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An iPad Mini rival at an unbeatable price

What's as sleek as the iPad Mini 4, but costs half the price? The Asus ZenPad S 8.0.
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[MUSIC] When most people think of tablets they think of the iPad, but there are also plenty of awesome android models available like this ASUS. The ZenPad S 8.o is a sleek eight inch tablet that cost $200, that's half the price of the new iPad Mini 4 and $70 less than the iPad Mini 2, which is currently the cheapest model available right now. It's affordable price is important because the Zen Tab is serious competition to the Apple tablet. The [UNKNOWN] is one of the thinnest and lightest models around, and it's performance and screen quality are comparable to the iPad Mini 2. It also has the leg up when it comes to storage. The $200 model comes with double the amount of storage as the cheapest iPad Mini 2, and it has an sd card slot. For everything that it offers you won't find a better tablet in the same price range. For more info read the full review. For cnet I'm Xiomara Blanco and this has been the first look at the Asus zenpad s8.0.

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