Toshiba Encore 2

In September of last year Toshiba took advantage of the IFA fair to start its journey among tablets with Windows 8.1 under 10 inches with your Toshiba Encore. The 8-inch tablet from the Japanese company reached the Spanish market at a price of 299 euros and has seen competition increase ever since. Toshiba seems to have decided to react quickly and has therefore prepared a second version of its Encore tablet that this time does not come alone.

Along with the 8-inch Toshiba Encore 2, which improves on its predecessor in specifications and price, there is also a version of the tablet with a screen of 10.1 inches and the same spirit of introducing full Windows 8.1 in a device with a contained price. Like good brothers, the two tablets share design, external appearance and a large part of their specifications, which we review below.

Toshiba Encore 2, 8, and 10.1-inch

With the second version of its range of Encore tablets, Toshiba has decided to extend its bet beyond a single screen size. This is how the Toshiba Encore 2 will be available in two versions with 8 and 10.1-inch screens Despite the difference in size, the panel is the same and has a resolution of 1280x800 pixels, sufficient in the 8 inches but that can be somewhat scarce in the 10.1.

The two versions also share the lines of a restrained design with rounded corners that are comfortable to hold in the hand and with a matt finish with a slightly golden appearance.Both measure just 1 centimeter thick, with the 10.1-inch version being slightly heavier at 550 grams versus the 8-inch version's 450.

Windows 8.1 in contained specifications

If one ignores the screen, the rest of the specifications are exactly the same in both models. The Toshiba Encore 2 will hit the market with the latest Quad-core Intel Atom processors and up to 2GB of RAM. The storage may be a maximum of 64GB but it has the possibility of expanding it thanks to the presence of a microSDXC card slot.

Toshiba promises that its Encore 2 tablets have a autonomy of up to 10 hours of normal use and up to 8 hours playing video Your camera front allows recording in HD and have a rear camera of 5 megapixels with auto-focus.The rest of the specifications are completed by a micro-USB 2.0 port, microHDMI input, Wireless Display support, Wi-Fi 802.11n connectivity and Dolby Digital Plus sound.

As usual among manufacturers, Toshiba is also committed to offering Windows 8.1 complete even on its 8-inch tablet. The Microsoft operating system will also be accompanied by several of the Redmond applications such as Xbox Music, Xbox Video or Skype; and will come with a one-year subscription to Office 365.

Toshiba Encore 2, price and availability

The 8 and 10.1-inch Toshiba Encore 2 tablets will arrive in the United States next July Their price in the North American country will start from a tight 199, $99 for the 8-inch version. The 10.1-inch version gets a little more expensive but keeps the price tag contained with its starting 269.99 dollars.

At the moment Toshiba has not specified prices and availability outside the United States of its Toshiba Encore 2 tablets, although their arrival in Europe is expected during the third quarter of 2014Probably with the usual 1:1 conversion between dollars and euros.