Lenovo has tied up with Flipkart to launch the S8 Android tablet in India at Rs 16,990. The tablet will stand apart for its dual front facing stereo speakers with built in bass and full-HD infinity screen with a brightness of 350 lumens, the brightest in the range. The tablet will have a Intel SoC (system on chip) quad core processor to augment the HD expereince and battery life. It is only 20.25 cm thick and weighs 299 gms but comes with 8MP AF rear and 1.6MP HD front cameras equipped with a dual LED flash. The S8 is LTE ready and enables users to browse and stream Full HD Movies anywhere. The tablet will come with useful apps for sharing content between devices as well as securing you against theft and malware. The jet black color of the tablet gives the perfect blend to the sharp infinity screen, the release said. Specs: Processor CPU Intel® Atom™ Processor Z3745 (2M Cache, 4 cores, 64-bit, up to 1.86 GHz) Body Dimensions 209.8mm x 123.8mm x 7.9mm Weight 299g Materials Polycarbonate Color Ebony black Display Type Capacitive Size 8” Full HD (1920x1200) IPS (283 PPI) Multitouch 10-point multitouch Sound Hardware 2x front-facing speakers / Dolby® Audio / 3.5mm Jack Memory Card slot Micro SD, up to 64GB Internal LP DDR3 (64bit) 2GB RAM 16GB Comms 2G Network GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz 3G Network WCDMA/HSPA+ 850/900/1900/2100MHz LTE FDD LTE Band 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/201 (with voice on select models) SIM Slots Single, micro SIM (FDD LTE model only) DATA GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA+, FDD LTE WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth BT 4.0 Camera Rear 8MP AF with f2.2 wide aperture glass lens Front 1.6MP HD FF Features Sensors G-Sensor, Vibration, Hall GPS Satellite, A-GPS, GLONASS OS Android OS, v4.4 KitKat Battery Type 4290mAh Li-ion, embedded Standby time* Up to 16.5 days Usage time* Up to 7 hours
