After much anticipation, Flipkart has finally launched its first tablet, the Digiflip Pro XT 712. The first tablet from Flipkart has now gone on sale priced at Rs. 9,999, and is listed to be delivered in two to three business days. The move mirrors global competitor Amazon’s strategy of tying-in content and shopping privileges to its Kindle Fire tablets.
Notably, the online marketplace giant is offering a number of offers to the consumers to make theDigiflip Pro XT 712 tablet a sweet deal. Some of the offers listed by Flipkart include free shopping worth Rs. 5,300 on Flipkart via mobile app; try and buy offer for limited period; free one-month subscription of Flipkart First; flat 50 percent off on book case worth Rs. 799 for Digiflip Pro tablet; free Plantronics ML2 Bluetooth headset worth Rs. 1,199, and free eBooks on Flipkart worth Rs. 2,300.
The Digiflip Pro XT 712 comes with dual-SIM and dual standby support (GSM+GSM), and offers the voice-calling feature. It runs the now-dated Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box, and sports a 7-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS HD display. The tablet is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek (MT8382) processor with 1GB of RAM and Mali -400 GPU. It comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB).
It sports a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash, while there is a secondary 2-megapixel front-facing camera also onboard. On the connectivity front, the Digiflip Pro XT 712 includes 3G, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, A-GPS, GPRS/ EDGE, and Bluetooth options. The tablet packs a 3000mAh battery, which is rated to deliver up to 8 hours of talk time and up to 168 hours of standby time. The Digiflip Pro XT 712 will be available in Black and White colour variants.
The Black colour variant of the Digiflip Pro XT 712 has already gone on sale via Flipkart, while the White model is expected to be available soon.
Commenting on the launch of first tablet, Michael Adnani, CP- Retail & Head – Brand Alliances, Flipkart said, “We are the first e-commerce marketplace in India to launch our own device through Digiflip Pro. With this, we have taken another step in our goal towards building an entire e-commerce ecosystem in India. With one of the largest user-bases in the country, we have access to unparalleled data that allows us to predict what kind of products and services will work well in the market. And this has helped us come out with a tablet like Digiflip Pro XT712 that offers high-end specifications at unheard of price-point in India thus delivering great value to our customers.”
