Move over, iPad Air 2: Dell's Venue 8 7000 launches next month as the world's thinnest tablet

At 6.1 mm, Apple’s iPad Air 2 is the thinnest tablet in the world (from those that you can actually buy), but this will change come November - after Dell launches its brand new Venue 8 7000.

First showcased by Dell last month, the Venue 8 7000 is only 6 mm thin. Of course, it will be hard to notice the 0.1 mm difference between it and the iPad Air 2, but that’s not the point here.

Initially, Dell didn’t say how much the Venue 8 7000 would cost, and neither when it would be released. But now we know that the tablet will be available starting late November for $499 (at least in the US). Running Android KitKat, the Dell Venue 8 7000 sports an 8.4-inch OLED display with 1600 x 2560 pixels, and is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3500 processor.