New Delhi, July 12: MTV India in association with Swipe Telecom has unveiled its thinnest 7-inch budget phablet - Swipe MTV Slash, at Rs 9,490. The product, which is targeted at youth, is designed retaining MTV's quintessence, which is incorporated into the design, the packaging and themes and wallpapers available in the device.
The tablet comes with an ultra-slim 7-inch of capacitive touch screen display with a resolution of 1024x600. It is powered by 1GHz dual-core processor, and has a 3000mAh polymer battery. It packs 1GB DDR3 RAM and 4GB of internal storage, which is expandable up to 32GB. It sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
The tablet runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. Connectivity-wise the phablet supports voice-calling abilities and features dual-SIM card slot, 3G support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
Talking about MTV Slash, Aditya Swamy, EVP & Business Head, MTV India, says, "Super performance at a super price…. that's what young people want and that is exactly what the MTV Slash fablet is. After a very successful start to our partnership with Swipe Telecom, we have now moved to a brand + content leverage."
"Slash now comes fully loaded with the MTV experience and is embedded across the MTV eco system," he added
The device will be available across 10,000 retail points, Swipe e-store and other leading online portals like Flipkart, Snapdeal, Infibeam, eBay and other youth-centric platforms.
Swipe MTV Slash specifications
7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive 5-point multi-touch display
Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
9 mm thick and weighs 290 grams
1 GHz processor
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with dual standby.
5MP rear camera with LED Flash
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with recording
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
1GB DDR3 RAM, 4GB internal memory , 32GB expandable memory with microSD
3000 mAh battery
