India Gets 3 New Budget Tablets From HCL

Bangalore: HCL has launched three android tablets in India, expanding its HCL ME range of products. These three 7-inch tablets, ME U2, ME V1 and Me Y3 have been priced at Rs 5,999, 7,999 and 11,999, respectively, and run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, reports NDTV GADGETS.

The ME U2 is a Wi-Fi only device; however it supports 3G data cards. It has a 1GHz Cortex A9 processor with a Mali-400 graphics card and 1GB DDR3 RAM. Its 7-inch WVGA display has a resolution of 800X480 pixels. The battery type is 3000 mAh Lithium Polymer. It has 0.3-Megapixel front camera and no rear camera.

ME U2 has 4GB internal storage and can be expanded up to 32 GB with microSD card. The tablet, unlike its other siblings, has Google Play app store.

The ME V1 supports SIM and the company is even pitching it as a phablet. However it doesn’t support 3G and users can only browse the Internet over Edge/GPRS (or over Wi-Fi) unless they plug in a 3G data card. The tablet has 1GHz Cortex A8 processor with a GC430 graphics card and 1GB DDR3 RAM. Its 7-inch WVGA display has a resolution of 800X480 pixels. It has a 2-Megapixel back camera and a 0.3-Megapixel front camera.

The tablet comes with 4GB of internal storage and can be expanded up to 32 GB with microSD card. It also has a Mini HDMI port. It doesn’t feature Google Play app store, and users will only be able to download apps through HCL's own ME App Store. The battery type is 3200 mAh Lithium Polymer.

The ME Y3 is a dual-SIM tablet with dual standby support. One of the two SIMs can support 3G, voice and video calls. The ME Y3 sports a 1GHz Cortex A9 processor with a built-in 3D graphics card and 1GB DDR3 RAM. Its 7-inch WSVGA display has a resolution of 1024X600 pixels. It has a 3.2-Megapixel back camera and a 0.3-Megapixel front camera.

The tablet comes with 4GB of internal storage and can be expanded to 32 GB with microSD card. The ME Y3 too doesn’t support Google Play app store, and users will only be able to download apps through HCL's own ME App Store. It also packs in an FM radio receiver as well as an FM transmitter, and supports FM radio recording. This tablet also features a Mini HDMI port. The tablet has a 3100 mAh Lithium Polymer battery.  

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