Xolo to bring its first Windows tablet to India

Xolo to bring its first Windows tablet to India in a few weeks, with an expected price tag of Rs 22,000

Following the recent reports about Microsoft working on budget tablets to combat Android dominance in emerging markets, news has it that Xolo will soon bring in its first Windows 8.1 tablets to the emerging Indian market. According to WPCentral, Xolo is all set to launch its first Windows tablet, dubbed Win, for the Indian market in the next few weeks.

The tablet is expected to be priced around Rs 22,000, so it’s not really a budget device. However, recent rumours had pointed out that Microsoft is also working with companies like Xolo and Karbonn to bring tablets priced as low as Rs 10,000 to the Indian market. Recent developments also point to Windows 8.1 update being supported on devices having 1GB of RAM and 16GB of storage. So you can expect the price point for Windows tablets to slip below the Rs 20k mark.

The Xolo Win was announced earlier at CES 2014. Targeted at young working professionals, the Win is powered by a dual-core AMD A4 Elite Mobility processor (Temash generation) clocked at 1.0 GHz with 2GB RAM and it makes use of Radeon HD 8180 GPU for graphics. It has a 10.1” display with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels and 2GB of RAM.

Internal storage is pegged at 32GB eMMC, but there’s no word on whether this can be expanded. The tablet has a rear camera of 2 MP, a front camera of 1 MP and a 3550 mAh battery with rated battery life of up to 7 hours. Tipping the scale at 750 grams, the Win reportedly comes with a basic build quality and is 15.45 mm thick. Xolo also bundles Microsoft’s Office Home & Student 2013 suite with the tablet.  Being a Windows tablet, it will have all the apps and games that one expects from a PC.