- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Coby Kyros 8"
- 8"
- 4 GB
- WiFi
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread
#3 in cheapest Coby tablets
Released March, 2011
Rated 20% by by Jonathan-Acheson--Jon-Acheson (Oct, 2011)After owning devices with resistive touchscreens and capacitive touchscreens, I prefer the greater accuracy of a resistive screen with a stylus.
Conclusion Check out the Coby Kyros 8"
First reviewed December, 2011
Features Key features of the Coby Kyros 8"
8”
Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Rated 40% by by Keyur-Patel (Dec, 2011)I personally recommend you to buy captative touch-screen device, you will surely love it.
screen size
8"
9.7"
9.7"
Kyros 8" by R.-Levine--Rob (Dec, 2011)My son purchased this item for his girlfriend, I was a little concerned, usually Coby has been low end electronics but this tablet is very well made, good looking and does what an android powered tablet should, It has a large screen with clear, vivid HD video, wireless network was a snap to set up, and being an android operating system, it's functions look just like their smartphone system so it's very easy to use, the camera takes very clear photos and video.
Kyros 8" by RobertInitially I couldn't even get started because I wasn't pressing hard enough...screen size isn't bad, performance isn't bad, but just cant get over the resistive screen.
screen resolution
Kyros 8" by Mark-Leinhos (May, 2012)Screen: The LCD is bright and easy to see but has poor side-angle visibility.
Kyros 8" by Dana (Feb, 2012)I would have purchased a screen protector if I knew the screen was so easy to scratch.
memory
| 0 GB | 1 GB   | 1 GB |
camera resolution
| 0 MP | 3 MP  | 3 MP |
Kyros 8" by S.-Mann (Dec, 2011)The camera is lower quality than one of those $10 toy cameras you buy for kids.
processor
Kyros 8" by Lorraine-Souza (Oct, 2011)The processor is very fast and angry birds works great on it.
Kyros 8" by tomaiine (Feb, 2012)I recommend the Coby models with a 1 Ghz processor for speed, processing power.
Performance Real world tests of Coby Kyros 8"
cpu speed
Kyros 8" by Travis-Underwood--momentumman (Dec, 2011)It comes with a 1Ghz processor which will enable one to do most anything they need a tablet to do.
Kyros 8" by J.-Williams--Jim-Williams (Dec, 2011)It has a 1 ghz processor as opposed to the 600 - 800 found in many cheaper tablets.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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Resistive -
1 MP -
Can use an external microphone for superior audio quality -
Many games and videos on the Internet require Adobe Flash -
Can be operated hands free
cons
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Single core -
4 GB -
No motion detection -
Can't automatically adjust for changes in ambient light -
8" -
more limited set of interactions -
Cannot detect when the tablet is rotated -
Mar, 2011 -
Cannot automatically pinpoint your location on a map -
Android 2.3 Gingerbread -
125 ppi -
No sense of direction when standing still -
800 x 600 -
need wi-fi or wired connection to be online -
1 MP -
1 GHz -
must unlock manually
Reviews Word on the street
 |    Rated by 159 users at amazon.com Rated 20% by by BurgerZilla (Nov, 2011) Rated 100% by by Reviewer3219 (Mar, 2012) Rated 20% by by Jonathan-Acheson--Jon-Acheson (Oct, 2011) |
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Apps
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 80% by by lsguardgurl (Jan, 2012)The touchscreen works great the apps downloaded pretty fast and work without error.
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 80% by by Mark-Leinhos (May, 2012)Still it's pretty good and easily handles any of the casual games I throw at it (Birds, Cut the Rope, tower defense).
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 100% by by EASTLAKEMAN1279 (Jan, 2013)we got 2 of thease tablete and thy work grats every its nice for the time you dont like takeing you lap top with you or just to play games on it.
Screen
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 100% by by TD (Feb, 2012)It take a little getting used to a stylus but all in all it is easy to navigate the screen.
Wifi
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 100% by by tomaiine (Feb, 2012)Installing the Android Market is fairly easy and deploying a Keep Wi-Fi Widget will keep your Wi-Fi stable.
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 40% by by E.-Frazier (Dec, 2011)It took us about an hour to get the Wifi working, I basically had to do a hard reset of the unit in order for the Wifi error message to go away and show available wireless networks.
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 40% by by Edward-Freeland (Jan, 2012)2 - I noticed in settings that by either turning off the wifi or turning on the airplane mode and then trying to re-activate the wifi the device would display an error and not be able to connect anymore.
Battery
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 40% by by Edward-Freeland (Jan, 2012)When I checked the battery usage, I saw over 80% of the battery use was for "cell standby.
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 80% by by Mark-Leinhos (May, 2012)Battery life is good now that I've used it a few days and gotten it nicely topped off overnight.
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 20% by by S.-Mann (Dec, 2011)Sounds like a wonderful scam to me and I can't wait until they charge me for stuff I've not purchased... yay.
Touch
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 20% by by will (Dec, 2011)The screen is very low rez, the touch sensitivity is poor but it all fits the price tag.
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 80% by by Rob-K. (Apr, 2012)The touch screen works great for most functions I have come across so far; not nearly as much choppiness/drag as some of the other reviews have mentioned.
Coby Kyros 8" | Rated 20% by by Jonathan-Acheson--Jon-Acheson (Oct, 2011)The resistive touchscreen has a texture that is not terribly pleasant on the fingertips, but it works as well as a capacitive screen with fingertips, and is far more precise than a capacitive screen when used with a stylus.
Competition What else you should consider
 | 1 | Apple iPad 2 Longest battery life Apple iPad 2 vs Coby Kyros 8" |
 | 2 | Apple iPad 1 2-way tie: Largest amount of storage capacity Apple iPad 1 vs Coby Kyros 8" |
 | 4 | BlackBerry PlayBook Really high resolution front camera BlackBerry PlayBook vs Coby Kyros 8" |
 | 5 | Matsunichi II Fastest processor Matsunichi II vs Coby Kyros 8" |
 | 6 | Toys”R”Us Tabeo Newest on the market Toys”R”Us Tabeo vs Coby Kyros 8" |
 | 7 | Ainol Advanced Novo 8 Highest resolution screen Ainol Advanced Novo 8 vs Coby Kyros 8" |
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Editions Editions of the Coby Kyros 8"
| Price | Edition | Android OS | Is multitouch | Adobe flash support | Manufacturer code | Compare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | | Android 2.0 Eclair |  |  | MID8127-4G | | ||||
 | | Android 2.3 Gingerbread | | | MID8125-4G | | ||||
