MINIX Neo X7 Android TV box coming soon for around $140
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There’s no shortage of companies producing small Android-powered boxes
which let you run apps on your TV. But MINIX has earned a bit of a
reputation for delivering models which perform better than most. And now the
company’s back with a new model that seems to have best-in-class hardware.
The MINIX Neo X7 is due out in late July or early August, and it’s expected
to sell for around $140 or less.
While that price is a little high by Android TV box standards, it makes the
device a little cheaper than the Archos TV Connect. The Neo X7 also has
better specs than your typical Android TV box, including:
Rockchip RK3188 ARM Cortex-A9 quad-core processor
ARM Mali 400 quad-core graphics
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
2GB RAM
16GB storage
SD card reader
802.11n dual-band WiFi
Bluetooth 4.0
HDMI
Ethernet
3 USB 2.0 ports
micro USB OTG port
Headphone, mic jacks
IR receiver + a remote control
External antenna
Basically, the MINIX Neo X7 has the specs of a decent Android tablet, but
instead of a display you get a mic jack, remote control, Ethernet jack,
extra USB ports, and an external antenna.
One area where many of these Chinese boxes suffer is WiFi performance, and
MINIX says it’s addressing that with a dual-band antenna designed for 2.4
GHz and 5 GHz networks.
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