This tablet's is equipped with a 8.4 inch screen.This measures out to 359 PPI pixels-per-inch (PPI), which is about average for a tablet display.

It boasts a battery with a capacity of 5900 mAh, an above average battery capacity for a tablet. Battery capacity is the most accurate indicator of actual battery life.

This tablet houses a Intel Atom Z3580 system on a chip. Its clock speed is 2.3 , which is much slower than average for a tablet processor. With a 4 processors, this tablet will be more effective at multitasking compared to tablets with single core CPUs.
With 1 GB of RAM, it has plenty of memory for multi-tasking and running desktop applications.

The Dell Venue 8 7840 has two cameras, a 2 megapixel front camera and a 8 megapixel rear camera.