A price for the Lava Etab Connect has been given out, with the company labeling the tablet as the flavor of the week at only Rs. 9,499. So far, it looks like the OEM is duly keeping its promise of announcing a new product every Friday through its very much recent drive, Blockbuster Phoneday.
As opposed to the Iris 502, the Etab Connect has been authenticated by the company before even a whiff of the slate’s existence could escape. First slab to use the aforesaid campaign as a platform to enter the market, it has surfaced with a 3G voice calling attribute. It welcomes a 7-inch TFT LCD screen on its front panel, while leaving sufficient space for a VGA camera to squeeze in.
Apart from the front-facing webcam, there will be a 2MP snapper resting on the flip side. Owing to the incorporated Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 processor, the device will function at a clock speed of 1.2GHz. Partially contributing to the tablet’s performance will be 512MB of RAM.
Housing the Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS could be considered a shortcoming, with other manufacturers offering Jelly Bean-driven tablets at a relatively lower rate. For instance, the Swipe Halo Value is worth Rs. 6,990 and the Penta T-Pad WS707C will be striking stores with a retail tag of Rs. 7,999.
The slate will drain power from a 3,000mAh battery which according to the company, should render approximately 3 to 3.5 hours of browsing time. For how long can the device sustain when employed for talk time or left on standby, remains to be seen.
The retail value of the Lava Etab Connect has successfully made it to the fore; nonetheless, it has not been accompanied by an estimated release date. If the voice calling feature does not count as that important an attribute for purchasing a slab, the OEM’s Xtron belonging to the profile in question may stand to be a better option with its Android Jelly Bean OS, 1.5GHz Cortex A9 processor, 1GB RAM and more, at Rs. 6,499.
Specifications:
– 7-inch TFT LCD multi-touch display
– 800 x 480 pixel resolution
– 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
– 512MB of RAM
– 2MP primary and 0.3MP auxiliary cameras
– 4GB flash memory, expandable up to 32GB
– 3,000mAh battery