Bluegate BG8i


Bluegate BG8i is an affordable tablet designed to offer decent multimedia experience on a budget. This is a budget slate. The chassis is sleek and the edges are smooth. A thickness of about 9.4 millimetres isn’t bad, but the Bluegate BG8i is no lightweight device.

It features a huge touchscreen which measures 8 inches in diagonal size. The Bluegate BG8i is equipped with a 5-megapixel rear camera featuring autofocus and flashlight. It also comes with a 2-megapixel front-facing snapper for selfies. 

Bluegate BG8i comes with 16GB onboard storage for storing your movies, songs and apps. You can expand the storage by another 32 GB using a microSD card. Armed with a quad-core processor, the Bluegate BG8i should deliver respectable performance. The CPU, which has its speed capped at 1.3 GHz, is assisted by 1 GB of RAM. 

What you may find somewhat disappointing about this slate is that it still boots Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system. That software is obsolete by current standards. It comes with some apps preloaded and you can get more from the Google Play Store.

You should be able to enjoy several hours of movie viewing on the Bluegate BG8i given it is equipped with a high-capacity 4,500 mAh battery. It offers dual SIM slots and supports 3G WCDMA connectivity. Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and GPS are also available for wireless connectivity.