro Windows Phone smartphones are already available as well as variants of its discontinued Streak
line of Android
tablets.
Dell unveiled this new
tablet on October 2nd, along with three other
tablets of the Dell
Venue line.
Dell has re-entered the
tablet arena with the
Venue line, a new duo of Intel Atom - powered Android slates.
Dell's latest
line of
Venue Pro devices pack the Windows 8.1 experience within a thin and light pair of
tablets.
Bottom
Line: The Dell
Venue 8 Pro is a Windows 8.1 entry - level
tablet that certainly corrects the problems that can crop up when from using mobile
tablets like the iPad or Google Nexus families.
Keeping in
line with most budget
tablets on the market, 7 - inch
Venue retains its 1280 x 800 resolution.
If you're in the market for a new
tablet, you may want to check out the big savings that Dell is offering on its
Venue 7000
line.
Dell just recently unveiled their new lineup of
tablets that the Dell
Venue 8 Pro is a part of, calling it the Dell
Venue line.
The Bottom
Line The refined build quality and slick performance of the Dell
Venue 10 7000 make it one of the finest Android
tablet - hybrids around.
Bottom
Line: Dell shows it can nail good design, but its
Venue 10 7000 Series Android
tablet falls flat in most other respects.
The Bottom
Line Betting on a full 1080p display partly justifies the Dell
Venue 11 Pro's higher price compared to other Atom - powered
tablets.
If you're in the market for a new
tablet, you may want to check out the big savings that Dell is offering on its
Venue 7000
line.
We recently took a look at Dell «s newest
line of Android
tablets, including the
Venue 10 7000 and the
Venue 8 7000.