Videocon Mobiles has launched 10-inch VT10 Android tablet in India with a price tag of ₹11,200.
Although the official launch of tablet is waited, the 10-inch HD tablet has already popped on the online retailer's websites. The company has denied the official launch of the tablet in the country according to NDTV. However, it maintained that the tablet will be available through some of the online retailers. It was said that the device will officially come to India in 2013 January.
The tablet market of the country is splurging at this moment. Over the past couple of months, Indian market has seen the arrival of many budget and high end tablets.Videocon is the latest to join this bandwagon.
"It also the only large-screen tablet available in India for under Rs 11,000 that can boast of an IPS display," wrote RTN.
Many reports claim that Videocon's 10-inch tablet is the only large-screen tablet available in India for the price of 11,000. The tablet boasts a 10-inch screen with 1280×800 resolution and is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and packs 2 megapixel cameras on the front as well as rear.
The tablet sports 1 GB RAM along with an internal storage of 8 GB which is expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card slot. It packs a battery of Li-Polymer-6800mAh which according to the company will give a battery backup of 4 hours when browsing.
The tablet would be pitted against Micromax Funbook Pro, Zync Z1000 Tablet and Karbonn Cosmic Smart Tab 10. Zync Z1000 comes with a 9.7-inch screen and is priced in the same range. However, the tablet seemed to be out of stock most of the times. Karbonn Cosmic Smart tablet comes with a 9.7-inch (24.6 cms) capacitive touch screen with 1024 x 768 pixel resolution and runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. The device is powered by 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9 dual core processor and features 1 GB DDR3 RAM along with an internal storage of 1.5 GB which is expandable up to 32 GB with a microSD card.