Micromax on Wednesday launched a ne
tablet in India, the Canvas Tab P690,
priced at Rs. 8,999. The tablet will be
available to buy from retail and online
stores from Sunday. At the time of
writing, the tablet was not yet listed on
the company website.
The Micromax Canvas Tab P690 feature
an 8-inch HD (1280x800 pixel) IPS
display and is powered by an unspecifie
1.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom processor
(turbo up to 1.83GHz) coupled with 1GB
of RAM. While it runs on Android 4.4
KitKat, Micromax says an upgrade to
Android 5.0 Lollipop is on the cards, but
with no time-frame provided.
The Canvas Tab P690 bears 8GB of
built-in storage that is expandable via
microSD card (up to 32GB). It sports a 5
megapixel rear camera, and a 2-
megapixel front-facing camera.
Connectivity options include 3G, Wi-Fi
802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS. I
features a 4000mAh battery that's rated
to deliver up to 180 hours of standby
time.
Micromax has preloaded apps such as
Hello TV, Saavn, Kindle, Saavn,
NewsHunt, SwiftKey, WPS Office, and
various games on the Canvas Tab P690.
The company says users will get 6 free
ebooks from Kindle, 3 months premium
subscription to Saavn, 6 months premiu
subscription to Truecaller, 1 month
subscription to Hello TV, in-app freebies
in Angry Birds and Angry Birds GO, and,
free points on the MAd app, all
accounting for roughly Rs. 3,000 worth
of free content. The company is also
touting a free 'premium flip cover' worth
Rs. 1,500.
Commenting on the launch, Vineet
Taneja, CEO, Micromax Informatics, said
"Since January, we've been attaining
strong growth of 30 percent month-on-
month with our new Canvas Tab
portfolio, and believe that we are set for
market leadership in the key segment of
Rs. 6,000-Rs. 15,000 that we operate in.
Our role as category leaders will be to
grow the category itself by bringing in
first-time users by demonstrating how
tablets can enable a connected, portable
and yet more immersive experience to ou
content-hungry consumers."
Micromax Canvas Tab P690 With 3G Support, 8-Inch Display Launched at Rs. 8,999 | NDTV Gadgets
