Acer Predator 8 review: Gaming, flawed

Acer's gaming brand has an Android tablet that shouts a big game, but doesn't quite hit the mark.

Acer has made Android tablets for years, but it is getting into a more niche space with its first Predator-branded product for the ecosystem, the Predator 8. How does it stack up? Read on.

Pros

Unique design
Mostly vanilla Android experience
Front facing speakers are LOUD
Cons

Poor battery life
Android Lollipop with no hint of updates
Lacks a defining gaming feature such as you'd get with the NVIDIA Shield
Acer Predator 8 Full Review

Believe it or not, Android is now a fairly strong place to be for folks who like to game on the go. The quality of mobile gaming has improved exponentially in recent years be that new names making a splash or some retro PC and console classics that are now playable in the palm of your hand.

As such, there are a couple of dedicated players in the gaming space trying to make a splash. NVIDIA is the incumbent champion with the excellent Shield, a tablet we recommend as the best you can buy right now. And then along came Acer, with the Predator 8.

Unlike NVIDIA, which usually just makes the internals for gaming laptops, Predator is a fully fledged gaming hardware brand from Acer. Usually its aggressive logo is adorned on desktop rigs and beefy laptops. And now, it comes to an Android tablet.

So this is a gaming tablet from Acer, then. It's not at all like the one from NVIDIA, but it has a lot to live up to in order to take on the best. So how well does it fare? That's what we're here to find out.

Acer Predator 8 Hardware and Design

There's little denying that the Predator 8 stands out in a crowd. I mean, tablet design can only go so far, but in a sea of black rectangles you'll have no excuse not to see the Predator coming.

Source:AndroidCentral