The tablet goes for Rs 26,499 (500 USD or 395 EUR)

Jan 8, 2012 11:21 GMT  ·  By

Shortly after introducing the original Galaxy Tab in India, Samsung took it further and announced the availability of Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus.

The sequel to the old Galaxy Tab which is delivered with Android 2.2 Froyo on board, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus is more powerful and features improved hardware and software configuration.

The slate is now available in India as Samsung Galaxy Tab 620 and it can be purchased via Flipkart for Rs 26,499 (500 USD or 395 EUR) outright. The tablet is a bit more expensive at select retail stores across the country, so customers will have to pay around Rs 26,990 (515 USD or 402 EUR).

For the time being, Samsung India debuted only the 16GB model, but the company will probably launch the 32GB variant within the next few weeks.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus was unveiled last year at IFA 2011 and made it to shelves one month later, in October.

The 7-inch slate is powered by Android 3.2 Honeycomb, but Samsung announced recently that the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Galaxy S II will receive their Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades in Q1 2012.

Aside Honeycomb, the tablet features Samsung's TouchWiz UX user interface installed on top of Google's mobile platform.

As the name suggests, the tablet comes with a 7-inch PLS LCD capacitive touchscreen that boasts 600 x 1024 pixels resolution and 16 million colors.

It is equipped with a dual core Exynos 4210 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz, a Mali-400MP graphics processing unit, 16GB internal memory, 1GB RAM and microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 64GB).

In the connectivity front, the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus comes packed with HSDPA and HSUPA support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity options, as well as Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA and TV-Out capabilities.

There's also a 3-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and LED flash and a secondary 2-megapixel front facing camera for self-portraits and video chats.

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