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New Coby Tablets with Google Play Now Available for $109 and Up

April 10, 2013 by Nathan

Coby Tablet MID1065

Coby, one of the more prolific budget tablet makers, has released a new line of inexpensive tablets with decent specs and low prices for 2013. There’s a 7-inch model (MID7065), a 10-inch model (MID1065), and an 8-inch model (MID8065) available right now from various online retailers.

About this time last year I reviewed the Coby Kyros MID7042. It was an okay tablet but it didn’t have access to the Google Play store and it had a low resolution screen.

This year Coby has upped the resolution, the processors, and added full support for Google Apps and Google Play, while somehow managing to drop the prices even lower than last year.

The screen resolution still isn’t as good as more expensive tablets—it’s mid-range now instead of low, but the combination of price and features puts up a good fight against pricier options.

Right now there are three new Coby tablets available over on Amazon. This post was just going to cover the 7-inch model, but then they just added two newer models with 10.1″ and 8″ screens so I might as well include them as well.

All three tablets run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and come pre-loaded with Google apps and the Play store, as well as the Kindle reading app. They are all powered by 1.2GHz dual-core processors and have 1GB of RAM. About the only thing that separates them is the screen size, and the 7-inch model lacks a rear camera.

Please note that the prices listed below are what they are selling for as of this writing. The prices will change over time.

7-inch Coby Tablet MID7065-8

  • 7-Inch multi-touch screen (1024×600)
  • 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
  • 8 GB internal memory
  • 1GB RAM
  • Mini HDMI port
  • MicroSD card slot
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
  • Front facing camera VGA (640×480)
  • 4,000 mAh battery
  • Size: 7.8 x 4.8 x 0.45 inches
  • Weight: 11.8 ounces
  • Price: $109 at Amazon

8-inch Coby Tablet MID8065-8

  • 8-Inch multi-touch screen (1024×768)
  • 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
  • 8 GB internal memory
  • 1GB RAM
  • Mini HDMI port
  • MicroSD card slot
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
  • Front facing camera VGA (640×480), rear facing camera 2.0MP
  • 4,400 mAh battery
  • Size: 8.3 x 6.3 x 0.45 inches
  • Weight: 17.1 ounces
  • Price: $162.16 at Amazon

10.1-inch Coby Tablet MID1065-8

  • 10.1-Inch multi-touch screen (1280×800)
  • 1.2 GHz dual-core processor
  • 8 GB internal memory
  • 1GB RAM
  • Mini HDMI port
  • MicroSD card slot
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
  • Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
  • Front facing camera VGA (640×480), rear facing camera 2.0MP
  • 6,000 mAh battery
  • Size: 10.2 x 7.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Weight: 20.8 ounces
  • Price: $208 at Amazon

Filed Under: Tablets Tagged With: coby

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Comments

  1. Nards Barley says

    April 10, 2013 at 9:29 am

    The Amazon reviews (4) are off to a good start, but I am sure they will taper off.

    • Nathan says

      April 10, 2013 at 12:14 pm

      You’re probably right. All those reviews sound like people who are well educated about tablets and know exactly what they are getting. At first I thought maybe they were faked, but a couple of them rip on Coby for other things, which is pretty funny.

      I can’t resist. I’m going to have to order one of these to review and find out how well it works.

      • Nards Barley says

        April 10, 2013 at 1:46 pm

        I am always skeptical of the non-amazon verified purchase reviews, although I am sure there are ringers who purchase there own stuff for purpose of doing reviews.

        I look forward to the review. I am sure the viewing angles will bite on the display, but hopefully everything else will be decent.

    • David says

      April 10, 2013 at 12:27 pm

      I just checked the reviews. Amazon is using the 4 reviews for the 7″ tablet and 1 for the 8″ for all 3 devices. There are currently 5 reviews for all three devices, four of the reviews say:

      Size Name:7 Inches

      One says:

      Size Name:8 Inches

      There are currently no reviews of the 10″ tablet, even though there appears to be 5 reviews of it.

  2. David says

    April 10, 2013 at 1:25 pm

    One interesting thing I noticed when checking out these tablets is that the 7″ and 10″ are 16:9 aspect ratio, while the 8″ is 4:3. I know if I was getting one for reading, I would think the 8″ 4:3 device might just make a good little e-reader. I’m not ready to give up me e-ink device yet though.

    • Nathan says

      April 10, 2013 at 2:29 pm

      Yeah, it’s got the same setup as the iPad Mini. I’m tempted to get it instead of the 7″ one. I kind of like that size and ratio better.

  3. Shadow says

    April 11, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    These tablets look really good on paper and the only thing I would be concerned about is battery life. I’m tempted to get one myself as a cheap “throwaway” tablet/e-reader.

  4. SandyLu562 says

    April 11, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    maybe it’s a better tablet to hand your to your 5-year-old than the ipad? but still, don’t give up your pswd to the Google Play Store!

  5. Andrew says

    April 13, 2013 at 9:00 am

    The price on the Coby 7″ just went up to $119 this morning.

    • Nathan says

      April 13, 2013 at 10:08 am

      Yeah and of the course the 8″ one went down in price shortly after I bought it, but it was only a few bucks :).

      • Shadow says

        April 13, 2013 at 6:42 pm

        Looking very forward to your review of the 8″ one!

        • Andrew says

          April 14, 2013 at 6:01 am

          Agreed!

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