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Hisense Sero 8 Android Tablet Now Showing up in the US

hisense-sero-8[1]When Hisense launched the Sero 7 Pro in the US last summer they ignited a media frenzy over a cheap and excellent tablet. With the Sero 8 tablet just now appearing on US shores they may be about to repeat that success.

After launching in the UK in April, new reports are coming in this week that the Sero 8 is available in the US. It has shown up on the FCC website, is reportedly being carried in at least one Walmart store (but not on their website), and is even selling on Ebay for $120 (from a pawn shop, of all places)

The Hisense Sero 8 runs Android 4.4 KitKat on a 1.6 GHz Rockchip RK3188T quad-core CPU with 1GB RAM. It has a 16GB Flash storage, a microSD card slot, Wifi, Bluetooth, and a pair of unimpressive cameras.

Weighing in at 1 pound, it has a 4Ah battery which offers a promised 10 hoursw of runtime. The 8″ screen is based on an IPS display with a screen resolution of 1280 x 800, and it has a cheaper 5 point capacitive touchscreen.

I can’t find any reviews of this tablet (it’s on my to do list), but I see that when I covered it in April I commented that the cameras (VGA and 2MP ) made me think of the bottom of the market tablets found at $99 price point last year, and not the Sero 7 Pro (at $149).

The Sero 8 is selling on Ebay for $120, so it looks like I came pretty close to hitting the mark. The UK retail price is £90, which suggests to me that Walmart’s price will be $129, marked down to $99.

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Comments


Manny June 18, 2014 um 12:37 am

Everything else is nice the only thing I did not like there is no flash but still love my 8.


Don August 26, 2014 um 8:58 am

Sero 8 purchased last week. Runs OK. Not as fast as promised. Cannot load many apps including Instagram. Says it’s not supported. Overall happy with product but would like to have similar features I get with Samsung S4.
For $129 U.S. – it’s worth it for younger sets.

Nate Hoffelder August 26, 2014 um 9:10 am

Instagram doesn’t work? I haven’t had any issues with the review unit I bought.


rikki December 10, 2014 um 11:14 am

I cannot download freenav to my sero8, I have Bluetooth linked a sat finder ?
has anybody else tried this
regards rikki


Zayden walter June 10, 2015 um 11:58 am

I bought the tablet and used it for about 6 months and the battery quit working it won’t hold a charge and dies in about 10 seconds after unplugging it


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