iBall Slide 7334i 3G tablet with voice calling launched for Rs. 10,499

iBall has introduced a new tablet in its Slide range in the form of 7334i. iBall Slide 7334i is a 3G-enabled tablet and is priced at Rs. 10,499.Ball Slide 7334i packs in a dual-core Cortex A9 1GHz processor along with 1GB of DDR3 RAM. The 7 inch tablet comes with 16GB of internal storage, which can be expanded by up to 32GB through microSD card.

It is a 7-inch tablet with a display resolution of 1024X600 pixels. It is a dual-SIM tablet with 3G support in both the SIMs. iBall Slide 7334i can be used to make voice calls with both the SIMs. It runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and packs in a 3,000mAh battery. For camera, there is a 2-megapixel rear camera with flash and a VGA front camera. The tablet also supports wireless FM and GPS.

Commenting on the launch, Sandeep Parasrampuria, Director of iBall, said, "iBall always endeavours to bring products which are really useful to the users and provides true and superb experience. iBall Slide 3G-7334i is perhaps the best product available below Rs. 10,000 in 7-inch tablet".

iBall had recently introduced another 10 inch tablets in the Indian market called Slide Q9703. Slide Q9703 packs in 1.2GHz quad-core processor alongside octa-core GPU, 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage, expandable by another 32GB via microSD card.

iBall Slide Q9703 comes with a 9.7-inch QXGA HD IPS display that sports a resolution of 2048X1536 and 264ppi. The tablet also supports 4K video playback. Connectivity options include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, as well as 3G dongle support. It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera and 2-megapixel front camera. The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean running tablet is powered by an 8,000mAh battery. It carries a retail tag of Rs. 15,999.

The Australian tablet market grew by a remarkable 147% year-on-year during the first quarter of 2013, to 1.14 million units, according to new figures.However, on a slightly sour note for Apple, the IDC figures also show Android and Windows tablets gained marketshare at the expense of the iPad on both a year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter basis.xs43DAs43

“Users now have better access to a wide range of low to high-end tablets as well as different operating systems compared to last year. In 2012, a user would usually choose between an Apple iPad or a Samsung Galaxy Tab but now, a year later, brands like ASUS, Acer, and Microsoft would also appear on the user’s radar," says Suzanne Tai, associate market analyst of IDC's ANZ Infrastructure Research Group.

"Whitebox [generic brand] 8 inch tablet have picked up significantly as well, driven with heavy promotions by retailers such as Aldi, Harvey Norman, K-Mart and Warehouse Stationary.”"Android is growing its foothold in the marketplace, thanks to Samsung's aggressiveness with promotions and channel strategies, as well as the influx of whitebox tablets. Additionally, Windows tablets are also gaining traction with entry of new models, pilot rollouts and implementations in commercial sector especially in education,” Tai says.